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HALSTED STREET CAR

CLARK STREET BRIDGE

THE WALKING MAN OF RODIN

A TEAMSTER'S FAREWELL

CHILD OF THE ROMANS

THE RIGHT TO GRIEF

POPULATION DRIFTS

TO CERTAIN JOURNEYMEN

IN A BACK ALLEY

FELLOW CITIZENS

TO BEACHEY, 1912

UNDER A HAT RIM

TO A CONTEMPORARY BUNKSHOOTER

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WHITE SHOULDERS

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WAR POEMS (1914-1915)

AMONG THE RED GUNS

MURMURINGS IN A FIELD HOSPITAL

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THE ROAD AND THE END

THE ROAD AND THE END

UNDER

OUR PRAYER OF THANKS

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UNDER THE HARVEST MOON

ON THE BREAKWATER

NOCTURNE IN A DESERTED BRICKYARD

THEME IN YELLOW

BETWEEN TWO HILLS

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POEMS DONE ON A LATE NIGHT CAR

HARRISON STREET COURT

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OTHER DAYS (1900-1910)

DREAMS IN THE DUSK

UNDER A TELEPHONE POLE

I AM THE PEOPLE, THE MOB

LETTERS TO DEAD IMAGISTS

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UNDER

I
I AM the undertow
Washing tides of power
Battering the pillars
Under your things of high law.

II
I am a sleepless
Slowfaring eater,
Maker of rust and rot
In your bastioned fastenings,
Caissons deep.

III
I am the Law
Older than you
And your builders proud.

I am deaf
In all days
Whether you
Say "Yes" or "No".

I am the crumbler:
To-morrow.