William H. Simpson. Hopi-Tuh. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

Hopi-Tuh

By William H. Simpson


From “In Hopi-land and Other Lands” O PEOPLE of the peaceful places,
I have known you of old!
Yet your wise men say nothing,
Nor the tinted sands—
The shifting, singing sands.	5

These alone are the Knowing Ones:
The shadows of yonder clouds,
And the far-journeying winds—
Winds that cover yesterday’s pathway.

They are the gray wings of your rains,	10
They are the messengers of your praying.