Allan Updegraff. The Daily Round. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

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

The Daily Round

By Allan Updegraff


A SMOOTH, worn circle
On the stone floor of his cage
Told how that little park bear had missed
His ancient heritage.

Just then, in a corner,	5
He lolled, resigned to flies….
O circle, O cage, O pestering swarm
Of trivialities!