| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Tropical Girl to Her Garden | | By Genevieve Taggard |
| | From “The Way Things Go”
WITHHOLD your breath! | |
| Heavy in noon and sleepy as slow death, | |
| Garden of sweets and sours, | |
| The cluster of my body hangs | |
| Odorous with flowers: | 5 |
| Stamen serpent fangs, | |
| Sultry, in showers. | |
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| Withhold your hand! | |
| My boughs are bent with gold, my face is fanned | |
| With wings of bees that, thirsting, curve and kiss. | 10 |
| Under green leaves green tendrils coil and hiss; | |
| Gloom-laden branches bear me down too much. | |
| My yellow fruit will fall without a touch | |
| From hanging long in sultriness like this. | | | | |
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