| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Concentric Circles | | By Clifford Franklin Gessler |
| | From “The Villager”
CRACKS in broken windows | |
| Thread out like spokes from the center where a pebble or a bullet struck, | |
| Cross and recross, and spread to the edge of the pane. | |
| Ripples in still water or running water race out in concentric circles from the place where a stone or a body is thrown in. | |
| Ice forms on pools in long thin slivers that knit slowly and close up the gaps till a hard, brittle floor is formed. | 5 |
| Fissures in stones spread slowly, and widen and deepen with the prying of frost. | |
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| Thoughts are like all these things. | | | | |
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