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

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

Navajo

By William H. Simpson


From “Along Old Trails” YOUR desert land is—
An old squaw,
Mumbling old words
Beside dead embers of old thoughts.

What she has told you	5
Is not told to me,
Though I ask.

Your desert land is—
Coyote,
Running alongside white horses	10
As the wolves howl.

What it has found out, running,
Is not told to me,
Though I ask.