Winifred Welles. Silver Fog. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

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

Silver Fog

By Winifred Welles


HUSH—hush—hush! Steady as footsteps in the sand,
I hear two other oars crunch in their locks—
And look now, how my boat rocks
To feel another boat close by—
So close, so close, that if I reach my hand …	5

Who are you, who am I,
To halt each other with a cry?

Let us continue blurred and lonely,
Touched by each other’s trembling only.
It is so seldom two can be	10
Each for each a mystery.