| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | April Weather | | By Edith Wyatt |
| | | IF you could have a perfect day | |
| To dream of when your life were done, | |
| Would you choose one all clear, all gay— | |
| If you could have a perfect day— | |
| The airs above the wide green way | 5 |
| Sheer virgin blue with crystal sun?— | |
| If you could have a perfect day | |
| To dream of when your life were done. | |
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| Or would you have it April’s way, | |
| Haphazard rain, haphazard sun, | 10 |
| Divine and sordid, clear and gray, | |
| Dyed like these hours’ own work and play; | |
| All shot with stains of tears and clay, | |
| Haphazard pain, haphazard fun— | |
| If you could have a perfect day | 15 |
| To dream of when your life were done? | | | | |
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