Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

Concentric Circles

Clifford Franklin Gessler

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.

Fissures in stones spread slowly, and widen and deepen with the prying of frost.

Thoughts are like all these things.