Love
Making a House
From The Book of the Little Past (1910)
Love
First of all, I draw the Smoke
Trailing up the sky;
Then the Chimney, underneath;
And Birds all flying by;
Then the House; and every Window,
Watching, like an Eye.
Everybody else begins
With the House. But I
Love the Smoke the best of all;
And you don't know why!...
Here it goes,--like little feathers,
Sailing up the sky!
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MLA
Peabody, Josephine Preston. “Making a House.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/peabody/88/.
Chicago
Peabody, Josephine Preston. “Making a House.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/peabody/88/.
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