Love

Making a House

by Josephine Preston Peabody 1874–1922

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!

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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