Spring Day
I felt a fool
When you caught me smiling at myself
In the oval mirror;
But later in the day
A six-legged bug,
Taking ten minutes to climb across
The muscles of my arm,
Convinced me of my greatness.
~~
Marion Strobel (1895-1967)
from Poetry, March 1920
[Poem is in the public domain in Canada and the United States]
Marion Strobel biography
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