Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI: 6. NIGHT LANDING, by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER Poet's Biography First Line: After the whistle's roar has bellowed and shuddered Last Line: A blue-black negro with gleaming teeth waits for his chance to leap. Subject(s): Mississippi River; Rivers | ||||||||
After the whistle's roar has bellowed and shuddered, Shaking the sleeping town and the somnolent river, The deep toned floating of the pilot's bell Suddenly warns the engines. They stop like heart-beats that abruptly stop, The shore glides to us, in a wide low curve. And then -- supreme revelation of the river -- The tackle is loosed -- the long gangplank swings outwards -- And poised at the end of it, half-naked beneath the searchlight, A blue-black negro with gleaming teeth waits for his chance to leap. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL TO A WOMAN GLANCING UP FROM THE RIVER by LARRY LEVIS TWO-RIVER LEDGER by KHALED MATTAWA HE FINDS THE MANSION by JAMES MCMICHAEL THE RIVERS by CLARIBEL ALEGRIA VERMILION FLYCATCHER, SAN PEDRO RIVER, ARIZONA by MARGARET ATWOOD THE PORCH OVER THE RIVER by WENDELL BERRY THE RIVER BRIDGED AND FORGOT by WENDELL BERRY ARIZONA POEMS: 2. MEXICAN QUARTER by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER |
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