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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CITY SCENE: CHICAGO, by GEORGE HERBERT NELSON
First Line: Today in a dull gray afternoon
Last Line: Were like a shower of polka dots.
Subject(s): Chicago
First Line: Today in a dull gray afternoon
Last Line: Were like a shower of polka dots.
Subject(s): Chicago
Today in a dull gray afternoon,
With threat of rainy weather soon,
I sat on a bus's top deck high
And watched the world go gliding by.
The pavement, like a ribbon black,
Stretched far ahead, a silken track
On which the taxis . . . yellow spots . . .
Were like a shower of polka dots.
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