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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SILHOUETTE, by IDELLA PURNELL Poet's Biography
First Line: Green evening drooped in silence to the street
Last Line: A motor car—behind a high-peaked hat!
Subject(s): Automobiles; Mexico; Cars
First Line: Green evening drooped in silence to the street
Last Line: A motor car—behind a high-peaked hat!
Subject(s): Automobiles; Mexico; Cars
Green evening drooped in silence to the street,
Like a tired bird that flutters to its nest.
The day's hard workers, thinking of their rest,
Walked shadowy pavements home with sandalled feet.
Serape-wrapped, sombrero-peaked, they passed
Serene as clouds, remote as any star.
Far down the road a rushing motor car
Came toward me, and the yellow beams it cast
From a bold headlight, flamed against a man
Also approaching, and his silhouette
Was cut against them darkly. And from that jet
And yellow picture, slowly I began
To see that Mexico is all of that:
A motor car—behind a high-peaked hat!
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