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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CITY'S LOVE, by CLAUDE MCKAY Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: For one brief golden moment rare like wine Last Line: Bowed down for one flame hour my pride to prove. Alternate Author Name(s): Edwards, Eli Subject(s): City & Town Life | |||
For one brief golden moment rare like wine, The gracious city swept across the line; Oblivious of the color of my skin, Forgetting that I was an alien guest, She bent to me, my hostile heart to win, Caught me in passion to her pillowy breast; The great, proud city, seized with a strange love, Bowed down for one flame hour my pride to prove. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SUMMER IN A SMALL TOWN by TONY HOAGLAND EVERYTHING'S A FAKE by FANNY HOWE ONE NIGHT IN BALTHAZAR by FANNY HOWE YOU CAN?ÇÖT WARM YOUR HANDS IN FRONT OF A BOOK BUT YOU CAN WARM YOUR HOPES THERE by FANNY HOWE PHOTO OF A MAN ON SUNSET DRIVE: 1914, 2008 by RICHARD BLANCO LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW POEM by DENIS JOHNSON |
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