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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THREE BALLS, by CARL SANDBURG Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Jabowsky's place is on a side street and only the rain washes Last Line: Place on a side street. Subject(s): Pawnshops; Pawnbrokers | |||
JABOWSKY'S place is on a side street and only the rain washes the dusty three balls. When I passed the window a month ago, there rested in proud isolation: A family bible with hasps of brass twisted off, a wooden clock with pendulum gone, And a porcelain crucifix with the glaze nicked where the left elbow of Jesus is represented. I passed to-day and they were all there, resting in proud isolation, the clock and the crucifix saying no more and no less than before, and a yellow cat sleeping in a patch of sun alongside the family bible with the hasps off. Only the rain washes the dusty three balls in front of Jabowsky's place on a side street. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HARD BARGAIN by DAVID BOTTOMS FUGITIVE LINES ON PAWNING MY WATCH by THOMAS HOOD PAWNBROKERS by MARGUERITE WILKINSON UPON A ROW OLD BOOTS AND SHOES IN A PAWNBROKER'S WINDOW by FRANK WILMOT A MILLION YOUNG WORKMEN, 1915 by CARL SANDBURG ACCOMPLISHED FACTS by CARL SANDBURG |
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