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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
23RD STREET RUNS INTO HEAVEN, by KENNETH PATCHEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You stand near the window as lights wink Last Line: Our supper is plain but we are very wonderful. Subject(s): Love - Erotic | |||
You stand near the window as lights wink On along the street. Somewhere a trolley, taking Shop-girls and clerks home, clatters through This before-supper Sabbath. An alley cat cries To find the garbage cans sealed; newsboys Begin their murder-into-pennies round. We are shut in, secure for a little, safe until Tommorrow. You slip your dress off, roll down Your stockings, careful against runs. Naked now, With soft light on soft flesh, you pause For a moment; turn and face me -- Smile in a way that only women know Who have lain long with their lover And are made more virginal. Our supper is plain but we are very wonderful. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HUNGERFIELD by ROBINSON JEFFERS ULYSSES: MOLLY BLOOM'S CLOSING SOLILOQUY by JAMES JOYCE THE EROTIC PHILOSOPHERS by KIZER. CAROLYN SLEEPING WITH WOMEN by KENNETH KOCH A LETTER ON THE USE OF MACHINE GUNS AT WEDDINGS by KENNETH PATCHEN |
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