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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GREAT FIGURE, by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS Poet's Biography
First Line: Among the rain
Last Line: Through the dark city.
Subject(s): Fire
First Line: Among the rain
Last Line: Through the dark city.
Subject(s): Fire
Among the rain
and lights
I saw the figure 5
in gold
on a red
firetruck
moving
tense
unheeded
to gong clangs
siren howls
and wheels rumbling
through the dark city.
Other Poems of Interest...
KINDS OF KINDLING by JOHN HOLLANDER
WRITTEN TO A YOUNG LADY by MAURICE BARING
OUR DRIFTWOOD FIRE by KATHARINE LEE BATES
THE NIGHT FIRE by CLAUDE MCKAY
WATER, WINTER, FIRE by MARVIN BELL
THE LITTLE FIRE IN THE WOODS by HAYDEN CARRUTH
SAMSON PREDICTS FROM GAZA THE PHILADELPHIA FIRE by LUCILLE CLIFTON
ALADDIN LAMP by MADELINE DEFREES