Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FLAT-HUNTER'S WAY, by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: We don't get any too much light Last Line: We think we'll stay another year. Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A. Subject(s): Central Park, New York City | ||||||||
We don't get any too much light; It's pretty noisy, too, at that; The folks next door stay up all night; There's but one closet in the flat; The rent we pay is far from low; Our flat is small and in the rear; But we have looked around, and so, We think we'll stay another year. Our dining-room is pretty dark; Our kitchen's hot and very small; The "view" we get of Central Park We really do not get at all. The ceiling cracks and crumbles down Upon me while I'm working here But, after combing all the town, We think we'll stay another year. We are not "handy" to the sub; Our hall-boy service is a joke; Our janitor's a foreign dub Who never does a thing but smoke; Our landlord says he will not cut A cent from rent already dear; And so we sought for betterbut We think we'll stay another year. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MAY EVENING IN CENTRAL PARK by AMY LOWELL CENTRAL PARK AT DUSK by SARA TEASDALE THE BUNTLING BALL, 1884 by EDGAR FAWCETT THE LAKE IN CENTRAL PARK by JAY WRIGHT BEETHOVEN IN CENTRAL PARK by ALFRED NOYES CENTRAL PARK by JOHN MYERS O'HARA MORNING IN CENTRAL PARK by JAMES OPPENHEIM THE MAY PARTY by JAMES OPPENHEIM LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |
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