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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A YOUNG MAN ON THE PLATFORM OF A SUBWAY EXPRESS, by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Blithe, whistling lad who yesterevening / stood Last Line: ... It tickles. Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A. Subject(s): Pleasure | |||
BLITHE, whistling lad who yesterevening stood Behind me on the Broadway subway's platform, Your disposition may be bad or good, Your will to pleasure may take this or that form. You whistled, I believe, "Poor Butterfly," (I've heard the tune, and once you seemed to strike it) Pray be not angry when I say that I Don't like it. I do not mind your piping off the key— I sometimes err myself in that direction— But when you whistle right in back of me, I claim the right to offer mild objection: Whistle whate'er you will, sans let or check, To those who nightly pay the Shontsian nickels, But do it elsewhere, please, than down my neck. ... It tickles. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE TRIP FROM CALIFORNIA by KENNETH KOCH GIVE BACK, GIVE BACK by MARVIN BELL THE GAIETY OF FORM by ROBERT BLY DEDICATION IN THESE DAY by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE OPEN HAPPENS IN THE MIDST OF BEINGS; MARTIN HEIDEGGER by NORMAN DUBIE UNHOLY SONNET: 25 by MARK JARMAN LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |
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