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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MARIZIBILL, by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Along the high-street in cologne Last Line: Their hearts sway open like their doors Alternate Author Name(s): Kostrowitzky, Wilhelm Apollina Subject(s): Prostitution; Harlots; Whores; Brothels | |||
Along the high-street in Cologne back and forth she walked at night a slick little piece for all to own then tired of sidewalks she'd stay on in shady barrooms drinking late She went down and out, she gave her all for a redheaded pimp with a bloodshot eye a jew he was with a garlic smell who'd come from Formosa once and hauled her out of some whorehouse in Shanghai People I know of every sort to match their fates they lack the force like dead leaves they're irresolute their eyes are fires just half put out their hearts sway open like their doors | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVING YOU IN FLEMISH by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A MAN AND WOMAN ABSOLUTELY WHITE by ANDRE BRETON AFTER THREE PHOTOGRAPHS OF BRASSAI by NORMAN DUBIE THE VIOLENT SPACE by ETHERIDGE KNIGHT AN OLD WHOREHOUSE by MARY OLIVER CHICAGO CABARET by KENNETH REXROTH FOR A MASSEUSE AND PROSTITUTE by KENNETH REXROTH HARRISON STREET COURT by CARL SANDBURG AUTUMN by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE |
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