|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ROSES IN THE SUBWAY, by DANA BURNET Poet's Biography
First Line: A wan-cheeked girl with faded eyes
Last Line: My mother ... Stooping down.
Subject(s): Commuters; New York City; Steel; Subways; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple
First Line: A wan-cheeked girl with faded eyes
Last Line: My mother ... Stooping down.
Subject(s): Commuters; New York City; Steel; Subways; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple
A wan-cheeked girl with faded eyes
Came stumbling down the crowded car,
Clutching her burden to her breast
As though she held a star.
Roses, I swear it! Red and sweet
And struggling from her pinched white hands,
Roses ... like captured hostages
From far and fairy lands!
The thunder of the rushing train
Was like a hush ... The flower scent
Breathed faintly on the stale, whirled air
Like some dim sacrament—
I saw a garden stretching out
And morning on it like a crown—
And o'er a bed of crimson bloom
My mother ... stooping down.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
READY FOR THE CANNERY by BERTON BRALEY
TRANTER IN AMERICA by AUGUST KLEINZAHLER
MEETING YOU AT THE PIERS by KENNETH KOCH
FEBRUARY EVENING IN NEW YORK by DENISE LEVERTOV
ON 52ND STREET by PHILIP LEVINE
THREE POEMS FOR NEW YORK by JOSEPHINE MILES
NEW YORK SUBWAY by HILDA MORLEY