Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, STARK BEAUTY, by MARGARETTE BALL DICKSON


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STARK BEAUTY, by                    
First Line: The cities rise in high serated peaks
Last Line: A fitting symbol of the age of steel.
Subject(s): Beauty


The cities rise in high serated peaks
That cut a jagged line against the sky
A Titan asking an eternal why—
Exultant energy forever seeks
Through drills and dredges, steam-shovels whose beaks
Dig deep and deeper and whose siren cry
Seems depth and height and distance to defy,
For firm foundations—dredging, week on weeks
In such a changing world is beauty now
Without a veil—fierce suns have melted mists;
The search light seeks her out, her up-stretched wrists
Beseech, command that all shall grant, allow
That simple, stark and harsh be her appeal
A fitting symbol of the age of steel.





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