Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A WEST-BOUND DINER LEAVES THE SLUMS, by CATHERINE LE MASTER ECKRICH First Line: The houses, horrid, leaning, beaten places Last Line: How long the bud must swell, and where the hazel grows. Subject(s): Slums; Tenements | ||||||||
The houses, horrid, leaning, beaten places, Stretch row on row, and glisten in the rain, The asphalt is spattered thick with mud and stain That yesterday was dust. The empty staring faces, City-worn, and wise, and heavy with the traces Of things that cramping does, send looks of hate, pain, And devil-may-care, and view the slowly moving train, And us inside, with asters in the vases On the white-clothed tables. And now a rim Of sky breaks through: we pass a field where goes A farm lad. He waves, and I wave back to him, And suddenly am glad that I am one of those Used to knowing when the sap is in the limb, How long the bud must swell, and where the hazel grows. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A WINDOW IN THE SLUMS by WALLACE STEVENS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASS ROOM IN A SLUM by STEPHEN SPENDER A PITCHER OF MIGNONETTE; TRIOLET by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER CHILDBIRTH IN THE SLUMS by GRACE MADELON FRAME TENEMENT CHILD by ELLA COLTER JOHNSTON PREFERENCE by CATHERINE LE MASTER ECKRICH THE LAWYERS KNOW TOO MUCH by CARL SANDBURG |
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