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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHILDBIRTH IN THE SLUMS, by GRACE MADELON FRAME
First Line: A narrow, squalid, dismal lane
Last Line: Then brooding silence all around.
Subject(s): Slums; Tenements
First Line: A narrow, squalid, dismal lane
Last Line: Then brooding silence all around.
Subject(s): Slums; Tenements
A narrow, squalid, dismal lane,
A cry ... as from a soul in pain,
A puny wail, a crooning sound --
Then brooding silence all around.
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
A WEST-BOUND DINER LEAVES THE SLUMS by CATHERINE LE MASTER ECKRICH
TENEMENT CHILD by ELLA COLTER JOHNSTON
MATER DOLOROSA by GRACE MADELON FRAME
NOTHING IS LOST by GRACE MADELON FRAME
REACHING OUT by GRACE MADELON FRAME