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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
STENOGRAPHER, by SYLVIA HEEN First Line: Last night at 9:10 I efficiently climbed a desk-shaped hill Last Line: "tonight..." | |||
Last night at 9:10 I efficiently climbed a desk-shaped hill. I saw the moon almost as white as a letter sheet Set in an ink-washed sky of carbon-blue. I heard a voice which briskly asked If the man in the moon was still in conference. "Not in," I answered. Whoever it was left no message. I heard the rustling of the trees below Like the sound of noiseless typewriters (Which really aren't). Business is better tonight, I thought. If I could only take down everything I feel In shorthand! Transcribe all this! All I could seem to do Was yell at the absent man in the moon And try to spell old form-letter words And think of you, "Dear Sir: "I'm very truly yours, Tonight..." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PETITION OF AH LAN by SYLVIA HEEN A SPIRIT PASSED BEFORE ME by GEORGE GORDON BYRON FIRST BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 7 by THOMAS CAMPION THE SHIP OF RIO by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE LIMERICK by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD IRELAND by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR |
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