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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, by ELIAZBETH GUION HESS
First Line: A garbage wagon, rolling / along snowy ...
Last Line: And smell and feel?
Subject(s): Homeless
First Line: A garbage wagon, rolling / along snowy ...
Last Line: And smell and feel?
Subject(s): Homeless
A garbage wagon, rolling
Along the snowy streets;
(A man forlorn and ragged,
On the driver's seat)
Bearing the refuse
Of a city's feast.
A green lettuce leaf,
A red holly wreath,
Broken dolls beneath
Some toys; a Christmas card --
Three wise men from the East,
Potato parings
And a poet's lines;
Coffee grounds and Christmas rhymes.
What of the man who
Is at the wheel? --
Can he not think,
And smell and feel?
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