Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A SHIP IN A PIER, by ALEXANDER JAVITZ



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A SHIP IN A PIER, by                    
First Line: A ship is a slight thing
Last Line: That a city ever stood!
Subject(s): Ships & Shipping


A ship is a slight thing
To moor alongside a city.

Masts are frail
Against steel and stone.

Chanteys are silent
When streets are talking.

Sails are furled
Where the towers rise tall.

A city is white like lightning
And straight like pride --
And a ship is a grey whisper
Tired at its feet . . .

If the ship were mine
And the masts black --

If the ship were mine
And the sails bronze --

I would make a chantey
Heavy with gold;

I could forget to know
That a city ever stood!





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