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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RIVER OF LIGHT: 2. BELOW 96TH, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The current quickens, and in golden flow
Last Line: It bursts in cataracts upon times square!
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Broadway, New York City
First Line: The current quickens, and in golden flow
Last Line: It bursts in cataracts upon times square!
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Broadway, New York City
THE current quickens, and in golden flow
Hurries its flotsam downward through the night --
Here are the rapids where the undertow
Whirls endless motors in a gleaming flight.
From blazing tributaries, left and right,
Influent streams of blue and amber grow.
Columbus Circle eddies: all below
Is pouring flame, a gorge of broken light.
See how the burning river boils in spate,
Channeled by cliffs of insane jewelry,
Painting a rosy roof on cloudy air --
And just about ten minutes after eight,
Tossing a surf of color to the sky
It bursts in cataracts upon Times Square!
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