Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A BURLESQUE SOUBRETTE, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Upstage the great high-shafted beefy choir Last Line: "o gawd, I got a hellish cold to-day!" Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Burlesque; Striptease | ||||||||
UPSTAGE the great high-shafted beefy choir Squawked in 2000 watts of orange glare -- You came, and impudent and deuce-may-care Danced where the gutter flamed with footlight fire. Flung from the roof, spots red and yellow burned And followed you. The blatant brassy clang Of instruments drowned out the words you sang, But goldenly you capered, twirled and turned. Boyish and slender, child-limbed, quick and proud, A sprite of irresistible disdain, Fair as a jonquil in an April rain, You seemed too sweet an imp for that dull crowd.... And then, behind the scenes, I heard you say, "O Gawd, I got a hellish cold to-day!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVERS, AND A REFLECTION by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY AFTER IKKYU: 14 by JAMES HARRISON COMMONPLACES by RUDYARD KIPLING MARTIN LUTHER AT POTTSDAM by BARRY PAIN BURLESQUE by VICTOR GUSTAVE PLARR AN IDYLL OF PHATTE AND LEENE by ANONYMOUS ANIMAL CRACKERS by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY IN HONOR OF TAFFY TOPAZ by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY SONG FOR A LITTLE HOUSE by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY THE PLUMPUPPETS by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY THOUGHTS WHILE PACKING A TRUNK by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY |
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