Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CITY SCENE: CHICAGO, by GEORGE HERBERT NELSON First Line: Today in a dull gray afternoon Last Line: Were like a shower of polka dots. Subject(s): Chicago | ||||||||
Today in a dull gray afternoon, With threat of rainy weather soon, I sat on a bus's top deck high And watched the world go gliding by. The pavement, like a ribbon black, Stretched far ahead, a silken track On which the taxis . . . yellow spots . . . Were like a shower of polka dots. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...METAMORPHOSES: 3. THE RE-BIRTH OF VENUS by GEOFFREY HILL FOR THE NEW WORLD by EDWARD HIRSCH WHEN SKYSCRAPERS WERE INVENTED IN CHICAGO by EDWARD HIRSCH A GUY I KNOW ON 47TH AND COTTAGE by CLARENCE MAJOR STUDY FOR A GEOGRAPHICAL TRAIL; 2. ILLINOIS by CLARENCE MAJOR THE EXPANDED COMPOSITION by CLARENCE MAJOR THE SEVEN CITIES OF AMERICA by EDGAR LEE MASTERS CHICAGO CABARET by KENNETH REXROTH AD ASTRA by GEORGE HERBERT NELSON |
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