Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PROLOGUE, by EDITH CAROLYN NEWLIN First Line: Midnight, december thirty-first Last Line: The curtain rises! The play is on! Subject(s): Boredom; Ignorance; Ennui; Dullness; Stupdity | ||||||||
Midnight, December Thirty-first, In a blue coat buttoned with stars, In an ermine stole and a crystal crown, With sleighbells girt on his motor-cars, Rides to a din and hullabaloo, -- Out of the Old year, into the New, -- Stands in the footlights and lifts his glass To his best resolve and his oldest friend, -- To his highest aim and his dearest lass, And a good time, world without end, -- Drains the flagon, and then is gone! The curtain rises! The Play is on! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BUFFALO CLOUDS OVER THE MAESTRO HOON by NORMAN DUBIE SIMPLE PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA by NORMAN DUBIE I'M WITH STUPID by PETER JOHNSON ELECTION DAY, 1984 by CAROLYN KIZER AN AMERICAN IN BANGKOK by KAREN SWENSON FESTOONS OF FISHES by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG TO A BLOCKHEAD by ALEXANDER POPE THE CASE OF SABRINA SIMPSON USCH by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A BIT OF MULL by FREDERICK HENRY HERBERT ADLER THE LAMENT OF A ONE-WAY STREET by EDITH CAROLYN NEWLIN |
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