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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EYES, by RUTH CLAY PRICE First Line: Seen from the balcony, looking down Last Line: Aglitter through the smoke. Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Night Clubs; Striptease Dancers; Women | |||
Seen from the balcony, looking down: At tables around the dancing floor The midnight crowd is watching The stupid cabaret. Applause. Glasses clink. Louder the music sounds. A dancing! beautiful is girl Flowerface. like painted her Cigarette smoke dims the room. Men and women seem but eyes agleam, Eyes, glancing at The dancing. girl is who Passionate thought eyes, Leering, jeering! sneering, A circle of concupiscent eyes Aglitter through the smoke. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV |
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