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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CITIES: 1. LONDON, by CALE YOUNG RICE Poet's Biography
First Line: With a shawl of fog thrown over her shoulders
Last Line: Remembering her youth, in the rain.
Subject(s): Buses; Fog; London; Rain; Haze
First Line: With a shawl of fog thrown over her shoulders
Last Line: Remembering her youth, in the rain.
Subject(s): Buses; Fog; London; Rain; Haze
With a shawl of fog thrown over her shoulders
London waits in the rain
For the next bus, the next train from Waterloo,
The next ship from Thames-mouth, the next word
Of an empire falling from her:
Waits like an old woman, poverty-shaken,
Remembering her youth, in the rain.
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