|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
STATION SWEEPER, by IONE MORRISON RIDER
First Line: These large imposing marble corridors
Last Line: And dignity attends him down the hall.
Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Railroad Stations; Work; Workers
First Line: These large imposing marble corridors
Last Line: And dignity attends him down the hall.
Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Railroad Stations; Work; Workers
These large imposing marble corridors
(Cold monuments to worshipped speed)
One figure treads serene in quietness
Released from clutching haste.
With long methodical and rhythmic thrusts
The sweeper moves his broom
Surely, compellingly
Among staccato, hurry-bitten feet;
And dignity attends him down the hall.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
AFTER WORKING SIXTY HOURS AGAIN FOR WHAT REASON by HICOK. BOB
DAY JOB AND NIGHT JOB by ANDREW HUDGINS
BIXBY'S LANDING by ROBINSON JEFFERS
ON BUILDING WITH STONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS
LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS
IN CALIFORNIA: MORNING, EVENING, LATE JANUARY by DENISE LEVERTOV