Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A STREET, by JAMES STEPHENS Poet's Biography First Line: Two narrow files of houses scowl Last Line: The sweetness here of any rose. Subject(s): Cities; Urban Life | ||||||||
Two narrow files of houses scowl, Blackened with grime, on either side Of the road, and through them prowl Strange men and women, shifty-eyed And slinking. The drink-shop throws A flaring yellow, light adown The pavement. The gutter flows A turbid evil stream. A clown, Drink-sodden, lurches by and sings Obscenely. A woman trails behind, With old bad eyes. Her clothing clings Rain-soaked about her. No daring wind, Light-hearted, from a garden blows The sweetness here of any rose. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THINGS (FOR AN INDIAN) TO DO IN NEW YORK (CITY) by SHERMAN ALEXIE THE CITY REVISITED by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET TEN OXHERDING PICTURES: ENTERING THE CITY WITH BLISS-BESTOWING HANDS by LUCILLE CLIFTON THE CITY OF THE OLESHA FRUIT by NORMAN DUBIE DISCOVERING THE PHOTOGRAPH OF LLOYD, EARL, AND PRISCILLA by LYNN EMANUEL MY DIAMOND STUD by ALICE FULTON |
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