|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN NEW YORK, by JOHN HALL WHEELOCK Poet's Biography
First Line: Within the modern world, deformed and vast
Last Line: The monstrous secret that propels the stars.
Subject(s): Calvary; Life, Modern; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple
First Line: Within the modern world, deformed and vast
Last Line: The monstrous secret that propels the stars.
Subject(s): Calvary; Life, Modern; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple
Within the modern world, deformed and vast,
Lurks everlasting, though all men deny,
The awful force that in the ages past
Walked on the waves and cried on Calvary.
I feel it in the crowded city street
'Mid iron walls and wheels and clanging cars,
I feel it in my pulses as they beat,
The monstrous secret that propels the stars.
Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!
Other Poems of Interest...
READY FOR THE CANNERY by BERTON BRALEY
TRANTER IN AMERICA by AUGUST KLEINZAHLER
MEETING YOU AT THE PIERS by KENNETH KOCH
FEBRUARY EVENING IN NEW YORK by DENISE LEVERTOV
ON 52ND STREET by PHILIP LEVINE
THREE POEMS FOR NEW YORK by JOSEPHINE MILES
NEW YORK SUBWAY by HILDA MORLEY
THE BLACK PANTHER by JOHN HALL WHEELOCK