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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A MANHATTAN ROOF, by ANNETTE WILCOX
First Line: I've been on a sea voyage
Last Line: Of car and voice and feet.
Subject(s): Cities; Life; New York City; Urban Life; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple
First Line: I've been on a sea voyage
Last Line: Of car and voice and feet.
Subject(s): Cities; Life; New York City; Urban Life; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple
I've been on a sea voyage
Through a dead city.
Buildings blurred
Webbing earth and sky together tenuously.
Light. . . and moving shadows cross them.
These no sturdy mortals at their nightly toil,
But mystic weavers of an ancient fate,
Endlessly performing strange and devious things.
There is a life here . . .
There's a pulse and beat, muted deep
A spun-together rhythm
Of car and voice and feet.
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