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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MEXICAN DESERT, by MINA LOY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The belching ghost-wail of the locomotive Last Line: Belabour the cinders of twilight Alternate Author Name(s): Cravan, Arthur, Mrs.; Lowy, Mina Gertrude; Haweis, Stephen, Mrs. | |||
The belching ghost-wail of the locomotive trailing her rattling wooden tail into the jazz-band sunset. The mountains in a row set pinnacles of ferocious isolation under the alien hot heaven Vegetable cripples of drought thrust up the parching appeal cracking open the earth stump-fingered cacti and hunch-back palm trees belabour the cinders of twilight. … | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ITALIAN PICTURES: JULY IN VALLOMBROSA by MINA LOY ITALIAN PICTURES: THE COSTA SAN GIORGIO by MINA LOY LOVE SONGS TO JOANNES by MINA LOY THREE MOMENTS IN PARIS: 1. ONE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT by MINA LOY APOLOGY OF A GENIUS by MINA LOY STARRY SKY OF WYNDHAM LEWIS by MINA LOY |
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