Poetry Explorer


Classic and Contemporary Poetry


WHITE MOODS: 3. NIAGARA by BENJAMIN ROSENBAUM

First Line: THE KNIFE OF THE SUN AT NIAGARA
Last Line: MAD WITH THE WINE OF BEAUTY.

(For Harriet Monroe)

The knife of the sun at Niagara
And the swallows
Are beautiful
But the voice and movement of the waters
Are gigantic:
A thousand naked men
Mad with the wine of beauty.



Home: PoetryExplorer.net