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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HORIZONS, by CHRISTIE JEFFRIES
First Line: Where canyon walls of cities rise
Last Line: Immeasurable and limitless.
Subject(s): Cities; Walls; Urban Life
First Line: Where canyon walls of cities rise
Last Line: Immeasurable and limitless.
Subject(s): Cities; Walls; Urban Life
Where canyon walls of cities rise
To lupin skies,
And concrete rivers flow beyond
The glance into an asphalt pond,
I see a granite beauty limned
In heavy lines, exact, undimmed.
And that is all; I cannot see
Horizons of infinity.
But when I pass a corner lush
With underbrush,
See the wild creeper's curving stroke
Penciled on the rutted oak,
Behold the emerald opulence
Of leaf and grass, omnipotence
And majesty around me press,
Immeasurable and limitless.
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