Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RIVER OF LIGHT: 1. BROADWAY, 103RD TO 96TH, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lights foam and bubble down the gentle grade Last Line: To pour in gathering torrent through the dark. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Broadway, New York City | ||||||||
LIGHTS foam and bubble down the gentle grade: Bright shine chop sueys and rotisseries; In pink translucence glowingly displayed See camisole and stocking and chemise. Delicatessen windows full of cheese -- Above, the chimes of church-bells toll and fade -- And then, from off some distant Palisade That gluey savor on the Jersey breeze! The burning bulbs, in green and white and red, Spell out a Change of Program Sun., Wed., Fri., A clicking taxi spins with ruby spark. There is a sense of poising near the head Of some great flume of brightness, flowing by To pour in gathering torrent through the dark. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UPPER BROADWAY SUNDAY by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER THE WHITE LIGHTS by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON NEW YEAR'S DAWN - BROADWAY by SARA TEASDALE SUMMER NIGHT-BROADWAY by LOUIS UNTERMEYER A BROADWAY PAGEANT by WALT WHITMAN ANIMAL CRACKERS by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY |
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