Towns in Colour (Amy Lowell Poems)
IRed SlippersRed slippers in a shop-window, and outside in the street, flaws of grey,windy sleet!Behind the polished glass, the slippers ...
IRed SlippersRed slippers in a shop-window, and outside in the street, flaws of grey,windy sleet!Behind the polished glass, the slippers ...
First MovementThin-voiced, nasal pipesDrawing sound out and outUntil it is a screeching thread,Sharp and cutting, sharp and cutting,It hurts.Whee-e-e!Bump! Bump! ...
The day is fresh-washed and fair, and there is a smell of tulips and narcissus in the air. ...
GRASS-BLADES push up between the cobblestones And catch the sun on their flat sides Shooting it back, Gold and emerald, ...
Why do the lilies goggle their tongues at meWhen I pluck them;And writhe and twist,And strangle themselves against my fingers,So ...
But why did I kill him? Why? Why? In the small, gilded room, near the stair? My ears rack and ...
How still it is! Sunshine itself here falls In quiet shafts of light through the high trees Which, arching, make ...
I How fresh the Dartle's little waves that day! A steely silver, underlined with blue, And flashing where the round ...
The stars hang thick in the apple tree, The south wind smells of the pungent sea, Gold tulip cups are ...
First Movement Thin-voiced, nasal pipes Drawing sound out and out Until it is a screeching thread, Sharp and cutting, sharp ...
1 A yellow band of light upon the street Pours from an open door, and makes a wide Pathway of ...
"Hullo, Alice!" "Hullo, Leon!" "Say, Alice, gi' me a couple O' them two for five cigars, Will yer?" "Where's your ...
Slowly, without force, the rain drops into the city. It stops a moment on the carved head of Saint John, ...
There once was a man whom the gods didn't love, And a disagreeable man was he. He loathed his neighbours, ...
Part First Frau Concert-Meister Altgelt shut the door. A storm was rising, heavy gusts of wind Swirled through the trees, ...
Streaks of green and yellow iridescence, Silver shiftings, Rings veering out of rings, Silver -- gold -- Grey-green opaqueness sliding ...
I Hoops Blue and pink sashes, Criss-cross shoes, Minna and Stella run out into the garden To play at hoop. ...
Bath The day is fresh-washed and fair, and there is a smell of tulips and narcissus in the air. The ...
He shouts in the sails of the ships at sea, He steals the down from the honeybee, He makes the ...
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