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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS, by MACKNIGHT BLACK First Line: What love / do these men give their women Last Line: Toward the sky's edge. Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Work; Workers | |||
What love Do these men give their women That is like the love they spend On this iron harlot With the sky between her breasts? What kisses Like the red sting of rivets Have they left on any lips? You will not find The full fruit of their loins In any daughters, any sons -- But lift your gaze, and stare long Toward the sky's edge. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER WORKING SIXTY HOURS AGAIN FOR WHAT REASON by HICOK. BOB DAY JOB AND NIGHT JOB by ANDREW HUDGINS BIXBY'S LANDING by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON BUILDING WITH STONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS IN CALIFORNIA: MORNING, EVENING, LATE JANUARY by DENISE LEVERTOV |
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