What is the secret to reaching someone with words? Which of the poems—"Concrete Mixers," "The City Is So Big," or "Harlem Night Song"—best uses words to create a vision or an idea of the city for you? In a paragraph, state your opinion and support it with words and phrases that the poet uses to reach you.
I just can't seem to find the poems, can anybody help with finding them?
The City Is So Big by Richard Garcia
The city is so big
Its bridges quake with fear
I know, I have seen at night
The lights sliding from house to house
And trains pass with windows shining
Like a smile full of teeth
I have seen machines eating houses
And stairways walk all by themselves
And elevator doors opening and closing
And people disappear.
Is that godo?
Derp
Concrete Mixers
The drivers are washing the concrete mixers;
Like elephant tenders they hose them down.
Tough gray-skinned monsters standing ponderous,
Elephant-bellied and elephant-nosed,
Standing in muck up to their wheel-caps,
Like rows of elephants, tail trunk.
Their drivers perch on their backs like mahouts,
Sending the sprays of water up.
They rid the trunk-like trough of concrete,
Direct the spray to the bulging sides,
Turn and start the monsters moving.
Concrete mixers
Movie like elephants
Bellow like elephants
Spray like elephants,
Concrete mixers are urban elephants,
Their trunks are raising a city.
Thank you Freeda and Zarchlie, but what about Harlem Night Song?
Whoops, i meant the city is so big
*good
Yes, thank you very much Vicki
To find the poems "Concrete Mixers," "The City Is So Big," and "Harlem Night Song," you can start by searching for them in various poetry collections or anthologies. You may also want to try searching for the specific poet associated with each poem. Let me know if you need any further assistance in locating the poems.
Harlem Night Song
Come,
Let us roam the night together
Singing.
I love you.
Across
The Harlem roof-tops
Moon is shining
Night sky is blue.
Stars are great drops
Of golden dew.
In the cabaret
The jazz-band's playing.
I love you.
Come,
Let us roam the night together
Singing.