The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces
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By Joyce Kilmer 29 Jan, 2020
Excerpt.........WHENEVER I read Mr. Chester Firkins' excellent poem "On a Subway Express" I am filled with amazement. It is not strange that Mr. Firkins turned the subway into poetry, it is strange that the subway does not turn every one of its passe ... Read more
Excerpt.........WHENEVER I read Mr. Chester Firkins' excellent poem "On a Subway Express" I am filled with amazement. It is not strange that Mr. Firkins turned the subway into poetry, it is strange that the subway does not turn every one of its passengers into a poet. There are, it is true, more comfortable means of locomotion than the subway; there are conveyances less crowded, better ventilated, cooler in Summer, warmer in Winter. A little discomfort, however, is an appropriate accompaniment of adventure. And subway-riding is a splendid adventure, a radiant bit of romance set in the gray fabric of the work-a-day world. Less
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Alfred Joyce Kilmer (Dec 6, 1886 – July 30, 1918) was an American writer, poet, journalist, literary critic, lecturer, and editor mainly remembered for a short poem titled "Trees" (1913), which was ...
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