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Famous Banisters Poems by Famous Poets

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...ness.

I'll never forget. He went out, reeling;
his mouth was twisted, desolate. . .
I ran downstairs, not touching the banisters,
and followed him as far as the gate.

And shouted, choking: "I meant it all
in fun. Don't leave me, or I'll die of pain."
He smiled at me -- oh so calmly, terribly --
and said: "Why don't you get out of the rain?"...Read more of this...
by Akhmatova, Anna



...I'm waiting for my friend. The gate's unlocked. 
 The banisters are lit so he can walk. 

 I'm waiting for my friend. The times are dull and tough. 
 Anticipation lightens our life. 

 He's driving down the Ring Road, at full speed, 
 the way I did it when he was in need. 

 He will arrive to find the spot at once, 
 the pine is lit well in advance. 

 There is a dog. His eyes are phosphorescent. 
 Are you a fr...Read more of this...
by Voznesensky, Andrei
...Over the banisters bends a face, 
Daringly sweet and beguiling. 
Somebody stands in careless grace, 
And watches the picture, smiling.

The light burns dim in the hall below, 
Nobody sees her standing, 
Saying good-night again, soft and slow, 
Half way up to the landing.

Nobody only the eyes of brown, 
Tender and full of meaning, 
That smile on the fairest face in t...Read more of this...
by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler
...ys.

And, growing tired, we turn aside at last,
Remember our secret selves, seek out our towers,
Lay weary hands on the banisters, and climb;
Climbing, each, to his little four-square dream
Of love or lust or beauty or death or crime.


VI.

Over the darkened city, the city of towers,
The city of a thousand gates,
Over the gleaming terraced roofs, the huddled towers,
Over a somnolent whisper of loves and hates,
The slow wind flows, drearily streams and falls,
With a mournful ...Read more of this...
by Aiken, Conrad
...ys.

And, growing tired, we turn aside at last,
Remember our secret selves, seek out our towers,
Lay weary hands on the banisters, and climb;
Climbing, each, to his little four-square dream
Of love or lust or beauty or death or crime....Read more of this...
by Aiken, Conrad



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