Nature

Evening: New York

by Sara Teasdale 1884–1933

From Flame and Shadow (1920)

Nature

Blue dust of evening over my city,
Over the ocean of roofs and the tall towers
Where the window-lights, myriads and myriads,
Bloom from the walls like climbing flowers.

MLA

Teasdale, Sara. “Evening: New York.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/273/.

Chicago

Teasdale, Sara. “Evening: New York.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/teasdale/273/.

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