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On Broadway

About me young careless feet   Linger along the garish street;     Above, a hundred shouting signs   Shed down their bright fantastic glow     Upon the merry crowd and lines   Of moving carriages below.   Oh wonderful is Broadway — only   My heart, my heart is lonely.   Desire naked, linked with Passion,  Goes trutting by in brazen fashion;    From playhouse, cabaret and inn  The rainbow lights of Broadway blaze    All gay without, all glad within;  As in a dream I stand and gaze  At Broadway, shining Broadway — only  My heart, my heart is lonely.

Composition date is unknown - the above date represents the first publication date.

The lyrical form of this poem is aabcbcdd.

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Claude McKay

Festus Claudius "Claude" McKay (September 15, 1889[1] – May 22, 1948) was a Jamaican writer and poet, and was a central figure in the Harlem Ren…

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