The Ghetto and Other Poems

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Ghetto and Other Poems, by Lola RidgeThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Ghetto and Other PoemsAuthor: Lola RidgePosting Date: July 25, 2009 [EBook #4332] Release Date: August, 2003 First Posted: January 8, 2002Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GHETTO AND OTHER POEMS ***Produced by Catherine DalyThe GhettoLola RidgeTO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE Will you feast with me, American People? But what have I that shall seem good to you! On my board are bitter apples And honey served on thorns, And in my flagons fluid iron, Hot from the crucibles.How should such fare entice you!CONTENTS The Ghetto Manhattan Broadway Flotsam Spring Bowery Afternoon Promenade The Fog Faces Debris Dedication The Song of Iron Frank Little at Calvary Spires The Legion of Iron Fuel A Toast "The Everlasting Return," Palestine The Song To the Others Babel The Fiddler Dawn Wind North Wind The Destroyer Lullaby The Foundling The Woman with Jewels Submerged Art and Life Brooklyn Bridge Dreams The Fire A Memory The Edge The Garden Under-Song A Worn Rose Iron Wine Dispossessed The Star The TidingsThe larger part of the poem ...