Denise Levertov

Here you will find the Poem February Evening In New York of poet Denise Levertov

February Evening In New York

As the stores close, a winter light 
opens air to iris blue, 
glint of frost through the smoke 
grains of mica, salt of the sidewalk. 
As the buildings close, released autonomous 
feet pattern the streets 
in hurry and stroll; balloon heads 
drift and dive above them; the bodies 
aren't really there. 
As the lights brighten, as the sky darkens, 
a woman with crooked heels says to another woman 
while they step along at a fair pace, 
'You know, I'm telling you, what I love best 
is life. I love life! Even if I ever get 
to be old and wheezy?or limp! You know? 
Limping along??I'd still ... ' Out of hearing. 
To the multiple disordered tones 
of gears changing, a dance 
to the compass points, out, four-way river. 
Prospect of sky 
wedged into avenues, left at the ends of streets, 
west sky, east sky: more life tonight! A range 
of open time at winter's outskirts.