Small Black Powder

Famous quotes containing the words small, black and/or powder:

    “the small town big shot who, although very short,
    who although with a cigarette-stained mustache,
    who although famous for lobster on the rocks,
    left me here, nubkin, sucking in my vodka
    and emphysema cigarettes, unable to walk
    your walks, unable to write your writes.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “Let the Brazos
    Freeze solid! And the Wabash turn to a leaden
    Cinder of ice! The Marañon is too tepid, we must
    Is freezing slowly in the blasts. The black Yonne
    Congeals nicely.”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    “My little ‘bout-town gal has gone
    ‘Bout town with powder and blue dye
    On her pale lids....”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)