February Evening In New York by Denise Levertov

Great poem! I think this poem is describing the pace of life in New York, in the beginning she describes the beauty and the significance of the February in NY, then she begins to describe "Feet patterns the street, in hurry and stroll"..balloon heads and seperate bodies...probably is symbolic to not being present and whole at the moment, and not observing whats really surrounding them and where they are, because they are in their own head. The women that she describes that are walking in a fair pace is contrasted with the people who are hurrying to reach their next goal, not stopping and enjoying life, the crooked heels for some reason made me think of someone who is living in the streets or even working on the streets, or is always outside wandering around maybe someone with no goals, not sure about that one.