Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALLEGRETTO (TO BEATRICE MORTON), by SYLVIA ELDRIDGE First Line: You drape around your willowy body Last Line: Of a soft-throated wind! Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Love | ||||||||
You drape around your willowy body the amorous tunes of a Chopin valse, and in staccato tempo your lithe and nimble feet twinkle on the cool ground daintily, coquettishly, like two tremulous aspen leaves dancing to the cajoling whispers of a soft-throated wind! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD PLAINTIVE ECHOES by SYLVIA ELDRIDGE |
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