Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CHIAROSCURO, by SALLY BRUCE KINSOLVING


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First Line: Beauty was disrobing
Last Line: From the garden of june.
Subject(s): Beauty; Flowers; Lilies; Nudity; Nakedness


Beauty was disrobing
Against a shadowed wall --
Her body was as white
As the shadows were tall.

I could only think
Of lilies in a pool --
White jessamine, gardenias
On leaves dark and cool;

Or the curved petal
Of a little white moon,
Plucked by night
From the garden of June.





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