Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, by MARJORIE ALLEN SEIFFERT


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PORTRAIT OF A LADY, by                    
First Line: Good morning, madam
Last Line: Wilting on your breast.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cypher, Angela; Hay, Elijah
Subject(s): Portraits; Women


Goodmorning, madam, in your sleepy brown hair --
Twist yourself awake, blink and stare!
I am lying on the floor,
With the old rose-red
Dressing-gown you wore
When you went to bed.

Don't look stupid with drowsy blue eyes --
Here by the bed is your disguise!
You're a gentle wife
And a tender mother,
And all your life
You shall be no other.

Life is a shawl to wrap about your shoulder --
Every day warmer, every day older.
In half an hour
You'll be dressed,
Youth like a flower
Wilting on your breast.





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