We who with songs beguile your pilgrimage / And swear that Beauty lives though lilies die, / We Poets of the proud old lineage / Who sing to find your hearts, we know not why ... (James Elroy Flecker)
Showing posts with label Afelaide Crapsey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Afelaide Crapsey. Show all posts

5.9.25

Tease


Let’s out

into the day!

Spring is flirting with us.

Quick! Dance with her now, while that smile 

stays warm.



At dVerse today, we are asked to write an American cinquain, the five-line form with a syllable count of 2-4-6-8-2, devised by Adelaide Crapsey early in the 20th Century.