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(inspired by a magazine advertisement for Tabu perfume by Coty, circa 1970)
For an hour they practice their violin and piano duet
While outside, elephants warm their backs
In the topiary garden
And the breeze presses the branches of the rose
More deeply into the curls of the black iron fence.
The blue damask drapes muffle
The sound of their stolen embrace
But outside the luncheon china and crystal
Shimmer in the morning light
And the swans of the white company linen
Float on the lake of each plate
Oh, it is spring
In the garden of love
And they take the time to pluck a few blossoms
For themselves, each hoping the other
Will utter the word they both crave, the perfume
Drifting up from the heat of her dress
Inspiring each to that end.
© by Sherry Hughes Beasley.
Used with the author's permission.
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Sherry Hughes Beasley is the author of six poetry books, the most recent being Yellow Bedroom and The White Flowers. She lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, where she is also a graphic designer, a jeweler, and an animal rights activist. Sherry's poems have appeared in numerous literary journals, and she was the founder of Astounding Beauty Ruffian Press.
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EstherJ:
She paints quite a picture with those words!
Posted 05/27/2025 12:23 PM
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Supa:
Fascinating! Different! Enjoyable! Very Visual!
Posted 05/27/2015 06:36 AM
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phebe.davidson@gmail.com:
Good heavens, I remember that ad (or its near twin)---how postured, how elegant and romantically-even-then-outdated it seemed. How even the admen long for pasts that never really were . . . .?
Posted 05/27/2015 05:36 AM
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r1manchester:
So light and airy,like a well-danced Viennese waltz. Ah,romance!
Posted 05/27/2015 04:41 AM
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KevinArnold:
I like the detail of the 'white company linen, and them plucking a few blossoms / For themselves.
Posted 05/26/2015 11:13 PM
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