Love
White and Green
From Sword Blades and Poppy Seed (1914): Poppy Seed
Love
Hey! My daffodil-crowned,
Slim and without sandals!
As the sudden spurt of flame upon darkness
So my eyeballs are startled with you,
Supple-limbed youth among the fruit-trees,
Light runner through tasselled orchards.
You are an almond flower unsheathed
Leaping and flickering between the budded branches.
Cite this poem
MLA
Lowell, Amy. “White and Green.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/114/.
Chicago
Lowell, Amy. “White and Green.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/114/.
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