Potpourri
Do you remember
Honey-melon moon
Dripping thick sweet light
Where Canal Street saunters off by herself among quiet trees?
And the faint decayed patchouli—
Fragrance of New Orleans
Like a dead tube rose
Upheld in the warm air…
Miraculously whole.
Credit
This poem is in the public domain.
About this Poem
“Potpourri” was published in Ridge’s book Sun-Up, and Other Poems (B. W. Huebsch, 1920).
Author
Lola Ridge
Born in Dublin on December 12, 1873, Lola Ridge grew up in mining towns in New Zealand and Australia.
Date Published
05/30/2015