Writings / Poetry

April Ballad

George Elliot Clarke

Oh, how earthy it is
To field Love in cool grass

With Gypsy-accoutred she....
Ah! How her hips hold sway!

Meltingly, she opens
Heaven, plus Hell unpens,

Her bronze hair a pillow
Where swell kisses wallow-

Or insects (when we loll
In woods, or let sand spill

Upon us on a beach
Where love-oiled limbs outstretch).

Though April is cold and
Buffeted by snow, wind,

Rain, plus gold daffodils-
Our lips never feel chills,

When we stand under stars
And loosen silk and furs

For "Roman hands and Russian
Fingers," in French fashion,

Leave our forms half-unclothed,
Yet deep, in kisses, bathed.

Later, we notice ‘scars'
Of grass and seed and tears:

Stained we are, but unscathed.
We ‘fall'-like two flowers scythed.

-Malcolm

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