Patterns...
Apr. 5th, 2009 10:29 amPatterns by Amy Lowell (1874-1925)
from Men, Women, and Ghosts
I walk down the garden paths,
And all the daffodils
Are blowing, and the bright blue squills.
I walk down the patterned garden-paths
In my stiff, brocaded gown.
With my powdered hair and jewelled fan,
I too am a rare
Pattern. As I wander down
The garden paths.
My dress is richly figured,