Potpourri

Lola Ridge

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.

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).

Lola Ridge was born on December 12, 1873, in Dublin. She immigrated to the United States when she was thirty-four years old. Some of her books include The Ghetto and Other Poems (1918), Red Flag (1927), and Firehead (1929).

Photo credit: Esta Varez

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May 30, 2015