Potpourri by Lola Ridge

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend May 30, 2015   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 Poetry by Ridge   The Ghetto and Other Poems (Dodo Press, 2008) "Poppies on the Wheat" by Helen Hunt Jackson "Queen-Anne’s-Lace" by William Carlos Williams "Follies" by Carl Sandburg Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038