Poem-A-Day: A Parisian Roof Garden in 1918 by Natalie Clifford Barney

March 22, 2014 A Parisian Roof Garden in 1918 by Natalie Clifford Barney   As I must mount to feed those doves of ours,  Perhaps you too will spend nocturnal hours   Upon your roof   So high aloof That from its terraced bowers   We catch at clouds and draw a bath from showers.  Before the moon has made all pale the night,  Let's meet with flute and viol, and supper light:  A yew lamb, minted sauce, a raisined bun,  A melon riper than the melting sun--   A flask of Xeres, that we've scarce begun-- We'll try the « lunar waltz » while floats afar  Upon the liquid night--night's nenuphar.  Or else, with senses tuned alike perchance,  Reclining love will make the heavens dance;  And if the enemy from aerial cars  Drops death, we'll share it vibrant with the stars!      Today's poem is in the public domain. About This Poem  "A Parisian Roof Garden in 1918" by Natalie Clifford Barney appears in Barney's bilingual collection of poetry Poems & Poèmes: Autres Alliances (Paris: Emile Paul, New York: Doran, 1920). Poetry by Barney Poems & Poèmes: Autres Alliances (Doran, 1920)       Poem-A-Day Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-A-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Browse the Poem-A-Day Archive.     Natalie Clifford Barney was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1876. An American playwright, poet, and novelist, Barney lived as an expatriate in Paris, where she hosted a literary salon for over sixty years. She died in Paris in 1972. Related Poems The Garden Year by Sara Coleridge Trees in the Garden by D. H. Lawrence  As I Walked Out One Evening by W. H. Auden  __________________________ Love reading Poem-A-Day? Help support it today.     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.

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