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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DORYPHA, by FREDERIC SAUSER Poet's Biography First Line: On holidays / when the cowboys and indians get drunk Last Line: With a flower. Alternate Author Name(s): Cendrars, Blaise Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Guitars; Holidays; Women | |||
Dorypha On holidays When the cowboys and Indians get drunk on pulque and whisky Dorypha dances To the tune of the Mexican guitar Such entrancing habaneras They come for leagues around to look at her. No woman knows as well as she How to drape her silk mantilla How to adorn her golden hair With a ribbon With a comb With a flower. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV |
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