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The Gertrude Hoff mann girls

 

 
Gertrude, Dorothy, Mary, Claire, Alberta,
Charlotte, Dorothy, Ruth, Katie, Emma,
Louise, Peggy, Ferral, Harriet, Sara,
Florrie the nude, Maggie, Toots and Thelma,
 
Night-beauties, beauties-of-fire, beauties-of-rain,
Quivering breasts, flickering hands, wind-swept eyes
You show me the movements of light, you exchange
A frank stare for the glamour of spring,
 
Slender forms for a bunch of flowers,
Daring and dash for a spotless skin,
You barter love for a shiver of swords,
An easy laugh for the promise of dawn,
 
You dance on the frightening gulf of my dreams
And I fall and my fall lasts an age;
The space at your feet splits wide at the seams,
Wonderful girls! The fountains of heaven are your stage.
 
 
 

Paul Eluard

 
 
Dance Poetry
A comprehensive anthology
Edited by Alkis Raftis
Copyright 2012

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