The Poetry Corner

Il Giardino

By Paul Cameron Brown

Cloves on the table. (jardin parfumel are like ladyslippers with the jargon of their sweetmeats preserved in aromatic slabs about a garden wall. Spanish ivy is the pastrami of this terrace- thick, white walls, Hispanic style, unite with prim elasticity to quicken Picasso's sunshine like a ukulele strumming the grave.