Lilac Blossom Cinquain

By Cheryl Marie Wade

Blossom, moonlit lilac caresses my sad breast dark dark hand ivory breast, the blossom

About this poem

A cinquain, a five-line poem. One of a series Wade wrote in the mid-1980s. Dedicated “For Doretha”.

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