Friday Poetry: Elinor Wylie

Happy Friday!

I hope everyone has had a good week so far.

My chosen poem today is by someone I have never come across before. Elinor Wylie (1885-1928) was an American poet and novelist popular in the 1920’s and 1930’s.

Velvet Shoes

Let us walk in the white snow
In a soundless space;
With footsteps quiet and slow,
At a tranquil pace,
Under veils of white lace.

I shall go shod in silk,
And you in wool,
White as a white cow's milk,
More beautiful
Than the breast of a gull.

We shall walk through the still town
In a windless peace;
We shall step upon white down,
Upon silver fleece,
Upon softer than these.

We shall walk in velvet shoes;
Wherever we go
Silence will fall like dews
On white silence below.
We shall walk in the snow. 

Elinor Wylie

Happy Reading

Etsy

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