Off The Page~ a multimedia exploration of painting, poetry, storytelling and music
Girl Help by Janet Lewis read by Debbie Deal
1982
Mild and slow and young,
She moves about the room,
And stirs the summer dust
With her wide broom.
In the warm, lofted air,
Soft lips together pressed,
Soft wispy hair,
She stops to rest.
And stops to breath,
Amid the summer hum,
The great white lilac bloom
Scented with days to come.
Janet Lewis. Poems Old and New 1918-1978. Swallow Press, Ohio University Press, Chicago, IL, 1982, p.21