Poem by Bert Leston Taylor

Spring in the Shops

(In the manner of Ezra Pound)

Will people accept them? (i.e. these
    bargains)
O dainty colorings and range of prices!
Gowns of charmeuse in all the colors of the
    season;
Blouse suits of Russian cloth, tucked belt of
    softest satin,
And only $37.50.
Beautiful  but  inexpensive  hats  (values
    unprecedented).
Lovely French flowers combined
With handsome ribbon or numidi, roses,
    lilacs, wistaria, in beautiful colorings.

And petticoats, in crepe de chine and chiffon.
The petticoat oddly cut and gored,
That holds its fullness just below the knee,
And yet puffs out above,
Giving the new and fashionable outline.
Soft petticoats of sheerest voile, opened on
    side with clasps, in straight effect,
Silk jersey tucked and plaited ruffle, with
    underlay of same,
Special at $1.95.

1. Upon Julia's Arctics
2. Aprilly
3. The Road to Anywhere
4. Hence These Years
5. Post-Impressionism

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