When someone says: "Alexandria,"
I see the white walls of a house,
a small garden row of gillyflowers,
an autumn evening's pale sunlight
and hear the music of distant flutes.
When someone says: "Alexandria,"
I see stars above the hushed city,
drunken sailors in dark quarters,
a dancing girl performing the "wasp,"
and hear tambourines and the noise of fights.
When someone says "Alexandria,"
I see a pale purple sunset above the green sea,
the flickering of furry stars
and the light grey eyes beneath thick brows
that I see even when
no one says: "Alexandria!"
When Someone Says: "alexandria"
Mikhail Alekseevich Kuzmin
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Poem topics: autumn, city, dark, girl, green, house, light, music, purple, sea, sunset, evening, white, small, garden, noise, beneath, sunlight, hear, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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