Fine Southern Women

The air is fragrant

of jasmine flowers

while sitting here

for tea

The grass beneath

my feet

cools, as the

sun retreats...

Cucumber sandwiches

so petite

fine southern women

fanning from the heat

ever so shy

the eyes that peek

Waiting for their callers

gentlemen in sync

wrap around porches

is the place

ladies meet

Courting is done

from the time

of sixteen

fancy apparel

long dresses with corsets underneath

Fine southern women
clearly speak
with dignity and zest
insulting you down while smiling...

Fine southern women
they can't be beat
ladies of an era
understated to be the least.