In Search Of Langston Hughes Poem by Shola Balogun

(Songs for Jazz)

A river of wine
In the kiss of your lips:
Let me be the rose
In your rose garden.
There is sweetness of honey
And the aromatic spices
Like the fruit wine of Helbon
In the kiss of your lips.
Even though there is no star
In this night sky,
I see the stars tonight
On the brow of your eyes.
Your name is a poem
Beautifully written.
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Wine in the kiss of your lips:
O beautiful, beautiful darling!
Your voice is sweeter
Than the nightingale's song,
Melodious and comely.