A Riddle-Song for Duke Ellington by Craig Williamson

Ten tall ballerinas of bone
Danced on a table of ivory stone––
Clothed like blackbirds warbling home––
And their shoes were like windows,
And their shoes were like bone.

From: Williamson, Craig, “A Riddle-Song for Duke Ellington”, College English, Volume 36, Issue 1, 1974, p. 74.
(http://works.swarthmore.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1029&context=fac-english-lit)

Date: 1974

By: Craig Williamson (1943- )

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