Lilacs Along the Winding Drive Perfume

Lilac bushes heavy and purple with blooms, a gentle breeze after light spring rain, a dusty pebbled driveway, a slightly rusty porch swing, and a small handful of late blooming violets. "In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-wash’d palings,Stands the lilac-bush tall-growing with heart-shaped leaves of rich green,With many a pointed blossom rising delicate, with the perfume strong I love,With every leaf a miracle—and from this bush in the dooryard,With delicate-color’d blossoms and heart-shaped leaves of rich green,A sprig with its flower I break."- Walt Whitman Artwork: Open Window Lilacs by Valentin Serov, 1886