
Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel
at 27 years of age.
Picking Grapes 1937
first appeared in
A Primer for Buford ©1990,
Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel. (back)
Picking Grapes 1937
Magic seventeen
and new in California
working in bursting
sweet vineyards
hot sand on soul
one strap held by a
safety pin
a girl could be whatever
she desired
the first breath of
Eve in Paradise
the last gasp of Jean Harlow
in Hollywood