Light reflects waters that surround her curves,
seeping through each crevice, unbiased,
sand glistens upon skin’s smooth shadow,
revealing every raised mound of flesh as its own,
her subtle temptation nudges gently against a pebble,
as if to tease the earth,
boastful waters seep,
drowning in unwavering temptation
of blind seduction,
a mere vision of the slightest movement,
or glance,
or simple stillness.
From First Love to its destructive end and on to new beginnings, Mary Angela Nangini's poems explore the birth and death of a relationship. The powerful poems are presented in two parts with an introduction to her next book My Ontario Beautiful. (Th