"And here we are as there they were: in this kiss"
De Rerum Natura
That nether hair is there for our protection The keep through which the castle works erection That portcullis whence we sally forth to see How the other half lives: entangled within The portcullis of another even as Our elements combine underneath our skin In a dance of life which causes life to be And then rests tender (here) as it always has In softly saline human propinquity
Your father knew of this and your mother too As mine and everyone's to cause me and you To repeat the pattern to know what they knew
It feels awkward to imagine them like this But there they were and here we are: in this kiss To repeat the pattern of past human bliss Then turn side by side as our world turns around Having found as seeking humans always found "It is not good for the man to be alone" Nor the woman as you have so warmly shown And here we are as there they were: in this kiss Just as those who came before had always known
I would not wax just as I would not wane The moon now waxes both of us (again)
A people’s heart can be found in their poetic words. In history men and women have stood firmly upon their soapboxes and street corners, rallying the deepest beliefs of people to rise up and be heard. The poetrypages.com has offered that voice a new
This book represents a thirty-day period of my poetry journal. Each poem addresses
the dominant thoughts occupying my mind during the early morning hours of a given
day.
From the author of Jupiter Remembered and Until It’s Time: Embracing Life In Our Later Years comes Petals of Love: Poetry of a Woman’s Soul – a heartfelt collection spanning more than thirty-five years. Through tender reflections, these poems offer g
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