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What Remains Of Love?
An unmetered poem on love beyond death. Arrive to me, my sallow sweet And leave this distressing disease Send white lilies upon our hallowed house The final wishes of a spinster spouse What remains of love? When all the teeth of our mouths fall off When memory returns to its first yearning When gray hairs…
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“How Do I Love Thee?”
A tribute to Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s 43rd sonnet written in iambic pentameter. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee as sunrays and fell moonbeams— Grace the earth with such practiced bravado, And fill the seams, of which great love portrays. I love thee as my will to wander far—…
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Sleepless in Ulysses
A poem on love in patient yearning. Made in iambic pentameter. My eyes dry underneath this midnight sky. Faraway, longing your glowing caress. Heavens lie, boring on my tune, awry— Palisade, a song of blue and distress. A touch, a whisper, a quaver, a croon. I blush, went under, this weather, too soon. A crutch,…
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