her reverse angelic
August 8, 2006
she is beautiful in so many ways. tonight i have forgotten the words
but yesterday they were on the tip of my tongue at the tip of her ear.
she is slight but not easily broken: almost gone but so very there.
she is eyes painted black standing bedside in holy reverse angelic.
she is beautiful in so many ways. i’d tell you if the spell would last
but i’m afraid if i use her name too often she will crumble to dust.
she is slight but not softspoken: her words are teeth to shoulders.
she is a psalm unlike any i have seen written on my bedpost.
she is beautiful in so many ways. i’ll repeat that lest i forget her
in the rush and thunder of a brand new weekday dawning fast.
she is slight but difficult to open: folded origami this way and that.
she is bedshaped whispering scripture tip of tongue to tip of ear.
August 13, 2006 at 10:53 pm
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August 14, 2006 at 2:06 am
this does have a divine lilt to it. i like that each stanza begins the same, grounded way and then spins off into an ethereal description.
love “words like teeth to shoulders” …”folded origami this way and that”
i really do feel you sighing in her presence
and the very last line…sends me
utterly lovely
August 14, 2006 at 9:45 am
I am deciphering the imagery like a puzzle
and I could only think of one, Tom, the holy bible.
August 14, 2006 at 11:29 am
like danny i am sceptical of the poem’s focus being a woman; perhaps only because that would be too easy.
lovely imagery through and through, and like Rap’s Daughter (great story by the way, one of my favorites!!) i enjoy the familiarity of the first line and the way i get tangled up in the preveribal sheets as each stanza twists and turns its way to an end.
beautifully written too.