Sunday, February 17, 2008

A Poem To Read In The Dark

To read without breathing
between these fragments of words
find me
with your lips
here, press your finger to them
now and say tongue
nipple waist toe
belly button earlobe
Neck offered
a wrist exposed

These things we hide
to discover
beneath beneath
like crying or dreaming

The laughter we seek
as destination, a drawing-
bodies as bridges
arched spine arm elbow thigh
warm blood coursing
below the surface

The thoughts sent to air
or paper
The perfect wisdom of bodies

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

simply divine....
a complete capture
xo

Anonymous said...

I really cannot leave you a simple comment about this poem.

It is, of course, masterful.

Beyond that, my words fail me.

Larry Kuechlin

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Rosemary Nissen-Wade said...

Nasty spammer above! (i.e. Anonymous comment.)

Amanda Joy said...

Thanks for the heads up Rosemary!

:)

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