I loved you, and I probably still do, And for a while the feeling may remain... But let my love no longer trouble you, I do not wish to cause you any pain. I loved you; and the hopelessness I knew, The jealousy, the shyness - though in vain - Made up a love so tender and so true As may God . . .
Life Outside
To punish me, Adam has taken over the trees: Don't touch any this time. He lets the ripe fruit fall and dissolve in the grass. I envy those flies that just ride their wings into sweetness. What do I say? I wish I could return to the tree and turn away. I wish we could lie naked in a field . . .
Haiku: late moon
late moon each thought the other had the key — John Brandi For more John Brandi poems, see Seeding the Cosmos: New and Selected Haiku This poem appeared in Every Day Poems Check out Funny Love Songs Check out Romantic Love Songs . . .
I Love You
When April bends above me And finds me fast asleep, Dust need not keep the secret A live heart died to keep. When April tells the thrushes, The meadow-larks will know, And pipe the three words lightly To all the winds that blow. Above his roof the swallows, In notes like far-blown . . .
Remember?
Remember the shaft of sunlight, that brought us to this magical world in one, blinding flash? Remember the flowing river of silver liquid moonshine, the first sight we ever saw here? Remember the ice cave, that reflected our faces in its walls? I remember you, do you . . .