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 . . .
Haiku: ballet
the ballet of her arms against the pillow — Steven Addiss This haiku love poem appeared in Every Day Poems Check out Funny Love Songs Check out Romantic Love Songs . . .
A Birthday
My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a water'd shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thick-set fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon sea; My heart is gladder than all these, Because my love is come to me. Raise me a daïs of . . .
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I lose myself in the space at the base Of your neck, the wood hollow, a place Where rainwater collects and birds sing, The smoothest pool for my longing. I want to lay my tongue in the groove Of flesh, below the bone cupola. I want to stay there and not to move, To taste your skin of . . .
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