To be
naked and in
love: not all nakedness
is intimate but this is and
we are
“And in my first year of college I was with this girl and I called it a thing.”
I loved you most when you were bold and bashful
wildeyed at 4 am
and brilliant
up late in the kitchen
sniffing daikon and shrugging
tasting everything
i loved you most when we were two warm bodies
moving together through the night
fitting perfectly
wrt handstands and schoolyard acrobatics
i was seven when i learned
to fear how hard the earth would be
if i fell
April 3rd, 2015
I want to give myself to the earth
commit to her lessons
learn softness and openness
generosity and balance
when to retreat
and when to blossom
Sea Poem II
I surrender myself to the sea
the salt of infinite lives
washing over me
I can forgive a little sand
lingering in my hair
artifice
we speak in riddles and doublespeak
and half-finished glances
i am tired of never saying what i mean
and hoping you understand
me:
coy but ready
you:
distant but yearning
everything is artifice
and we are just playing parts
Day 3-Write about interpersonal relationships and the games we play to avoid vulnerability.
Today was a good day, but…
I have not quite burned down this house
let’s call it a coat that I have hung up in the summer months
a house feels too large
and too final a thing
and I fear that winter will find mind me
and I will be all to ready to drape myself in old sorrows.
Day 2- Write a poem that addresses at least one other poem and/or poet by name. You might imitate, parody, disagree with, champion, or generally respond to the other poem and poet.
I chose A Good Day by Kait Rokowski