mikejewett Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Orienteering I broke ground mapping out your body - your hair was a violet waterfall splashing rhapsodies onto paper. Your tattoos were scattered streams. I marked neon orange cairns for your fingernails, nestling them together so they held my hand. Flowers filled up empty spaces, replacing the bouquet received by the other you. When I penciled in our beach, sanderlings dotting drumlins, I lightly scented the paper with ocean air and your perfume to be tucked into an envelope, sealed, and dropped into a canyon - that spot on my cheek where your lips left this scar. I added the legend where we both face north and our bodies grow moss and the sunlight of your eyes gets lost among the shadows. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Lyrical poems are at the top of my list of likes. This one is just right; it's not too long or too short. I can picture this couple, the artist and his subject. While anyone can scent paper with his signature fragrance, I love how the speaker does so, also, with the ocean air. And I love how the poem brings light, even in the last stanza which, seemingly, leans toward darkness, yet nevertheless brings the poem around, full-circle. Tony Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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