Fourth Poem in a Week of Love Poems – Especially For Writers
Posted on: February 11th, 2012. Filed under: Uncategorized.“Anthology Sonnet”
In the anthology we are reduced to type, temporal roommates —
Lovers, partners, perfectly bound by glue, string and fate.
We are a case of two who were designed to meet
No simple coin toss, but a coup, an editorial feat.
In “Eclipse” my imaginings explore a burial
While you muse on mysterious love, not remotely funereal.
In “Eureka” I sing of otherworldly seduction; a sensuous affair,
Across the page, bedding your woman is your primary care.
I inhabit the page, ramble and tumble in free verse,
Though to your form, your structure, I’m never averse.
As our readers scan from your page to mine
There’s a certain flavor, perhaps a subtlety fine –
A delicious taste that lingers, and without intention,
They comprehend a connection,
A certain feeling, a resonant line.
“Anthology Sonnet” won First Place in the Humor/Light Verse Category at the Ina Coolbrith Poetry Circle Luncheon.
From: “A Dreamer’s Guide to City and Streams,” San Francisco Bay Press, 2009
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