Last night’s PACKED #poetryparty house, panorama by Joshua Kristal.
thorny fingers flick the flesh
and i have thought
iloveyouiloveyouiloveyou
and you’re there but i cannot touch you
i cannot touch you
“This — For the Moon — Yes?” by Carl Sandburg.
from Slabs of the Sunburnt West, published in 1922.
“The Sound of the Trees” by Robert Frost.
Mountain Interval, 1916.
Lots of guest poets posting this month over at the poets.org Tumblr. I will be one of them in two weeks. Now you know this.
Tomorrow I am...
Poem submission by kelwomack
There has to be something here
Perhaps the way the water bends
And slides over the rocks as an image
Of your hair cascading the crevices
And angles of your shoulders, the collar-
Bones as branches wedged into the
Draws formed by gently winding
Trapezius. Or maybe they’re just
Rocks, and water, simply, beautifully
And without the responsibility
Of living up to your winding river.