Ode to a marriage in American Sentences
Do you remember what it feels like to be barefoot after the rain?
Blades of grass between my toes, conduit to the earth and all I know.
The afternoon sun descends the staircase welcoming home her lover.
Husband to the day, Night hangers a full moon so that she can stay with him.
Barefoot and cold, blades of grass catch the tears of their parting each morning.
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Darn google autocorrected incorrectly – the word hanger should be hangs.
Husband to the day, Night hangs a full moon so that she can stay with him.
I appreciate the movement between each of these Sentences. Love “Husband to the day, Night hangs a full moon…”
Thank you. The missing each other of a marriage and the effort to connect. That is what I wanted to express.
I love this — the sentiment and the musicality.
This line could be a poem all by itself!
“Blades of grass between my toes, conduit to the earth and all I know.”
There is a rythm in that line, and the near rhyme of know and toes.
Well done!
Thank you!🙏
Striking extension of the form, the sentences accruing meaning as they arrive in succession. Neat!
Thank you!
I love the idea of the sequence sketching a narrative.