After Sappho’s “It was summer when I found you”
After Sappho’s It was summer when I found you
Summer’s heat drips sweet &
salty sweat from forehead,
eyes blinded, astringent droplets
seep into ducts, steam clouds
glasses as I stare straight into
the morning’s haze hovering
over meadow’s grasses
moistened by recent drizzles.
Tall legumes bairn’s steal
my heart. I do not lust, but love
what tethers me to sanity.
Swallows dart, catch insects.
Wet and ecstatic I revel
in this universe, my umbilical cord.
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wow Cathy! Amazing poem. Great line breaks and description!
I heart you to the moon and beyond!!!
I can feel the heat and moisture, in a good way, from this poem
Whoa! That ending couplet. It’s not just who’s, it’s whew, wow and shit!
I meant whoa instead of who’s.
Thank you Linda. You don’t know how much your comments help me, emotionally and spiritually. I am afraid to make any comments on anyone’s poems. I’ve been told, by a few, my opinion is not wanted or meaningful, so, I keep many of them to myself in my head where they do no harm and are soon forgotten.
I love your comments! Let’s them out and ignore the buttheads.
Agreed with Linda!
What a beautiful poem, Cathy. I love it! So much in “Tall legumes bairn’s steal/my heart. I do not lust, but love/what tethers me to sanity.” Shew! Yes!