From the beginning it was simply right between us. You later told me, that after our first date, “I wanted to see you again! Right away!” After we would part, you would text, “Yeah right? Why am I missing you already?” Confessing, “I am quite smitten with you.” Once upon a time I joked, “I … Continue reading With So Many Rights How Did We Go Wrong?
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I Hope You Fall In Love Someday
I hope that someday you find someone that gives you butterflies the moment you meet them. And that the first time you touch, it feels like electricity is running through your body. I hope your first date is magical and your first kiss, earth shattering. I hope that when you’re with them, you never want to … Continue reading I Hope You Fall In Love Someday
True Happiness – A Haiqua
she sees proof positive his genuine love goofy smiles crinkly eyes ~Just L (May 2, 2016) Published in the June 2016 Blender of Love Digest.
Tragically Broken – A Lune
Fifteen glorious months Complete bliss and abiding adoration Loving only you In one moment No rhyme, reason or explanation Overnight you withdrew Eleven weeks later With me, refusing all communication Nothing to do ~Just L (May 1, 2016) #abouthim Author's Note: I know I love him. I know he loves me. I don't know (as I … Continue reading Tragically Broken – A Lune
The Den of the Half Far To Go Hemline
NaPoWriMo Day 30: Because we’ve spent our month looking at poets in English translation, today I’d like you to try your hand at a translation of your own. If you know a foreign language, you could take a crack at translating a poem by a poet writing in that language. If you don’t know a … Continue reading The Den of the Half Far To Go Hemline
All In Vain
I found this. It speaks to my broken places, and yet inspires me to write another love poem soon.... In spite of my current state of madness. ~Just L (April 30, 2016) In the meantime, enjoy one of my favorite tracks: "Tighten Up" by The Black Keys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpaPBCBjSVc
A Memoir This Does Not Make, But It Tells a Tale
NaPoWriMo Day 29: Poet and artist Joe Brainard is probably best remembers for his book-length poem/memoir, I Remember. The book consists of a series of statements, all beginning with the phrase “I remember.” I remember... “Here she comes, here she comes, oh she slipped back in,” as her 8-year-old brother greeted his baby sister into the … Continue reading A Memoir This Does Not Make, But It Tells a Tale
From Found to Lost
NaPoWriMo Day 28: Today I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that tells a story. But here’s the twist – the story should be told backwards. The first line should say what happened last, and work its way through the past until you get to the beginning. Now, the story doesn’t have to be … Continue reading From Found to Lost
But who’s counting?
670 days ago you spotted me downtown strolling in that long summer red dress. 534 days since our first date and subsequent whirlwind romance where we slipped briskly into an intimacy from which [we] never recovered. (F. Scott Fitzgerald) 950,400 seconds later I first tasted your mouth. One month and a day later you told me you … Continue reading But who’s counting?
After All
NaPoWriMo Day 27: Because the prompts are optional as always, I am bad at taking direction day after day, and would rather follow my heart. I know things left unsaid remain absolutely between us Joy, inspiration, and happiness More support than struggling with one another or questioning things Never confusing intensity with truth … Continue reading After All
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