"The truth, always the truth--at all costs"
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| 8446 01/11/2010 Neruda Said and Wave Catcher (2 poems) Kristen D. Scott |
| Neruda Said Neruda said, “Please don’t leave me even for a day”− I say not for a minute or I would wane wrap me in the warmth of your wings like a butterfly clinging to the yellow iris the winter robin covering bespeckled eggs – don’t leave me not even for a minute grab my hand and hold me as sweet as the nightingale’s song - the rush of water and moon against the ebbing sun – take my breath into yours huddle me into your side whispering softly as grass− do not leave me even for a minute in this life if you should I would v a n i s h C: Kristen D Scott, January 2, 2010 Wave Catcher sailing toward Cleopatra Island off Turkey's Aegean, October’s sun hot as our bodies, time collapsing into sea plunging like an idol you move your waves Neptune − commanding moments movements that perfect stroke, tine scepter fixing your gaze a smile passes from fingertips all the way into the blue pool of my eyes I am, Undone c: Kristen Scott January 2010 Kristen Scott is a poet, editor and soon to be professor of English; her poetry and critical work has appeared online at this site and on other sites around the world. |
