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Kevin Taylor
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since 1999-12-23
Posts 185
near Vancouver, BC, Canada

0 posted 2000-01-17 02:35 PM


.
the life-sap that rises washing winter from my veins
inebriates me
as i feel my wooden fingers grow
alive again beneath your sunset-green umbrella of love
and as i stand here leaf-blind
my tree-soul-self sees and i admire
the aura of your birchbark skin
all grace-white and delicate
and i want to wend my poetry
along those branches
branches that blow
branches that tend
branches that cradle
the wind
branches that bend the sky
upward
for me to grow into

but whenever i try to reach you
i can't
and that leaves me feeling
wood-cut and dark
thoughts petrify my rising sap
into amber crystals that
fall to the ground
and each crystal of
frustration becomes a
precious stone because within is
trapped a tear of love for you

and we sleep side by side by side
and never touch
as our roots tangle in the under-earth
while my grizzled bark
and oaken amber
grows old and maybe we
can be a chair together
sometime





 Kevin

"Poetry is, at once, what you get... and how you got there."


© Copyright 2000 Kevin Taylor - All Rights Reserved
Justbleu
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since 1999-08-31
Posts 3329
Oregon, Originally From Alaska :)
1 posted 2000-01-17 03:06 PM


I liked this a lot...I loved the imagery!!

Take Care
Bridgette

Sunshine
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Posts 63354
Listening to every heart
2 posted 2000-01-17 03:33 PM


This had the true sound and timbre of an age old soul whose gnarled hands once knew the silken threads of love now gone.

I truly saw Poetry in Motion in this piece.  Bravo, Sir!

 Sunshine
Look, then, into thine heart, and write ~~~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow



hoot_owl_rn
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since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA
3 posted 2000-01-17 03:42 PM


Beautiful imagery Kevin
Denise
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4 posted 2000-01-17 09:07 PM


Wonderful, Kevin! I really enjoyed this and the ending was excellent!

 Denise

And slight is the sting of his trouble
Whose winnings are less than his worth;
For he who is honest is noble,
Whatever his fortunes or birth.~~~Alice Cary, ~Nobility~


lucky
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since 2000-01-17
Posts 1601
Idaho
5 posted 2000-01-18 12:31 PM


this is exceptionll, i love the part wher you project "
dark
thoughts petrify my rising sap
into amber crystals that
fall to the ground
and each crystal of
frustration becomes a
precious stone because within is
trapped a tear of love...
this is very nice.
Lucky

Rosemary J. Gwaltney
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since 1999-08-26
Posts 997
northern mountains, Idaho
6 posted 2000-01-18 01:01 AM


Oh, this poem touched the very beat of my heart;  your lines "the life-sap that rises washing winter from my veins inebriates me
as i feel my wooden fingers grow alive again beneath your sunset-green umbrella of love", are my favorite, but it was hard to find the best - I feel your words through and through.

Unique, poignant, heart-wrenching, this poem stands alone in perceptive and haunting excellence.

amber
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since 1999-06-15
Posts 240
los banos, ca,
7 posted 2000-01-18 05:12 AM


I love your word usage and the analogy here.  You're definantly a man with talent!!!  This uniqueness is something we need here in passions!

 Only after trying so hard to let go, did i realize how much i wanted to hold you forever> Amber and Ellis forever and always


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8 posted 2000-01-18 07:23 AM


Kevin Taylor-

The beauty of your words
has grabbed me by the heartstrings.

The imagery of the branches
and limbs intertwining leaves
me with the desire to see you
two also become a well-made chair
sometime, somewhere.

Once in a while someone reaches
for our hand ... and touches our
heart.  You have certainly done
just that.
~*Marge*~


 ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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lucky
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since 2000-01-17
Posts 1601
Idaho
9 posted 2000-01-28 07:06 AM


K,

This touched my very being kevin;  the lines, "life-sap that rises washing winter", are excellent, I have felt your words for quite some time now. Unique and as always... wrenching. Definantly minced with awesome talent..!  This uniqueness is something everyone needs to notice here at passions.
lucky

Elizabeth Santos
Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269
Pennsylvania
10 posted 2000-01-28 08:26 AM


Very unique and beautiful poem
I love it!
Liz

Lost Dreamer
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since 1999-06-20
Posts 2464
Somewhere near the Rainbow
11 posted 2000-01-28 08:33 AM


                  

This poem deserves all them smiles for your poem put a gigantic one upon my mind, soul, and last but not least my face.

Koon
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since 2000-01-27
Posts 43
Singapore
12 posted 2000-01-28 08:42 AM


This poem is so beautiful....at least someone out there feels the same way as I do.
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