Forthwith Poem by Rachel Butler

Forthwith

Rating: 3.8


(Dedicated to the unknown gardener)


Furtherance, that your thighs amid mine,
it is my command, my desire that you are here.
Let me hear your dulcet tones to soothe mine ear
and your image to appease mine eye.

The day stretches before me as an ocean before a ship,
on its maiden voyage to the final destination.
My arms and thoughts in purgatory, until we are
braided strands of hemp, risen to the universe.

In a state of repose am I, yet make haste,
firm in the knowledge that I am yours.
My love, my love, my love.

Sparrow

Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Topic(s) of this poem: love and life
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Raymond Farrell 19 July 2015

Great write I like the line My arms and thoughts are in purgatory, until we are braided strands of hemp. There seems to be an underlying tension created by the suspence as to whether or not the lover will in fact return.

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Rachel Butler 19 July 2015

New tools! Yes Mr Farrell you are starting to hear the thread delicately entwined within.

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R. H. Peat 10 November 2013

Compass Correlation Advance to the quarterdeck, the colors are in the wind. The captain is in command. His vessel is launched into the bay, the journey is at hand with rhythmic waves lapping the bow. The clear sky and brisk winds whisper slow within the ship’s gentle roll. The bow cuts into the flow of voyage somewhere between ecstasy and anguish. The storm moves in with force; the cargo is battened down in steerage as passion’s attachment for destination reached. A poet friend © RH Peat 11/10/2013

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Rachel Butler 19 July 2015

Mr Peat, thank you for your time dedicated to this Saga

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John Shea 19 December 2012

So lovely a poem with love as its crux. Great write my friend.

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Rachel Butler 19 July 2015

John, Thank you. The crux of it with this Unknown Gardener is always Love

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C. P. Sharma 04 March 2012

Perfect submission in dedication. It's superb Rache

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Rachel Butler 19 July 2015

The Sparrow is always in submission to the inevitable

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Robert Green 03 March 2012

I like this alot. So much feeling.

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Rachel Butler 19 July 2015

Dear Mr Green, thank, you for reading a poem in my Saga of poems Dedicated to, the Unknown Gardener.

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