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Warren Falcon (04/23/52 - xxxx / Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA)
Poetry As Constellation
for Karthik,
'...descend, and of the curveship lend a myth to God.'
You hear
'consolation'
as 'constellation'
when I explain
a poem is a
consolation
work that I
am compelled
to
as a lover
is to traces
pointing
beyond sighs
and windows
where
Arcturus
stands
poised
wheeling
in night's
patient
slow round,
his arrow
strung
forever
ready to
swiftly fly
as am I
along the
spatial curve
of your
arching
thighs.
Thi s, too,
taut,
restrained,
breath held
in perpetua's
swollen
lips of
release -
If you
could only
see what
I see in
your eyes
when the
arrow
finally
flies
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Thank you, Wendy. Glad you caught the heat which is what I wanted the poem to build up to in its 'fallling text-arrow' downward from the wheeling sky toward receptive horizon...am going to tweak the spacing of it here and there and then leave Arcturus to his own advances...
If you enjoyed this poem you may also find my poem, Archeology - What The Stele Says 'Upon Taking A Much Younger Lover', somewhat 'warming' :) .
http: //www.poemhunter.com/poem/archeology-what-the-stele-says-upon-taking-a-much-younger-lover/
Warren
Phew! It's toasty in here... Beautifully executed! .. Sultry... yet Serene..
Nothing more romantic than gazing the stars on a clear night... Move over Cupid... Arcturus is in town...
Bravo...