' ' ' ' ' Wearing Your Words Tankas Poem by Dónall Dempsey

WEARING YOUR WORDS

“I love you.” You say
leaving the words upon me
like a lipstick kiss.
All day I wearing your words
written all over my face.


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PARTS OF SPEECH

Noun...adjective...verb.
You’re “it! ” Lovely. You...do it.
You a language of your own
written in nothing...but love.


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GHOST DOG

I look up to see
the panting dog that isn’t there
only your sketching
hand scratching at the paper
bringing it to life.