Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Quotes
Short Stories
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Resources
Syllable Counter
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 18.116.40.75
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
I loved it when you were learning And practiced with adjectives at every opportunity You would frame my face within your hands And kiss me fiercely before announcing “Happy kiss” A kiss that had no special reason, coming as a sample Proving the glow upon your face was real and marvelous That you were at home, safe within my heart. I loved your questions that confused me “Shake hands and say How do you do . . . . How do you do what?” And you would wait for an answer with that cute frown And there was no answer other than “That’s what we say” “You’re crazy!” she’d respond. “Thank you, you’re welcome! Welcome? Welcome to where, to what? That’s what you say, right? English is for crazy people!” You loved autumn above all seasons Pointing and practicing, “Leaf . . . . bush . . . . torrente . . . . “Stream,” I’d tell you and you would nod pertly And repeat, “stream . . . . stream . That’s a pretty word.” “Sure, and gonorrhea sounds like a South Sea island English is crazy, remember?” But you would ignore me and walk on muttering “Stream . . . . torrente . . . . stream . . . . stream.” That night we sat on the sofa You with your legs tucked beneath you And you took my hand with eyes teary bright “Sometimes,” you said, “I want to lock the door Never open for anybody. Food is not important I just want to stay here, inside this place Here, beside you, inside your arms Because I am frightened of everything out there.” Existence was defined by emptiness Your side of the bed, the chair before me at the table The seat belt dangling and your place on the sofa Your side of the dresser, your towels on the rack Your shampoo and your place to lay out clothes for tomorrow Everything was abbreviated and nothing complete Because reality knocked at the door And everything you feared invited us to this moment
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required