Notes About The Poem

Chapter and Verse

Chapter and Verse


Borrowed words


Overdue loans
On faded words
Tears melting ink
Wisdom's die 
Collection time
Bankrupt soul
With no words to share


Overdue books

Wine splashes the pages
Of my mind
Melancholy whispers to me
Here, here 
The past sings me a song
Withered books 
Our collective memories
Buried in the pages of history


Sad Chapters

I danced 
I drank
Love and wine
Penelope Sosa
Stole heart and mind
Debts paid
Her beauty refined
Lonely betrayal
I dine on sad chapters
As wine still splashes the page

The last Verse

Mathematical potions
Equations that dream
A soft kiss lade upon my sleeping heart
Is it you? Is it you that lightens my soul?
Spread your wings for me
I shall smell the sweet scent
Of your poetic juices
As we lay entwined
Inside the last verse
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Allison Avatar
May 31, 2015 at 4:17 PM
deep and sad imagery Arthur but when combined with the other poem it is totally transformed - my friend you are a genius! I really love the final stanza. Hugs jan xxx
Allison Avatar
May 31, 2015 at 5:10 PM
my wings and halo have slipped in my latest poem lol:-) Hugs jan xxx
Vaso Avatar
May 31, 2015 at 4:47 PM
Thank you Jan you are a true Angel, as this was of course the orginal poem!!!!
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