J P Marmaro Poet Sapphic stanza

Kiss Me, Love

Love, I’ve never known you to be as gorgeous
As you are in lying beside me sweetly,
At this very moment; and nothing other
Pleases me better…

Come and kiss me now, my beloved:  tender
Touches take me, ravish me, make me breathless,
Eyes and lips embodying invitation!
Kiss me forever…


Note: I hope the subject matter isn't too racy; it seemed appropriate for a poem using a form Sappho used. I also wished to capture something of the fragmentary nature of much of her surviving work.

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Line Gauthier February 13, 2021 at 9:03 PM A pleasure to find your lovely poem published in the 2020 PS Anthology, John~

Pandita Sietesantos March 5, 2019 at 3:19 PM What a beautiful, sensuous poem you have penned! Best regards. Pandita J P Marmaro March 12, 2019 at 7:49 PM Thanks so much, Pandita! I thought that sensuousness was appropriate to Sapphic stanzas. -JP

Darlene De Beaulieu March 2, 2019 at 2:51 PM Hello J.P. Marmaro, it is romantic. Have a nice day my friend. J P Marmaro March 12, 2019 at 7:50 PM Thanks very much indeed, Darlene!