Darnell Murphy Poet Sonnet

Shadows

It’s hot! The sun is beaming.
Touching whatever is in sight,
Shining its rays on everything but the shade.
We are walking towards each other, heavily into our thoughts.
Our shadows are with us, avoiding the sun.
As we stop and stare at one another, the shade that walks with us touch and greet.
They become intimate, and as we watch, we take notes.
It’s as if they become one.
We can’t tell one from the other, but they have this cool calm about them.
There is this peacefulness that chills the area they occupy.
We observe them with a focus like no other, to capture the understanding of this moment
between them.
They teach us without words, and we study them with eagerness.
They continue to fondle each other until our bodies give the signal to separate.
As we part they lengthen themselves to kiss, and vanish as the sun hides in a cloud.

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Denis Joe December 4, 2008 at 3:44 AM A good use of the sonnet form. At first the line length seemed problematical. after a couple of readings (of which is well worth the time) it seems less so. The narrative is great: erotic without the banality of crudeness and the floweriness of romance. That the poem moves from a description to an act in so few lines, is a real touch of skill.

Derrick Burton December 3, 2008 at 8:43 AM good stuff, thank for your comments and opinions, poetry is this form of and living that could come from any aspect of life.