To Have and To Hold

you are the rigid lines
of a spine unseen
you are my bonsai woman
you are my broken queen

the instep of a dancer
inclined impossibly
you are Venus famished
with flies beneath her feet

you are the victor, her valor,
the sword deep in her chest
you are my iron maiden
and I shall have no rest

not until you are
mine plus mine are we
do I take you to be
lawfully wed to me
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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March 9, 2011 at 5:20 AM
Congratulations on your poetry making it through round one of PoetrySoup's contest. The best to you in the finals Julia. Love Carol
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December 7, 2010 at 9:02 AM
Congratulations Julia on your excellent poetry being featured this week on PoetrySoup. May you have many more features. Love, Carol
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December 6, 2010 at 10:45 AM
Hi Julia, beautiful write! congrats on being featured... Lay
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November 23, 2010 at 8:25 AM
Kind of Amer. beauty lives in your verses... like a photo taken by wind catching the leaves in their dance
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November 23, 2010 at 8:25 AM
Kind of Amer. beauty live in your verses... like a photo taken by wind catching the leaves in their dance
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November 16, 2010 at 9:57 PM
lovely write, enjoyed,..p.d.
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