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Best Saintliness Poems


Sonnet 16 'I Used To Kiss You On Your Holy Head'
I used to Kiss you on your Holy head,
There blossomed the soap scent of your shampoo!
'I kister BRAIN!' I used to say -- no dread!
That you'd get sick again, and then, die, too!
The tender, circling warmth of your embrace,
Your arms reached just a bit above...

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Categories: saintliness, death, kiss, longing, love,
Form: Sonnet

Book: Reflection on the Important Things