Love Sapphic Stanza Poems

Why do we not listen? Why do we not hear the sound in the distance? Why do we feel we have to talk over a...

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My turn over, leafy cheek saw and salvaged
From Autumn's remains— this Winter's surgery,
White stitchery for washed-out color; dead cells...

      ...

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In search of love, I roamed the world so wide,
A quest for a man to stand by my side.
My faithful dog, with eyes so full...

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No, it's not too much sugar in my coffee,
       It's just the right flavor; say it with feeling.
Yes, make...

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Sometimes fatigue comes with speed and little spills flare
Emotions of frustration like anger, so
Praying I ask God for His deliverance
Heart-shaped leaf appears   ...

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Desultory thoughts drift round hazy aura,		
swiftly flipping folios mottled by time.
Tattered snapshots emanate sadness and joy,
yesterday’s archives.

Softly creeping reveries sashay feelings,
forming ever imminent fervent cravings,
tender...

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A grateful man has received the gift of love,
a person who has made all his dreams come true,
for the rest of his life, he would...

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Image of Free Heart And Love by Pixabay.

Continuance

Climbing waves crept ashore and stole our footsteps
yet prints went aslant, surrendered none to our
unbroken hearts in bottled...

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in the green, green garden,
under the blue, blue sky,
did you throw me a rose
on the sly?

on the slow slow river,
in the wooden log boat,
did you...

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In the middle of the grassy Temple green
with my pretty wife a game of golf serene,
an early morning weekend to spend in peace 
 ...

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The evening clear, but moonless, with watchful eyes
Appear impenetrable through the city
Drawing attention to street lights rosiness
        ...

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Used to run outside bundled up for winter.
Pulled my sled through snow to the hill where other
children slid with glee and our young hearts pounding.
Thrill...

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Beauty bows and surrenders at her bare feet,
The gold glitters jealous of her glowing skin,
Her bright eyes light embers of passion within,
   ...

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Going to school, meeting colleagues & students,
pulled off my time
Sharing tons of laughters,was a shrill of joy
Explaining the chapters with vivid examples gained 
a good...

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Sappho fragment #2
translation by Michael R. Burch

How can I compete with that damned man
who fancies himself one of the gods,
impressing you with his "eloquence" ...
when...

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