Xlii Poems | Examples


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Premium Member CLERIHEW ecphrasis XLII hughes

Painter Arthur Hughes
in pre-raphaelite who' who's
'April Love'* a reverse ecphrasis
depicting a love affair in crisis

Love Letter From the Soul Xlii

Ms. Sunshine,

In and out, in and out
hovers of infinity
flickers, a pale moonlight

firefly flight with the gift of sight

out and in, out and in
changing without 
challangeing within

a chameleon entrusted 
to rearrange
you say, you stay
the wild your prey

falling
longing
green to jade to aqua marine
quality not rarely see

dancing through the naked fields
mouthing whispers, words wet
Freudian slips
moments held, never forgets

the stamen of steam
dripping, we're wet
as clouds kiss us back 

I'm hers
as midnight settles us down
new day slowly sips 
Cristal 
wishes imbibed
caressing me with
her wonderment

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