marmalade by Deborah S Reganyou, like marmalade
its thickness in the orange
tang of a thousand grove-ancestors
'tween the buttercups
we lounged
touched you in marmalade
thickness in your smile
spreads over toast
a lamp post in sunsets 12/29/2003 Author's Note: this po-am is about Jimmy
Posted on 12/30/2003 Copyright © 2025 Deborah S Regan
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Posted by Agnes Eva on 12/30/03 at 05:05 AM this was so deliciously enjoyable, from the perspective of imagery, taste, and phonics- not too often do we get those together from a poem :) |
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