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With or Without Words
by Julie Adams
I
We feel love with our words, open and breezy
with sunshine beaming between breaths
on a warm open terrace.
When we talk it calms residual angst of the soul,
hours flow like water music between us:
fountain, brook, and sea.
II
In the written language of words
an aviary communes in the mind, singing
the nature of truth, of love.
Each letter, word, line, metaphor—the fruits
of Eden—a sweet and succulent gift,
to share, without worry or regret.
III
We love between words, shared or implied
in the savanna of silence, we savor sweet intention
and drink it, like coconut water, from dilated pupils.
Our words, a bed of pink and yellow Poui Tree blossoms
on which we lay, imagining new expressions of love,
God smiling, inspiring ideas on the tongue.
04/25/2010
Posted on 04/25/2010
Copyright © 2024 Julie Adams
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Joe Cramer on 04/25/10 at 03:13 PM ... brilliant Jewels, brilliant..... |
| Posted by Gregory O'Neill on 04/25/10 at 05:58 PM Just wonderful and lush. I often look for refuge in a word or two which I begin to love for themselves. Resting in the heart of words, seeing clearly into the cell of a word, feeling that the word is the seed of a life, a growing dawn...a word can be a dawn and even a sure shelter, it seems. Delighted. Thanks. |
| Posted by Charles E Minshall on 04/25/10 at 10:17 PM Nice reading....CharMin |
| Posted by Charlie Morgan on 04/26/10 at 12:20 AM ...agreeing w/ everyone, i am smitten by your reach, i have envy growing like ivy...jewels, i was a kid rolling down soft stairs with this touching write...i read it several times and each time i rolled and roiled...what a Queenly write. |
| Posted by Joan Serratelli on 04/26/10 at 12:43 AM Jewels-BEAUTIFUL write! |
| Posted by Anita Mac on 04/26/10 at 03:19 AM I am drunk on this poem... This is exactly how I view things too. Wonderful! |
| Posted by Ken Harnisch on 04/26/10 at 02:15 PM "in the savanna of silence, we savor sweet intention.." In the silence of reading i savored pure poetry and loved it, Jewels! |
| Posted by Matthew Sharp on 04/26/10 at 06:58 PM beautiful instincts. creative and revealing...
the nature is awesome:) |
| Posted by Steven Kenworthy on 04/27/10 at 12:42 AM ROMANCE. ahhhhhhhh....i love it. |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 04/27/10 at 03:05 PM Intimate, serene, a place of calm communication - quite lovely. Thank you. |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 04/30/10 at 08:58 PM Congrats on POTD! |
| Posted by A. Paige White on 05/01/10 at 09:41 PM "God smiling, inspiring ideas on the tongue" If this is God smiling, please -oh please!- get Him giggling for us? Who knows what wealth His tonsils hold... ;-D |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 05/02/10 at 07:23 PM Very romantic Jewels. A fun positive read. Excellent poetics throughout. |
| Posted by Sarah Graves on 05/02/10 at 11:20 PM There is such fluidity to this piece, almost how an ideal conversation should go. A moment like this does not happen very often but when it does, there can never be enough words. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this..and I second the thought about publishing this. :) |
| Posted by Steve Baba on 08/13/10 at 08:05 AM Beautiful imagery. Great write. Enjoyed reading this poem. |
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