Poetry in Progress

I’m sharing this, but its still a work in progress. There is something missing or too much. I’m not really sure. I’ll give it some time then come back to it.

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(a Silver Lining from “I Sought the Wood in Winter” by Willa Cather)

I walked in and found what I hadn’t sought.

She laid upon the floor of cool wood.

Her body basking in the long light of summer.

Standing silently in the door, I wondered if and when

do I pull away silently or snap the figurative twig?

But I stood still, guilt ridden and virgin green.

Brushing away my rudest

thoughts — boughs

blocking the tender

scene of buds

in honeysuckle pink.

Wanting nothing to come between.

Her light-fingered

aspens

stretched toward me; I trembled

and shivered fitfully,

backing away from the suddenly urgent sun

seeking the cover of shade.

Forever on I sought to see daffodil

blossoms opening golden

behind every

door — my eyes starry

for a luscious peek of glades

split by running brooks;

To hear the mating song

of a robin

singing from nested hands

resting between her lissome

legs — on a maiden

voyage whispering to her willows

till she shook,

cried out yellow,

and threw back her auburn hair.

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Be well,

Monty

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