For Just Tonight Poem by Susan Lacovara

For Just Tonight

Rating: 5.0


I watch you sleep
Your skin shed
Your truth revealed
My endless wait over

A bountiful day
Sunlight, made to order
Breakfast, made to order
Plans, out of order

Your breath upon my pillow
Your limbs stretched in surrender
All mysteries solved
Just for tonight

Thursday, August 28, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: passion
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
(08/28/14) For M. Who made the miles between, disappear. Tonight, perfect.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Daniel Brick 30 August 2014

I read this three times and every reading impressed me with how much you compressed in twelve lines. On the page this is a short poem, not a wasted word, in fact very few words. But in the reader's imagination it unfolds and tells a story with probably complications, even set backs. No matter. When we come back to the poem, it's once again an intensely lived moment, which seems to be free of ordinary duration. The intensity is what matters most. And yet the poem is wise - it acknowledges this is not permanent but it is a perfect memory and a perfect poem.

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Dee Corpolongo 30 August 2014

Sounds like you are very happy. Love the poem...and the simpleness of it yet to the point...... ah...........the point of no return! But, just for tonight.!

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Michael Mcparland 28 August 2014

Beautiful poem. Really touching.

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