In Barron's Bookstore, A Riff On Iris Blue's English Sonnet Poem by David McLansky

In Barron's Bookstore, A Riff On Iris Blue's English Sonnet



When eye meets eye in naked recognition
Suspecting that two hearts may beat as one
There lingers yet a momenst hesitation
Oh, questing vision, nervously this is done;
Should I let you in silence pass on
Down the crowded aisles of books stacked high in bins
Stilled by shyness, let you too soon be gone
Fearing that I may commit some social gaff or sin;
How many loves have I let walk away
Who appear in crowds then disappear again
When a simple smile would have simply won the day
And freed me from my lonely social pain;
What kisses lost, what flesh on flesh denied,
All due to my foolish costly pride.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Jim Hogg 20 November 2013

Hope Justine has had a look at what she's inspired!

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