A Taste for Night

A Taste for Night


She speaks of
Stars
As if her
Tongue
Has savoured
Galaxies
And developed
A taste for
Night


Words: ©2019LCR
Image: CCO
Submitted to: Poet's United - Looking at Stars

Comments

  1. What an evocative poem - simply gorgeous

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  2. Wonderful singular image. Well Done indeed.

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  3. Lovely poem . Short and sweet . It needs no more added lines.

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  4. The best poems come in small packages and yours was spot-on!

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  5. I agree with all comments. What a lovely, sweet poem!

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  6. We each show our love for life and our existence by embracing one particular thing. She chose the stars and we chose writing poetry!

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  7. Damn. I'm jealous! Wish I'd written this! I actually gasped at the end.

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  8. Love it, Lori! Your blog is wonderful, too!

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    1. Thank you! I have to give yours another visit. For some reason your posts don't come up in my reading list.

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    2. Oh sorry to hear that. Click the reading list and you can see them!
      I'm posting my love poems again ☺️

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    3. I've tried. They just never seem to show up there. But I know how to find you! I'll definitely be by to read some love poetry!! 😊

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  9. I think I'll have a little sip of galaxies too, thank you!

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