- Non-Erotic Poetry
- Down by the Willow
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Click heredown by the willow
whose graceful new-green branches sway
is a woman dancing barefoot in the grass with a wand in her hand
her eyes are closed and she is smiling
down by the river
brown and parturient with recent rainfall
is an old man communing silently with a praying mantis on his hand
they are smiling at each other
down by the forest's edge
where sunlight falls dappled and in beams
is a little girl molding a ball of golden light between her raised hands
she meets my eyes and smiles
down by the bamboo
diamonds of dew glint on trembling leaves
I am kneeling at the flowerbed and mixing soil with my bare hands
dreamy-eyed and smiling at you
- COMMENTS
LeBrozover 16 years agoThis poem was mentioned in the Archival Review thread, in a picking through Lit's archive of over 38,000 poems.
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lobomaoover 18 years agobetween the graceful willow
and the braceful bamboo
I from afar watch in appreciation
and am thinking of you too
Anonymousover 18 years agoClever use of the repeated imagery of hands and eyes in the various natural settings with various actors. Soothing, vivid and evocative--a breath of spring.
