by tender_Tasha
Poignant. Economical use of words to produce a lovely image of distance and desire. Very nice
Very nice. I find your poem erotic in a most subtle way, and very sweet. Greenmountaineer brought it to our attention in the PF&D forum. I look forward to reading more of your work.
At first I thought "grove" was supposed to be "groove." However, even if it's a typo, I like "grove" better.
Nice nuance in the two repetitions of the last stanza. They add to the sense of hesitation.
This poem grows with my second reading.
This in a sense is a poem about worship of a woman and in an odd way 'grove' is particularly apt. The ancient Israelites worshiped their goddess Asherah in groves of trees. We know this because at many points in the OT the people are reprimanded by their priests for worshipping a female deity