Alice did a meme that I support. After reading this, go post poetry on your blog / LJ / bathroom wall / whatever.
A Style Of Loving by Vikram Seth
Light now restricts itself
To the top half of trees;
The angled sun
Slants honey-colored rays
That lessen to the ground
As we bike through
The corridor of Palm Drive.
We two
Have reached a safety the years
Can claim to have created;
Unconsummated, therefore
Unjaded, unsated.
Picnic, movie, ice cream;
Talk; to clear my head
Hot buttered rum - coffee for you;
And so not to bed.
And so we have set the question
Aside, gently.
Were we to become lovers
Where would our best friends be?
You do not wish, nor I
To risk again
This savored light for noon's
High joy or pain.
(This is from All Those Who Sleep Tonight, which I've read about 30 times. A wonderful collection that I can't recommend highly enough. This does, of course, have significant personal meaning, but it's also just a sublime piece of work. After finding this in high school, I made a few clumsy, inelegant attempts at poetry. We don't talk about that unfortunate phase.)
A Style Of Loving by Vikram Seth
Light now restricts itself
To the top half of trees;
The angled sun
Slants honey-colored rays
That lessen to the ground
As we bike through
The corridor of Palm Drive.
We two
Have reached a safety the years
Can claim to have created;
Unconsummated, therefore
Unjaded, unsated.
Picnic, movie, ice cream;
Talk; to clear my head
Hot buttered rum - coffee for you;
And so not to bed.
And so we have set the question
Aside, gently.
Were we to become lovers
Where would our best friends be?
You do not wish, nor I
To risk again
This savored light for noon's
High joy or pain.
(This is from All Those Who Sleep Tonight, which I've read about 30 times. A wonderful collection that I can't recommend highly enough. This does, of course, have significant personal meaning, but it's also just a sublime piece of work. After finding this in high school, I made a few clumsy, inelegant attempts at poetry. We don't talk about that unfortunate phase.)
