I started writing poetry while I was still in college and although the content of my poetry has changed quite a bit (not as much angst and broken hearts) , my style remains much the same. My favorite poets are Margaret Atwood, Marge Piercy, Maya Angelou and Pablo Neruda, to name a few.
She smiles at the mirror, eyes blue as the sky
Dreaming of Paris and faraway places
Of people she’ll meet, their stories, their faces
Wishing that time would quickly go by
...
Up, up
The smooth and glassy surface of my shower
He crawled
His delicate spindly legs glued, as if by magic
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I would like to enter you through your eyes;
To enter the coolness
Of their blue,
To swim in you
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(For Isabel on her Confirmation Day)
May the faith you confirm today
Be your key
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Loving you
Through copper wires
Has taught me
The pain of patience
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