may came and we
unfolded into sunlight
unburdened, free from the sickly
straining, limbs caught beneath
jackets and scarves that
choke us
pulling at skin
red and raw
may came and i
pressed myself against you
eyes wide and windows open
breeze blown buds and promises
spoken into fruited airways
i blew myself
into your arms
blew you over
may has come and you
take smooth arms and wrap them
round me, pull yourself close
and close the door on winter you
push me down, pull me closer
as you whisper
and the winter
blows away
© Seraphina Ferraro, 2015
Amen to closing the door on winter!
I love the way you took the wide appeal of warmer weather and fed it into this intimate verse.
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Thank you very much. She always makes me feel like springtime. 🙂
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Potent and lyrical. Like the headiness of lilacs.
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Thank you for the poetic praise! 🙂
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I just love these opening lines and how they break: “we/unfolded into sunlight/unburdened”
Also the repetition of “may came” and the presence of the breeze blowing through those open windows.
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Thank you. I’m so glad it evoked something for you. 🙂
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Wow!! SO well penned I could feel the season
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I’m so glad! Thank you so much!
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This is a beautiful, soft and sensual approach to celebrating the end of winter. I love so many of the lines here, but that second stanza is just breathtaking, especially “breeze blown buds and promises
spoken into fruited airways / i blew myself / into your arms / blew you over.”
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Thank you so much. I have to say I was particularly proud of that part. 🙂
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Good!
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So happy to welcome summer this year and say goodbye to winter. Pure brilliance! ♥
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Me too! Bring on the heat!
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Fancy meeting a fellow poet, here, in the month of May. Yay! I got the image of a pressed flower upon opening. Nice write. Looking forward to reading more of your poems, Seraphina.
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Thank you so much! I’m looking forward to writing more. Lovely meeting you here. 🙂
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