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Yesterday was mine and Rob’s anniversary. In the context of this, for your 27th poem, write a love poem. Here is one by Marvin Bell I have always loved:
To Dorothy
You are not beautiful, exactly. You are beautiful, inexactly. You let a weed grow by the mulberry and a mulberry grow by the house. So close, in the personal quiet of a windy night, it brushes the wall and sweeps away the day till we sleep. A child said it, and it seemed true: “Things that are lost are all equal.” But it isn’t true. If I lost you, the air wouldn’t move, nor the tree grow. Someone would pull the weed, my flower. The quiet wouldn’t be yours. If I lost you, I’d have to ask the grass to let me sleep.
Ohhh…
Heart touching poem..
Congratulations! Beautiful poem.
Lovely and beautiful poem :)
in the twinkle of his eyes
in the shadow of his smile
I love
in the way he says my name
in the nights and the days
I love
in the simple little tasks
in the questions he asks
I love
in the whisper of his voice
in the way that he annoys
I love
in the laughter and the tears
nothing can compare
I love