Poetry Rx Readers Rise to the Challenge: Let Me Count the Ways
What I See
Written by, Rolf Erickson 2/14/2019
Love Aria
(for H. and J.)
Written by, S.M. Eckrich 2/14/2019
It is an infant’s cheek to mine,
Sparkles alive in snow,
A Mourning Dove’s cue to daybreak,
Why lilac’s scent is so.
Found ‘neath woods where violets clamor,
O’er peaks where angels fly,
In silence thunderstorms oppose,
In a calf’s sorrel eye.
The universal stars are sparse,
A patterned snowflake erred,
All of history is minute,
These things to love compared.
It powers the human heart through
Grief, joy and temperance,
Propels the solar system and
Spurs Aspen leaves to dance.
Sonnet for my Wife
Written by, Michael Neer 2/14/19
What can I give to you, my loving wife?
Deep roots that keep us strong from head to feet
A flow of love that soothes and smooths our life
The tender joy of wedded bliss so sweet
My ears to listen to your needs and cares
A silent space along with laughs and fun
My thoughts about each moment’s joys we share
And feelings so refined we live like one.
I give my Self to you, and in return:
Your inner light entices me to yearn
For your embrace and soul to just adore
You touch my heart with bliss and make it soar
To taste the heaven that unfolds in time
And fuse us in devoted love sublime.
My Valentine
Written by, Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg 2/14/2019
I stared at the rock
Shapefull, levied by volcanic waves
I stared at the rock
Still, in a rhythmic embrace with Neptune
I stared at the rock
And held the hand that would
Perhaps the hand of Beatrice
I touched the crease as a faithful climber
Searching for heights from low below
And the iridescent moss of crystalized greens and browns
You by my side
But evanescent like the heat of the sand
I stared while the tempest
Threw it’s tentacles in a profane embrace
The rock stared back
Salty reflection of millennia
It could have been love at first sight
Despite my doubts
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Beautiful words, thank you.
What I See makes me wonder about what is seen — and I feel the inner beauty that is expressed. Love’s Aria has some beautiful images and really swings me from concrete to universal. The sonnet is mine and I enjoyed writing it — so did my wife. My Valentine is challenging. What I felt was the embrace of rock and sea is like the embrace of love over millennia — all of nature is thus constantly embracing. All hail to love, and thank you for the inspiration with these poems.