Poetry
Five Love Poems
I Love, the Inclination
Sliding down this hill,
gaining speed as gravity
is so inclined to grant it
Tumbling, so head
meets heels, up and over,
picking up bits and pieces
snowball style,
shedding others,
shedding me
I can’t map this slope
while I am breaknecking
the incline, coasting
with the rollers,
loving the ride
II Love, the Regard
En garde, I know that look:
the considerate observation of
regard still deciding a level of esteem,
guarded, with regard to the
much scrutin-eyed gaze that
burrows into the heart
I note how much deference
is due to sink or swim
in that regard, the marked
dog paddling as I tread
on the uncertain waters,
training puppy eyes away,
waiting to be noticed
and tossed a lifeline
