Tuesday, May 14, 2013

MEDITATION

MEDITATION
I beheld you wearing a white and gold sweater,
In the realm of paradise, sitting at a table.
Your eyes were of brown, your tresses were of sable.
I was free from all pain, from every worldly fetter.
Behind you was a window, looking out to sea,
Over verdant meadows, gleaming in the daylight.
With an adoring cadence you gazed upon me.
Our love was effulgent, sanctified and bright.
Then, along with Venus, the nascent, glowing night
Serenaded you on a balcony where wept
Mellifluous strains as vows were made, secrets kept.
And as the cherubim beheld that sacred sight,
I kissed your soft lips above the tall, slender fountains,
As the court turned gold, as the sun beyond the mountains.

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Friday, May 3, 2013

From "A Lady Fair And Other Poems" / My Lady Is Lovely (Page 123; Paperback Edition)

MY LADY IS LOVELY

My lady is lovely, my lady is fair;

She walks in the noonday, glistening light

To the square, to the veranda, dreaming of the night,

In soft, saline breezes which sail through her hair,

Perfuming her tresses, gleaming in the sun.

She wanders amid the statuary,

Gathering blooms with delicacy,

Where slender, lavender brooklets run.

Her face is of an angel's, her eyes are of the sky,

They are sweet and of the eve, gently do they glow,

Like rain upon the streams, which glitter as they flow;

She meditates on love alone, pining with a sigh.

And when the alabaster moon ascends, she strolls amid the ponds,

Beneath the fragrant boughs, beneath the minty-scented fronds.

Book Description

Publication Date: March 28, 2013

A Lady Fair and Other Poems explores in aesthetic detail the manifold realms of the human experience. Infused with meter, measure and rhyme, the verse contained within this volume is impressionistic, rapturous and passionate. The themes within this book are varied, yet all of the poems are intertwined. Within this book is found the poetic diary of a sailor, who wanders as a troubadour through the countless gardens of a gilded world.

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Author: John Lars Zwerenz