Monday, June 3, 2013

After the Thunderstorm Night

 
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When you
look at me like that,

as if I’ve hung the paper heart moon
with artistic hands,

a lavender morning mists softly
against my skin, each cell brightening,

stretching toward a living,
growing new day.

All I want is to breathe,
to breathe in this sky of moment, deeper,

to feel each evolving hue as it rises
like milk and sugared tea on my tongue;

to hum my birdsong notes
back to you,

and your arms
of encircling sun.


© 2013 Jennifer Wagner


“Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?”  -Rose Kennedy

32 comments:

Janet Martin said...

Jen, o-o--h, I LOVE this, sweet, sultry, sexy! I was esp. drawn to this stanza

' as if I’ve hung the paper heart moon
with artistic hands,

This poem stirs all the senses!

Wendy Bourke said...

Beautiful words, Jennifer. So many lovely lines.

"to feel each evolving hue as it rises
like milk and sugared tea on my tongue;"

Perfect and exquisitely memorable.

Brian Miller said...

absolutely beautiful...love the feel of the colors on the tongue...the turn to song...and all because the way they look at you...smiles...the way they look at us adds so much to our lives...and who we see as well when we look at us...

Anonymous said...

Beautiful & well written.

Mary said...

Oh, Jennifer, this is so beautifully expressed and filled with such love. "Milk and sugared tea on my tongue" -- Nice!

Claudia said...

love how you touch all the senses in this...the humming, circling..breathing..the paper heart moon...beautiful...

Audrey Howitt aka Divalounger said...

Such a beautiful write--

All I want is to breathe,
to breathe in this sky of moment, deeper,

I think for me this piece speaks to the fullness of that momemt

ayala said...

All I want is to breathe,
to breathe in this sky of moment, deeper....I love this!

anthonynorth said...

A beautiful poem indeed.

grapeling said...

"to breathe in this sky of moment, deeper"

a wonderful trope

Anonymous said...

As others have said, this is beautiful. I love the metaphor too - after the storm comes the calm - sometimes in more ways than one.

Laura said...

"stretching toward a living,
growing new day.

All I want is to breathe,
to breathe in this sky of moment, deeper," Gorgeous... the whole poem...but these lines touched me deepest.

Anonymous said...

wow, you got some killer lines in there - such radiating beauty!
"as if I’ve hung the paper heart moon
with artistic hands,"
perfect.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful, Jennifer! I love the quote too!

LaTonya Baldwin said...

giving in unapologetically. Oh, and so impressed with your reading habits. Love to chew about what's on your shelves.

Laurie Kolp said...

Beautiful, K! I especially like:

to feel each evolving hue as it rises
like milk and sugared tea on my tongue

flaubert said...

Beautiful and tender write, Jennifer.

Pamela

Laurie Kolp said...

Sorry, I meant Jennifer.

Truedessa said...

lovely write and the line that swept me away..

a lavender morning mists softly

Anonymous said...

I can feel Mary Oliver's influence in this beautiful poem...and that collection of yours on the sidebar is (shhhh) my bathroom reading favorite. That and volume two. And Jane Kenyon (3 BR home ha!)

RMP said...

beautiful! I love the flavors, scents, sounds & colors sewn throughout. it is quite easy to get lost in this peace/piece.

Anonymous said...

such a beautiful poem - love the lines ..well..too many I would just quote the entire poem - K

Anonymous said...

Gravitate toward the light...always gravitate toward the light...

janetld said...


as it rises
like milk and sugared tea on my tongue;

to hum my birdsong notes
back to you

beautiful poem! and great blog.

brudberg said...

Beautiful soft and tender - you make someone special very happy :-)

kelvin s.m. said...

...i really like this Jennifer... the gentleness & positive vibe you spread here are very well directed to us readers... you make the horrifying effect of last night's tragedy sound like haven... excellent... one of my favorites today... smiles...

Margaret said...

The first two stanzas explode with imagery and it just vividly rocks from there! Wowzers, this is a great write.

Anonymous said...

yes, what everyone else said. that was so pretty...

joanna said...

absolutely beautiful. love the colors in this.

Optimistic Existentialist said...

I miss your posts!! Where've you been? :)

Sherry Blue Sky said...

Jennifer, incredibly beautiful. I especially love "to breathe in this sky of moment"........and "to hum my birdsong notes back to you." Lovely morning poem!

Unknown said...

Beautiful!