Monday, November 18, 2013

bliss




a love note/poem from my hubby
via refrigerator magnets
photo © 2013 jennifer wagner



a soft tangerine moon
glows there
where i put my hand over your heart,

feel your breath slow and even
chest rising, falling
            rising, falling

and i can’t catch myself, either—
from drifting off
into the green poem
of us

where you
lift me up to the branches
to catch my footing,

where the
light shines through
its trembling leaves.

i hold them tight,
let the sun play in angled drops
on my face, close my eyes to
feel the favor
of your smile,

and then open them again
to focus
on eden appearing,
in the closing
of the blue distance.



© 2013 Jennifer Wagner


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24 comments:

Optimistic Existentialist said...

Love the romanticism here. So beautiful.

revelations said...

being a soppy old romantic I loved this... :)

Brian Miller said...

the green poem of us...smiles..still growing...i love the extended metaphor in this...the lifting up to get the footing....the ref to eden...beautiful love poem....smiles.

Rajesh said...

These lines are transcendental! I feel as if I am being lifted as a candy fluff into realms where everything to sweet and wonderful. Only the Fairies are missing. Beautiful.

Susie Clevenger said...

What a beautiful note from your husband...Your poem is beautiful also...Such peace and love...I needed this tonight.

Wendy Bourke said...

A beautiful ode - lyrical - reminiscent of a number of French impressionists paintings that I love.

janetld said...

Such a beautiful love poem - just the right amount of tenderness and sweetness.

Anonymous said...

smiles... ~

Anonymous said...

very lovely....

Margaret said...

so very lovely!

HisFireFly said...

bliss indeed
how I love, love

Truedessa said...

A tender poem full of emotions...liked the magnet message..how thoughtful..

Mary said...

What beautiful imagery, here, Jennifer. I really enjoyed the idea of Eden (and all of its symbolism) appearing!

Anonymous said...

Ahhh...very lovely...beautiful love poem and so gorgeous your message was, so heartwarming to see and read this poem. :)

Claudia said...

how cool is that... and love the can't catching yourself from drifting into the green poem of us...and what a place to fall into....love it

Namrata said...

So beautiful and aesthetic that it ruses a deep embedded feeling inside me..tangerine moon, green poem, blue distance, angled sun..well beyond what anyone can imagine.. :)

joanna said...

Sigh. Beautiful. sentiments & words.

Anonymous said...

tangerine moon, feel the favor in your smile..smiles. My favorite lines in this.
Sweet love note. I had just recently seen a short film about those magnets.. I like the idea.

Lila

brudberg said...

So many lovely images of love.. I really like how you used colors to express the feelings... glorious...

J Cosmo Newbery said...

That's really sweet and heartfelt. I like it.

ayala said...

You made me smile ....a sweet poem!

Anonymous said...

What a beautiful, romantic love poem - and the firdge magnet not is pretty special too ... smiles

Lisa A. Williams said...

What a sweet and well penned poem and your close is just beautiful.

Anonymous said...

Very beautiful! pleasant feeling reading it!