2 POEMS FOR VALENTINES DAY

The Night Before The Morning After.

                                                                                            For Anne.

I find myself at the old game

the old absurd ecstatic folly-ridden game

of trying to guess your mind

caught up once more in the eternal question-jungle;

“will she come?” “won’t she come?” “Maybe not”.

One half of me says you will be true to yourself

and lose your way once again.

Another and the more naive bit of me assures me

you will arrive come hell or stale porter

blaming me as ever for woeful misdirections

and in effect saying with brown-eyed  refinery:

“why the hell pick such an outlandish place to live?”

And no doubt I shall be wordless in your presence

if you can imagine such a phenomenon

and as we self-consciously attempt to pick up long-loosened reins

my eyes upon you will be playing the old remembered ballet

under the heavy drink-laden dream-laden weight of years

almost embarrassing you into temporary disarray.

You won’t be fooled, however, knowing me well;

as always you will see beyond the quick foolish clown’s mask

far beyond the ready bottle of release, the straw of salvation

the real body alone in his microscopic dust

dreaming dreams forever far beyond his station

studiously looking away from you.

Yet let the old motto endure.

Drink and be merry, for tomorrow we may think.

And that could well spell disaster.

In anticipation of tomorrow

I hope the pleasure we have always found in each other

will outwit the ever-eager hawk of remorse.

Girl, bravely fool me with that old brown-eyed witchcraft

blinding me to the lesser losses of life

and guiding my reason towards the greater humbler gain.

My wish for you upon this wary midnight:

May your life be a warm attendance of light.

Christy Brown

Christy Brown (5 June 1932 – 7 September 1981) was an Irish author, poet,and painter   who had severe cerebral palsy. Although He was most famous for his autobiography My Left Foot, which was later made into an Academy Award-winning film of the same name, he also wrote some really beautiful and romantic poetry.

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NIGHTSONG.

For Paula

                               

                                    You held me to your

                                     bruised self.

                                     I aching with a want

                                     that held,

                                     it’s own fears.

                                     We spoke words that were

                                     small charms against

                                     uncertainty.

                                     Bright faith, flung

                                     at reality.

                                     I lay half-scared

                                     held strong.

                                     In this dark our host

                                     till touched breathed

                                     it’s night-song,

                                     and the words laid

                                     their ghosts.

san valentino(G.M.)

Saint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs, Saint Valentine, and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496 AD. It was deleted from the Roman calendar of saints in 1969 by Pope Paul VI, but its religious observance is still permitted. It is traditionally a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). The day first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages,  when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
Modern Valentine's Day symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.

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