for your Valentine
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:31 pm
Last year I posted a poem by Mark Strand.
This year's offering is from Philip Booth to help you keep the slow-banked fires burning
[SIZE="4"]Nightsong[/size]
Beside you,
Lying down at dark,
My waking fits your sleep.
Your turning
Flares the slow-banked fire
Between our mingled feet,
And there,
Curved close and warm
Against the nape of love,
Held there,
Who holds your dreaming
Shape, I match my breathing
To your breath;
And sightless, keep my hand
On your heart's breast, keep
Nightwatch
On your sleep to prove
There is no dark, nor death.
This year's offering is from Philip Booth to help you keep the slow-banked fires burning
[SIZE="4"]Nightsong[/size]
Beside you,
Lying down at dark,
My waking fits your sleep.
Your turning
Flares the slow-banked fire
Between our mingled feet,
And there,
Curved close and warm
Against the nape of love,
Held there,
Who holds your dreaming
Shape, I match my breathing
To your breath;
And sightless, keep my hand
On your heart's breast, keep
Nightwatch
On your sleep to prove
There is no dark, nor death.