August 16, 2004
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The precision with which love invents is as clear as the ticking of an atomic clock. Don't get this wrong. This is not about time. This is about how much—how deep, how wide, how much— and no ruler or meter is involved. Still, there is a precision to love's inventions. Curves and curls that only the lover can see, fragrances and feelings only the beloved can feel. ii. The silence in which love swims is as clear as a Caribbean lagoon. Don't get this wrong, this is not about place. This is about how much—how deep, how wide, how much— with no measuring device yet invented to know the value of love. Still, there is a technology for love; a word, a whisper, and along the silk trail of skin against skin, a sudden sweet shudder like a rain squall at dusk sending ships into the safety of small silent harbors. iii. Don't get this wrong. This is not only about love. This is about how much—how deep, how wide, how much— a person can go, can engulf, can take. And there are no rules: no maps or charts, no shepherd's paths hidden to all but the wise. This is about all that seems to last forever even though it's only a moment, what seems far beyond the horizon, even thought it's within reach. This is about time and space, and how, under certain circumstances, they are one and the same, the mixed metaphors that manage romance, and even love. · · · · · ·
Poetry on Swans Robert Rosenberg is a Boston-born English-language writer living in Tel Aviv, Israel, and the owner/operator of the Ariga web site where he publishes journalism, information resources about the Middle East peace process, and a poetry magazine. Do you wish to share your opinion? We invite your comments. E-mail the Editor. Please include your full name, address and phone number. If we publish your opinion we will only include your name, city, state, and country. Please, feel free to insert a link to this poem on your Web site or to disseminate its URL on your favorite lists, quoting the first stance or providing a summary. However, please DO NOT steal, scavenge or repost this work on the Web without the expressed written authorization of Swans. This material is copyrighted, © Robert Rosenberg 2004. All rights reserved. |
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