http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._N._Taber
Now,
regular readers will know I have written many love poems, often with my late
partner in mind, but not with heavy sadness or regret but immense thankfulness
for the relatively short time we had together many years ago when I was still in my early 20's ....
At the same time, as
always, I try to ’open up’ my poems to lift them beyond the personal so that
anyone can access and follow reflective thoughts of their own. (Win some, lose some.)
C'EST MAGNIFIQUE (IN ANY LANGUAGE)
finer
than a kiss, inflicting
that's
barely spent with our
lips with
secret smile, seeking
in us all
with Delilah’s gall,
starry-eyed Samson
set up
with a
scattering of stars
brighter
by far than the eyes
haunting
this mortal frame;
that's
fallen here at our feet
(a misty
rain in the wind)
but a
nightingale for others
like a
death sheet as a mark
of
respect for this ultimate
reckoning, proud
Cassiopeia
sharing
out gifts among regrets
like
falling stars
Ah, c'est magnifique
Copyright
R. N. Taber 1999; 2011
[Note: an earlier version of this poem appeared under the title 'Affairs of the Heart' in the anthology, A United Voice, Poetry Now (Forward
Press) 1999 and the poetry magazine Fire (17) in 2002 as well as my first
major collection, Love and Human Remains by R. N. Taber, Assembly Books, 2001. Fire has since ceased publication, but can still be accessed on-line
via the Poetry Library archives.]
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