Lunch in Early Winter

Lunch in Early Winter

A Poem by jacob erin-cilberto

Lunch in Early Winter




ice menu
         but a warming trend

you think of him through sleeting eyes

but then our longing touches across the table
we sip our cocktails
and wet our lips with appetizers
imagine our tongues reaching for dessert

the hour ends,
you pack up your heart
for another day,
go back to the cold forecast
that lingers in your own backyard,

and i slip back into your distance
back to being a possibility 
an aftertaste

something to remind you
that dinner could bring summer
back to life.



erin-cilberto
12/16/16

© 2016 jacob erin-cilberto


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Just like having a first date with a potential life partner.

The two share a meal and part ways knowing that if they overcome their own isolation and take another chance their love could blossom into a life long romance.

Excellent use of comparisons with the polar opposite seasons of winter and summer.

Another fine piece of writing, Jacob.

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jacob erin-cilberto

7 Years Ago

thank you for your insightful words, Doodley...

j.



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Just like having a first date with a potential life partner.

The two share a meal and part ways knowing that if they overcome their own isolation and take another chance their love could blossom into a life long romance.

Excellent use of comparisons with the polar opposite seasons of winter and summer.

Another fine piece of writing, Jacob.

Posted 7 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

jacob erin-cilberto

7 Years Ago

thank you for your insightful words, Doodley...

j.
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Wow! The interaction between the two and a poetic interpretation of it. Always great writing Jacob. :)

Posted 7 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

7 Years Ago

Thank you for your kind words,

j.
I really love the juxtaposition of summer and winter in this poem and how the feelings of each season come together during a meal. I loved how that meal took on another meaning as memory for a special time. It makes me think of a taboo meeting. Once again, another excellent write.

Thanks for posting!

Posted 7 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

7 Years Ago

thank you for your kind review, Jazz...

j.
now this, is cool! Good stuff!

Posted 7 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

7 Years Ago

thank you, Michael..

j.
WOW....a rendezvous of a married woman and her would-be lover? The weather metaphor is splendid. I could picture them having a meal and hoping for more. Good one, Jacob. Lydi**

Posted 7 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

7 Years Ago

thank you for your words, Lydi...

j.
Humans practically live on promise.
Another profoundly perceptive piece whose uncomfortable truths linger.


Posted 7 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

7 Years Ago

thank you for your words, Jimmy.

j.
love that line " and you think of him through sleeting eyes" ahhh that's brilliant...simply the crowning point of the whole poem for me, wonderful J.

Posted 7 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

7 Years Ago

thank you for your kind words, Corset,
j.
I've never thought of it before...in the winter I want sweets and "comfort" food. In the summer I want salads and freedom:)

Posted 7 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

7 Years Ago

i hear ya...thank you, Queenie.

j.
I seem to:remember a very old ballad that said "Fortune comes to those that wait".
Your poem seems to say "As long as you don't have to wait too long"
N.

Posted 7 Years Ago


jacob erin-cilberto

7 Years Ago

thank you for your insightful words, Norman,

j.

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jacob erin-cilberto
jacob erin-cilberto

Carbondale, IL



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Originally from Bronx, NY, I live in Carbondale, Illinois...teach English at a community college and have been writing and publishing poetry since 1970. I am here to read for inspiration from other po.. more..

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