for a poet friend of mine

for a poet friend of mine

 

 

I met your friend Elizabeth the other day,

she told me of the Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point

and those Nightingales' with Bianca placed among them

and she told me how many ways she loved "thee"

probably not "me"

 

and how many flowers her beloved

had brought her,

 

and how loyal a companion you had been

that her words formed a bond 

with your creative intuition

 

that you have loved her words

for longer than you could

assimilate them 

into theme

 

and the dream of conversing

you have been nursing

longer than any flower has bloomed

within a lifetime...

 

I met her, yes indeed

she spoke highly of you, yes indeed

she would like to meet you someday, yes indeed

 

and she said there is a place where all beautiful poets

find peace, find each other

sit in the parlor, drink tea

and do a dance of syllabic splendor

share a few rhymes

a few sublime

intellections

 

and listen to the Nightingales

sing

just outside the window

of where dreams meet.

 

 

erin-cilberto

8/8/22

Reviews

[Robert Haigh]

"just outside the window/of where dreams meet" - a lovely, poetic thought! I would love to be with my poetic heroes, drinking tea in some ether-world somewhere, although it would surely scare me stiff, and I would probably not speak a single word! But I would listen... oh yes, I would listen!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I would probably feel the same nerves...but it would be heaven. Thank you, Robert,
j.

[uma]

this was beautifully written.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you.

[poet2angels (lynda)]

This poem is so beautiful and takes me to a place I would love to go! Thank you so much for that, my friend!
You are amazing, as always. I believe we will all be chatting and sipping tea one day. Such a cool time that will be ! Love ya

[jacob erin-cilberto]

She is your girl, lynda....I hope you two get to meet one day.
j.

[poet2angels (lynda)]

Yes she is! I hope so too :D

[Temperance]

This is such a beautiful poem j. It would be so nice if we poets could get together over a cup of tea and discuss poetry. Maybe we should all read more of Elizabeth's work and then meet up. Thank you for this fine write. Temp

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I appreciate you, Temp...
someday we will,
j.

[Patricia]

Absolutely let’s all meet and discuss poetry, I hope to see my favs there too, Sylvia and Mary and of course John and you! What a lovely poem and excellent writing and heartfelt, a best!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you so much for including me...that is kind of you,
j.

[W. Barrett Munn]

Hey, I like tea.

This is a nice piece of writing Jacob.

And I still like tea.
W

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Winston...
j.

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

This is one of your best Jacob
Beautiful ThAnkyou so much

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Julie...
j.

[Betty Hermelee]

I believe you are writing to a deceased poet friend about a woman whom he never met (maybe in a dream) and who loved his words and desperately wanted to meet him....and you suggested a dreamy place where poets find peace and "share a few rhymes".....This is beautifully written and very ethereal...like all this is in a dream....
Best,
B.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I like where you took this, Betty....and it makes perfect sense.
actually the friend is female and Elizabeth Barrett Browning is her favorite poet...I just hope she gets to meet her someday.

[Robert Trakofler]

some day old friend... someday:) and won't it be grand!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

quite grand, yes,
thank you, Robert,
j.

[Andrew John]

This is so beautiful,
J.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Andrew,
j.

[Andrew John]

Sounds as if I were looking for something really short to say. No so, tho. I did enjoy it, find it beautiful, and have read it again and again.