poem: love simplified

poem: love simplified

A Chapter by Marie Anzalone

I need you

to help me

stumble upon

the greatness

that was placed

as a hidden obstacle

in all of our

daily paths

but that I

kept walking over

without

ever noticing.


It's just that

you make me

want to look

deep in the earth

for such

beautiful things

so I can give them later

to you.



© 2013 Marie Anzalone


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... wow, gorgeous Marie... everything, fits within these simple yet depthless two stanzas...
A love to realize what was always there and never noticed, open those inner doors that might have otherwise remained closed, find and culture that profound greatness within... and to give something just as vital and irreplaceable back too...


Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Marie Anzalone

11 Years Ago

I wish you luck... I have had several of these fragile creatures enter my life at some point or anot.. read more
Horizon K.

11 Years Ago

Funny how it is those fragile ones, who leave behind the widest trail of broken hearts...
Marie Anzalone

11 Years Ago

I forgive them all their fragility... I was one of them once, too



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Are we here to give what we find to others? This poem is very profound.

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Can I just say this is amazingly tender and beautiful? I miss writing love poetry, If I could write a love poem it would read just like this one :)

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Marie Anzalone

11 Years Ago

Ahhh but there are some who make the argument that ALL poetry is love poetry; for if you have enough.. read more
Corset

11 Years Ago

and even poetry written about old loves so that the new one will realize that there was at least onc.. read more
... wow, gorgeous Marie... everything, fits within these simple yet depthless two stanzas...
A love to realize what was always there and never noticed, open those inner doors that might have otherwise remained closed, find and culture that profound greatness within... and to give something just as vital and irreplaceable back too...


Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Marie Anzalone

11 Years Ago

I wish you luck... I have had several of these fragile creatures enter my life at some point or anot.. read more
Horizon K.

11 Years Ago

Funny how it is those fragile ones, who leave behind the widest trail of broken hearts...
Marie Anzalone

11 Years Ago

I forgive them all their fragility... I was one of them once, too
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You bring out the beauty found in simplicity and construct it with marvelous form and construction. Sensitive and strangely pure . . . . almost naive . . . . this becomes a haunting read that I found extremely enjoyable.

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

sometime the hidden greatness we seek is the person right next to us, making us, want to look for it..

the beautiful things already given, just by sharing the pursuit together

wonderfully written as always

:)


Posted 12 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Marie Anzalone

12 Years Ago

I find that a romance for me is true when the person makes me wake up every day, wanting to be the a.. read more
Antonio Valentino

12 Years Ago

Where did you come from?!

you remind me of the big bang.. the closer we look into creat.. read more
Marie Anzalone

12 Years Ago

Thank you again, Antonio, for your kindness. The realization I wrote about has come to me through ma.. read more
I keep coming back to this...rereading...
I'm struck by the personal and yet universal tone within the last stanza especially.
How is it you speak so fluently the language of the heart?


Posted 12 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Marie Anzalone

12 Years Ago

It is so good to hear from you again!
To answer your question, it is simple, really. All one n.. read more
I love the vision. I just sometimes wish love truly had a simplicity to it. Great piece, thank you

Posted 12 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Marie Anzalone

12 Years Ago

I think it does have simplicity to it- it is we who complicate it. Is not the essential purpose of o.. read more
Love the poem as a whole but the last part especially:
"It's just that

you make me

want to look

deep in the earth

for such

beautiful things

so I can give them later

to you."

Posted 12 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Marie Anzalone

12 Years Ago

thanks, Naomi
Beautiful thought, beautifully written. The pleasure of giving back when in love is one of the best parts of being in love, I think.

Posted 12 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Marie Anzalone

12 Years Ago

Thanks, Michael... I think that love makes us simply want to be the best we can be... to give someth.. read more
it's amazing what another set of eyes and another perspective can add to your life.

Posted 12 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Marie Anzalone

12 Years Ago

The Dalai Lama says that the willingness to share in another's grief is the practice of compassion, .. read more

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Marie Anzalone
Marie Anzalone

Xecaracoj, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala



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Bilingual (English and Spanish) poet, essayist, novelist, grant writer, editor, and technical writer working in Central America. "A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to ta.. more..

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