"Poetry Like Bread"

..like bread poetry nurishes..

 

 

"Poetry, Like Bread"*

 

Poetry, like bread

is best warmed,

spread thick with metaphoric jam

and eaten with sticky fingers.

~~~

Poetry, like bread

is the toasty language

of the wind

whirling through trees,

or a rill

rolling over smooth rocks

on a Spring-like day.

~~~

Poetry, like bread

is the language

of a girl and boy,

young lovers

playing hide and seek,

both wanting,

needing to be found.

~~~

Poetry, like bread

feeds us our humanity

the way two lovers

explore each other

with warm,

laughing fingers

slowly exciting

goose bump sighing skin.

~~~

Poetry, like bread

is laying with you

all night long.

~~redzone 2.13.14

 

*Note: "Poetry, like Bread is an anthology

of poetry, edited by Martin Espada. It is also

a line of poetry in this book by the poet Roque

Dalton. The poem is entitled: "Like You" and

the whole sentence is" "I believe the world

is beautiful and poetry, like bread is for everyone."

The title of this anthology is: "Poetry like Bread,

Poets of the Political Imagination" published

by Curbstone Press. I highly recommend this book of

poetry and hope that my use of these words

does justice to the original meaning

of this line.

Author's Note

thanks for reading...



captcha: unnoted... seems like the captcha has some insight after all...

Reviews

[icelandicblue]

Bread is a staple of life and poetry is the staple of our creative lives. I love your analogy and I am particularly enamored for that opening stanza.

[Frieda P]

Poetry, like bread
is best warmed,
spread thick with metaphoric jam
and eaten with sticky fingers.
~~~ I am in love with this first marmalade stanza....it just kept getting better, give ya the warm squishy's.

I've warm goose bumps now my sweet curt, lovin' the music too.........sigh.

[redzone]

would it upset you if I mentioned that I wrote this poem with sticky fingers, eating it loaded with thick metaphoric jam and in hopes of warm squishys that you might send??? blushing, but true.. thank you Frieda

[Frieda P]

I'm still feeling all the gooey goodness from this one, it's warmth lingers....you're a charmer love, mwah! The pleasure was all mine indeed. ;-)

[Relic]

I enjoyed this. I like the comparisons in each stanza. I especially like the first stanza...Poetry, like bread is best warmed, spread thick with metaphoric jam and eaten with sticky fingers. This is excellent.