Wrapped in Salty Air from The Gulf: A Cento I am eating raw violets. I am curious about the possessing, in the having been possessed — an old woman passes us on the ferry, sniffs us twice, You are in love, I smelled it! we could lift into the air & become part of the indistinguishable wave of laughing gulls above a lover’s hand composes the body it touches – Love, like water! How it gives and gives
Poems & poets in order of appearance, with thanks for their beautiful words:
“Tonight As You Pace the Garden” Alina Stefanescu
http://www.verdadmagazine.org/vol29/poetry/stefanescu.html
“Maidens Tower” Tara Skurtu
https://www.thecommononline.org/tag/tara-skurtu/
“Looking for the Beautiful Things” Joy Priest
https://poets.org/poem/looking-beautiful-things?ssp_iabi=1682555088211
“Love, Like Water” Julia Copus
https://poetryarchive.org/poem/love-water/
Photo of the Mississippi River by me.