My lover’s face
Is nothing like the desert plain’s
Wide open space
Her rising breast
Cannot compare to sand dune curves
Which never rest
Her diamond ring
Is nothing like the desert rose:
Dull shimmering
My darling’s eyes
Are nothing like the sticky dates
With buzzing flies
Her moistened lips
Cannot compare to fresh mint tea’s
Sweet steaming sips
Her flashing smile
Is nothing like the sun’s bright glare
For endless miles
Yet both seduce me
Boundless in their natural beauty
Both infuse me
Wayne Visser © 2017
Book
Icarus: Favourite Love Poems
This creative collection, now in its 2nd edition, brings together love poems by Wayne Visser. The anthology traces love’s agony (“Broken Dreams”) and ecstasy (“Galaxies Cart-Wheeling”), from first blush (“Almost Strangers”) to full bloom (“Say ‘I Do!’”), as we fly to love. You’ve given me the gift of golden wings / The endless sphere of blue imaginings / The chance to rise above the silver clouds / The will to cast off untold ghostly shrouds / Don’t fly too high / Don’t rise too fast / Don’t tease the sky / Don’t taunt the past / You’ve given me the hope of warmer days / The blessed kiss of the sun’s fiery rays. Buy the paper book / Buy the e-book.
