Amber Is Beyond My Sky

I gaze over the horizon,
I know that Amber is beyond my sky,
Childhood is sadness and grief
Pounding at the little door
Of her heart.

Read Li-Young Lee
And know
There are many lovers
Separated by distant cities.

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I Know My Heart, You Gave It to Me

The world will not be the same
When I can no longer see your eyes in the sunlight
Or hear your voice when I call your name.

I’m afraid the future is only sadness,
But I’ll never lose the love
You placed in me.

poem by Uriah Hamilton
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Transparent Lavender Chemise

The evening breeze
Wafts the fragrance
Of distant flowers;
The yawning sun
Has fallen asleep
And the moon is frisky.

A woman in a transparent,
Lavender chemise
Dapples perfume upon her wrists
Before she kisses her lover.

poem by Uriah Hamilton
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She Is Greater Than Bathsheba

I know a girl
With a New York voice
And goddess eyes,
She has me hypnotized
I’m trying to find her
In mystical dreams
Where love is revealed
In songs and elegant rhymes.

I trust her essence
And her perfume will find me.

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A Lush for Your Love

I would give up drinking
To be drunk with your perfume
On a summer night
With the sea breeze singing
A romantic lullaby,
To kiss your eyes at midnight,
Adorable woman,
For whom every aching fiber
Of my lonely being craves.

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Birdsong

In your love,
I spoke child-like prayers
And felt protected.

On your heart softly
I slept in tender dreams
And collected your kisses
Like rose petals and wishes.

From your reassuring voice,
I heard birdsong
And was happy.

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First Flower of Her Day

I’ve been a small stone
In a barren desert.
I’m weary of myself
And the hours
I spend alone.

One day I’ll be a flower
In a crystal vase
In a woman’s bedroom,
The first flower of her day,
And I’ll never be lonely.

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The Words of Dead Poets

Gazing at fragility,
The words of dead poets,
I weep in a bookstore.

Lonely childhood room
Reading Catcher in the Rye
Never leaves me.

I’m at home in autumn
Among the barren trees,
The windswept life
Blows away my love.

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A Small Girl (Poetic Soul)

Southwest Detroit,
Old streets, ancient history,
Grey factory town
Weeping lonely rain,
A small girl
Moves from the city
And her cat is left behind.

The birth of melancholy eyes
And a poetic soul
Begin in delicate tenderness.

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Slow Eternal Kiss

With a sleek boyish haircut
Framing a perfectly lovely face,
She stood beneath the streetlight
With her pyramid earrings sparkling.

We were wild escaped pirates
From a photograph or black and white movie;
The slow eternal kiss.

poem by Uriah Hamilton
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