This is one of my favorite Valentine's poems. Sharing in honor of the day!
Highway Song for Valentine's Day
(“Kim, I love you – Danny” roadside graffito)
On overhead and underpass,
beside the road, beyond the grass,
in aerosol or paint or chalk
the stones cry out, the billboards talk.
On rock and wall and bridge and tree,
boldly engraved for all to see,
hearts and initials intertwine
their passionate, short-lived valentine.
I’m listening for a longer Lover
whose declaration lasts forever:
from field and flower, through wind and breath,
in straw and star, by birth and death,
his urgent language of desire
flickers in dew and frost and fire.
This earliest spring that I have seen
shows me that tender love in green,
and on my windshield, clear and plain,
my Dearest signs his name in rain.
~Luci Shaw
2 comments:
What a lovely poem! And what an encouraging thought... :)
I've always loved this poem. Every Valentines' Day, I seem to share it again with someone somewhere. I especially love those last lines...
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