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Sunday, August 2, 2015

Love Poem w/ Wolves

wolves
understand how your body
can sustain their body,
but wolves
have no restraint.

wolves
--these wolves, my wolves--
are as lonely as a motherless girl.
wolves can sing,
and by singing,
become smoke around the moon.

wolves
take my heart and leave moonbeat:
you, you, you.
i never trespass,
and i am a fool.
______

for flash 55 at Toads.
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19 comments:

  1. Kerry O'ConnorAugust 2, 2015 at 11:57 AM

    This is a poem of extreme beauty. I won't carve it up into bits I like because the whole is amazing.

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  2. Magaly GuerreroAugust 2, 2015 at 12:57 PM

    I love the connections this poem makes; how it explains myth, speaks of social worries and of self. My favorite part? The title. ♥

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  3. grapelingAugust 2, 2015 at 1:18 PM

    zen master? ha! more like zone mutterer... you, on the other hand, know a hell of a lot more than that fool Costner did, about dancing with wolves.

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  4. Other MaryAugust 2, 2015 at 1:37 PM

    Your second stanza takes my heart. As wolves know, it doesn't do to be too polite.

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  5. Ornery Owl of Naughty Netherworld Press and Readers Roost August 2, 2015 at 2:04 PM

    Wolves are wonderful, and I admire their wildness.
    I am not a wolf. I'm much more of a fat housecat, dreaming of being a great huntress.

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  6. Sherry Blue SkyAugust 2, 2015 at 4:37 PM

    Oh wow. What's not to love in a love poem with wolves? I especially love how their singing becomes smoke around the moon. I will remember that next time I look at a gauzy moon. So beautiful, Shay.

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  7. hedgewitchAugust 2, 2015 at 5:22 PM

    Beautiful, Shay. Forgive me if I can't wax elegant atm, but you have produced enough eloquence here for several people.

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  8. ZQAugust 2, 2015 at 5:54 PM

    Cool!!!
    ZQ

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  9. Rosemary Nissen-WadeAugust 2, 2015 at 7:57 PM

    Oh, beautiful! Like others, I don't want to dissect this, just experience it.

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  10. OutlawyerAugust 2, 2015 at 9:00 PM

    Hey Shay, a very compelling poem--I love thinking of wolves as the smoke around the moon. Thanks. k.

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  11. OutlawyerAugust 2, 2015 at 9:04 PM

    PS - I think this is a beautiful poem, but you may like to throw off constraints of 55! Amazing you could make it fit though. Thanks. k.

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  12. Sioux RoslawskiAugust 3, 2015 at 9:05 AM

    Shay--Have you read Jodi Picoult's "Lone Wolf"? I think you would enjoy the novel.

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  13. UnknownAugust 3, 2015 at 9:44 AM

    Such a heartfelt piece.. lovely!

    Lots of love,
    Sanaa

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  14. IleanaAugust 3, 2015 at 9:57 AM

    My favorite part of our Colorado visit last year was touring the Wolf and Wildlife Center. I'm a huge wolf fan and a fan of your poetry as well. Ciaocito, chica!

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  15. LynnAugust 3, 2015 at 12:53 PM

    "smoke around the moon" - lovely.

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  16. Maude LynnAugust 3, 2015 at 6:10 PM

    This is really beautiful, Shay.

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  17. Susie ClevengerAugust 4, 2015 at 12:28 AM

    "smoke around the moon" I love that. I would never have associated love with wolves, but then I haven't been graced with your imagination

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  18. my heart's love songsAugust 9, 2015 at 5:40 AM

    "take my heart and leave moonbeat"

    damn, girl! this is one of your best, for sure! (of course, i think that then read another and think that's better then read another and think that's better then read another and lose my fucking mind!!! do you HAVE to be so A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.?)

    ♥

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  19. LindaAugust 11, 2015 at 1:15 AM

    I love this! I can almost hear the wolves singing to the moon as I read it.

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