The Bohemian Poet

Michael Paul Ladanyi's work has been published worldwide in online a print poetry magazines. He is a three-time Pushcart Prize Nominee, and has served on the editorial boards of several magazines. He is also the author and/or co-author of nine books of poetry. Contact Michael Paul Ladanyi at poet_ladanyi@yahoo.com

Friday, March 10, 2006

Bleeds Her Lover (Poetry) Michael Paul Ladanyi

~For My Wife~

she steps many times through
smoke-drunk kudzu to find her lover,
through shallow-rooted rain
and more rain and water-stone
winds and more rain---
and her lover is bleeding.

artists and dogs and she,
climb wooden green-soup fences
to speak with crows,
to hear a drumming shelter.
she hurls round, angry stones
at spider-field words---
and her lover is bleeding.

through straw-break yellow on red water-color drizzle,
her swollen rain is sleeping,
mouth painted,
as wine on tasted tongues---
while shoulder-naked kudzu bleeds her lover.

(From the first stanza, words are graciously
adopted from poet, fiction writer and author
Patricia Gomes’ poem, titled,
Rain and More Rain and Winds and More Rain.)
(Copyright (C) 2006 Michael Paul Ladanyi.)

4 Comments:

Blogger Michael Paul Ladanyi said...

Thank you.

M~

12:37 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The repetition is very effective here.

12:37 PM  
Blogger Pat Paulk said...

Michael, you paint your imagery with great strokes of hyphenated metaphors. You cannot read your poems and get a quick hit. They have to be seeped in like rain on wood, and then all at once you realize your water logged. Excellent read!!

11:40 AM  
Blogger Michael Paul Ladanyi said...

Thanks, Pat, I appreciate that.

M~

3:02 PM  

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