The Lilac Thief - Shakespeare's Monkeys

The Lilac Thief

I live in Belgrade, MT and my neighborhood has become a purple and white eden.

you,
collected lilacs for me
at midnight,

bathing your skin

in moonlight and lavender.

you are,
everything
that is the second
before
the blossom breathes.

you are,
a pilot of dreams,
a thief of beauty,
and the grand architect
of invisible grace.

you have,
studied the love

that is found
inside my cotton
pajamas on a saturday.

you find,
the corners I hide in
and carry me home.

you,
pushed a
dark curl
off my cheek
while i was sleeping,
still,

I felt you
among my quilted dreams.

you,
speak.
you,
kiss.
you hold.

you,
believe
in the universe
that is me.

Anstey -

Personally, I think the linebreaks were a bit over-much, but I think the sentiment and romance of this are lovely. I think women particularly will be quite enamored of it. And by the way, don't think just because you've been sick I'm going to lighten up on you. Even the Night Prophet must be held to standards.

However... I'm so glad to read your work Lori. You could have posted a limerick and I'd have been happy. (not to say that limericks suck.. but come on... a limerick )

The Night Prophet -

HA! The line breaks were because I was having problems posting it. HA! yea, at some point I will figure all this website stuff!!

----- With Love, The Night Prophet

With Love,

The Night Prophet

Amanda Baker -

Stephan was right....I am a woman....and I love this poem. But for the record, I would love it even if I wasn't such a romantic.

U668857 -

This is an intensely beautiful love lyric. I admire the quiet economy and intimacy of tone. The repetition of "you" is very effective though I wonder at the use of the comma after each "you" and at the end of certain lines.

It is wonderfully sensuous - sight, smell, touch. The use of metaphor is subtle, shaping the images almost subliminally.

Although the theme is a poetic standard - it sounds fresh and original; and the emotional sincerity at its heart is shaped with a deft stroke. BRgds.,Alan.

Colleen -

I like this Lori.. my favorite lines are

"you find,
the corners I hide in
and carry me home."

and also...

"I felt you
among my quilted dreams."