Anticipating the Love Poem

by Anita S. Pulier


This unmarked page
That significant silence

These sleepless nights
Those sincere sorries

That snaggle toothed smile
These strings of sentiment

Those soothing sounds
This ocean of onomatopoeia

This splash slam
That burst bubble

That lording over
These loopy hearts

This terrible knowing
Those many moments

That kiss


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Anita’s chapbooks Perfect Diet, The Lovely Mundane and Sounds of Morning and her books The Butchers Diamond and Toast were published by Finishing Line Press. Kelsay Books published Anita’s new book Paradise Reexamined. Anita’s poems have appeared in many journals and her work is included in nine print anthologies. Anita has been a featured poet on The Writer's Almanac and Cultural Daily. Her website is; Home