blue skies poetry

I

she wants
to bite his
cherry tomato lips
seed them transparent

until they overflow palms
wet wrists
maim arms
cross clavicles
taint neck
insect mouth
dry on tongue

II

she wants
to wrap soft
in hair bending triumph
seek what is beneath

the dream of a
sleep tufted cheek
stalked and deep green
thin-pressed like
flowers cupped and buttered
against the heat of
an inked page

~ Anne Sorbie

Anne Sorbie was born in Paisley, Scotland and she lives and writes in Calgary. Her fiction has appeared in journals such as Geist and Other Voices. Anne’s first novel, Memoir of a Good Death, is forthcoming (September 2010) with Thistledown Press.

Read more of Anne Sorbie’s poetry:
– some quaint perched aerie on the cliffs of time #2

Editor’s note: This poem is one of a series of ten “neruda spell” poems by Anne Sorbie that are being featured on blue skies poetry this week.

Filed under: Anne Sorbie by akublik Date 24 February, 2010