April is National Poetry Month

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Muscadine

BY MARY MOORE EASTER

peach of a grape

                           in his fingertips

                                                        like holding home

            he noses its musk

Taste, he says

                         and parts my lips with a globe and

                                                                                   a thumb I lick

                                                        I bite the thick skin

                           His Arkansas aches

                                                                      sweet
                                                                                                on my tongue

                           His hand vines my chin my throat

My face flames

                                To the lady on the bus

                                                          he brags

                                                                          Her blush comes from my touch.

Better to marry than to burn

                          she quotes

                                         She don’t know us


Source: Poetry (April 2013).



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While reading through my April copy of Poetry Magazine, I stopped immediately when finding Muscadine.  The words describe this grape in a beautiful sensual tone and I fell in love with it immediately.  And yes, this is exactly the way the poem appears in the magazine as well as the online version.  These grapes are abundant in Texas, and even the wild version that I picked as a child bring back memories of delicious grape jelly.


The blue highlighted sections with the poem will take you to the Poetry Foundation website where you may read the April issue online.  Mary Moore Easter has another delightful poem featured in this issue, Mama Said...  (bringing The Shirelles) into play.  Of course, I just dated myself with that reference, but you will enjoy this poem.


Take time to peruse this wonderful online magazine.  Search their archieves for your favorite poem and/or poet.  Create your own My Favorite Poetry Section where you can save your favorites online to get to easily.  Sign up for their email list for the poem of the day and enjoy the luxury of poetry in your life.

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Always I wish you peace, joy and happiness, but most of all I wish you LOVE.  Take time to fall in love with poetry this month...that is if you have not already fallen head over heels with poetry in the past.  Rediscover how words can make you feel through the eyes of poetry.

As Ever, Annie