1.
It all started
with love –
a sudden burst
of feeling
blinding me to
everything
but you
dolcissimo,
con amore
It all started
in hope –
a shy expectation
that one day
you’d come
and we’d dance
misterioso,
con gioia
It all grew in
faith –
your faithful
presence
making love,
our love
possible
pianissimo,
con felicità
[This and the following poems from Maja Trochimczyk, Rose Always, Moonrise Press, 2011, this book is no longer available as it was withdrawn in 2018]
The Reception will include a Poetry Reading with an Open Mike for Poets who would like to read their ecologically or romantically-themed poems. Photos and books of poetry will be available for sale.
3.
My love is
like a sparrow
looking for an
oak tree
to rest
between its branches
It flutters
here and there,
it wanders
around,
lost yet
happy, it sings
My love is
like a sunbeam
shining on the
good and ugly,
searching for the
crystal reflection
of pure loving
– it dreams
My love
explodes
like a summer lightning
that leaves
hot ashes in its wake,
revealing a
diamond of truth
19.
My love is
made of gratitude
and sorrow in
equal measure,
it thrives in
silence
Out of
thankfulness
I build a
shield,
smile by
smile, day by day
I am sure you
did not know
that I made
you
my guardian
angel
to watch my
grief diminish
replaced by joie de vivre,
born in your
presence
Do the halo
and the wings
fit you? They’d better –
you are going
to wear them
tor a very
long time –
till death
does us part,
no less
33.
I sleep better when
your dog is snoring nearby.
I wake up early and walk outside.
The sun is bright, entrancing.
I do not have much time in the morning.
I cut one red rose for my vase.
You promised to come.
My roses are like pets.
I have to feed them, give
them water to drink daily.
I am thirsty, too.
Thirsty for your love.
For more rose photos and poems visit:
http://poetrylaurels.blogspot.com/2017/02/rose-of-roses-photo-exhibition-in.html;
http://poetrylaurels.blogspot.com/2017/02/love-poems-among-roses-for-mariko-and.html
The previous events at the Exhibition included "Eva and Shandy among the Roses" - a concert of acoustic duo Shandy & Eva, performing original songs and covers with the classical guitar and percussion (on February 25), St. Valentine's Evening of Poetry and Roses (on February 14) and Roses at the Oskars on February 26, with Margaret Saine, Lois P. Jones, Marlena Bond, and Kathabela with Rick Wilson. Photos from these events and links are posted below.
With Elizabeth Kanski, Lucyna Przasnyski and a Friend
With Lucyna Przasnyski
With Margaret Saine, poet:
With Kathabela and Rick Wilson
Pam Shea reads poems with Eva and Shandy
