Monadnock
At night we would light two lamps
Where I would watch you undo
Every button of that blue checkered dress
The rest of you in boots
Blonde hair loose
Wet a little from rainwater
That morning we climbed
From a roadside clearing
Alone on the mountain
Shared bread and honey
Followed the trail down
Of ice and small birds
Wait
All evening
A swallow has
Swept the grassy
Farmyard for one
Shedded goose
Feather to stitch
Into her nest —
It is easy enough
For me to pick
Up — but I watch
Instead, until
She has it
Thread
Take a blanket of red wool
Fold it into a cushion square
Beside flames of the wood fire
Where lamplight of the room
Falls the best, and right there
In the heat, away from winter
With your loom of sanded birch
I’ll watch you weave the moon
Stars, river and mountains
From a trail we’re on of thread
What She Wears
Where I am
The day is so utterly beautiful
All wind and sunshine
A dress could be sewn from it
And what do you know, I’m alone
But not for long
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BOB ARNOLD
I'm In Love With You
Who Is In Love With Me
Longhouse 2012
