ANOTHER NEW POEM IN PROGRESS:

"poets, lovers, and love"

It is because of what I say,
You say, that you listen
To what I read, to what I write.

Because you listen, and then
You tell me what I have said
I say things that I cannot emote.

I am not so bold
As you may tell yourself,
As I hear you introduce the poet to others.

Were I that man,
The poet, the writer I have written,
would you rather love me than to talk of poetry?

I am not so old
That I have forgotten how to love
What I recall is inspired by you, not just your youth.

Is it because of what I say,
That you listen, or do you love
The poetry or that man I am when I speak?

Am I a man so bold,
So young as to be a poet who writes of love,
May I yet be both the lover and the love?

Will you then be so bold,
As my poems and the poem asks of you
may you yet be both the lover and the love...?

...... - tim ward, Barnes & Noble Johns Hopkins Bookstore, 5:54 pm, Saturday, August 31, 2013.... I ain't finished with this one yet...daggone love poems are difficult to think while writing...,