she never / he never

she never felt
that much at home
among his people
but then come to think of it
neither had he

he never felt
that much at home
among her people
but then for that matter
neither had she

for the most part
i think they felt
not always mind you
but for the most part
most at home
together

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Proprietress o…

17 years 2 months ago

Mr. Graber,

my first thought when finishing this piece was actually that this oozes romance... I loved it, which astounded even me because I'm not a big fan of all that mushy stuff, at least in my opinion. a good friend once spoke of me as "the most romantic unromatic person" in the world. maybe that's what I like about this poem. it does not feel romantic until you finish reading it and understand what you're getting at. but it only begins "oozing romance" in the aftereffect, while the poem is not interuppted by emotional outbursts, just facts. I hope I have stated clearly what I meant to say, I get a bit confused at times and there's always that damn vocabulary of mine (or lack of vocabulary). thank you, Rob, for this unromantic romantic poem! ;-) your Proprietress

Rob Graber

17 years 2 months ago

Mushy Stuff

I too am generally not a fan of love poetry either mushy or steamy. I seem to like love poems spare, realistic, and somehow highly formal or in some sense balanced, yet not according to any of the traditional forms. Hence there is idealization not in content--that is, of the beloved, of the relationship, or of love itself--but in the form. Well now, see how you have gotten me yakkety-yakking? Thanks!