“A Long Night’s Journey Into Day”
(An Haiku Sequence.)
1.
feeling you beside me:
i hold out my hand
and touch something hard.
2.
you and i
naked on the bed.
outside: a thunderstorm.
3.
i can not see the lightning,
only hear the thunder
and your thick breathing.
4.
we kiss in the dark:
the territory
of the blind!
5.
our priest says
our love is evil,
what does he know?
6.
you beside me,
i gently move up you,
happily going to hell.
7.
the day becomes
the tomorrow
for i hear the dawn birds.
8.
just one more kiss
before you go to work
as a straight man.
9.
sitting alone,
i count the long hours
for your return.
10.
each car i hear
is not your car
and i sigh.
11.
but you return,
and we shower
to Chopin.
—
The poet known as “Empty Chairs”.
(the poet is gay and blind.)
Comments (51)
building a suite of structures. very nice.
I like #6 especially… the knowledge of “judgment” but admission that it doesn’t really matter.
I don’t know about Blind and Gay to me he sounded Horny’ Cheers Marj
I love this. You do well.
“Happily going to hell” Ain’t that the truth ??
Bravo!
He may be gay…but certainly not blind in his mind
Hummmmm! Gay and blind! Well I have been told that gay men are very sensative and being blind welll I don’t know… leave it at that.
Funny, I just got through watching “Victor/Victoria.” Your poem is a fitting end to the evening.
EC writes so eloquently, but I love the passion of ‘happily going to hell.’
This is very accurate, according to the feelings of my gay friends…..sadly so. I call it profound…..
really nice sequence…. funny how you can apply most of that to any ilicit love…
this is a great read and an interesting subject…
I love it (as I do all of the poetry posted here), but why did you number it? It makes it seem less organic and more mechanical.
I can connect with thunderstorms on rainy nights as well as holding out my hand and touching something hard. Hello LordPineapple!
WOW! This is some great stuff.
Hi this is april *our_love_is_cashed*
i like the poetry.. thats what my site *above* is for.
this is my regular one.
have a nice day mr. pineapple
we shower
to Chopin
Beautiful! O for thunderstorms and rainy nights!
another goodie….what an inspiring mind!
you confused me..
decode what you said, please.
~april from arlington~
Very nice.
you are a wacky character.
have a super sunday.
nice blind or far out sighted lord magi
simply beautiful. simply. beautiful.
Nice love poem, disturbing too, but that is why one writes,right?
I’m glad you enjoyed the latest poem.
EC is different. This poem was nicely done, and has a nice twist to it.
Jim
Lovely, as usual. Loved the pics, and I am very sorry you aren’t feeling spunky. I hope you feel much better soon.
lovely. a story of difficult, yet beautiful love. hope you are feeling better, LP… ~jacki
That’s great. It’s one of the most beautiful love poems I’ve read. And I have no reason to be disturbed by it… I think it’s perfect for you.
you’ve posted a few of his poems and i’ve liked each and every one.
Brilliant. I hope the Clowne from Clown is feeling well.
Quite brilliant I must confess.
Your words are woven
Whether quite short or drawn out
To form lovely squares
Stitched together here
A marvelous word quilt
Of threaded haiku.
~V
This was entertaining to a girl that doesn’t get amused oft. Thanks.
It seems that people STILL think all the poems here are by different people!
i like that – i found it soothing
Forbidden love ..hidden from the eyes of the public but never hidden from the eyes of God
Very good !!
Wow, I never read a haiku sequence before and it worked very well!
M.A.
Dear LordP…..
this series of haikus…le sigh…..darkly sinful and richly indulgent…and when I reach the end, all I oculd think, was , “More, more!” Reading you is always a joy-ride…
leaving a stalk of dark rose,
-Elle
I agree with Carlo .
In friendship
Michel
for a few time you speak about your bad health . What is happpening . ?
just visited your photo blog.. they look really old photos.. or its a really old place hehe..i suspect its the same thing really…… but what a fantastic place to be a part of..
which red dress wearer were you……you kinky crimson man
Lord those were really funny.
“feeling you beside me
i hold out my hand
and touch something hard.”
dirty
“just one more kiss
before you go to work
as a straight man.”
like, what the heck.
Romans 1:26-28 (King James Version)
KJV
26For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
27And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
stopping by to read your stuff again. interesting.
Always one nasty little bigot!
Nice job! I have some gay friends, don’t know any blind gay people though….
It’s nice that you can touch feelings of those we have a hard time understanding, nicely done!
Nice. I like the whole haiku sequence idea, I’ve never really seen that before.
-Jos-
This is the cutest!! I love it as always.
How have you been? I haven’t been on Xanga in awhile….
As they say : if one is blind he must touch.
Powerfully done.