February LOVE-fest: Day 12: Long distance love

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

1. first love
2. friendship
3. love of nature
4. passion
5. soulmates
6. unrequited love
7. lust
8. love of the game
9. devotion
10. love of food
11. polyamory
12. long distance love
13. lovesickness
14. romantic love
15. love of place
16. marriage
17. love of order and method
18. divine love
19. platonic love
20. infatuation
21. maternal love
22. obsession
23. agape
24. love of animals
25. unconditional love
26. forbidden love
27. ecstasy
28. the beloved

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I am reading This is the Honey an anthology of contemporary Black poets edited by Kwame Alexander. I found 3 poems about long distance love but I couldn't find cut-and-paste versions so I had to type them and the third one was too long (distant lover #1 [my michigan bed remix--for ellen g] by Brian Gilmore).

I wish my love were here by Kurtis Lamkin

I wish my love was here
She would know what to do with such a day
She would wipe the sun and sea from her shoulders
And rub them deep into my palms, and
When the salt and sand was gone
She would kiss my hands and say "there..."
I wish she was here

I know she is in me
Even amid the crashing and foaming around me,
Her tenderest sigh.
I am not alone
But I miss her. I miss her so much. And I don't know what to do.
She would know, my love, if she was here.

tripping by Van G. Garrett
kwanasaba

one time I drove across the country
to see a woman i met once
and knew well in letters and photos
before sleek fancy phones and fast tools
when postage stamps were not a quarter
and a tank of gas took you
to the light arms of your dreams

Comments

[thatjustwontbreak]

These are both so so so good. And my library has that anthology, so I feel doubly lucky.