YOU AND LANGSTON HUGHES
A poem by Rosemary Pennington
You read to me Langston Hughes
Telling me it summed up
Effortlessly
What you were trying to say
That the summer was over
And so was our love
I cried over you
You and Langston Hughes
I wanted to eat your words
Eat your eyes
I felt violent and wild
Filled, simultaneously,
With rage
With
Sorrow
Sorrow
Is that what you wanted
When you looked at me
With those liquid eyes
When you kissed my head
My face
My mouth
You and Langston Hughes
The two are forever fused
I cannot read his words
Any of them
Without thinking of you
You, sitting on your bed
The light dancing
Through the window
You looked at me
You smiled
You read the poem
You made me cry
I remember the day
I dream of it sometimes
On quiet afternoons
When time moves too slow
I wonder what would you have done
Had I simply walked away
Had I simply said goodbye
And not looked back
I read to you Pablo Neruda
Telling you it summed up
Effortlessly
What I was trying to say
I was tongue tied
Fall 2007 Poetry
.ETCETERA by Ron Miraflores
Featured Poet: Judson Hamilton
Editor’s Choice: Michael Ogletree
TRUTH IN ADVERTISING by Patricia
Fillingham
PAMONA HILLS by Daniel Wilcox
YOU AND LANGSTON HUGHES by Rosemary Pennington
QUIET ASYLUM by Candy Tothill
THE TRAVELER AWAKES. HER TRAIN AWAKES
by Nick Courtright
DYING ALONE by Helen Peterson
THE LIE by Daniel S. Irwin
NEWSPAPER PHOTOS OF THE BROKEN WORLD by
Donna Munro
OCCUPIED TILL I DIE by J. Alan Nelson
BECAUSE LOVE IS LIKE THE SHORTEST DAY by
Dave Migman
YOUR EYES ARE by Jennifer Bowles
OF BEAUTIFUL SOULS by David McLean
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