{"id":14556,"date":"2022-12-03T09:46:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T07:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/?p=14556"},"modified":"2022-12-17T09:49:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T07:49:36","slug":"poems-by-milton-p-ehrlich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/?p=14556","title":{"rendered":"poems by Milton P. Ehrlich"},"content":{"rendered":"

With a name like Lily, she had to endure<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Bullets flew all around her<\/p>\n

like swarms of stinging bees<\/p>\n

since the day she was born.<\/p>\n

Lily learned early on to make<\/p>\n

use of her musical disposition<\/p>\n

and began each day with a song.<\/p>\n

The guns of war became the<\/p>\n

drums of the songs she sang.<\/p>\n

She grew flowers in the snow,<\/p>\n

and no one knew how she grew<\/p>\n

ruby-red pomegranates in winter.<\/p>\n

A living flower herself with some<\/p>\n

marvelous radiance that glowed.<\/p>\n

All her friends ran for their lives<\/p>\n

between the war-torn countries<\/p>\n

of Bosnian Herzegovina, Serbo-<\/p>\n

Croatia and Montenegro.<\/p>\n

Lily never stopped smiling as she<\/p>\n

witnessed courageous journalists<\/p>\n

document the war crimes of those<\/p>\n

monsters who would eventually be<\/p>\n

brought to justice and spend the<\/p>\n

rest of their lives in prison.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sweet loneliness<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Is what I feel every day<\/p>\n

since you passed away.<\/p>\n

Your loving energy<\/p>\n

keeps me company<\/p>\n

as I remember you<\/p>\n

dancing for me like<\/p>\n

a flower unfolding<\/p>\n

in your quivering body.<\/p>\n

You moved to the sound<\/p>\n

of the whirring wings of<\/p>\n

a flock of hummingbirds<\/p>\n

drinking nectar from dahlias<\/p>\n

and forget-me-nots<\/p>\n

we planted in our garden.<\/p>\n

There was nothing<\/p>\n

more certain than<\/p>\n

our love for each other<\/p>\n

that will comfort me<\/p>\n

until the day I join you<\/p>\n

in the world beyond.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Memories drenched in sunlight<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

An old guy enjoys lunch<\/p>\n

of yesterday\u2019s seafood salad<\/p>\n

on his sunny front porch<\/p>\n

watching cars roll by as he<\/p>\n

wonders where they\u2019re all going.<\/p>\n

He focuses on the tasty warm<\/p>\n

linguini leftover reminding<\/p>\n

him of the tender parts of his<\/p>\n

deceased wife\u2019s entire body.<\/p>\n

He remembers how much<\/p>\n

it pleased him to please her<\/p>\n

over and over again on long<\/p>\n

sunny afternoons when they<\/p>\n

went for walks in the woods.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Listening for you<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

When I call you these days<\/p>\n

you\u2019re not there anymore.<\/p>\n

There is no you or there<\/p>\n

there the way it used to be.<\/p>\n

We used to spend hours<\/p>\n

on the phone discussing<\/p>\n

why you weren\u2019t ready<\/p>\n

to marry me as we listened<\/p>\n

to our favorite mucisians.<\/p>\n

I keep leaving a message<\/p>\n

for you to call me, but<\/p>\n

you never return my calls<\/p>\n

Please call me back.<\/p>\n

I will keep waiting.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

An artist all the time<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The whole wide world is her canvas,<\/p>\n

paying attention to every moment<\/p>\n

of sensation with curiosity and awe.<\/p>\n

She exploits an endless imagination<\/p>\n

to create what has never been seen<\/p>\n

or heard before.<\/p>\n

Every stick in a pick-up-sticks become<\/p>\n

a note in a musical composition.<\/p>\n

Every scent in a garden of roses<\/p>\n

becomes a perfume sought<\/p>\n

by the most elegant women.<\/p>\n

Anything touched with tender finger-<\/p>\n

tips is stored in a library of sensations<\/p>\n

to be included in the finest poems of<\/p>\n

every poet Laureate.\u00a0 And don\u2019t forget<\/p>\n

olfactory discoveries from foreign nations<\/p>\n

that are included in the best recipes known<\/p>\n

in the finest restaurants in every country.<\/p>\n

This artist is alive like no other artist.<\/p>\n

Those who make her friendship are enriched<\/p>\n

with a fierce awakening they could not have anticipated.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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