One look into your eyes makes me thank God for making me a poet
What else would I do with the rising and falling of your name in my chest
Like the tides
You are steeped in my mind like leaves steeped in tea
Like water seeped into ceilings
When you rested your head on your folded arms
And you were glimmering brown and gold in the sunlight
And you were shining in the shimmering shaft of sunlight
And I saw my oasis in your eyes
I saw my life and yours entwine.
Please give a detailed explanation about the meaning and main idea of this poem.
This poem is about the person I'm dating. I wanted to write something that would adequately express how much I liked them.
Please explain your writing and thought process regarding this poem.
Writing this poem I was thinking of a specific moment when I was in a coffee shop in a chain bookstore and the winter sunlight was coming through the window. My person looked up at me and the sun hit their eyes and I knew I was in love. It took me a while to get the line about resting their head right, adjusting it to the rhythm of the poem without sacrificing imagery.
Why did you choose to write this poem?
I don't write many happy poems, and I wanted something that was as golden and shimmery as I felt. There are lots of poems about the deep dramatic devotion of love, which are great, but I wanted to communicate the sparkly, soft feeling of admiration and pure liking that comes with love.
Do you have any tips or anything to share with the youth writers who may be reading this?
You really need to write in the thick of whatever you're feeling. You may look back later at a poem you wrote in the height of emotion thinking "wow, I exaggerated/was pretty cringe there", but there's nothing wrong with that! Poems don't need to be reasonable or realistic. You're an artist.
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