✨ Amores (III)

a moon sole in the blue night...

Amores (III)

there is a 
moon sole 
in the blue 
night 

     amorous of waters 
tremulous, 
blinded with silence the 
undulous heaven yearns where 

in tense starlessness 
anoint with ardor 
the yellow lover 

stands in the dumb dark 
svelte 
and 
urgent 

     (again 
love i slowly 
gather 
of thy languorous mouth the 

thrilling 
flower)

—e.e. Cummings

✨ This poem is offered in honor of our December theme: Pearls & Moons. Our December theme is in celebration of Every Day Poems permissions editor Rick Maxson’s debut collection Under the Pearl Moon!

“Amores (III)” is in the public domain. Photo by Andy Henderson, Creative Commons, via Unsplash.