Lying Lost Among Your Arms

Lying lost among your arms and thighs,
Comparing them, my love, to that or this, is
Laughable, absurd, and as unwise
As making a commodity of kisses.

To say, my love, your limbs are soft as silk,
Or like the finest satin such and such,
To say they're smooth and white as snow or milk,
Misses the true essence of your touch.

And like the weary wanderer of the land,
Who comes at last upon the ocean's shore,
Beholds the breaking waves caress the sand
And has no need to wander any more;

Lying in the bliss your body brings
I would not fly thy haven had I wings.

New Poems

• "Battle Hymn of the Republic, Indeed"
• "Ode to a Banana"
• "Moving on After 1/6"
• "Hug"
• "Map-less Monarchs"
• "I am Such a Rich Man"
• "Beatitude with Attitude"
• "The Cross and the Lynching Tree Rap"
• "The Nudist Nun"
• "Sonnet 19"
• "Reparations Now"
• "Hoping I'm Wrong"
• "Bird Feeder"
• "Pete and Henry"
• "Nero: A Rap for Republicans"
• "Croissant"
• "Mandela"
• "The New Jim Crow"
• "The Wire"
• "Why Socialism?"

From By Heart

• "Ahiti"
• "As Some Fertile Seed"
• "Greed Screed"
• "I Sing the Ass"
• "Lying Lost Among Your Arms"
• "Now Thou Art Two and Twenty"
• "Sweet Smellin Woman"
• "This World"
• "Train Wreck"
• "Truth and Parable"
• "Why This Itch This Yen"
• "You"

Some Earlier Poems

• "Al and Bob"
• "The Lonely Puddle"
• "Ode to a Bagel"
• "The Rose"
• "Sardinia"
• "When Love's Liqueur"

Audio Recordings

• "Abu Ghraib"
• "Things About Kings"