

Though I can’t touch, like the girl repeating persimmonĪs the waitress in the diner tells her about a treeĪt the top of the hill she used to see, how beautiful That make my heart jump: oh joy in seeing To say yes, though I want to, looking up at these clouds Here’s an excerpt of Kim’s fine poem, a subtly exquisite delight for the senses: “Eros the Contagion” from her award-winning collection Eros, Unbroken, forthcoming from Word Works this Spring. Smith’s The Slowdown from November spotlighting Annie Kim’s poem Time to turn up the heat on this chilly February with some Poetry We Admire on the theme of Eros- a specially selected curation of recently published poems full of sensuality, desire, and an exploration of erotic love.īut first, a little foreplay if you will.
