"O, bold, / bare legs of women / upon which my soul beads / like sweat."
— Seibles, Tim (b. 1955)
Author
Work Title
Date
March, 2014
Metaphor
"O, bold, / bare legs of women / upon which my soul beads / like sweat."
Metaphor in Context
I think I’m
starting to know
Everything < O, tongue!
O, summer! O, bold,
bare legs of women
upon which my soul beads
like sweat > O, rosemary rolls
and marmalade!
Hard-bodied beetles
with your six-legged sashay!
O,
funky beats and bitter
guitars < O, children
taller and taller no
matter
what!
O, moonlit sea! O, Hershey bars!
O, bizness besuited
pigeons of death: How much
does it cost? O, moment
flung from the last-last
to the next-next.
starting to know
Everything < O, tongue!
O, summer! O, bold,
bare legs of women
upon which my soul beads
like sweat > O, rosemary rolls
and marmalade!
Hard-bodied beetles
with your six-legged sashay!
O,
funky beats and bitter
guitars < O, children
taller and taller no
matter
what!
O, moonlit sea! O, Hershey bars!
O, bizness besuited
pigeons of death: How much
does it cost? O, moment
flung from the last-last
to the next-next.
Categories
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Tim Seibles, "Mosaic," Poetry (March, 2014). <Link to the Poetry Foundation>
Date of Entry
02/28/2018
