Date: 02/16/02
Setting: Life after college--during second post-college job
Form: Free verse -- Poem for two voices
Should he but
touch her face
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Should
she but
whisper
his name
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and she melts
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and he
melts
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They are drawn
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connected
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to one another
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to one
another
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Today
she stands before him
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Today
he
stands before her
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with her heart
wide open
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with
his soul
to
bare
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No words can express
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No
token can reveal
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the bond they share
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but for today
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but
for today
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As she gazes into
his eyes and speaks
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As he
smiles back
at her
and speaks
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They unite as one
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They
unite as one
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pledging
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devoting
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their
lives
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to one another
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to one
another
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Should he but
say her name
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Should
she but
smile
his way
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and she melts
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and he
melts
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falling
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even
more
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deeply
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in
love
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with one another
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with
one another
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(Technical) Notes: In order to get this to line up right, I had to use tables. I'm not sure how that will effect the appearance of this on mobile devices. The layout is extremely important to the way this poem is intended to be read. Each column is a different person. Anytime a line appears on the same line in both columns, the lines are read together. To make this easier here, I have altered the color of the lines read simultaneously.
Notes: I attended two weddings this year. One of my high school friends got married and my brother got married. I wrote this for my friend. I did end up writing another poem specifically for my brother and his wife, but I still gave them a copy of this one.
This was my first attempt at writing a poem meant to be read by two voices. I think when I first started teaching, I came across a book called Math Talk: mathematical ideas in poems for two voices. The whole idea seemed quite interesting to me and took two things I loved and put them together: math and poetry.
I have since attempted writing another poem for two voices. It was also supposed to be an attempt at writing a sonnet. (It would have been my third.) The sonnet part didn't really work. I totally muffed the iambic meter and the second line ended up with two extra syllables. Granted I didn't quite realize it at the time. But it did turn out to be a decent poem for two voices.
Artifact I: Original hand-written poem
Artifact II: The final product that I created for my friend and sister-in-law.
oh that is awesome...and technically not easy to pull off as well...have only ever written one in two voices like that....would be cool to hear it performed by two voices as well...what a treat for a wedding as well....cool...
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