Poems

Yes, I Know How to Dance — July 25 © 2017/TomSquitieri One day you will say yes and I will lead you to the floor the music will start the world will seem no more Your eyes will close and your feet will open As my arms and the music talk to your body’s sound

Drowning In My Lover’s Juices — July 18, 2017 © 2017/TomSquitieri As the morning begins, I can feel the difference We have moved together, it cannot be changed Our hands clasp our hearts The love cannot be rearranged And now it is the small things that matter in what we do and say As I

Let’s Go — June 19 © 2017/TomSquitieri Run off with me and just enjoy life My formula really does work The world will say, he’s a dreamer and naive I say I have the right steering and torque The wind will always back us fully The doggie kisses will always flow The rain will fall

Dance Music In Your Ear — June 17 © 2017/TomSquitieri We dance to the music I hum in your ear There is no mistaking my tune You tease with yes eyes, then offer no lips while my knees just buckle and swoon Yet now new blood dances with old skills And no lips are not

Flowers on 48th and 8th — June 4, 2017 © 2017/TomSquitieri There they were waiting to catch my heart and eye I look and look and finally chose The ones that may make her sigh I stand there and look at all the beauty before me the city’s noise and grime and bustle were silent

Rib Eye Romance — May 28 © 2017/TomSquitieri The glance always works from far and from near the magic of her eye creates interest from fear And so every day you look hoping to see more Because your mind already sees the good things in store For this is the moment for the look One

Our Love, May 19 © 2017/TomSquitieri   much into the night i thought of you, sometimes dreaming, sometimes just awake on my back excited, smiling, touching wishing it were you, pointing to where you are and where I wished you would be loving the surprise of this magic, the door that opened to us I

Before the birds sing — May 14 © 2017/TomSquitieri Before the birds begin to sing And the coffee starts to brew It is when the whole world is mine And I only think of you This morning you are mine anew I feel the truth so clear But will you still want me when my

It Was A Dark and Stormy Love — May 10 © 2017/TomSquitieri The plane landed and then it stormed. It was a scene in many many movies, yet when real, it feels as if the stomach is on the runway, worried in the waiting and the hope. the rain does not wash away the past

Year Two Begins — May 4 © 2017/TomSquitieri this morning feels more alive it’s a wonderful way to start it is quiet, all is calm the brain in duet with the heart it feels like something is to happen the complete darkness that is by my side as if it say, just go ahead there

The Whispers Are Eager — May 2 © 2017/TomSquitieri right now I must have you I just cannot wait i got up early so we would have time to hold you and hold you close i slept so well and am now myself my red heart singing with smiles I got up early so we

Next to Me, Always — April 30 © 2017/TomSquitieri There are special moments every day when I pause and all I think about anew is waking up at the same time, together We smile, we kiss, as you pull me tight to you A day that starts like that Is better than all the others