“Poetry, Like Bread”**

Poetry, like bread
is best warmed,
spread thick with metaphoric jam
and eaten with sticky fingers.
~~~
Poetry, like bread
is the toasty language
of the wind
whirling through trees,
or a rill
rolling over smooth rocks
on a Spring-like day.
~~~
Poetry, like bread
is the language
of a girl and boy,
young lovers
playing hide and seek,
both wanting,
needing to be found.
~~~
Poetry, like bread
feeds us our humanity
the way two lovers
explore each other
with warm,
laughing fingers
slowly exciting
goose bump sighing skin.
~~~
Poetry, like bread
is laying with you
all night long.

~~Aztec Warrior/redzone 2.13.14

Note: “Poetry, like Bread is an anthology
of poetry, edited by Martin Espada. It is also
a line of poetry in this book by the poet Roque
Dalton. The poem is entitled: “Like You” and
the whole sentence is” “I believe the world
is beautiful and poetry, like bread is for everyone.”
The title of this anthology is: “Poetry like Bread,
Poets of the Political Imagination” published
by Curbstone Press. I highly recommend this book of
poetry and hope that my use of these words
does justice to the original meaning
of this line.