"marini" poems
Having a Coke with You
is even more fun than going to San Sebastian, Irún, Hendaye, Biarritz, Bayonne
or being sick to my stomach on the Travesera de Gracia in Barcelona
partly because in your orange shirt you look like a better happier St. Sebastian
partly because of my love for you, partly because of your love for yoghurt
partly because of the fluorescent orange tulips around the birches
partly because of the secrecy our smiles take on before people and statuary
it is hard to believe when I’m with you that there can be anything as still
as solemn as unpleasantly definitive as statuary when right in front of it
in the warm New York 4 o’clock light we are drifting back and forth
between each other like a tree breathing through its spectacles
and the portrait show seems to have no faces in it at all, just paint
you suddenly wonder why in the world anyone ever did them
I look
at you and I would rather look at you than all the portraits in the world
except possibly for the Polish Rider occasionally and anyway it’s in the Frick
which thank heavens you haven’t gone to yet so we can go together the first time
and the fact that you move so beautifully more or less takes care of Futurism
just as at home I never think of the **** Descending a Staircase or
at a rehearsal a single drawing of Leonardo or Michelangelo that used to wow me
and what good does all the research of the Impressionists do them
when they never got the right person to stand near the tree when the sun sank
or for that matter Marino Marini when he didn’t pick the rider as carefully
as the horse
it seems they were all cheated of some marvelous experience
which is not going to go wasted on me which is why I am telling you about it
by,
FRANK O'HARA
Mar 13, 2013
Mar 13, 2013 at 12:27 PM UTC
Magic Wand
Written by Mauve Marini
I was once lost
But you came and to find me like a rose
I was once stuck in a strange sea
But you came and rescued me
Then…
You tried to bring my old self back
Wait, no, you let me discover another side of me I never thought I have
You made me realized my worth
That in every angle, I deserved the world
And then…
Time flew fast
Fairy godmother came smiling and giggling as if she’s up to something
And yes, I was right
Pointing the magic want at us
She let love bloom in just one strike
All those…
“I’ll keep you happy, you are important to me”
“In my arms, you’ll be happy”
“Let’s conquer the world together”
“Let me take care of you forever”
One day…
We woke up asking,
What is happening?
What happened to us?
Who are we now in each other’s life?
Now…
All the promises are broken
Maybe the magic wand was stolen
Could someone please return it to fairy godmother?
To bring everything into its places forever
So we can end this with a “happily ever after”
Apr 17, 2019
Apr 17, 2019 at 11:18 AM UTC
Please Stay (Haiku)
By Mauve Marini
I stood before you
Sweet smile flashes on your lips
Then you turn and leave
You stood before me
“Please stay” taciturn eyes begged
But you slip away
Apr 2, 2018
Apr 2, 2018 at 12:07 AM UTC