Love grows up in the fields
Like a Wild Iris: Unexpected.²
Love is just a Glance away—
A warm embracing Dance away.³
Young Love: timid as the sun
Peeking over the hill in early Morn.⁴
Two souls Unite—and we must
Count our life from thence—
When you love me and I love you,
Then both of us are Born Anew.⁵
Nature our hearts
For Love created.⁶
Heaven has given me
A body fit for loving you.⁷
Let one Half of your heart
Join one Half of mine.⁸
The world will always
Welcome Lovers as time goes by.⁹
Now that Love’s the only thing that’s Free,
We must take it where its Found—
Pretty soon it may be Costly.¹⁰
¹ Philip Whalen, The Slop Barrell
² Susan Griffin, Love Should Grow Up Like A Wild Iris in the Fields
³ Kaemfert, Singleton, & Snyder, Strangers in the Night
⁴ Chris Brockell, Meditation
⁵ William Cartwright, To Chloe
⁶ Anton Chekhov tr. Constance Garnett, Three Sisters
⁷ Giovanni Boccaccio tr. Wayne Rebhorn, The Decameron
⁸ Mahmoud Darwish tr. Akash & Forché, Another Damascus in Damascus
⁹ Dooley Wilson, As Time Goes By
¹⁰ Tracy Chapman, If Not Now