Swallows race
to open-mouthed young
in the cob-webbed rafters
of the cedar boat house.
The feeding frenzy
takes a voyeuristic back seat
as the birds watch lovers
entwined on a park bench.
Even birds recognize lust
in this atmosphere of tongues
where restraint is abandoned,
swollen senses tremble,
and everything takes flight
into a carnal sky.
Bill Wunder is the co-winner of the 2022 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards. His fourth book, Welcome to Paradise: New and Selected Poems, includes his winning poem, and is now available from Amazon.com or from the author. Previous books are Pointing at the Moon, 2008, Hands Turning the Earth, 2014, all three from WordTech editions. Kingdom of Heaven, 2015 is from Kelsay Books. All are available from Amazon or at billybaloney02@yahoo.com.
Poet’s Corner is curated by Bucks County Poet Laureate Emeritus Tom Mallouk and supported by a grant to the Bucks County Herald Foundation made possible by Marv and Dee Ann Woodall. To submit a poem for consideration, email it to Heraldpoetscorner@gmail.com. If the poem has been previously published, please say where it first appeared.
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