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Benicia Love Poem: THE DISCIPLINE OF LOVE
Each day Benicia Patch will publish submissions to the annual Benicia Love Poem Contest. Readers are encouraged to comment on the poems.
THE DISCIPLINE OF LOVE by Alexa Mergen
The discipline of love requires attention.
A naturalist watching workways of ants,
the researcher recording etchings of dreams.
Imagine a birder in search of a species,
outfitted in khaki vest, soft-soled
shoes, magnificent binoculars draping her neck.
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That’s you as you listen for love.
The song may break silence at any time.
Love,
spied in the red-twigged tree among ants
marching on green layered leaves. Love!
There! Call it in. Call it in with your trilling heart.
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