writing love poetry without oozing da cheez
During lunch, a friend was wondering what kind of poetry I write, and I didn't have a really good answer. I should be more prepared for questions like that, but I was all, "Urm...I read a lot of women and Asian American poets... so I write about those things too? Or sometimes about nature if I see something interesting outside or something good is on PBS." Seriously, people. I write about nature documentaries on TV. That's cheating, but it's so much easier than travelling to the African savannas myself.
Anyway, so here is an excellent love poem that's worth reading:
