Thursday, January 26, 2023: TIm Tipton's "Naked"



Tim Tipton was first seduced by the craft of poetry when he read the "Panther" by Rainier Maria Rilke. He has written poetry that has been featured in ART/LIFE, Askew, The San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly, and the on-line journal poeticdiversity. Tim is a graduate of California State University of Northridge where he received a Bachelor of Science in Sociology. He also received a degree in Substance Abuse counseling.


Naked 

 

You wake me with your pale smooth body  

 and your chicken pox scar    

the shape of snake river   

The window stands open    

a draft of air hits our ankles    

I relish watching the moonlight 

going out across your back as  

you sleep perfectly still, unwavering 

Your head rests between your shoulders  

My eyes sparkle at your beauty  

My heart quivers at how pure you are  

suspended on a tide of fate  

without any influence over  

your life than a wine cork floating  

on the high seas  

I must depart at daybreak  

I’ll be back tonight  

to be naked with you again 


© 2023 Tim Tipton


(image “Ondine (1899) Paul Gauguin)

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