The following snippets were all written yesterday. Some of them adhere to the traditional 5-7-5 structure; others do not.


This is nothing.
Wait till you see
my other poems.


How do I love thee?
Let me count the ways.
One infinity, two infinity, …


Close your eyes.
I’m going to kis you.
Ready?


Please never leave me! —
unless that’s what you really,
really, really want.


To me you are as
tall as the sky. (I mean that
metaphorically.)


Two bodies, plus two selves,
equals one body
and no selves.


Whether or not you’re
a goddess, there’s a mortal
who’d like to meet you.