Thoughts on poems: Natalie Barney & George Swede

Written By Abril Warner

If You Want Me to Stay with You

If you want me to stay with you…

From Love Poems by Women, editor Wendy Mulford, 1990, p. 5

Visually, the poem's third line catches me immediately: Pitch it. The six lines succinctly frame the speaker’s expectations, whoever it is better calm down. As an avid tea drinker, the final line speaks directly to me as the perfect way to slow down.  If You Want Me to Stay with You  sends my mind to a lovely senryu by George Swede (b. 1940), please click the link below the opening line to read the whole poem.

at the height …

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Abril Warner

Abril P. Warner was born in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. She received her BFA from the University of Missouri- St. Louis with a concentration in painting with theological and metaphysical content. Abril Warner earned her MFA in painting from the Academy of Art University – San Francisco where she continued her theological examination through painting. She uses abstraction as a tool for communicating the intangible, such as emotions and spirituality. Warner currently resides in Missouri where she is an art educator and mentor in higher education.

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