Poem #1

Love Song
by Dorothy Parker

My own dear love, he is strong and bold
And he cares not what comes after.
His words ring sweet as a chime of gold,
And his eyes are lit with laughter.
He is jubilant as a flag unfurled—
Oh, a girl, she’d not forget him.
My own dear love, he is all my world,—
And I wish I’d never met him.
My love, he’s mad, and my love, he’s fleet,
And a wild young wood-thing bore him!
The ways are fair to his roaming feet,
And the skies are sunlit for him.
As sharply sweet to my heart he seems
As the fragrance of acacia.
My own dear love, he is all my dreams,—
And I wish he were in Asia.
My love runs by like a day in June,
And he makes no friends of sorrows.
He’ll tread his galloping rigadoon
In the pathway of the morrows.
He’ll live his days where the sunbeams start,
Nor could storm or wind uproot him.
My own dear love, he is all my heart,—
And I wish somebody’d shoot him.

*Reflection

This poem is about a man who is loved so much by the woman. The author expresses her feelings toward the man so clearly that makes me to imagine how he is. The author uses so much imagery and similes that also makes me to understand and feel how much she loves him and the pains she had to go through because of that. This poem came to my mind because the man whom the author explained in this poem is the "man" that I wanted. The man is never afraid of the future and he is adventurous. His words and smile are beautiful, and the way he behaves to her is overwhelmingly sweet. She loves him so much that it might have been better if she had never met him. The title of this poem is so strong and straight-forward that I ended up clicking the button to read this poem. The title itself also has the power and passion that drives in the readers to read the poem. I also liked the similes and metaphors that the author used in this poem that are extremely realistic and touching. The poem, "Love Song", by Dorothy Parker reveals how strong the love can be.