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SAMPLES FROM RED COFFEE: A COLLECTION OF ROMANTIC POETRY (1992-1999)
by Sheryl S. Raros
is publbished by GIRAFFE BOOKS
Philippine Copyright © 1999
ISBN 9718832009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

“…Hushed shadows in every crescendo,
Like two strangers
peeking into each other’s pockets:
A shelved concerto.
A solitary chord.
Strings, taut.
Muted music in the air.
The high note of bliss.

The shortest conversation in a kiss.”

- Sample cut from “Silence Between Berceuse in D-Flat, Opus 57″ of the volume, PERSISTENCE OF ROMANCE, page 15 of RED COFFEE: A COLLECTION OF ROMANTIC POETRY (1992-1999), Giraffe Books.

 

 

  

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

“…Water,
wash me,
flood all my secret chambers.

Cross my boundaries
I am a cup to be filled,
a cup to be spilled.

Tease me with
foams crawling over
the sum of my painted soul.

Overwhelm me,
and draw blood back
as you uncurl from the sand…”

- Sample cut from “Intimacy” of the volume, THE LOVERS, THE DREAMERS page 32 of RED COFFEE: A COLLECTION OF ROMANTIC POETRY (1992-1999), Giraffe Books.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

 

 

“…To stroke your thoughts
with the tongue of silence.
To breathe your smile
in that secret sense of bliss and desire.

To answer passion there
in the unreasoning hunger of your mouth.
To linger, just there —
in the frozen music of your eyes…”

- Sample cut from “Union” of the volume, CITIZENS OF THOUGHT, page 42 of RED COFFEE: A COLLECTION OF ROMANTIC POETRY (1992-1999), Giraffe Books.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

“…While you were asleep,
I pretended to count the stars …
A million ways for us to fall in love.

I knew you were on the rebound.
No comment. You kept talking
of the open wound. I could sense
the hung fuse. There’s the option —
Of waiting. Waiting for the fireworks
to kick us in the face, when, Dear Friend,
Alone with you is a roomfull;
I can still smell the laughter
in your hair, loneliness on the sheets.
Smoke where your heart is burning…”

- Sample cut from “Dearest Sleeper” of the volume, TRAFFIC IN PARADISE, page 73 of RED COFFEE: A COLLECTION OF ROMANTIC POETRY (1992-1999), Giraffe Books.

 

 

 

All rights reserved, no copies can be made in part or in whole without written permission from the author or the publisher: GIRAFFE BOOKS (02)928-9269. You may e-mail them: giraffebooks@asia.com OR write to Gloria F. Rodriguez, #7 Visayas Avenue, Quezon City, 1128 Philippines. You may also write to A.N.T. Maverick Polymedia Services, 19-B Maplewood Estate, Philand Drive, Barangay Pasong Tamo, Tandang Sora Avenue, Quezon City, 1116, Philippines. Versions of the author’s poems have already appeared in the following publications: POETRY NOW: A PUBLICATION OF THE SACRAMENTO POETRY CENTER, MIRROR WEEKLY, PHILIPPINES FREE PRESS, and PHILIPPINE GRAPHIC. Some versions also appear on the author’s networking webpage http://ssraros.multiply.com

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