Poem with a first line from e.e. cummings

                                    after his poem

by Lori Desrosiers

I like my body when it is with your

body. It seems like quite a new thing

but it is not. my body has been part

of your nights for twenty years. not

a bad run so far. I like the way your

belly curls caress my smooth

stomach, rounded by sighs for years.

I like to feel the bones and curves

of you, tickle your elbows and wrists

the soft underparts between your legs.

I like my body when it is under

yours too and when you lean

your forehead against mine

your hands stroking my lower back

your eyes the shine of home.

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"Poem with a first line from e.e. cummings" is part of a chapbook collection coming out from Glass Lyre Press later in 2019.

Lori Desrosiers’ poetry books are The Philosopher’s Daughter (Salmon Poetry, 2013), a chapbook, Inner Sky (Glass Lyre Press 2015) and Sometimes I Hear the Clock Speak (Salmon Poetry, 2016. A third full-length book is due out in 2019. She edits Naugatuck River Review, a journal of narrative poetry, and WORDPEACE, an online journal dedicated to social justice.