Poem Response Number 9

Love

-Brenna Grant

I saw love clearly

She was small and delicate like a rose that could easily be broken

She slowly sneaked through people’s lives doing her

Beloved business with ease

I saw her blue sparkling eyes stare intently as excitement

Flushed her pale cheeks with color

And heard her quietly whispering my name with entrancing tones

And I felt a drowsy warmth creep over me as my heart smiled with happiness.

Found in: “Words of Art: GRACE Poetry Class” Book. (Our class’ book from last year! It’s on Amazon! You know, just in case if you wanna check it out… )

This poem was written by Brenna Grant, a lovely friend of mine. In it, she takes the feeling love and personifies it, (which basically means she gave something that is not alive human-like qualities.)

The adjectives she used were truly delightful. They made it so easy to see the little sparkle of excitement in the blue eyes of Love as her cheeks being to flush pink. In the second line, the way she describes the fragility of love! And in the last line, “I feel a drowsy warmth creep over me”, I mean… How great is that? A “drowsy warmth”.  That’s just a fantastic choice of words.

Aside from the beautiful imagery, and the story it told, this poem honestly made me a little excited about vocabulary in general. I like words. A lot. I’m pretty sure that wasn’t the point of the poem, but it’s what it did for me.