Tag: Romance
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Niagara Falls by James Reaney
reaney When the bridegroom Reaches the room With breath bated He approaches The moment long awaited. He takes off his loud cravat And his shirt and his hat, His trousers and his shoes, And his undershirt and drawers. Naked, as from his mother, He attempts with another To return to that sweet night of the…
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Niagara Falls – Viagra Calls by Larry Pace
They honeymoon in Canada to see Niagara Falls. She’s young, and he is very old, but oh, Viagra calls! A single night of nuptial bliss these newlyweds will face. The pills work well—but truth to tell, his old heart can’t keep pace. Niagara Falls: Viagra calls for just a little while; a widow for a…
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As Falls Niagara by Melinda Nowikowski
Buzzed on red wine I watched Niagara fall over your shoulder. Premature showdown In Honeymoon Town. The first time we took our clothes off It was to Monty Python, Not Simply Red Not Marvin Gaye. “How to protect yourself From an assailant Carrying fresh fruit”… For months I couldn’t bring myself To tell you this,…
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Love’s Changeableness by Arthur Weir
niagara falls love How many heart-wed lovers here have stood, Like us, beside the Niagara‘s folding brink, Watching the thirsty gorge the torrent drink! How many, like ourselves, in solitude Have stood above the fierce moon-smitten flood, Through whose mist clouds a myriad star-points twink, And felt the grandeur of the cataract sink Into their…
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Somewhere Between Detroit and Syracuse by Jessica Lyne Jefferson
for: S.D. We walked barefoot downtown, Took off our raincoats under the falls, With our pant legs rolled up, We swam in Niagara’s fountain. We met each other there. We danced in a three foot pond, Playing with someone else’s children. Side-stepping forgotten wishes, We filled the lines of our poem. You asked me to…