Rate:0.0 / 0 votes

Silver Sliver

Matthew Flanders 1996 (Louisiana)

March 24 
How is it that a night should be so loved? That is what I do not know:
how the yellow button should unbutton and disrobe,
how the bluish, whitish cold of that softer orb makes me sweat.
How should I understand when lovers stand, face to moonlit face,
wrapped up in each embrace of gilded stars, too far in holy space
to see a smile, a gleam, a glare of some taffied flare—strewn
like wisps of pines and oaken hair, all beneath your thousandth gift, the life
of no remorse, the orbit of a thousand dreams round its sacred, moonlit wife.

About this poem

This poem is one I wrote thinking about my wife

Font size:
Collection  PDF     
 

Written on March 12, 2024

Submitted by mattmflanders on March 12, 2024

31 sec read
52

Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDDEFF
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 537
Words 105
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Full analysis for Silver Sliver »

Matthew Flanders

I am a husband and father living in Baton Rouge, LA working on a doctorate in history. I write poetry in my spare time when either 1) I find inspiration or 2) I'm procrastinating grading papers. more…

All Matthew Flanders poems | Matthew Flanders Books

1 fan

Discuss the poem Silver Sliver with the community...

1 Comment
  • GCTHOMAS
    GCTHOMAS
    After wading through all 150 poems with 140 filled with trite and overdone structure and strained rhyming schemes, a few refreshing works give me hope for poetry. Your work shared a beautiful cadence and flow of ideas. The judicious use of internal rhyme drove the poem forward. The punctuation was exactly how it should be read. The words evocative and sensual without being indulgent or too personal or confessional. Bottom line I loved it. 
    LikeReply1 month ago

Translation

Find a translation for this poem in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Citation

Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"Silver Sliver" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 8 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/184895/silver-sliver>.

Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

Become a member!

Join our community of poets and poetry lovers to share your work and offer feedback and encouragement to writers all over the world!

More poems by

Matthew Flanders

»

May 2024

Poetry Contest

Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
23
days
6
hours
3
minutes
32 entries submitted — 118 remaining

Special Program

Earn Rewards!

Unlock exciting rewards such as a free mug and free contest pass by commenting on fellow members' poems today!

Our awesome collection of

Promoted Poems

»

Browse Poetry.com

#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Quiz

Are you a poetry master?

»
Published in 1954, "Fighting Terms" was the first collection of poems by which poet?
A Ted Hughes
B Sylvia Plath
C Thom Gunn
D Philip Larkin