Recently, Professor Manuel Olivé of Holguin University, Cuba wrote a review of A Breeze You Whisper that was published as “Whispers & Flames.”
In a Fragile Moment: A Landscape of Canadian Poetry. Professor Olivé discusses six poems from the collection. For readers of the review who are curious about the poems themselves, please scroll down.
A Breeze You Whisper
A breeze, you whisper.
A bird, you soar and hover
before dropping into the nest
hidden within my tossing limbs.
Blueberry Picking
My womb was full of you
the first time
I went berry picking
at Lake of the Woods,
round and placid
like the heavy rocks
from which the prickly
bushes seemed to grow.
I fondled the sweet
berries with my tongue,
staining my lips blue.
You sensed my mood
then and quieted your boxing fists.
Now your seed grows
beneath another woman’s heart.
One Woman
Your laughter bubbles
rising gurgling geyser
filling me with love.
Exuberant you
living fully in today
deep in life’s river
currents and rapids
moving with enthusiasm
welcoming flotsam
tossed up in turmoil
longing, needing and loving
glowing like sunrise
or polished wet stones
exploding into warm air
a surprise hug
manifesting joy
and rampant passion
all wrapped in one woman.
Avatar
She clasps my hand
her soul tremoring through
fingertips
her tears creating rainbows
of release.
She turns through her nights
courting images
and exaggerations
that revolve like
the moon through her
seasons and
from the pinnacle of her
rotation
she spirals like
the dream
shattering.
Stooping
she gathers the fragments
carefully placing them
in paint pots
later
to brush across canvas.
Pleasure
Your fingers touch the buttons
pushing them through each hole
creating a V in my white nightgown.
All the while, your eyes seek mine,
hold them, as your hands reach
to caress my breasts,
and I am eager for your touch.
You pleasure me
and more.
Have done so for half my lifetime
and more.
Winter Storm
she marks
distance with care
measuring her path
from fencerows
while he tugs
at her memory
when motion was joy
when their bodies easily
skimmed white powder
now she
inches slowly downward
feeling sleet on her forehead
through whiteout she sees
his blue eyes
his hand reach
feels it cup her small breast
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Kathryn MacDonald 