Lesbian Poems
My Fire
by Lavra Hollis
Her laugh
ignites a flame with in me.
Her voice--
one I crave to hear.
Her hand in mine,
warm and perfectly intertwined.
The letters she writes me.
The poems she sends.
I know she loves me with every word,
......
I Dreamed of You
by Lavra Hollis
You were on your bed,
I walked in and heard your voice.
It was soft,
so gentle,
like the calm through a storm.
And when you touched me,
it felt gentle and patient.
And you said you loved me,
even though you didn't know me.
We didn't know each other,
......
Two Mice
by LuLu Willeford
Would you believe me if i said two mice led me to my soulmate?
Two girls in a small cabin at summer camp
Two mice wrecking havoc in the late hours of the night
It's a fairy tale in itself the way we fell in love
She says shes happy she was my first
My first love
My first kiss
My first everything
......
Immortal Sappho: Translations by Michael R. Burch
by Michael R. Burch
These are modern English translations by Michael R. Burch of ancient Greek poems by the immortal Sappho of Lesbos on the subjects of love, Eros (erotic love), etc.
With my two small arms, how can I
think to encircle the sky?
—Sappho, fragment 35, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Mother, how can I weave,
so overwhelmed by love?
—Sappho, fragment 90, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
......
I Dreamed of You
by Lavra Hollis
You were on your bed,
I walked in and heard your voice.
It was soft,
so gentle,
like the calm through a storm.
And when you touched me,
it felt gentle and patient.
And you said you loved me,
even though you didn't know me.
We didn't know each other,
......
My Fire
by Lavra Hollis
Her laugh
ignites a flame with in me.
Her voice--
one I crave to hear.
Her hand in mine,
warm and perfectly intertwined.
The letters she writes me.
The poems she sends.
I know she loves me with every word,
......
Two Mice
by LuLu Willeford
Would you believe me if i said two mice led me to my soulmate?
Two girls in a small cabin at summer camp
Two mice wrecking havoc in the late hours of the night
It's a fairy tale in itself the way we fell in love
She says shes happy she was my first
My first love
My first kiss
My first everything
......
Immortal Sappho: Translations by Michael R. Burch
by Michael R. Burch
These are modern English translations by Michael R. Burch of ancient Greek poems by the immortal Sappho of Lesbos on the subjects of love, Eros (erotic love), etc.
With my two small arms, how can I
think to encircle the sky?
—Sappho, fragment 35, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Mother, how can I weave,
so overwhelmed by love?
—Sappho, fragment 90, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
......
