Tuesday 16 May 2017

Tuesday Poem: "The Trouble With Love Poems About Men" by Bethy Gylys



They're not of curves and shadows made.
They don't wear skirts to swoop and tease

the eye, nor toss their hair, nor sway.

So arduous to package men to please:

a slant of hip, or buttocks tucked in faded

jeans--they lack aesthetic flair.  A spray


of curls might fan their brows, or bellies bloom

above their belts. To paint men in the best

of light requires certain skill. The groom

looks better if he's built. He'll fill

his tux with sculpted flesh. His chest

will taper to the cummerbund. Still,


what work to capture men's appeal!

A rise between the legs will also shade

and shape their usual lines. Alas, revealed,

the bulge is but a stick. We live dismayed.

It's difficult to bring men warm regard.

We try. Their love is always hard.



by Beth Gylys



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