love, coffee, tennis, desire
tiny love poems from cafes to courts
John Oakley McElhenney
The Press of Light and Space
Austin, Texas
love, coffee, tennis, desire Copyright © 2014 by John Oakley McElhenney.
Contents
Introduction - Be poetic. Love deeply. Keep going.
coffee love letters
1. patiently waiting in your absence
2. joy or i’m gone
3. little bird
4. she is on the other side of the window
5. this potential
6. she will remain beautiful and undisturbed
7. aspirational
8. what can i tell you from here?
9. girl on fire
10. exquisite coffee
11. piano lessons and a show
12. no longer vivid
13. ember
14. any muse will do
15. strength and softness
16. here we are
17. this is not about her
in tennis love means nothing
18. a little love poem
19. eager for the game
20. the less i say
21. in between
22. and the return message
23. no dream
24. it's three o'clock
25. don't tell me how it ends
26. bella
27. eager for the game
28. maybe tomorrow
desire burns up
29. no longer feel her
30. goddess in a little black dress
31. rushing into
32. ready for the yes
33. new entry
34. where to find me
35. hunger for beauty
36. lost lady madonna
37. wet
38. some distant storm
39. of course i think about you
40. dark woundings of my own
41. temper the joy
42. goodnight and go
43. up and away
44. poetic naps
45. pendulous motion
46. i could fall in love with a dress if it shone in the sun
47. are you the one who passes by
48. i sing the body connected
49. nothing but a poem to show for it
tiny love
50. of course i think about you
51. embrace
52. permanent word loss
53. where you are not
54. glistening
55. i am, i can, i will, pause
56. tiny epiphanies
57. easy surrender
58. halfway home
59. not this perfect morning
60. a step towards you
61. cherish is the word
62. forgive me if i go poetic
63. fall window
64. sounding in the cold
65. almost probably dreaming you
66. imaginary you
67. she overtakes me
organic girl poems
68. burning up in prayer
69. take action
70. a momentary venus
71. how do we lose touch
72. endless flight
73. i can see
74. in the flames of future lovers
75. before the transformation
76. she is late, or missing, or lost