Personification Poems
Sunlight
by Jonathan Goff
Sunlight
Sunlight
slips between curtains
dust motes dancing–
catches dewdrops
on spider-silk
spills through leaves
in coins of gold,
breathes
......
Meditations on Sand
by Jonathan Goff
Meditations on Sand
irritating.
between my toes,
you are
the bane of my
existence.
you are
a curse in my sandals.
you itch
......
Moondance
by Jonathan Goff
I: New
I begin in shadow.
Not absence —
restraint.
You wrote of the sea’s hips,
the sand’s eyes,
the sun’s breathless sighs —
five poems,
before you noticed me.
......
Kitchen
by Jonathan Goff
After dinner,
I listen.
The fridge hums
like it’s praying.
The junk drawer sticks—
it always does.
A spoon clatters
on linoleum,
startling no one.
Two bodies in orbit—
......
The Sea Inside
by Jonathan Goff
The Sea Inside
When the earth was formless and void,
what did You see?
What shimmered in that hush
before the first word?
What stirred in You,
to utter light
into the silence?
When the Spirit hovered over the waters,
did it tremble?
......
Kitchen
by Jonathan Goff
After dinner,
I listen.
The fridge hums
like it’s praying.
The junk drawer sticks—
it always does.
A spoon clatters
on linoleum,
startling no one.
Two bodies in orbit—
......
The Cloud of Witnesses
by Jonathan Goff
Caught myself
Yelling at the dishes.
They didn't deserve it.
"An honor--"
they said.
"It is an honor
to witness
the undoing of your wrath–
how it scorches your ribs,
......
Stardust
by Jonathan Goff
Look up.
Not for answers —
to belong.
We saw it all:
the first cry,
the kiss,
the turning,
the trembling,
the boy tracing moonlight in his sleep,
the girl dancing barefoot on the shore.
......
Moondance
by Jonathan Goff
I: New
I begin in shadow.
Not absence —
restraint.
You wrote of the sea’s hips,
the sand’s eyes,
the sun’s breathless sighs —
five poems,
before you noticed me.
......
Sunlight
by Jonathan Goff
Sunlight
Sunlight
slips between curtains
dust motes dancing–
catches dewdrops
on spider-silk
spills through leaves
in coins of gold,
breathes
......
