by John Lars Zwerenz
By The Lake
Modest in your evening dress,
You sit among the grasses of gold,
Amid the wavering watercress,
Lost in sumptuous raptures of old.
And in your sunlit reveries,
While a symphony sobs on the balconies,
The mountains in the distant, violet light
Gleam beyond the courtyard's statuary of white,
Where the first diamond orbs of night
Approach in veils from lindens bright.
How I long to touch you in those reeds by the lake,
And inhale the many perfumes that your sable tresses make,
Which carried on the wind leads me to dream,
Of a silent wood, and a flowing stream.
John Lars Zwerenz
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ABOUT THE POET ~
John Lars Zwerenz (1969- ) is an American impressionistic poet. He is considered one of the most important new literary figures in the world, both internationally and in The United States. He has published seven books of poetry, all of which have risen dramatically in price since their original publication. Zwerenz owns a B.A. in English from The City University Of New York At Queens College and has traveled extensively throughout The United States and overseas as a kind of literary wanderer. He has held a bohemian reputation since his youth. Zwerenz's two most recent poetry books, "Ecstasy And Other Poems", released in December of 2016, and "Elysian Meadows", released in February of 2017, have been published by ATLA Publishing, based in The UK. His poems have also appeared prolifically in International Magazines and other anthologies. Zwerenz's poetry is often highly spiritual in nature. His verse almost always adheres to strict, metrical stanzas. He currently resides in The United States, and is 48 years of age., - Rachael Canter
Last updated February 17, 2016