Love poems of Frederick Douglas Harper

 
 
 
 
 
 
NOSTALGIC LOVE POEMS 
 
 

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LOVE POEMS of Frederick Douglas Harper 
 
23 
OUR LAST NIGHT TOGETHER 
n a moonlit night, we stood 
Under the privacy of a backyard tree, 
Never once with the courage to explore the pit 
Of our youthful volcanic desires on this last night; 
We stood and stood in caress on the eve 
Of the moving truck’s coming, and counted 
So painfully our last minutes of evening, 
Ever together; 
She placed her miniature cross and chain in my hand 
As a symbol of remembrance; only to watch me 
Clutch passionately before losing it to my jeans’s pocket; 
One last hug, one last fumbling kiss 
As her father called, “bedtime”; 
Reluctantly, she walked away, shielding 
The treacherous door from the night light’s torment; 
I remember dearly,
her back showed well in the moonlight 
As she turned to give me the last image of her face. 
Reprinted: Harper’s Poems on Love and Life, 1985. 
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Frederick Douglas Harper 
 
24 
WE WALKED 
ur shoes powdered themselves 
In the sun-beaten earth along the 
Side of the road, as we strolled so 
Closely to ourselves while oblivious 
To school peers. 
She 13 and I 15, as innocent and shy, 
Yet so aware but resisting of feelings 
Awakened by maturity and our own 
Simple attraction to the sweetness 
Of each other’s flower. 
Not yet a kiss or thought of else as 
We touched our other’s voice and face 
With ears so tuned and eyes so focused 
Within the range of our own youthful 
Company.