May, 2002

30th Anniversary Song

©  by  Debra Woolard Bender

(p’yong sijo: a traditional Korean song form)

You ask me, ‘do you love me?’
and you answer ‘I love you, too.’

Would you like to hear what my heart says
in our pearl wedding years?

Lean on my breast and listen;
your name is on every beat.

Previously published in the North Carolina Poetry Society's
Award Winning Poems 2001
and used with the permission of the Poet.

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