For the Love of William Wordsworth

by Wendy Blake

For the love of William Wordsworth
finding shadows over old text of
my
self which read like
love songs in proper English
making
sense of my found-
ationless
genetic humanism
         (i feel this verse in my cells)
wanting more stopping here to say
more
before nodding
         (oh yes)
my head is buried in your book

Wendy Blake is a poet and instructor of English who has never lived anywhere for too many consecutive years. She enjoys what if hypotheses and loves other people's pets. www.taopoet.net