Sylvia Plath

Verbal Calisthenics

My love for you is more Athletic than a verb, Agile as a star The tents of sun absorb. Treading circus tight ropes Of each syllable, The brazen jackanapes Would fracture if he fell. Acrobat of space The daring adjective Plunges for a phrase Describing arcs of love. Nimble as a noun, He catabpults in air; A planetary swoon Could climax his career. But adroit conjunction Eloquently shall Link to his lyric action A periodic goal.