Augmented Love - A Love Poem that Tries to Avoid any Use of Cliché

Please do consider watching the video performance and short film because they really add to how this poem feels, and express the slow rhythm of waking up I was trying to convey.

This poem is my attempt to write a love poem without resorting to all the tired old clichés. It describes that state at the beginning of a relationship where everything is almost unreal in its intensity.

I decided to produce a spoken word performance of my poem, as I think hearing poetry read out is a totally different experience. Often the images that tell the story in poetry can be misconstrued in their interpretations. In my experience, a spoken word poem, read out by the poet, can get over this issue. The emotions expressed through the reading can highlight some of the meaning and build a clearer picture in a sea of metaphors.

When I listened back to the poem I realized it contains some obscure word choices so I thought it would be helpful to include a text version above 🔼

I don't want to analyze my poem any further as the joy of poetry, just like good art, is that people can interpret the imagery differently. Take a watch of the video and let me know in the comments what it evoked for you.

Thanks for reading/watching 🙂🌿

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