Lyrical Somerville

Edited by Doug Holder

Do you remember your first kiss? No? Robert K. Johnson, retired professor of English/ Suffolk University (Boston), will remind you of that seminal press of lips, the sweet sensory overload, the amorous taste of a new relationship. To find out more about Robert K. Johnson go to: http://www.robertkjohnson.com To have your work considered for the Lyrical send it to: Doug Holder 25 School St. Somerville, Mass. Dougholder@post.harvard.edu

In A Long Moment

We kiss and discover

how much we love each other,

because everything around us

pauses, and everything makes sense–

but, most of all,

because we feel like guests

at what had been a dull party

now alive with bright laughter.

Robert K. Johnson