My Marianna

By Abne M. Eisenberg

This is the perfect book for all the hopelessly romantic lovers who want to immortalize the person they adore. It consists of a generous helping of poems and love notes to inspire the reader.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Oct 17, 2013
• ISBN: 9781490716589

Abne M. Eisenberg

Professor Eisenberg was born in New York City. He is retired and now lives in Belleair Bluffs, Florida. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps in WW II. His career consisted of teaching various aspects of interpersonal communication at four major universities and has authored 20 books on the subject. If asked what one word best describes his life, it would be creativity. If asked what is the most valuable thing he knows, it would be that everything is a matter of definition.

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IN LOVE WITH A LEGEND

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As the sun traverses the heavens

and the moon mimics its course,

My love for Madam does it likewise

with an equal and compelling force.

As time echoes her incomparable voice

and angels sing along,

Deities applaud in majestic accord

her ecclesiastic choice of song.

In audience I sit, and silently pray

that her essence will long endure,

That her love for me will always remain

pristine and virtually pure.

If my dream prevails and withstands the toil,

my love for Marianna will never recoil.

While emeralds and diamonds emit a glow

that enchants the human eye,

My Marianna’s beauty negates their charm

with a luminescence that does not lie.

While poets struggle with a lover’s quest

to capture that ephemeral zone,

I have succeeded where they have failed

to be my Marianna’s exclusive own.

AN ENCHANTED NOW

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When I was young, the sages warned

that time would take its toll

That I would learn to con template

lost moments beyond control.

My quest back then, was to memorize

past instants so sublime.

I quickly learned that tomorrows are

but chimerical illusions divine.

A host of fools from whom I sought

sound council and advice

Insisted that my destiny

was cast in the rolling dice.

I knew down deep, I my heart of hearts,

that the future never can

Compare with what I had come to know

about a lass named Mary Ann

For all intents and purposes

I transcended formal

And by doing made a loving pact

With a woman I now call mine.

Yesterday, for us, has little meaning

except in terms of a vow

That whatever happens between day and night

will be treated as an eternal NOW.

That mysterious hiatus we glibly call life

an ephemeral blink of an eye

Must humbly be treasured without question

until the day we die.

My Mary Ann has taught me the secret

of how to embellish the giving

Of how to maximize that delirious joy

the NOW we deserve to be living.

Each kiss, each hug, each fond embrace

we share as never before.

Amnesia prevails and we cannot recall

the one we claim to adore.

In consequence, our fate is clear

experience has little choice

Except to nurture the NOW we know

by heeding that inner voice.

These words I write are for Mary Ann

the keeper of my soul

My trusting wife, whom I dearly love

Who keeps my spirit whole.

Again I say, with firm resolve,

that WHEN is a four letter word—

A term that lovers should seek to avoid

by letting the NOW be heard.

I end this poem with the thoughts I share

with Mary Ann alone

Designed to imprison that mystical stuff

from which our love was honed.

MY PANACEA

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No matter day or night, rain or shine

my Marianna is there for me

Her soothing words and smiles do heal

my every petty plea

Caring, compassion, and a welcome kiss

make up her lingua franca.

These are the traits I can readily take

to deposit in my neighborhood banca.

I have never known in my entire life

the joys she generously bestows

Upon my tumultuous life each day

that assuage my fears and woes.

I openly declare to the world-at-large

without a moment’s hesitation

I love Marianna in a million ways

stripped bare of any reservation

Each day I’m met with her open arms

and a hug I voraciously devour

For the rest of my life she will remain

an exotic and beautiful flower

WATCHING YOU

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It all began twenty-five years ago

when you came through the door

In search of doctor that would heal your bones

so they would hurt no more.

The watching began in Treatment Room Four

where you stood in bra and slip

Awaiting the care that would make you well

by mending that ailing hip.

Lie face-down, I said in a gentle voice

and, in a trusting way

You assumed the prone position

and before me you did lay.

My eyes consumed your image

my hands engaged your spine

And in the moments that followed

I entered a dream divine.

In time, the watching found its way

to places far and wide—

My glances meeting each changing scene

your essence by my side.

Not realizing that the years ahead

would multiple so well

I steadily watched you day and night

luxuriating in your spell.

My watching soon took a sudden turn

when cinnamon and cantaloupe were wed

In the Lantern where we had coffee

and hysterical tears were shed.

The circus in Switzerland infected

your laughter with even more sting

Observing locals dangle from a rope

missing horses in a ring.

At coaching sessions with Doris Jung

you struggled to perfect your voice

So you might perform the arias

causing opera fans to rejoice.

I watched you die on the big stage

as Salome and Lady Macbeth

I grieved along with audiences

At your dramaturgical death.

My interest in watching Marianna

gas accelerated with the passing of time

Because of her skills and talents

I cherish her, continually, as mine.

Some call what I do voyeuristic

others may deem it extreme

But I say to my many fine critics

I am dreaming my favorite dream.

I’ve watched my beloved while sleeping

making great corn pudding and pies

I’ve watched her plant dozens of tulip bulbs

Or peel onions with tears in her eyes.

In short, I confess my obsession

with the wife I truly adore

I’ll watch her forever from wherever I am

and faithfully do so forevermore.

AN IRIDESCENT WIFE

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No combination of colors can ever describe

the imprint my wife exudes

Or the way her prismatic presence refines

an essence the God’s can’t delude.

Wherever she goes strangers often detect

an aura of classical design

A persona that challenges the cleverest mind

to interpret or dare to confine.

At every turn of a most exciting life

She conquers trial after trial

In an effortless fashion, she breaks each code

with no evidence of guilt or guile.

No matter where or when I sneak a peek

of this treasure by day or night

My Marianna has often quite seriously maintained

that we’ve met in a previous life.

That we’ve shared and lived