Plucked kisses <br />from her pretty mouth <br /> <br />as they flowered <br />from her lips <br /> <br />flower <br />after <br />flower <br /> <br />the perfume <br />of her <br /> <br />voice. <br /> <br />Placed her pretty <br />kisses <br /> <br />in a vase <br />in my mind <br /> <br />so that they brightened up <br />my heart <br /> <br />made me <br />start <br /> <br />with their beauty <br />every time <br /> <br />I remembered them <br /> <br />good <br />for the soul <br /> <br />warming the cockles <br />of this <br /> <br />lover’s heart<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/good-for-the-soul/
