Reply To: Poem from your prompt -Love is the Aftermath of the Storm

[Susan Katz]

Well done! I might take that last "the" out and just go with –
"Love is the aftermath of storm…" Also, I might put "You" on a line all by itself and possibly – not give away the ending in the title – just calling the poem "Love is…"
So:
Love is
you
holding me tight
after my tears abate

Do you want to use "stops" twice in the same line? Is there another word – like "ends" or "ceases" or "diminishes…"
As a poet, I know that a poem is never really finished as we always go back, reread our work and think – I could have said that better. Sometimes, when I'm looking at one of my books, I'm wishing I could change a word here or there. Your poem is good! Maybe let this one rest a while and move onto another, and then come back to this one. I look forward to reading more of your work. – Susan