The language is correspondingly blunt and profane: unromantic, prosaic, crude. Or at least it seems that way. The romantic poetry of this poem sneaks up on you. Its music is subtle, but unmistakable.

And I felt that this poem really captured that for some of our listeners, like Teresa, and I wanted to talk about that — that love in the later years." "The Company She Keeps" by Colleen J. McElroy ...

Michael Wade Martin, The Poetry of the Lord's Prayer: A Study in Poetic Device, Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 134, No. 2 (Summer 2015), pp. 347-372 ...