For Theodora Kimmel

Ariel: Do you love me, Master? No?
Prospero: Dearly, my delicate Ariel.
– William Shakespeare, "The Tempest" (4.1.48-49)

For "Her."

"…I say we go and drown our sorrows." – Amy Lynn Watkins, 10 June 2011.

For Natasha Piletich
(Henry V, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival – 2002)

For "Her."

For Amy Lynn Watkins.

"Not a fan of my blue eyes. I adore brown. Who wants to swap?"
- Lara Schutz, 22 February 2011.

For "Her."

Written: February 2011.

A villanelle for Arthur H. Monigold.