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Category Archives: Desire
Two 4 One
I’m falling behind my visit to the d’Verse Poets Pub this week. Binging on Apple TV’s Dickinson (see previous post) may have something to do with it. Today’s poem combines Kim’s Quadrille #96 suggestion “wild” with Lillian‘s “dream” prompt. Alliteration … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Desire, Dreams, dVerse, Poetry, quadrille
Tagged d'Verse Poets Pub, Dream, Emily Dickinson, Franni Farishon, Kim M. Russell, Lillian Hallberg, Mouse, poetry, quadrille, space, Wild Nights
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“…the poem which i do not write”
(title from poem xvii by e.e. cummings) Rumi is a long time favorite of mine. His love poems speak often of desire, as does the Judeo-Christian Song of Solomon. Religious apologists say that the use of erotica in these and other … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness, Desire, dVerse, Eros, Herstory, Poetry, wisdom
Tagged desire, dVerse, erotica, poetry, Rumi, spirituality, The Naked Man
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Eros
If I could start over, knowing what I know now, I would go back to school and study that endlessly fascinating, miraculous amalgam of bone and flesh, mind and psyche, soul and spirit – the body. Not just my body. … Continue reading
Posted in Archetype, Consciousness, Desire, Eros, Love
Tagged Eros, Gnosis, Hildegard of Bingen, love, Makeda, Marc Chagall, Queen of Sheba, sacred marriage, sensuality, Song of Songs, St. Teresa of Avila
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NaPoWriMo 16 – The Naked Man Revisited
Some of you know my book The Naked Man. Since it was originally inspired by an exchange of letters between poets, I revisited the scene to meet today’s NaPoWriMo challenge. Dear NM, It’s been awhile, we didn’t part … Continue reading
Posted in Desire, NaPoWriMo, Poetry, Writing
Tagged NaPoWriMo, poetry, The Naked Man
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It’s Hard To Be Urban After Four Days In The Country
I’m joining NaPoWriMo late again! Every year I end up playing catch up. I think it has to do with that Trickster”s Day on the 1st of every April. It’s no accident the poets got this month to be commemorated! … Continue reading
NaPoWriMo # 19 Landays
I hope you all read the article on landays. I’m fascinated on many levels but mostly by how ancient the form is. I am so consistently amazed by how forms, symbols, ideas, customs persist through millennia. In spite of myriad … Continue reading
NaPoWriM0 #9 A Moral Tale
Posted in Animals, Desire, NaPoWriMo, Poetry, Storytelling
Tagged fable, greed, monkey jar, NaPoWriMo, National Poetry Month, poetry
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NaPoWriMo Day 6 – I Overslept
So today, this morning that is, (though now its afternoon) the prompt is to write an aubade. As it happens the aubade is a poem about breaking dawn and the necessity for lovers (presumably illicit) to part before the sun … Continue reading
Day 23 NaPoWrti Mo – triolet
Jonesing I wonder what the time is now? The clock is ticking awful slow! Perhaps you think I’ll just kowtow? I wonder what the time is now? Will you swan in and take a bow? Assume you may remain … Continue reading
Day 19 – Personal Ad
(This month my art blog, Two Twitch A Tale, features Pandora’s Box so I couldn’t resist bring her into this challenge. I’m also including one of my favorite love poems, written several years ago to my beloved. First published in Sex … Continue reading
Posted in Desire, Love, Myth, NaPoWriMo, Poetry, Writing
Tagged journey, key, love, myth, NaPoWriMo, Pandora, pears, poetry, Sen on Earth, Six Ft. Swells Press, Two Twitch A Tale, vixen
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