tonight is feeling vulnerable and
i don’t want you to be two years away
wearing moonlight and lying in cotton sheets
the hues of your voice threading
a softness i wish i could be hugged by
i speak and speak but there are
not enough words
to build a hand to hold
so play a key to unlock the pianos and
write a fantasia so red
they’ll see spilt wine scrawled on bold walls
splashed over shower thoughts and 3am giggles
speech soaked to start the same and silenced
only when you kiss me light-bodied
a nocturne so blue
we’re drawn to a beach where it is dark
you’ve picked me up and i’ve let you pay
the shore stretching on for seconds
consecutive thirds and perfect fifths
i think i am ready to leave
the candle light flicker and melt
into the magma once more
we can cross borders instead of minds, fall
off the grid into vibrant monochrome and return
to the city we hold beneath our tongues
chase sixteen subway lines to an alley so foreign
so late, i almost mistake it for a dream
but then there is your voice, glowing scarlet
settling onto my cheekbones and it is so real
say one day you will let me win and
finally tell me everything
wrap stars around the syllables of my name, then
memorise a constellation into my eyes
that i am your horoscope, and vice versa
like fish to water
Beautiful piece, the imagery is so lucid ✨
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Thank you! ✨💖
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❤
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💖💖💖
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Lyrical and beautifully descriptive. Your word choices and detailed imagery really stand out. Love this one!
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Thank you so much Brad! ☺️
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I love the imaginative way you play with words. Also, you assemble your images in unexpected ways, for example, using words to build a hand to hold. The pacing is admirable, the final lines cascading to the conclusion.
It’s a lovely poem, Melody.
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Awww thank you so much Penny 😍💖
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I have missed your poetry – this one was worth the wait.
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Thanks Michele! 💖
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Lovely work, shows an understanding of the beauty of affection and longing.
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Thank you so much x
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Love the imagery, Beautifully vivid
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Thank you so much!!!
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My pleasure 🌼
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The imagery in that third stanza!
The red, the blue, the music; all amazing
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Oh, thank you! Really appreciate this ahh
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Wonderful mental imagery.
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Thank you ☺️☺️
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Beautiful piece ❤️ love this ❣️
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Aww thank you! 💖
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Evocative imagery, gets right inside my head and paints pictures.
Now that The Peaceful Pub has closed down, my new blog is at:
https://farragoexpress.wordpress.com/
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Thank you ✨
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This is so so beautiful. Enchanting and stunning.
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Thank you so much! 💖
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You are always welcome my friend.
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Amazing
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Thank you!
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so beautiful
Stay safe happy healthy and wealthy
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Thank you so much! And the same to you x
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🙏😊
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Really good!
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Thank you Tony!!
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I’ve just found your WordPress blog and what a beauty on how you express everything! Really good!
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Ahhh thank you so much Iveth! 💖
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Amazing post
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Thank you Shivi! 💕
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My pleasure
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This is so beautifully conjured,
so rich and imaginative…
so free…
If I manage to get out on the road,
dive into the unwritten adventure,
ride my river voice into new places,
I’d want these words with me,
fuelling my tongue with the lights of hidden cities.
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Thank you so much!!! What a beautiful comment 😍
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Heartbeatingwings, lovely post indeed. Just fabulous!
Um… may I ask you a question, please… blogging related. How is it that you and so many others get so much exposure? Where does one go to be discovered like you are? If it weren’t because you liked one of my blogs (which I don’t understand how it is you found it) I wouldn’t know how to find you and your beautiful blog. Help a blogger out, please. A writer wants to be read. I want to be read more. And I want to know where to find more bloggers to follow. Thanks beforehand. I appreciate you. I wish you Miracles.
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Hey! Thanks for the comment! I like to use hashtags to find content that interests me 😊
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Thanks for the reply. Hashtags in your articles. Got it. Very generous of you. I appreciate the tip. Keep soaring.
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You’re welcome! 😊
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Love this!
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Thank you so much!
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It seems I did not leave a comment..but I wanted to..You are an exciting poet! I love to discover someone like you:)
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Aww thank you so much Karima!! x
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