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Jan 2011 · 1.2k
Autumn Haiku
Romantic Poetess Jan 2011
Show your lovely soul
Opening to the huntress
Watch for her arrows

Seed of Mystery
Autumn raindrops mock my tears
Loving feeds the growth

In my bed of leaves
With cloudy doubts of reason
Swept in windy swirls

Autumn medicine
Marsh plants call out for harvest
Each a cry of love

Graceful willow wisps
In fall brushes past my lips
You ignite my soul

Breezes loosen life
Colored beauties leaving trees
We are free again
Jan 2011 · 978
Senryu Of Our Times
Romantic Poetess Jan 2011
When fear reins, hate rules

Civility not enough

Love is what we need
Jan 2011 · 1.6k
Your Jazz Band
Romantic Poetess Jan 2011
I am an aficionado
Of the Jazz band
That you are
The innovative music
That you are
The sense of freedom
Harmony,
Intensity
That you inspire
In me

I am a groupie
Of the jazz band
That you are
The passionate music
That you are
The sense of exploration
Improvisation
Syncopation
That you inspire
In me

I am an instrument
In the jazz band
That you are
The cool jazz music
That you are
The sense of connection
Metaphysical
Transcendental
That you inspire
In me
Jan 2011 · 1.1k
A Simple Man
Romantic Poetess Jan 2011
He said, "I am a simple man"
But I see layers
Of complexity
Like the roots
Of a tall sturdy tree
Reaching deeper
Down into the earth
Joining with the souls
Of those who died
In  war
Joining with the hearts
of those who mourned
Their loss
Joining with those he called family
Those who called him son
Those who called him lover
Those who called him husband
Those who called him father
Those who called him friend
Jan 2011 · 1.1k
Mighty Oak
Romantic Poetess Jan 2011
As I wait
Up here
In your top most branches
Chasing away
Interloping
Squirrels and birds
I piece together
Moments
Caught in your smile
Seduced by your voice
I long for
The moment
When you reveal
Just a crack
In your hard bark
So that I may count
The rings
Inside your
Tall and sturdy trunk
So that I may ride
Through layers
Of your source seeking roots
From top soil
To earth’s molten core
Because I know
It will nourish
My soul
Jan 2011 · 9.7k
Love's Musical Questions
Romantic Poetess Jan 2011
How do we begin
The music
Of love making?
Are we sure
That the language we share
Is harmonic?

Who arranges the pulse of the piece?
Who decides which beats are
Accented
Which beats
Are not?
Will they give rise
To our motif?
Will our phrases
Use repetition or contrast
Be weak or strong
****** or repose?

Will our passage
Be AABB
Or AABA?
How many themes
And how many variations

Will we play
on our
delicate instruments?
Will our cycle be
a symphony
or will we
happily create
a one movement work
with an air
of spontaneous inspiration
and call ourselves
a rhapsody?
Jan 2011 · 1.3k
Voo Doo
Romantic Poetess Jan 2011
I wan'na find a funky riff
Put myself in its pocket
Find that place
Where the drums and the bass
Need me to
Work that voodoo out.

I wan'na find a funky riff
Forget where I’m at
Never get where I’m go’in
Never tell what I’m show’in
Just want to
Work that voodoo out.

I wan'na find a funky riff
Need to get mellow
Need to forget
What I’m gon’na get
When I
Work that voodoo out.

I wan'na find a funky riff
Need to unwind
Need to sit in your lap
Hear your fingers tap
When we
Work that voodoo out
Jan 2011 · 965
Wolf Moment
Romantic Poetess Jan 2011
Like a noble wolf
A dark smooth coat
Darker Cracks
In your armor
Inviting me to touch your heart
The grooves that hide your face
Look as if tears
Have dried there for all eternity

I am reminded
Of the softness of your beard
How I loved to play with it
Curling it in my fingertips
Of the way you would look
When you wanted to tell me
Of the deepest secrets
You held inside your sensitive soul

Others saw you as a wolf
Protecting me from a world of harm
While you hurt inside
For all the injustice that those
You could not protect
Would suffer

The tears disappear
And I see your wise smile
Always knowing
Always kind

When I would not relent
You would please me
By saying how much you
Loved my persistence
I want to take you in my arms
As I hold this memory
In my hands
Jan 2011 · 824
Satin Sun
Romantic Poetess Jan 2011
Cloudy Skies

                                The satin sun

                           Touches hidden life

                                                   Springs

                                From deep in the earth

                                                      Brea­the life

                            Pure, strong, pulsing flows

                                        Cover the seekers

                                          Of the mystery

                      Fill the spaces

       With dreams of the magic

                  Behind the fire's glow

                           Every sweet touch

                        Transports the moment

                               Lifts up the body

                          To places untold
Jan 2011 · 752
Midnight Mystery
Romantic Poetess Jan 2011
Swept up to the path of moon chilled air
Above the mountains of clouds
To see what only has been dreamed
To seek what has been sought
In pallets mixed only
With earth drawn media
The dream revealed
The secret yet contained
Lying in wait
For the seeker's return

Each shade, each tone, each tint
Revealed  before
Was but a prelude
To this last proof of the divine

To call it midnight is but a bewildered seekers word
To evoke comparison

The moon was there its glory
Reflected in boundless mosaics
Of shimmering movement
Not the singular heavenly glow of other midnights

When the sun awakens
The new midnight
Reveals a peculiar dimension
Of its magnificence.
A deep and pure memory
Of a life now forgotten
Of a dream ever there
Jan 2011 · 695
Kissed By A God
Romantic Poetess Jan 2011
Eros embraced me today
Held my hand
Pulled me closer
Enveloped in his arms
Kissed so deliciously
I can still recall
The taste
Of his tongue
Sweet tongue
That licked
Sweet mouth
That suckled
My warm happy *******
Swept me up
Like a feather in his arms
Not even stopping
The kisses
All the way to my toes
The sweetest pleasure
He made me wait
He made me beg
For more
And then it happened
I was carried
To that paradise of pleasure
So enraptured
Only Gods and Goddesses
Have been there
Before me
Does that make me
A Goddess
Or the lover
Of a God
Jan 2011 · 817
Wild South Winds
Romantic Poetess Jan 2011
When a ferocious wind blows from the South
Feral creatures clash and clang
At my windows
Fearing not
Come in
I
Welcome all
Wild and beautiful seekers
Protection from the elements
Nourishment for the body
And the soul
The gift I ask
In return
Is to learn
What led you to my
South facing window
And to offer you
My
Love
Before you leave
Through my North facing
Door
Jan 2011 · 2.2k
Fearless
Romantic Poetess Jan 2011
I am here to
Ruffle feathers
Rock boats
Start fires
Put them out
Fight the status quo
Yearn to taste
Long hot days
And sultry nights
Be the heat
When there is chill in the air
I am
Fierce
And
Gentle
Passionate
And
Compassionate
Willing to listen
Willing to act
Fear is just a story
I will no longer tell myself
Jan 2011 · 771
Creating A Space
Romantic Poetess Jan 2011
Lifted by gratitude

Feeling all the love

Giving and receiving

Engaging in rituals

Rituals that connect

One

To the universe

And all that breathes

Waiting in stillness

To hear a response

Silence answers first

Creating a space

To stop and appreciate

To stop and express

Gratitude
Jan 2011 · 743
If
Romantic Poetess Jan 2011
If
If love is a vast sea
Can it be nirvana
As it is oblivion
Noisy as it is silence
Calm, harmonious as it
Softly brushes the beach
Stormy, tumultuous as it
Angrily smashes the rocks
Pulled by the moon
To ebb
Tricked by the sun
To neap
Yet every day
High and low tides
Bring magic
To our landlocked lives
Hidden behind
The smiles
We try to suppress
As we feel the joy
Of those so brave
They dare to ride
In the tube
Of love’s giant waves.
Jan 2011 · 1.4k
Used To Be
Romantic Poetess Jan 2011
I used to be adorable
but now I do the adoring

I used to be precocious
but now I want my flowers to bloom slowly

I used to say the cutest things
but now I temper my wit with knowing

I used to be so smart
but now I am trying for wisdom

I used to pose for anyone
but now I am camera shy

I used to think the world was so huge
but now it is at my fingertips

I used to wish I was older
but now I am happy I am not

I used to insist I was always right
but now I give that gift to others

I used to feel greatly loved
but now I am a great lover
Dec 2010 · 918
Haiku of Winter Yearning
Romantic Poetess Dec 2010
Your voice lifts me up
As chill air pounds my windows
I am loving you

Who gives me his arm?
Who seeks rainbows in the snow?
Holding close tonight

We will call love home
Watching snowflakes light the sky
Auspicious delights

Who is your lover?
Who holds the reins on winter?
Kiss me, kiss me now

Happiness thrives here
When trees put on coats of white
Loving joyfully

Holding you closely
Crisp snow crunches under foot
I feel so alive

Rising to your touch
Winter wind blows outside in
Magical moments
Dec 2010 · 1.4k
Whispers
Romantic Poetess Dec 2010
The birch leaf whispers
Telling the wind
The secret of
How it feels
To push your roots
Through layers of soft and rock hard soil
Seeking earth’s core.

The hummingbird whispers
Telling the flowers
The secret of
How it feels
To hover, pulsing wings
Stroking swiftly in figure eights
Seeking infinity

The lotus whispers
Telling the deep dense mud
The secret of
How it feels
To push ever upward
Reaching through murky water
Seeking the sun

The cattail whispers
Telling the red wing blackbird
The secret of
How it feels
To taunt the reeds
With ******* seed heads
Seeking fertile ground

We whisper
Telling each other
The secret of
How it feels
To please each other
Starting with a kiss
Seeking connection

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