The spring days are gorgeous, you have lovely chilled wine at your place, and I have saved up kisses I want to plant. ~ Just L (May 18, 2016) Published in the June 2016 Blender of Love Digest.
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Being Led
There is something about a man taking my hand and leading me somewhere, anywhere for the purposes of connection, seduction, or abduction… Add that kissing in the closet concoction: Absolutely delicious. (Gah! Perfection.) ~Just L (found poem, June 10, 2014) Author's Note: I have always been a sucker for summer love. As a teen our annual family … Continue reading Being Led
But who’s counting?
670 days ago you spotted me downtown strolling in that long summer red dress. 534 days since our first date and subsequent whirlwind romance where we slipped briskly into an intimacy from which [we] never recovered. (F. Scott Fitzgerald) 950,400 seconds later I first tasted your mouth. One month and a day later you told me you … Continue reading But who’s counting?
How to (almost) Kiss
NaPoWriMo Day 19: Many years ago, “didactic” poetry was very common – in other words, poetry that explicitly sought to instruct the reader in some kind of skill or knowledge, whether moral, philosophical, or practical. Today, I’d like to challenge you to write the latter kind of “how to” poem – a didactic poem that … Continue reading How to (almost) Kiss
Profoundly Ruined
I hope my mouth does not taste love. It will ruin me. Profoundly. ~Just L (April 4, 2016) (An excerpt from two former works “Lost and Found” November 10, 2014, and “Found and Lost” January 19, 2015)
Parting Lips
NaPoWriMo Day 1: Today, I challenge you to write a lune. This is a sort of English-language haiku. While the haiku is a three-line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable count, the lune is a three-line poem with a 5-3-5 syllable count. There’s also a variant based on word-count, instead of syllable count, where the poem still has … Continue reading Parting Lips
Vows Said No One Ever
I promise to passionately kiss you when you have bad breath; Which may in fact be stronger proof of my love than “until death.” ~Just L (May 6, 2015) Published in the June 2015 Blender of Love Digest
A Little Longer
Put your face close to my face. Hold me closer than usual. Touch your lips to my lips. Breathe sweet words in between soft kisses. Don't promise you'll be the best thing that ever happened to me. Simply stay put for a little longer than comfortable. ~Just L (November 15, 2015) Published in the December … Continue reading A Little Longer
Only to reach his lips
I tiptoe around him Not on eggshells Only to reach his lips ~Just L (August 18, 2015)
More Illuminated
NaPoWriMo Day 30: For the last day of NaPoWriMo, I’d like you to try an odd little exercise that I have had good results with. Today, I challenge you to write a poem backwards. Start with the last line and work your way up the page to the beginning. Another way to go about this … Continue reading More Illuminated
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