• one free verse poem
• one tanka
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I will not forget you
memory still burns
tearful recollection of the first time
my eyes beheld your luscious curves
skin smooth as satin
golden as you lay before me
seductive in the summer sun
you fired my imagination
ignited my soul
I wanted you so badly
my lips trembled
you promised such sweetness
but I’d been warned by others
who had dared indulge your fiery charms
that it would end in tears
I did not heed their counsel
seduced
I fell upon you hungrily
taking you in passion’s flames
hot as lava
scorching as an august sun
swept away
I consumed your charms
an inferno of desire
tasting your forbidden fruit
in a wanton blaze I took my fill
but just as quick it ended
I should have listened
they knew you all too well
you burned me badly
and left me crying
but I never will forget you…
…habanero
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drips pizzicato
crescendo of icicles
north wind’s cadenza
wintertime’s crisp symphony
played on nature’s outdoor stage
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