Left-Handed Compliment

"My compliments, my lady"

Sipping a cool soda on a hot summer dayReaching out to touch her left handPaying her a left handed complimentWith grace she pays it backMy beautyMy proud beautyTouching with the left hand of lovePerfectionHolding handsMy right hand in her left handPerfectly right for...

Lightning Bugs

"Love should be more than a flash in the dark"

Like Fire Flies dancing in the night,Desperate lovers flit about, finding each other in random glory.  Two become one, merging their luminescenceIn a brilliant flash of radiant bliss, Bravo, to them I say, filled with joy that they've found their mate. But all too soon their...

The Day Is Done

"A romance in blank verse"

The day is done and we are still yet oneThe sun sets soon and roams its way to dawnWhen we may once more feel our love renewedEnraptured by the passions we've both sharedTo watch the setting sun with arms entwinedIs...

French Kiss

"My first terza rima, expressed with simple love"

It's just a chance we live, we die in France.It could be anywhere that love may thriveBut this is where we did our lovers dance.Our lustful joys will flourish, still survive,A lovers touch caresses, filled with fun,And shares a fervor vibrant, so alive.In light still bright, we see our poem's done,And share a pledge that we will make tonight,True...

The Man I Love

"Finding the perfect man is every girl's dream."

We long for a strong man,who is loving and kind.We long for a good manWho is gentle and wiseWe long for a man Who can make our heart singWe long for a man we would gladly call kingWe long for a man who...

Villanelle to a Shared Yearning

"Hiraeth: nostalgia tinged with sadness over loss and a yearning for a place that may never have been"

Nostalgia yearns for places never found,We search in hope, with joy, and trusting sighs;Hiraeth is ours, both souls are homeward bound.The hollow echoes with a birdlike sound,A song is heard, it crests and gently dies;Nostalgia yearns for places never found.We found...

My Loving Addiction

"How I love her."

I'm addicted to this feeling, My need to have you near.Like a soothing warmth, it's in my heart,and it casts aside my fears.I'm enchanted by your smile, and your sweet and tender eyesThey keep the darkness from my soul Even in the darkest...

The mirror shows her form all dressed in white,So soft, demure, and precious as can be.Reflecting back her beauty, pure delight, My secret knows just what she means to me.With glowing face and smiles to warm my heart,With words assuring me she's always near,She makes me feel we're one though...

The Magic Must Never End

"This man, in darkness and night, in shadow and light"

This man is my light in darkness and nightDrawn to him Yearning for himHoping my needs would couple with his And they didAfter dead ends encounteredAfter dread doubts dispersed When the magic flowed out of his heartWhen his touch set...