Long, Hot Summer – Ch. 9

"The good earth, the boundless sky..."

O, love and summer, you are in the dreams and in me.--Walt Whitman, The Sleepers Wednesday was the last day of my little lawn service business. It was like so many other days in that summer of 1979, hot and close, the...

That Summer Dress

"Mary is struggling to write an erotic lesbian story but gets help from her neighbour - or does she?"

“Damn,” she shouted to herself as her middle finger hit the delete key on her MacBook. She had spent the whole night trying to write her first lesbian erotic story for publication on the RedSite, which she had joined to...

My Fourth Trilogy of Love, Love, Love

"Just as the title says this is my fourth trilogy of love, love, love for your reading enjoyment."

1. Love Sweet Love.love sweetloveis so elusive.so damnhard to holdon to.lose your gripand shewill slipawayandmakea foolofyou.let downyour guardfor justa momentand shewill stealaway.set freefromselfishboundariesshe'sthe devil'schildat play.love sweet loveis notexclusive.what's a human beingtodo?turn aroundfor justa momentshewill disappearfrom view.yetwhen theright onecomes alongshewill ruleyour...

Head backSky aboveGazing into blue Resting armsSweet airLying next to you Summer dayBreeze stirsClouds drift into view White and greenTatting leavesCharmingly askew AfternoonNo plansNothing we have to do Fingers touchI turn and smile Gazing into blue.

I have never classified myself as bi or gay or anything like that. I don't feel I need to. I like who I like and that's that. I had a boyfriend for two years and things didn't work out. I've...

Cherry Tree

"When you grow weary I'll find you a bed"

In the mellow warm amber of evening's late sun,Like the verdant green vines that round the trunks run,Under a cherry tree in secluded cool shadeOur bodies will weave a labyrinthine braid.Of slow moving limbs that seek only to findCurious hands of...

Stepping through the door, I stoodMet stale air scented with woodPausing, wondering if I could Or would I slid your pictures from the framesScratched out the notes that bore your nameUnaware when last I came  It was farewell to what...