Late night falling of snow White outside my window
Tag: Ivorian Sonnet
Morning Blue
Watercolour blue skies of morning light Cups of coffee after working the night
Love Letters
What are letters of love meant to reveal If not the passion’s desire that I feel
Picture Frame
I see your photo in the silver frame And feel my lips softly whisper your name
That Kiss
I long to hold you and to feel you near To let my breath caress across your ear
Unbound Love
The pain of infidelity is lies For deceit is not a pleasant disguise
Good for the Health
A wild revolution of body and mind When towards self you begin to be kind
From Hello To Goodbye
So I fell in love at the first hello A passion stirring deep from the get-go
Fake News
Gathering at the gates of privacy Vultures descending into piracy...
Destiny of Lust
In those moments of hunger I crave you Your eyes, your hair, the taste of your lips dew...
Candlelight
Reflections of flesh in the candlelight Echoes of his fingers warm in the night...
Inherited Traits
Today I saw her hands echo in mine Delicate creases and an extra line...
Until…
A love exposed within a gentle kiss Beyond the reach of that orgasmic bliss...
Ceramic Love
Your fingers shaped and moulded in the clay Pulling and pushing it into your way...
Against the Wall
In the realms of love I whisper your name And I feel you near igniting our flame...
Companion
As you read my mind like no other man With your words leading where no one else can...
Unanswered Heart
A love so wrong it can never be right But the wanting heart blinds the eyes to sight So the mind believes that love will win through The soul sits between the rock and that place But what else is there for a guy to do...
Not Enough
This urgent need that came out of the blue When every bit of me needed you To hold me up and find my inner peace...
Pastures Green
Grass cavorts with the breeze across the field In serene surrender to nature’s wield...
Wildness of Ecstasy
In the wildness of ecstasy we dance Fulfilling the call of sensual romance...
Lust Undone
In the candlelit shadows of desire Our inhibitions cast into the fire...
Rising Up
While seeking pleasure beyond the mundane To rise above this, mortality’s plane...
Zafu Reflections
Igniting candles of reflection’s flame As scented curls of incense call my name...
The River
I watched the river in its drifty flow In its waters I saw the goddess go...
Time to Grow Up
When I was young and thought I knew it all With an attitude that built a brick wall With nothing to learn and always so right...
Remember, Remember
Tonight, the silence beautifully blooms With the blaring echoes of blasting booms And I wait for the full light of the moon...
Cypress Tree
Form: Ivorian Sonnet 1 Paint that spirals from the brush tells a taleFrom his eye the image his holy grailAs the turbulent clouds churn up the skyThe golden heads of wheat quiver and callTo where the shady green cypress trees sighOf an artist’s longing in the landscapeAnd he walks for miles to find nature’s viewWithin … Continue reading Cypress Tree
The Path Most Trodden
Form: Ivorian Sonnet 61 The quest for love is a path trodden mostWhen every song of love’s wonder boastsAnd the heart feels the longing all aloneWhile the dreams hunger for the fairy taleFor a sweet love from the fantasy zoneDo we dare to ask what love really isWhat comes after the physical desireOn those mundane … Continue reading The Path Most Trodden
Early Days
Form: Ivorian Sonnet 60 What is okay and what is not okayThose age old questions that niggle awayMore so when it is love and etiquetteTo meet her eye, not too soon or too lateAnd to kiss her good night, no not quite yetThe shy shuffle, hands in pockets of jeansPerhaps I should start with a … Continue reading Early Days
Excuse Me
Form: Ivorian Sonnet 59 Do you mind if I take some of your time While you read my verses and metered rhyme And is it alright if my heart so speaks In my words in poetic device Or would that invite a flush to your cheeks In my expressions of love, old and new To … Continue reading Excuse Me
Cry Mercy
Form: Ivorian Sonnet 58 Your passion throws me into ecstasyYet in oblivion you release meTo the growling at the back of my throatOnce again calling, calling out your nameDo you hear it echo, and do you take noteBut then I feel your hands demanding moreYour lips kissing me to surrender nowAs your body pins me … Continue reading Cry Mercy
Verity
In the heat of the moment all’s revealed For in love there’s nothing to be concealed Every whisper every caress...
Cool Cotton
Silent battles beneath cool cotton sheets Where our resistance and the cool air meets The torment tempting love to take the chance...
Loaded Gun
Leading me her skin slippery and wet With a subtle hint of that sweetest sweat I’m caught in her trap my resistance low...
You
My eyes close as you feel with fingertips How soon you send my heart to its eclipse As you gloss over my lips with your tongue...
The Kiss of Zen
A kiss of love that tastes of lipstick gloss And stains my lips like the wines of Alsace As you savour my sensual existence...
Crystallization
My lips linger softly against your lips For longer than a taste on a tongue’s tip My eyes imprisoned deep within your eyes...
A Tall Ship
Still our love rushes through my ev’ry pore Through my being yet craving even more So many secrets remain to unveil...
Let Love
Let love carry me to her one desire A feeling deep within her burning fire Let me be naked in her loving eyes...
The Fleece
There is a place for us Far beyond earthly fuss Where secrets speak aloud...
Things I Wanted to Say
My love, forgive me being made this way As I’m breaking the mould is what they say My heart was not born of iron and steel...
Pride and Joy
Inside the walls, I want my place of peace Where stress departs and tensions simply cease When my long day’s done, and come to an end...
Creative Healing
In those years, I kept my heart my heart cold No secrets shared and no love to behold With pain ripping my mind and soul in two...
Whispering Kisses
This modern life is a living in hell Automatic words no feelings dwell When love has no place left to simply be...
An Empty Deck
On the dark stairs that lead to my despair Each step another broken love affair Now all I see is false promises made...
An Open Book
There are no secrets between me and you My heart, body and soul open and true An open book, I have nothing to hide...
After Lockdown
You ask me what is the first thing I want After lockdown when there is no saying can’t When the world is our oyster to explore...
Reflections in Lockdown
My thoughts of love may seem in vein right now My empty bed holds no sense of that wow We share between the sheets as we drift to sleep...
The Wisdom of the Page
The page is where my words spill out my heart The love and pain of life falling apart Within the silence of my deepest thoughts...
Bygone Days
I want to be the one holding your hand While strolling along the summer night strand Just like they did then in those bygone days...