Tuesday 16 April 2013

Working up an appetite



she thinks of breakfast-
turning the pancakes once in the pan, 
firmly golden with melting butter and 
splattered blueberries-     

then coffee, steaming hot  
beside orange juice & heavy maple 
syrup on the small wooden table-

outside, the trees are donning 
aprons, scooping each dew drop,
and prick of warming light-     
eager to rouse from winter's embrace- 

stirring in bedsheets,  
refreshed by her sleep, she runs
her fingers lightly over his still-sleepy frame,
soft in the breathing, firm in the admiration- 

she strikes a match, 
rekindling faith in beginnings,    
with each caress, a bud opens like spring, 
seeking the rain & sky-bursting-joy-  

he loves her hunger in the morning.


Posted for D'verse Poets Pub - OpenLinkNight - Thanks for the visits ~  I am working hard on my appetite for writing almost every day~
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53 comments:

  1. mmmm morning hunger.... we do love it so....

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  2. Trying to remember when I woke up to all that. I'm SURE I did...at least once--grin! PERFECT MORNING!

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  3. Love the end, and cooking a breakfast like that sounds like a perfect transition from night to day.

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  4. hmmm nice.. love the soft sensuality..a healthy appetite...smiles

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  5. This is thrilling and I relished!

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  6. Trying to recall this ever happening to me ...

    maybe sometime in my dreams :-)

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  7. Oh my, Grace, you do have a way with seductive writing. I love the scene from breakfast to love. Which for me are intertwined.

    Pamela

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  8. Oh god I am so hungry now.

    I would really like to leave a more thoughtful comment, but.....but pancakes.

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  9. pancakes like hearts?...it must be love sweet love! great.

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  10. oooh, love those tree 'donning aprons' :)

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  11. I am usually at my best in the mornings. But it's all downhill from there.

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  12. your metaphors are deeply delish! I love esp. when the trees don aprons. I think I may have made an audible sound of delight while reading.

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  13. A nice poem about morning love..delicious

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  14. "prick of warming light... with each caress, a bud opens like spring, seeking the rain & sky-bursting-joy... he loves her hunger in the morning.

    Very clever, naturally reflective and delicately erotic, Grace - beautifully achieved and a delight to read.

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  15. "soft in the breathing, firm in the admiration-
    she strikes a match, "

    I know you put a break in there, but for me that read as all one very definite visual.

    lovely work

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  16. This is a beautiful painting of a lazy Sunday morning... I could see it.

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  17. A hunger you want to fill up indeed, one way or another, could involve nuts too LOL

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  18. Oh very yummy...such delicious words and love the heart shaped pancakes.

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  19. delicious... morning and hunger are a wonderful combination.

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  20. Grace - love the intimacy and sweetness of this - the third stanza with the trees donning aprons - really like this alot. K

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  21. My goodness if only...what different households we live in before work in the morning. Beautiful seductive images,flows like honey!I am glad my partner does not read poetry...there would be complaints!

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  22. I really, I don't know Heaven, through the delicious smells and lovely sounding food I get vibes of a new beginning, of life starting again from this and I think that's what makes it so incredibly special, absolutely beautiful.

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  23. You are so good at working up a storm of appetite here, Heaven - move over 50 Shades of Grey!

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  24. Subtle sexuality, my favorite kind and blueberries ta-boot.

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  25. Stunningly sensual, Grace. I especially like the interplay of hungers and the incorporation of nature...donning her apron. So good.

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  26. Grin.
    Blueberry Pancakes would have me at the table with syrup on my lips.

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  27. Love how fluently you apply metaphor, it adds a sort of freshness to the sensuality of your poem. Very nice :) I miss mornings like this. (I prefer waffles though, more crunchy ~_^)

    http://diamondsmadeofglass.blogspot.com/2013/04/rebirth.html

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  28. wonderfully romantic for the taste buds and the soul! :)

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  29. This makes me miss my partner (long distance)...sigh.

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  30. Mmmm! Very Nice! It reminds me of a piece I did "Poetry and pancakes" :)

    ... and by the way, that picture is sinful! NOW I"M SOOOO Hungry (lol)

    Cheers!

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  31. Ooooohhhh, what a way to wake up in the morning!!!!

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  32. Oh, I just LOVE this Grace... one of my favorites of yours. You give hunger a whole new meaning.

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  33. Very rich writing here--makes me hungry more ways than one. The trees are donning aprons; this is a great image. Well done!

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  34. Delightful and sensual. Such a great way to start the day. :D Lovely breakfast items there -- full of flavors in those lines alone! As ever, your poems are rich to the senses.

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  35. love that picture of the heart shaped pancakes, no wonder he loves her hunger in the morning ;-) beautifully sensually written

    also esp liked,

    "outside, the trees are donning
    aprons...eager to rouse from winter's embrace"

    thanks heaven ;-)

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  36. One of my favourites of yours. That was incredibly appetizing and sensual. I'm hungry...for some pancakes! Lol

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  37. You build up slowly with the first and second verse just like she rouses from sleep and stretches her limbs *in my imagination;)*

    Love the idea of 'trees donning aprons' and the 'scooping of dew drops'...firm admiration...Okay I'll stop there!

    Oh...your appetite is healthy, girl!

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  38. Sounds like Heaven!! haha Those pancakes look so yummy!

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  39. Capturing a moment. Beautiful.

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  40. beautiful writing. I love the progression from the pancakes to something more amorous. :-)

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  41. oh, I so love the last line. I like the mixture of hunger and spring entwined within the sheets.

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  42. After a night of sex, it's always very hungry in the morning after, because sex can burn a lot of calories too!

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  43. Sounds like a perfect morning to me! As always, thank you! Have a beautiful weekend, Grace.

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  44. Now, I'm thinking about breakfast. :-) Actually, I think I'll have blueberry pancakes for dinner. Right now! :-D

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  45. This is beautiful,,,there have been those mornings in my life and this brings back the memory for me and my heart quivers a little,,,thank you for that,,,

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