Sunday 28 June 2015

Summer rain


we made the customary   
days into tangerine sky over the marina  

when we sailed away on your birthday  
I gifted you with  

summer kisses
wet with rain 

you came back

purring with nights bursting of fireflies

there were no roses & chocolates
but pebbles & seashells carefully picked & bottled

what can i give you

of our times together

but chains 

silk velvet, fingered by mistress moon  

but words lashing

your skin restless, swelling with longing  

over the years

our distance stole your memories, ebbing with tides 

but i am cursed with perfect one 
defying time's savage currents 

every summer, 
i recall your kisses when 
                                                      rai
                                                                        f
                                                                               a  l  l 
                                                                                           s
                                                                                                

                                                                         


Posted for Imaginary Garden with Real Toads - I chose M's word list:
fresh, burst, defy, chain, struck, forward, exchange, customary, prefer, close

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36 comments:

  1. There are so many distinctive links to the chains of relationships, it is hard to untangle them all. Your poem is a beautiful ode to those chains.

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  2. Oh I love the lustfullness of this.. How that rain become that love. A great theme and many memorable phrases. Love it,

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  3. I enjoyed reading reflective memories invoked by rain, Grace. There is so much to remember of those long ago days.

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  4. This is such a romantic piece :D

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  5. Nice there is a beautiful simplicity to pebbles and shells over roses. A lovely intimacy and playful language in this as well. Have a lovely day Grace. I am spending mine among art and crafts at the market.

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  6. Little moments can sure bring back a flood of emotions

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  7. Some beautiful and arresting images..the opening verse is my favourite...at least those kisses are remembered if no longer present

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  8. A very sensual piece Grace. The rain can trigger and make some of our memories alive again.

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  9. love the stream of captivating images "nights bursting of fireflies" being the most favorite...

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  10. Oh this made me shivered. So eloquent

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  11. Good times bring back great memories. They are forever close to the heart and are not time constraints. Wonderful write Grace!

    Hank

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  12. Such an enticing and beautiful poem, I loved the imagery and the way the final line fell away.

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  13. such beautifully caught memories.. lovely.

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  14. Wow, your lyrical word choices make this an extra delight to read - so full of tangerine sky, nights bursting with fireflies, and that mistress moon. Loved this.

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  15. Love how this developed and the end is wonderful in words and style...

    Donna@LivingFromHappiness

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  16. this is lovely...I can feel a swell of love and sadness in these words...

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  17. This is so exquisite it begs to be read aloud ... softly, slowly and breathlessly. Beautiful!

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  18. There is always a special memory for each of us to hold onto of the best of our lives.

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  19. Love the feeling that a 'tangerine sky' evokes.

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  20. the rain has captured a moment for eternity...

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  21. I love the ending collapse of letters (and the way you hid "a liar" amidst the italics ... also these phrases:

    "into tangerine sky"

    "what can i give you
    of our times together
    but chains"

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  22. Summer will be more rewarding with love filled rain.

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  23. Lovers and rain are an interesting combo, well written.

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  24. steamy, Heaven, and I admire the final couplet's effect ~

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  25. You reminded me of how very much I love rain, the feel, smell, touch ~~~ nice.

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  26. "purring with nights bursting of fireflies" Oh, memories can be sweet torture...

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  27. So passionate, Grace...I can hear that gentle rain and feel the longing. Beautiful!

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  28. oooh, the chains and mistress part surprised me so much! sparkles with a devilish light - delightful.

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  29. Walking memory lane... I wonder if that can rekindle the fires recalled?

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  30. 'but chains
    silk velvet, fingered by mistress moon ' ~ like the best...and that kiss...melancholic and beautiful...

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  31. Like the style... and the poet :-)
    ZQ

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  32. some memories seem to stay alive forever - i have some that are as vivid as if it happened yesterday but it was years ago... loved esp. the.... there were no roses & chocolates
    but pebbles & seashells...

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  33. Love and memories.. Last only when it is felt and made with THE ONE. Sometimes, physical distance doesnt matter; for the heart connects!

    Nice

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  34. Your words are are as scorching as they are amazing.

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