Shaken by your beauty

                                       i am awakened by beauty

                                                          crystal flake & sunset -

                  tangerine bloom, speckled pink cheeks 

                                       i gaze, basking your scent  

                                                   shaken                        

      by joy, keenly taken

                                                   i speak     

                                       no words, as if lightning 

                         arrowed my tongue, piercing ruby-    

                             heart to burst into spring  

                                         you fall by the crackling coal fire 

          snow drift of seeds and pines -  

                         alabaster skin turning gold

                                         i dream that you are mine   

                            shaking  

like a leaf,  deep aching    

                            to fold    

                                         my arms are lengthening 

                 to cup your spires, hollows and flare

                            until there's us - ripening

Posted for OpenLinkNight of Imaginary Garden with Real Toads & Poets United

and Sunday's Challenge - based on form of  Robert Herrick's poem - To Daffodils

x x x x x x x a                                               Inspirational quote:
x x x x x b                                                    “You lethargic, waiting upon me,
x x x x x x x c                                               waiting for the fire and I, 
x x x x x b                                                     attendant upon you, shaken by your beauty.
x d                                                                  Shaken by your beauty.
x x x x x d                                                     Shaken."
x c                                                                 ~William Carlos Williams 
x x x x x e
x x x x x x x a
x x x x x e 

This year has been a productive year of writing for me.   I have written 132 for this blog, and another 176 in my other blog, a total of 309 for 2012.   Thank you for all the support and encouragement.   Happy New Year to all my blogger friends.

Still

the  pale blue evening sky inhales

excitement of midnight’s festive air 

orange red banners festoon the house,

brighter  than  the  night’s  starry  glow 

sparklers, blow horns, wine glasses,

sets the clock ticking closer to 12:00

the seconds leap from here  to tomorrow,

binding  our  embrace  checkered  tight

moments like these stitch our arms,
day and night, black and white, sun and moon

flickering  overhead  as   the  countdown  begins,

your lips bend close and savor my red wine lips

ever changing passage of new year’s cheer

still, never changing love on my tongue lingers

.

Happy New Year  !!!!

Posted for:    D'verse Poets Pub : Couplets for the New Year:   And for Poetics:   Endings and Beginnings, hosted by Mark Kerstetter.    

And Romantic Friday Writers:   ties that bind 

Update:   Thank you to Romantic Friday Writers for this award ~