nature sequence #3

[The Wanderer]

the smile
on your lips, motionless
now quiver
like a mountain, torched

snow caps -- glowing blankets
of piqued flames, perched
upon Aphrodite's reign

as waves of God, flood
thru valleys, flushed
with ivory stain

eyes, exotic tigers at hunt
sprawled, upon a scattered trace of light
in ravines of hot darkness
revealing the great wild cat,
stalked, thru the scented floral maze
as the shadows lick the sun from her fur
the veiled orange flame thrashes against the night

 

[foray]

"ivory stain" - that's a twist.

"as the shadows lick the sun from her fur" - I'm getting two meanings here, not sure if it's intended. The shadows being on the one hand protectful yet very menacing. Interesting.

Tyger Tyger burning bright,
In the forests of the night

foray

 

[BabyGrace]

the more I read this, the more it grows on me. everytime I read something of yours, it seems like it must be my favourite. this is gorgeous and sensual, yet menacing at the same time

I love it

 

[ACROB@T]

snow caps -- glowing blankets
of piqued flames, perched

as the shadows lick the sun from her fur
the veiled orange flame thrashes against the night

..always like the imaginative paths you take your poetry down and the small details that are quietly mixed in..great read

 

[zooropamanda]

your poetry has always been so sensual
this is a perfect example of it, even though it brings out different themes perhaps nothing to do with anything sensual at all, but its always there.
sensual and almost erotic at times.

wonderful

 

[Basstrap]

I cannot explain how much I love it when people include such great references to nature in their writing.

Keep it up!