Dalliance

Be mindful where you walk.
Some of these hills
are full of things best left unsaid.

Here things grow wild

that cut and stab--

roses that never bloom.

In my mind,

honeysuckle is sweeter

and lacks the thorns.

If you will not be deterred

By stings and nettles and bites

come along, then,
follow the deer path
straight up past the scrub cedars
and the tired, old oak.
I'll be at the creek
toes bare

in the cool, clear water--
waiting.

Dalliance

is best shared.

 

Reviews

[KUFU]

I love to dilly dally...usually gets me in trouble though with some authoritarian type, but you, you wait with:

"toes bare
in the cool, clear water--"

...how accommodating. The civility of this piece is what draws me in. You write this as if to say, "even though summer is fading fast, we can still kick back and enjoy the sublime re-freshingness of Fall, And laze away the extended dusk in the cool shade of an Autumnal glade"...OK that was way too rhymee...hehe, but the peace of this poem is quite refreshing.
This poem reads like the intentions of an Oriental Rock Garden or reflecting pool. Calm, serene, beautiful.
A delight to read.

[Southern Cross]

"Dalliance
is best shared". No truer words were ever spoken..simply beautiful, as always

[Shmoke-Sifted Heftlande..]

oh man, this is beautiful..it speaks volumes..brevity is wit of soul
but this is nothing trivial, at all!
Love you Emily..this is amazing

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Really very engaging, I felt as if I was there somewhere experiening an a solitary episode of dalliance with a thorny bush. You have such an accessible yet sophisticated style and I like the size and format of your writing also.

[bob, small b. aka invs]

the dalliance sounds inviting. what a wonderful word. like another of my favorite words, meander. perhaps a meander would be a fine dalliance.

[Wondering Mind]

What a lovely word of a title.. a poem in itself. Indeed, I dare share dalliance inspite of.....A wonderful one among the others.

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

love this Emily as if the forest has ears and tells secrets..also love your last line , a word seldom used dalliance ..

Chloe

[Narnie]

Oh that word... dalliance and a dance through your mind, life, inside outside... lovely.

[Tony]

Even after a year since my first comments on this piece, I still feel the gentle calling of a flirtatious invitation. Yes, it is best to surround ourselves within the sweet honeysuckle, than to be thrown amongst the roses thorns. I love this piece Sweet Emily. Bare toes and all. LOL

Tony

[AK]

Oh my...
What a lovely thing to read!

[Alicante lullaby]

wonderful...i'll be coming back to it again and again...refreshing..something that you find yourself in.