what is as fascinating?

artwork by steve henderson

what is as fascinating as yearning?

perhaps you are now warmed by the fire started inside

entwined in silken scarves of metaphoric mastery

our tongues will dance

turning first cheeks, then chest

cotton candy pink

but that amorous heat will cool

my welcoming arms will be but a memory

of a half forgotten tale

just as the summer sun fades when autumn leaves fall

another will capture your thoughts

because truly, my love

what is as captivating as desire?

Reviews

[redzone]

summer may fade into autumn, and autumn fade into winter, but your pen yearns for creativity and a desire to write poetry, in the same way as I yearn to see one of your poems and desire to devour the words you place on the page and always so very 'nice'... just as winter desires to be spring.... oh, and no metaphors were harmed in this yearning desire... ;0)

it really is a wonderfully "nice" poem Lydi... glad you shared it...

[Lydia Shutter]

Hope my words don't give you indigestion when you devour them! I mean, they may look "nice", but you just never know, do ya? :) Thanks so much, Curt. I always appreciate your wonderful reviews. Lydi**

[redzone]

maybe it's the cast iron stomach, but no indigestion here, just a tasty bowl of Lydi's poetic soup... it's good for whatever ails you.... to borrow from one of Dicken's famous characters, "MORE PLEASE"!!! ;0)

[Lydia Shutter]

:) thanks, curt.

[Cassie]

I also honestly do not understand what is more captivating than desire

[Lydia Shutter]

Cassie, thanks so much for finding this one from a year ago! Lydi***

[Paul Bell]

No desire, no candy.
I want you for the night, but close the door behind you in the morning when you leave.
For today is another to play, and who knows, you may captivate my desire.

[Lydia Shutter]

Quite the comments, Paul! :) Thanks for the visit. Lydi**

[Einstein Noodle]

brilliant Lydia! i think you are simply masterful ..the way your poem pulls me in at the start ... inspiring my own memories and feelings of yearning and in the very next line turn up the heat .,.love it ma'am .. and the turn with cooling ... capped by the irony of being replaced by desire ... just brilliant says i! and most of all... your speaker holds no bitterness that i sense ... well done .. top notch poetry of love and loving

[Lydia Shutter]

No room for bitterness in my poetry, sir. Nope....love is always worthwhile if you ask me. Thank so much for the review, E. Lydi**

[Einstein Noodle]

yes it is!! i so agree ... will dive off the cliff any time ... its all about the ride right?!

[Lydia Shutter]

You know it, E!

[Neville]

This could so very easily have been a Friday nighter Lydi** but I checked and no. it was a Monday... no wonder my weekend just flew... perfectly penned as always.. Neville:)

[Lydia Shutter]

By now you know, Neville, my favorite genre of poetry is romance. Any day will do! :) Thank you so much for the review. Lydi**

[Neville]

as always, always a pleasure Lydi** :) N

[barleygirl]

Your poem reminds me of summers growing up at the lake where there was a new attraction each summer, but at summer's end, melancholy sets in, as everyone goes home for the season. You nail my main addiction: how captivating is desire? It was all about the longing . . . it would be someone new the next summer, but the longing was the same! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Lydia Shutter]

I once heard someone say, "Men desire women and women desire that desire!" I think that is absolutely true. Thank you, Margie. Your reviews mean a lot to me. Lydi**

[barleygirl]

I'm not saying this to plug my book, but I wanted to write a love story that's all about the longing & not so much about the fulfilling. To me, the desire makes the story, so why jump into carnal fulfillment like many stories do? I'm just talking out loud here . . . love this poem & what you're saying! Can't believe your message sticks even more in my mind a year later.

[Lydia Shutter]

Wow, you went back to a poem from a year ago....thank you so much, Margie. Lydi**

[barleygirl]

This was in my newsfeed, so of course I checked it out again! *smile*

[Lydia Shutter]

I have no clue how that happens!

[barleygirl]

If someone on my friend's list reviews you, it shows up in my newsfeed . . . so someone else was digging around in your archives & I benefited by getting to see this one again!

[Lydia Shutter]

Ah, mystery solved!

[kentuck14]

Yes . . . yearning. Have you noticed how yearning changes as we get older? I believe I will post a poem that speaks to this idea in your poem.

By the way, Lydia, this sounds like Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Tom

[Lydia Shutter]

Wow, that is quite the compliment. Thank you so much, Kentuck...and, yes, yearning does change as we age. Really, everything does. Lydi**

[Miss Sharon]

(just as the summer sun fades when autumn leaves fall another will capture your thoughts because truly, my love what is as captivating as desire?) Beautifully written as per your forte my dear friend! It is good to "read you" again. ~Sharon

[Lydia Shutter]

Hi Sharon! Nice to see your smiling face on my page. Thank you! Lydi**

[Ken Simm.]

what indeed? I love your takes on Romance Lydi. So soft, gentle and almost gossamer.

[Lydia Shutter]

Thank you, Ken. Lydi**

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

A sensational poem, of the fires of desires and when they fade perhaps. Awesomely expressed and breezy. Kudos.


Plz Pleez do comment/review my newest poem too

[Lydia Shutter]

I appreciate your review. I was out of the country, but will read your words soon. Lydi*

[emmajoy]

As ever always you touch parts of the mind that other writers cannot, Lydi and with great subtlety and finesse. Somehow you juggle phrases til they fall into your safe hands and make readers - certainly myself, to sigh at your skill. Tis more than skin deep - it comes from your heart.. ..

[Lydia Shutter]

You are such a sweetheart, Emma. Thank you for this lovely review. My words are written by my heart...always. Lydi**