on afternoons like this

artwork by mahood sabzi

on afternoons like this

it's warm enough to quiet heavy thoughts

and steamy enough for a deliverance of the soul 

you take liberties with me

but i don't back away

because i love the way you want me

yes, i admit it

i adore the upside down world you showed me

even after i turn it right side up 

you see through the latticework facade i created

to confuse the rest of the world

you are not perplexed

instead you are fascinated

and really so am i

on afternoons like this

Reviews

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

Great art and poetry meet. Brilliant merging into an eloquent, seductive, elegant write. Lydi, your words paint the geisha face behind the latticework, opening lace curtains to her love. “I love the way you want me”-on a warm and intoxicating ‘afternoon like this’. Your beautiful words and imagery bring us there and we want to stay forever. Kudos!

[Lydia Shutter]

Thank you, Annette. Lydi**

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

You are very welcome Lydi!

[Coyote Poetry]

The words and the artwork danced to perfection. I felt the need and the joy in the words. I liked the positive energy of the amazing words. Thank you dear Lydia for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Lydia Shutter]

Once again, I thank you. I appreciate your review. Lydi**

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome dear Lydia.

[barleygirl]

I love your title - simple but powerful. Your message seems to be delivered in a topsy-turvy way, going this way & that way, as if two people are literally rolling around together in exploration & delight. It's as if your words are reveling in the sensations (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Lydia Shutter]

Isn't love all about exploration and delight? :) Thanks, Margie. Always appreciate your reviews. Lydi**

[emmajoy]

'.. you see through the latticework facade i created - to confuse the rest of the world.. '

This opens the door to a touch of magic - or few, Lydi. Super sweet language laid oh so passionately yet -with your usual delightfully subtle words. If one could bottle your kind of love, how happily drunk we'd be!

[Lydia Shutter]

Ah, but Emma, we must all bottle our own special potent potable in life. Every person has love inside. They need to embrace it. Thank you for this lovely review. Lydi**

[Einstein Noodle]

abolutely a brilliant turn on Lydia! ;) such a short, complete setting scene and delivery .. i am a satisfied, in every way reader! especially like the woman's perspective ... the timing just right ...the warmth after winter perhaps ...barriers let go ... her honest vulnerability laid bare .. "..latticework facade..." adds a breathtaking delicacy to our weak attempts to hide in public ... and he is fascinated not perplexed ... wow! such good poetry ma'am ... top notch says i! your closing is as warm and comfortable as a quilt for a chill ... did i say i really like this one ;))))))))
E.

[Lydia Shutter]

And I say a big "thank you" to you, E. You made my morning special! I appreciate you. Lydi**

[Chris Shaw]

You always find such appropriate artwork to post with your lines Lydi**. Your afternoons like this, transported me somewhere else. Deliciously so, and I languished there enjoying and remembering some moments of my own. Beautifully penned, such a warm, uplifting write. Thank you.

Chris

[Lydia Shutter]

Glad I could take you on a time machine ride, Christine! Thanks for the review. Always appreciated. Lydi**

[Kelly Scheppers]

Your opening and closing lines being the same are the main attraction for me. It's not such an easy thing to do, and I've always admired it in a poem. How wonderful it was, to languish in the warmth of afternoons like this, with poetry and the embellishment of artwork that's always top notch!

So good to have you back, Lydi!

[Lydia Shutter]

These days I have little time to post and review. I appreciate every review I get though, that's true always. Thanks very much, Kelly. Lydi**

[Another Relic]

You have a warm and romantic use of a style that is inviting and comfortable to read. Your use of the same line for the beginning and end is nice. It's kind of like a feeling that doesn't stray and remains strong.

[Lydia Shutter]

Thank you, Sun. Lydi**

[redzone]

a day like this, a love, a friendship, all can be or are a disturbance in the world around us Lydi... it leaves us light headed or giddy, and definitely in a world turned upside down... your poem reminds me of the Diana Ross song "Upside Down"... goes, "upside down boy you turn me, inside out and round an d round"... come on Lydi, time to dance... lol... which of course is my way of saying what a "NICE" poem Lydi...

[Lydia Shutter]

Love that song...but you knew I would. Yes, always time to dance through the words and music. I appreciate your "nice" comments. LydI**

[Ken Simm.]

Such words. On afternoons like this. Such a lovely languid poem of afternoon delight. Takes me well into memories.

[Lydia Shutter]

Thank you very much, Ken. Lydi**