I Live To Tell

....a Friday Night poem for a friend....

Note: some years ago a few friends would write and post what we called "Friday Night Poem", sensual/sexy poems to each other, sometimes in collaboration, sometimes just to each other.... this poem is one such poem...

I Live To Tell

 

 

under a Venus speaking

sky, my morning lips

        kiss your haiku flavored thighs

 

“A man can tell a thousand lies...,”

yet there is no lie in this:

my heart resides

within the eddies

and ocean tides

of your seductive smile.

Swirling amidst mint green

and springtime mists

while lazing on

this imagined coral reef,

I am pulled willingly

toward your out-stretched finger tips,

awaiting the outlined

tremble of your lips.

 

Mi corazon te pertenece, Amada mia.

 

Tu, mi rubi español,

eres encontrada entre el calor

del invierno;

tu corazon palpita

entre mis suenos de haiku

y brisas de sol rayado

--- dreams breaking down

this masculine resistance

with the poetry of your lips.

Spanish Ruby,

mi corazon te pertenece sola.

 

The chocolate almond tone

of your skin

entices a dance from my lips

that drink the sweet, sweet dew

of your flowering youth.

I listen to the Andean sighs

soaring from your Ecuadorian shores.

Amor mio, quiero

el tango libre te tu cuerpo.

Amor mio, te quiero.

Escuchas el palpito de mi corazon?

 

Speak to me with a haiku dawn

full of springtime butterflies

and gentle rain-forest mist.

Speak to me of your kisses

as you stand amongst

the morning valley bromeliads,

under a Venus speaking sky.

Besame demasiado, Amor mio!

Besame,  mi cantico español!

Escuchas el palpito de mi corazon?

 

 

“A man can tell a thousand lies…,”

yet there is no lie in this: 

 

Amante mia, mi corazon camina

despasio y lento; it resides

within the eddies

and ocean tides

of your seductive smile.

 

 

Your Ecuador heart

dances within haiku dreams

kissing ruby skies

 

7.30.12

Author's Note

...thank you for reading...

Reviews

[The Blind Ronin]

Thruttle me trussocks.
Which I know you understand too well.
Not only do you write with a wonderfully erotic beauty, but a blissful romanticism that reduces the reader to a heap as memories flood back. Wonderful poetry masterfully done.

[redzone]

Master Ronin, this young samurai does not deserve your words and kindness, but I thank you for giving them... aaahh, Master, your trussocks are showing... lol...

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn..]

Redzone,

because my wife of 49 years was Hispanic (Tex-Mex), this piece of wonderfully romantic Poetry speaks volumes to my grieving and ever mourning heart that lost her to COVID January 7th, 2022 ... Thank you for sharing ...

Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

[redzone]

thank you Marvin for your kind words.... so sorry for your loss... she will reside in your heart forever my friend...

[Sami Khalil]

Whoeeee! Hot, steamy, seductive with a great Spanish flavor. Romance is oozing out from all pores.
I like the Mi Corazon, my heart.
You are waxing romantic Redzone.

[redzone]

Thanks Sami.... I like "waxing romantic" and am happy you enjoyed reading this poem...

[Sami Khalil]

Yes siiiirrrr. You are welcome my friend.

[Lisasview]

Wow, wee... amazing thoughts went into this poem...and, I who am from California and recently moved to Spain (with no connections here!) really relate to the words..
Amazing that you had a connection with other poets on another site... Am I envious...well, probably because I only just recently started posting and so wish i had started this many years ago..
Ah, well as they say...it is never too late..
Lisa, now forever in Spain

[redzone]

hi Lisa (forever in Spain), no, never too late.... never too late to create, to write, to share poetry, to just live life as fully as possible...

I am happy you have enjoyed these words of mine, it is always good to hear your views and to thank you for coming to read what I have written... and for leaving a little bit of yourself as well...

[Lisasview]

Hi there,
Back home after a long, long day out doing a ton of errands...
What is so great for me is posting my work...hidden away for years... finally now...and then writing more..
Thank you so much for you comments,
Lisa

[Lydia Shutter]

You know I was the one who started the "Friday Night Writes" at that other site and that is the title of my new book as well. You had me at haiku flavored skies! I noticed you mentioned "Spanish Ruby". There was a poet named Ruby on that other site. She and I often wrote together. The Spanish lines in this poem add to the desire and romance. Your words sway and fall into each other. Curt, this one is a winner....and ogh so very nice. Lydi**

[redzone]

I knew it was you who started those "Friday Night Writes" and have read and enjoyed your book very much... as you mentioned she was one of the poets who joined in on these writes used the pen name "Spanish Ruby" to sign them.... she was a talented young woman and I remember that several times you two collaborated to write one to me (wish I would have kept it).... this poem was written for and to her... it was all fun for a while until that poetry page started to go bad after the original administrator passed away.... a shame too, as there were some really nice people and good poets there... I'm glad you liked the poem Lydi, thank you for your encouraging words