Moonlight and Musket Fire: The Poem That Made Me a Poet
Somewhere between the flicker of candlelight and the gallop of ghostly hoofbeats, I fell in love—with poetry. The very first poem that stirred something primal in me, that made my chest ache and my breath catch, was Alfred Noyes’ The Highwayman. I was young—too young to fully grasp the eroticism, the fatalism, the wild, wind-tossed […]
The One
I saw you from across the roomExuding masculine energyFrom your granite jaw and gunmetal eyes.Every woman’s eyes were on youAs you strode through the room,Looking for the one you’d make happy tonight. Your steely eyes captured each gaze, one at a time,One bee seeking one specific flower.Onlytheone.You knew what you wantedand would not settle. My […]
Kindle
I strike a match—a flicker.Possibility crackles in the air;a sparkdances between usbefore the flame catches. Eyes meet.Heat rises—a silent pulse,a force older than the sunpulls us in. My breath catches.Inches feel like milesjust beforethe touch of fingertipsor the brush of lips,the space betweenheavy with the scentof desire— a breath held,on the edgeof touch.
A Literary Flirtation
He sits sprawled,in his usual overstuffed chair.Pretending to read,but watching her instead. She types him in quiet stanzas,eyes lowered.She peers through her lashesmemorizing every detail Every glance he stealsis a line borrowedfrom the poem in her heartand the margins of her longing. He reads herin sidelong silences,lips twitching at the cornersdecoding ellipses where words should […]