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Constanza

Your body is my sacred shrine
Its pilgrims are my seeking hands
My hungry lips traverse these lands

I worship you as though divine
No sacrifice I count as great
My only vow, your heart to sate

On lips, I spill my sweetest wine
The taste I take in burning kiss
You bless me with the touch of bliss

My fruit is yours on which to dine
I offer you the richest fare
My soul’s disrobed, my body bare

Our union mirrors the sublime
The galaxies explode in praise
This sacrament, we’ll keep always

Your body is my scared shrine
I worship you as though divine
On lips, I spill my sweetest wine 
My fruit is yours on which to dine
Our union mirrors the sublime

For Craig's Constanza Contest
November 18, 2017

Copyright © Eileen Manassian | Year Posted 2017

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Connie Marcum Wong Date: 12/9/2017 6:54:00 PM Eileen, you already know how much I love this poem. I am back to congratulate you on your high placement! Happy Holidays! : ) Login to Reply Eileen Manassian Date: 12/10/2017 10:50:00 PM Thank you, dear Connie. It's always a joy to write in your form.

Paul Callus Date: 12/8/2017 9:14:00 AM Back with congratulations, Eileen. Take care & hugs // paul Login to Reply Eileen Manassian Date: 12/10/2017 10:51:00 PM Thanks, dear Paul. Sending you lots of hugs! :)

Faye Gibson Date: 12/7/2017 3:41:00 PM Beautifully done, Eileen; congratulations on making the winner's list in Craig's contest, a true achievement. Login to Reply Eileen Manassian Date: 12/10/2017 10:51:00 PM Thank you, Faye. I also enjoyed your entry. Blessings.

John Hamilton Date: 12/6/2017 10:16:00 PM Well done Eileen, I enjoyed this sweet treat for all the senses, excellent in form, and cadence, congrats on a fine placement! Login to Reply Eileen Manassian Date: 12/10/2017 10:52:00 PM Thank you, John. I'm glad it resonated with you. That's a sweet compliment. Blessings.

David Mohn Date: 12/6/2017 10:08:00 PM wonderful Eileen...beautifully written! Login to Reply Eileen Manassian Date: 12/10/2017 10:52:00 PM Thank you! Congrats on your fine win.

Eve Roper Date: 12/6/2017 9:35:00 PM Beautiful, Eileen, your romantic writes are always magnificent. Congratulations on your win! Hugs Eve Login to Reply Eileen Manassian Date: 12/10/2017 10:50:00 PM Thank you, sweet Eve. I appreciate your kind comment and visit.

Line Gauthier Date: 12/6/2017 8:37:00 PM Excellent. Sensuously sublime, Eileen. Login to Reply Eileen Manassian Date: 12/10/2017 10:49:00 PM Thank you, dear. Kind of you to visit.

Craig Cornish Date: 12/6/2017 3:55:00 PM Hot Hot HOT----with perfect form! love it Eileen! Login to Reply Eileen Manassian Date: 12/10/2017 10:48:00 PM Thank you, Craig. Hot is how I roll! ;)

Gregory Richard Barden Date: 12/6/2017 3:32:00 PM So sensually divine and substantive, Eileen, with superb rhythm and rhyme, and a very thoughtful phrasing and story. I enjoyed this very much - congrats on your win! :-) <3 Login to Reply Eileen Manassian Date: 12/10/2017 10:48:00 PM Thank you, Greg. I enjoyed your piece very much. I've left a comment there. Blessings.

Richard Lamoureux Date: 11/21/2017 1:56:00 PM As always Eileen you brought the ooh la la! Login to Reply Eileen Manassian Date: 11/28/2017 3:57:00 PM I do try, my dear...I do try. Hugs

Paul Callus Date: 11/19/2017 9:14:00 AM You did very well with this form, Eileen, and I like the topic you chose. I posted my attempt a while ago, but miss the flow that usually accompanies my rhyming forms. Hugs // paul Login to Reply Eileen Manassian Date: 11/28/2017 3:57:00 PM Dear...I'm sure you were stupendous. Sending you hugs and thanks for making me feel that I've done well.

Connie Marcum Wong Date: 11/18/2017 9:53:00 PM This is very, very lovely Eileen! I am honored that you wrote a Constanza for the contest. I have to put this into my Faves! Sensual but elegantly tasteful, just what I love! Thank you Eileen. : ) p.s. The word Constanza means Constance which is my given name. Login to Reply Eileen Manassian Date: 11/19/2017 6:48:00 AM It's not my first one, dear. :) I've written one before for another contest. I won second place with my poem Constanza Weeps. I do love this form, and you should be so proud of yourself for coming up with something so original. Also, thank you that you said I handled the subject tastefully. That means a great deal to me. Hugs

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 11/18/2017 3:05:00 PM - Wooow, Eileen ... this is wonderful ... written with fire - Luck in the contest - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Login to Reply Eileen Manassian Date: 11/19/2017 6:49:00 AM Thanks, dear. I hope Craig finds it up to standard. Blessings...

Jan Allison Date: 11/18/2017 2:40:00 PM whooo hoo sensual and so romantic Eileen To me you will always be the Queen of passion!:-) good luck in the contest:-) hugs jan xx Login to Reply Eileen Manassian Date: 11/18/2017 3:03:00 PM Thanks, sweetie! Love and passion ooze from every pore. ;) Hugs, dear.