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Fabric - Lace

Promises of passion, my urgings unspoken, a glamorous gossamer garb. Sexy, sultry, shameless, I'm luxurious lace: enticing and ethereal. - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 November 2017 Entered in the "Knit Your Fabric" contest, sponsored by Nette Onclaud. (5th Place)

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Paul Callus

Date: 11/19/2017 1:59:00 PM

Leather was good, John, but lace is definitely better:) Congrats on your fine win. Regards // paul

Susan Ashley

Date: 11/18/2017 7:56:00 AM

Returning to congratulate you John on your fine win with your excellent and beautifully written poem!

John Michaels
Date: 11/18/2017 1:02:00 PM

Thank you so much, Susan. Your kind comments are always appreciated! Regards, John.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/15/2017 3:13:00 PM

Congrats, John. It's nice to see this one again.

John Michaels
Date: 11/18/2017 1:02:00 PM

Thanks, Andrea - much appreciated! Regards, John.

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 11/15/2017 12:12:00 PM

Especially black lace which lends an air of romance to any woman who wears it! I loved your entry John! Congratulations on your placement! : )

John Michaels
Date: 11/15/2017 12:49:00 PM

Hi Connie. Interesting that you mention colours, because one of my draft lines concerned "shameless, shocking, scarlet" (but it had to go, unfortunately)! Thanks for your kind comments. All the best, John.

James Inman

Date: 11/14/2017 7:35:00 AM

Beautifully said John.

John Michaels
Date: 11/15/2017 2:34:00 AM

Thank you, James. Regards, John.

Eve Roper

Date: 11/13/2017 2:16:00 PM

Excellent write, John , congratulations on your win Hugs Eve ~`*

John Michaels
Date: 11/15/2017 2:34:00 AM

Thanks so much, Eve. I appreciate your kind comments. Regards, John.

Nette Onclaud

Date: 11/13/2017 11:03:00 AM

teasingly beautiful and i like the word' shameless..' i'll have that lace anytime, john... sending my cheery congrats and thanking you for a wonderful entry, john

John Michaels
Date: 11/13/2017 1:28:00 PM

Thanks for your kind comments (and for the contest). Regards, John.

Susan Ashley

Date: 11/11/2017 8:34:00 PM

Wow John! This write is fantastic! I love this racy personification of lace... artistically provocative and beautifully expressed. Excellent and enjoyed. Good luck in the contest but already a winner with me!

John Michaels
Date: 11/12/2017 7:00:00 AM

Thanks so much for your kind feedback - really pleased you enjoyed it. All the best, John.

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 11/11/2017 6:04:00 PM

Oh, I REALLY like this one, JOhn. I guess it's the woman in me. I go more for lace than for leather! But both are very sexy and I think this was your better choice in the contest as well.

John Michaels
Date: 11/12/2017 7:00:00 AM

Thanks, Andrea. Glad you liked it (and that I made the correct choice). Kind regards, John.

Agnes Krampe

Date: 11/11/2017 4:56:00 PM

I don't think it matters for this personification of lace - a female poet IS not a piece of fabric any more than a male one :) And anyway, isn't that part of being a poet? One of the first thing they teach is the reader should never assume the "I" of the poem and the poet are the same.

John Michaels
Date: 11/12/2017 6:59:00 AM

Thanks, Agnes... very true! Kind regards, John.

Agnes Krampe

Date: 11/11/2017 7:03:00 AM

Lots of associations with lace, love it. Great personification.

John Michaels
Date: 11/11/2017 7:10:00 AM

Thanks, Agnes! Hopefully it doesn't matter that I'm a bloke and this is a female-PoV piece... we shall see. All the best, John.