Le Beso Grande

my muse is
beautiful in
my eyes but
not perhaps
for everybody

but every body
has its own
appeal so
as i need
not peel

my fruit to taste
and take lingu
istic pleasure
i cunningly
among us

listen to her 
dangling
parti
ciples
and

wait for it
to come
to its
own
fru

ition but've often
wondered why
when women
write say 
she sup

posing to be their
muse why not 
a he who
breathes
breath

with a lock
ed lip inspir
ational kiss
which may
make

a poem
of love
and 
or of
death
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020


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Date: 4/19/2022 3:29:00 PM
I found so much beauty in this writing. A true tribute to the lucious flowers of the earth and the impressions they leave on so many.
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Jeff Connelly
Date: 4/19/2022 8:39:00 PM
Thank you so much Gayle for commenting. I would write this poem totally different now. The title should properly be "el beso grande"; tit for tat. BUT the true question to be answered is, "Do women artists have a male or female muse?" Since this poem was written years ago before all these proper pronouns, I'd love to read a poem that could express a non-gender muse; no matter gay or straight, the literal mouth to mouth transference of inspiration is no doubt sexual. Thanks again Gayle.
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