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Merely a Taste

Merely a taste… Why, when the world sleeps do the young starlings fly, black wings on a moonless night challenging winds of southern flow fighting urges forced by internal compass points to land where it is low and voices creep from behind misted shuttered windows, murmuring moans and tethered breaths, fingered flesh in candle flame, longing scraps to fill their bellies for hunger persists even in the throes of love, and they wait on silent branches, crooked beams of support wanting merely a taste…just one taste

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Darren White

Date: 5/29/2017 5:01:00 AM

PotD my friend, so wonderful :)

Chris Green
Date: 5/29/2017 8:46:00 AM

Thanks again my friend.

Carol B.

Date: 5/28/2017 11:39:00 PM

Chris, So happy to see that you received POTD. :)

Chris Green
Date: 5/29/2017 8:46:00 AM

Thank you so very much Carol.

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 5/28/2017 11:14:00 PM

This is so wonderful! I can see why it has been honored with POTD. Congratulations Chris! : ) 7

Chris Green
Date: 5/29/2017 8:46:00 AM

Thanks so very much Connie for your kind thoughts.

Alexis Y.

Date: 5/28/2017 11:07:00 PM

WoW! Chris, I absolutely loved this. It was so well written. Congratulations on getting the poem of the day. It was most definitely well deserved: -) Alexis

Chris Green
Date: 5/29/2017 8:45:00 AM

Thank you so very much my friend for always being so nice to me.

White Wolf

Date: 5/28/2017 11:00:00 PM

I love this, Chris! Well done and congrats mate!

Chris Green
Date: 5/29/2017 8:45:00 AM

Thanks so very much Rick.

Eve Roper

Date: 5/28/2017 8:38:00 PM

Congratulations on POTD, well deserved... :)

Chris Green
Date: 5/29/2017 8:45:00 AM

Thanks so much my friend.

Gregory Richard Barden

Date: 5/28/2017 7:13:00 PM

Very nicely done, Chris - love the imagery and metaphorical relationships in your phrasing! Well-deserved POTD - congrats!

Chris Green
Date: 5/29/2017 8:45:00 AM

Thanks so much Greg. I am happy you enjoyed this.

Joseph May

Date: 5/28/2017 1:29:00 PM

A metaphoric flight of passion...Congrats on POTD

Chris Green
Date: 5/29/2017 8:44:00 AM

Thanks so very much Joseph.

Daniel Turner

Date: 5/28/2017 10:22:00 AM

"One man's high is another's waste. I'm only preaching, 'cause I've had my taste." These lines are what your poem brings to mind. Congratulations on POTD.

Chris Green
Date: 5/29/2017 8:43:00 AM

Thanks so very much Daniel. I am happy you found something in this poem you liked.

Charlie Smith

Date: 5/28/2017 8:52:00 AM

Such is the life of youth, well done Chris, congratulations.

Chris Green
Date: 5/29/2017 8:43:00 AM

Ah, to be young again. :) Thanks so much Charlie.

Anne-Marie Coreggia

Date: 5/28/2017 7:59:00 AM

Congratulations on this well deserved PotD Chris; 'black wings on a moonless night' is how I will remember this wonderful poem:) Amitiés

Chris Green
Date: 5/29/2017 8:42:00 AM

Thank you so very much Anne Marie. I am thrilled you liked this one.

Paul Callus

Date: 5/28/2017 7:29:00 AM

My mind delves between the lines and clings to a metaphoric explanation based on needs and young love. You give freed rein to our imagination, Chris. ~ Congratulations on POTD. Regards // paul

Chris Green
Date: 5/29/2017 8:42:00 AM

Thanks so much Paul, I was hoping to unleash the imagination with this one.

Lisa Ricci

Date: 5/28/2017 6:46:00 AM

Good Morning Chris. Wow. This entry is very poetically expressive. I enjoyed how you ended the entry with the title. What a thought and what an expression. Congratulations on your entry being chosen POTD. Hope your weekend is going well. Marvelous poetry entirely. Now about those black wings and moonless nights...

Chris Green
Date: 5/29/2017 8:41:00 AM

:) Thank you Lisa for your nice thoughts and always leaving me a with a smile. I am happy you liked this one.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 5/28/2017 5:19:00 AM

- A touching but great written poem, Chris - Congratulations on yours p.o.t.d. - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Chris Green
Date: 5/29/2017 8:41:00 AM

Thanks so very much my friend for your nice comment

Akkina Downing

Date: 5/28/2017 5:04:00 AM

A creepy thing maybe but you made it sounds so beautiful :) Congratulation Chris in your awesome POTD... Have a fabulous Sunday :)

Chris Green
Date: 5/29/2017 8:40:00 AM

Thank you so very much Kina. I am happy you liked it.

Maria Williams

Date: 5/28/2017 5:01:00 AM

Back to congratulate you Chris, on POTD So well deserved..... Maria

Chris Green
Date: 5/29/2017 8:40:00 AM

Thanks again my friend. :)

Maria Williams

Date: 5/27/2017 9:34:00 PM

Beautiful imagery yet again. What a great picture you paint, 'Crooked beams of support', love that line. A super 7+ Maria

Chris Green
Date: 5/29/2017 8:39:00 AM

Thank you Maria for always being so nice to me.

Darren White

Date: 5/27/2017 7:50:00 AM

Silent branches are always a crooked means of support :) Will they hold you, giving you what you want, or do they brek down, and you need to find a new place to rest? It's a beautiful picture, and I can see them. Love tose birds.

Chris Green
Date: 5/29/2017 8:39:00 AM

Thank you so much Darren.

Sunlite Wanter

Date: 5/26/2017 6:04:00 PM

Almost sounds like the bats swarming out of Carlsbad at twilight.

Chris Green
Date: 5/29/2017 8:30:00 AM

Thanks so much Sunlite. I have been there to watch them at twilight, an amazing experience.