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Once Is Enough

Oh for pity's sake put some clothes on, the bracing air will steal your breath.. and I need you to stand and stay strong. Cold comfort thrills from your chill touch help me recall why I adore you so... A chin of the ages rests on my shoulder in sweet affection, two arms encircle my world in every direction. Redtail hawk riding a thermal looks down.. what caught its gaze I wonder.. Will the day lend a hand through a pestering cloud, or roll its eyes in thunder? Such a fine firebrand you've stoked, as I shave my face and call your bluff., Wishing the once would last forever.. though once was more than enough.

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Peter Rees

Date: 4/26/2021 9:52:00 AM

Once was more than enough. Love it. Some super wording , thought-provoking too. Thank you.

Sandra L. Weiss

Date: 3/21/2021 3:56:00 PM

Your writing is always inspiring, Richard. Perfectly touched with emotion, and beautifully poetic.

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 3/2/2021 7:19:00 AM

Enjoyed the poem, off to read your blog. ;0)

Quoth Theraven
Date: 3/2/2021 11:07:00 PM

Richard, Thanks, the smiles we make are the ones we take. Though this poem is a complete fabrication, doesn't mean the hawk flew any less higher. -Richard

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 2/26/2021 4:44:00 AM

This wonderful poem is a fine example of your talent Richard, and your ability to move one with emotions. Your talent inspires my friend. I am putting this work of art in my faves! I loved it! Blessings xxoo

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/27/2021 12:06:00 PM

Hello Connie, First off, thankyou for reading my meandering musing from a mischievous head and a dented heart. Now if you would grant me one wish; perhaps you would care to read a really wonderful poem. It's from an earlier time from a storybook and sometimes sordid romance. Read by a husband to a woman he married..twice. I posted the poem in my first ever blog today. -Richard

Juliet Ligon

Date: 2/25/2021 9:22:00 AM

Great descriptions. I love this!

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/27/2021 11:50:00 AM

Hi Juliet, I thank you for that. -Richard

Jan Allison

Date: 2/23/2021 2:59:00 PM

romance nature and a liberal sprinkling of wit here Richard!:-) hugs jan xx

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/23/2021 7:33:00 PM

Thank you Jan, same goes for your comment. We should all thank our lucky stars for the ones that made us smile. -Richard

Linda Alice Fowler

Date: 2/23/2021 10:11:00 AM

A very fine write Richard. I love your ending two lines. :) Linda

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/23/2021 7:36:00 PM

Hi Linda, Thank you for reading my poem. I'm thinking., maybe I'll grow a beard now. -Richard Reply

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 2/23/2021 9:31:00 AM

"Creative" Is your write, a write within a write?????? Have a blessed day writing away.................

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/23/2021 2:22:00 PM

Hi Paula, Aha! What a stimulating comment. Reminded me of Poes's poem. "Is all that we see or seem ~~~ But a dream within a dream?" -EAP

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 2/22/2021 3:31:00 PM

hmmm, not sure I exactly get what is going on. It seems almost like she is a ghost!! But I sure do love the feel of this one!!

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/22/2021 8:51:00 PM

Andrea, Ghost? No. A redtail hawk that offered up freedom? Maybe. I couldn't understand why a woman found a man shaving so sensual. But there are so many things I don't understand. -Richard

Beata Agustin

Date: 2/22/2021 1:04:00 AM

Thanks for sharing this enigmatic muse of yours... making me read and reread it for comprehension. Thanks likewise for your uplifting comments. God bless you.

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/22/2021 8:35:00 PM

Beata, Thank you. And please, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. He is as frail as anyone ever was. -Richard

Robert Pettit

Date: 2/21/2021 5:05:00 PM

Great descriptiveness and rhyming here. This writing is quite an accomplishment.

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/22/2021 8:32:00 PM

Robert, Thank you, I really appreciate the comment. -Rich

Paul Callus

Date: 2/21/2021 2:42:00 AM

People would say 'once is enough', as if saying 'never again'...but yours is an expression of total gratitude and contentment, Richard. This delightful poem merits a fav! Regards // paul

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/21/2021 12:57:00 PM

Paul, So glad to see this comment. I like your interpretation of the special foreverness in once even better. It remains divisible by all numbers, and lucky if you find it. And so I choose to believe., and hold it special. Happy Sunday wishes, Spring is finally in the air -Richard

Gershon Wolf

Date: 2/20/2021 8:56:00 PM

Wow! Double-wow! Now this is a poem!! Romance, scenery, wit, and a denouement to ponder. FAVE time for me, Richard. Thank you, Gershon

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/21/2021 12:38:00 PM

Greetings Gershon, My thanks, cheers and praise to you on this fine day. Perhaps my niece will read from the book of Esther later this week. And I hope yours is blessed with festive warmth. -Richard

Eve Roper

Date: 2/20/2021 8:26:00 PM

I love the imagery in the first stanza, " Redtail hawk riding a thermal looks down.. what caught its gaze I wonder.."

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/20/2021 8:38:00 PM

Eve, Thank you for seeing it; the redtailed truth. You discovered the only mystery that really ever mattered once in life. -Richard

Mystic Rose Rose

Date: 2/20/2021 9:25:00 AM

Sometimes that first searing touch is already too much, and other times its all you will ever need. Nicely written, cryptic in all the right place, it leaves the poet to fill in its own spaces . Thank you for sharing Richard.

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/20/2021 6:54:00 PM

Mystic Rose n Pixie Dust, Thoroughly love all of your aliases, all of your comments too. You have such a way with words. -Richard

Judy Ball

Date: 2/20/2021 9:15:00 AM

Hmmmm And then again sometimes Once Is Too Much. Enough Already. This is a poem that makes the reader think. You can buid your own story around it. Good job. God Bless, JB.

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/20/2021 6:48:00 PM

Judy, Thanks, I've never once looked at a shower the same. Do have a nice evening, won't you? -Richard

Dm Babbit

Date: 2/19/2021 6:47:00 AM

Ah well done but really? Is once ever enough?

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/19/2021 7:57:00 PM

DM, If it is everything, the only thing, who could want for more? Je t'adore, je t'adore, je t'adore! -Richard

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 2/18/2021 11:17:00 PM

Now that is an intriguing poem. Much to think about. ~~

Quoth Theraven
Date: 2/19/2021 6:17:00 AM

Victor, Wink...the ferryman will earn his coins. But it will not be today. -R