Jim Slaughter Poet Free verse

Six Summer Nectarines

Six summer nectarines
Nestling snugly in a bowl,
Lovingly and caressingly
Selected and arranged there
As if by a lover's hand.
Cool, flawless skin,
Firm, sweet, succulent flesh,
Curiously sensuous cleft,
And lush fruity perfume
Awaken in me,
Suddenly,
Unpredictably,
A vaguely conscious semblance
Of forgotten longings
Unabated,
And remembered passions
Unfulfilled.

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Bill Baker September 14, 2023 at 10:22 PM Fruit can do that to you, Jim. I think that's why the Greeks lay around eating grapes all the time in old movies. :-) I liked your poem, my friend. A poet friend in Texas, Bill Jim Slaughter September 15, 2023 at 10:53 AM Thanks, Bill. Yes, grapes are quite healthy...but re the Greeks eating habits...perhaps they were just too lazy to stomp them into wine.

Silent One September 3, 2023 at 9:02 AM Jim my friend I hope you are well.. Its been a while... interesting poem here.. I am trying to picture your analogy here.. is this your harem of 6 lovely ladies? Just kidding.. you always make me think.. Jim Slaughter September 3, 2023 at 11:12 AM Thanks, S O. I wrote this piece a number of years ago, as I recall, and I don't think there is really an "analogy" here...and certainly, I do not have a "harem" with any number of "lovely ladies". This one is a bit weird for me, too, because I don't usually think about food in this way. Something must have set me off, but I can't imagine what it was at the time.

Ilene Bauer August 31, 2023 at 1:08 PM love this, jim! Jim Slaughter September 1, 2023 at 10:24 AM Thank you, Ilene. I'm not really sure where this one came from.