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OH, DEFECTS, DIVINE! Oh, fabulous fallibilities! You, so perfectly imperfect ... Like a rill in the rain, Its path unestablished 'til the sky opens, Yet its purpose is pure ... Even before the drops' mistral dance - The supplication of life, Sating a thirsty vale ... In its twisting, indirect fashion. But all droughts are not such, My hunger is for YOU ... So exquisitely flawed, So sublimely set apart, thus: The coy, crimped tilt of your smile, shining ... Dark cocoa eyes, Tainted with flashes of copper ... Strands of platinum tarnish in honey hair ... A shapely eyebrow, not quite its twin ... Smooth, sexy, petite little feet, With big toes just a wee bit shorter than the next ... Mole, subtly set above your bow lips, But far to one side ... Deliciously-placed back dimples, One that dips a bit more softly than the other When catching moonlight, just SO ... And your birthmark, Shaped irregular as the crescent moon, In a sacred place very few have ever discovered. BUT YOUR WHISPER ... That supremely sensual sound from the depths of you, A stirring, libidinous moan of nothings, sweet, With a trembling, musical interlude ... Fiery-fresh lips pressed tender to my ear, The warm, sexy sighs suffuse my blood and body, Carried on your breath, soft as saffron ... Oh, those raw, unpolished murmurings slay me, true, Through-and-through with exquisite energy! All these errs and human frailties - All the naive irregularities and blemishes, So elegantly designed by the hand of The Creator To be impeccably inexact ... For should those features be of finished form, Heaven itself would dim its light ... In want for fair comparison. Alas, you are so imperfectly perfect, And I, the fortuitous fool for your sublime insufficiencies ... OH, DEFECTS, DIVINE! * SECOND PLACE in the "Whisper Sweet Nothings" Poetry Contest, Julie Leigh Rodeheaver, Sponsor. *

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Sonia Walker

Date: 11/23/2017 5:56:00 AM

Gregory, congratulations on your placement. You have given a new meaning to imperfect with such beautiful descriptions. ~ Sonia

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 11/23/2017 7:58:00 AM

I'm so happy you enjoyed it, Sonia - thank you so much! :-)

Jan Allison

Date: 11/21/2017 5:36:00 PM

Beautifully sensual Greg, :-) Congrats on your win:-) hugs Jan xx

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 11/21/2017 5:50:00 PM

I'm very glad you liked it, Jan ... thanks so much, my friend! Blessings! :-) <3

Frances Schiavina

Date: 11/20/2017 10:01:00 AM

Congratulations Gregory on your masterful sensuous poem.

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 11/21/2017 1:53:00 AM

That's very kind of you, Frances - blessings and thanks, my friend! :-)

Line Gauthier

Date: 11/19/2017 10:15:00 PM

Beautifully marvellously sensuous poem, Gregory. Well done.

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 11/21/2017 1:52:00 AM

Thank you very kindly, Line, I'm glad you enjoyed this one! Blessings! :-) <3

Edward Mccall

Date: 11/19/2017 2:21:00 PM

Hello Gregory: Congratulation on your well deserved win. What you have written here is the embodiment of every man who has love more deeply than another could imagine. Thank you for sharing such a splendid and heart felt write.

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 11/21/2017 1:51:00 AM

What a wonderful comment, Edward, and I so appreciate your kindness! Yes - love goes FAR beyond the surface, and if only we could see EVERYone with the eyes of a lover ... how beautiful a world we would create then! Blessings, Friend! :-)

Maureen Mcgreavy

Date: 11/19/2017 9:39:00 AM

Back with congratulations my friend :) xomo!

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 11/21/2017 1:48:00 AM

Thanks so much, Mo - I greatly appreciate it! :-)

Russell Sivey

Date: 9/11/2017 4:23:00 AM

What a write!! This is an incredible and intoxicating poem my friend! So sensuous in every drop, it oozes the sweat of ecstasy in every angle! I REALLY loved this tremendous piece this morning (I know you wrote it yesterday but I had a ton of homework to do then), what a brilliant poem, Great Work!!

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 9/14/2017 4:21:00 AM

Glad you enjoyed it, Russell, and you once again made me smile - you are too kind, Buddy! I owe you an email, which I will get to soon. Blessings dear friend!

John Hamilton

Date: 9/10/2017 12:17:00 PM

Reminds me of John Legends line your perfect imperfections, in All of me. Very sensual, you are the master of detailed imagery, we can all visualize this person in our minds eye. Another beauty of a write Greg!

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 9/14/2017 4:20:00 AM

I don't know it but will check it out - he is a superb musician! Thank you, my friend! :-)

Maureen Mcgreavy

Date: 9/10/2017 9:42:00 AM

Hot. Stuff. ;) xomo!

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 9/14/2017 4:19:00 AM

Thanks Maureen - glad it steamed your glasses! ;-)