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The Railing

He turned me so we faced out from the small porch leaning looking to the grape arbor in the moonlight over the empty yard. Skin to skin we watched the night falling content to be out of breath tired in love hot in the August heatwave but not lost. Slowly he pushed hard against me burying his face into my hair already missing what he thought was home but was only shelter.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 8/20/2010 12:55:00 AM
interested in reading your first poem on soup, i love this Veronica, Harry
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Date: 7/23/2009 8:41:00 AM
most excellent vignette. Light & Love
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Date: 2/11/2009 11:34:00 PM
Congratulations on your lovely poetry being featured this week, God Bless*Tyesha
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Date: 2/11/2009 10:43:00 PM
Congratulations on being featured this week. Love, iolanda
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Date: 2/11/2009 12:54:00 PM
Congratulations on your featured poem of the week! Laura :)
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Date: 2/11/2009 12:49:00 PM
Glad I caught this awesome poem!! This one is truly wonderful! Great job! ~ Carrie
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Date: 2/11/2009 4:12:00 AM
Veronica - Very beautiful poem that left me with a sense of mystery - Congrats on being featured - MJ
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Date: 2/10/2009 2:11:00 PM
Congratulations Veronica on "The Railing" being a featured poem. Vince
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Date: 2/9/2009 1:47:00 PM
One to ponder with more than one reading ... smile ... powerful writing, Veronica and a well-deserved selection to be a feature this week at the Soup. Congratulations!!
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Date: 2/9/2009 1:27:00 PM
This is beautiful...well written...keep up the great writing Veronica.
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Date: 2/9/2009 9:29:00 AM
Beautifully written, and very deserving of being featured. Brava!
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Date: 2/9/2009 5:55:00 AM
I like the tenderness of this one, Veronica. A rather perfect story of two supporting one another, very sensitive. Congrats on this pick. Love, daver
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Date: 2/9/2009 12:50:00 AM
a beautiful imagery! ~ Arany
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Date: 2/5/2009 4:54:00 AM
I like the way that you structure this. the eroticism is understated to allow the tenderness to come to the fore. The language is lovely as it gives meaning to so much expressions. the use of August heatwave is clever, giving the idea that the 'august' may not just be the month but also infer inspirartion.
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Date: 2/3/2009 9:43:00 PM
Ahh,, Tennesse Williams,, great
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