Jack Ellison Poet Limerick

The Tenderness of Touch

Some feel rich from worldly possessions
Some feel rich from loving expressions
The tenderness of touch
That we crave so much
That speak of love, these simple obsessions


© Jack Ellison 2015

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Laura Breidenthal April 23, 2015 at 9:48 PM Excellent one! A very tender limerick. When are obsessions ever simple? A simple touch speaking of love... awesome one Jack! Always, Laura Laura Breidenthal April 23, 2015 at 10:47 PM I loved it!!! You did so well.Both your serious and funny poems make me smile!!~Laura Jack Ellison April 23, 2015 at 10:02 PM A wee bit of a change for this old joker, eh!!! Happy you liked it my dear sweet Laura! Needed to prove to you that I CAN write some more serious stuff when I put my mind to it! Love and hugs, Jack xxx

Lindsay Laurie April 23, 2015 at 7:43 PM Hey young Jack... you're crooning here, and might I add, crooning, very, very, nicely. Thanks for offering a poem that doesn't have me spilling coffee - Lindsay Jack Ellison April 23, 2015 at 9:00 PM I apologize... don't know what happened! I'll be okay though so hang on tight to that coffee! LOL

Sandip Goswami April 23, 2015 at 3:43 PM Bah! Very good and great expression Sir. I enjoyed your simple obsessions. Best wishes from India. Jack Ellison April 23, 2015 at 7:21 PM My approach to life is a very simple one! Thank you my friend for dropping in!!! Cheers, my friend!

Carol Eastman April 23, 2015 at 1:21 PM Dragon's little pet reptilian... is very much a tactillion... Because of course he is a camoflage camillion... He copies Dragons' colors in the millions... As Dragon ego soars in the billions. Jack Ellison April 23, 2015 at 2:47 PM Good rhyming dear Carol... you get a gold star!!! xxx

Charmaine Chircop April 23, 2015 at 11:03 AM To touch and be touched by sweet expressions,needy obsessions,to touch and posess,to gently caress..That is indeed the sense of touch..Lovely. Jack Ellison April 23, 2015 at 11:29 AM You are sweetness personified, my dear Charmaine!!! You are a special friend... love, Jack xxx

Judy Konos April 23, 2015 at 9:04 AM Look at you Jackson! ...YOU can get serious! Whoo.....We....A nudder good one..... Jack Ellison April 23, 2015 at 9:59 AM Look at me... what the hell happened!!! Thank you dear Judy!!! Huggs, Jack xxx

Kp Nunez April 23, 2015 at 6:26 AM You're waxing real poetic today, Jack...and a good one too! Good morning! Hugs! :) Jack Ellison April 23, 2015 at 6:35 AM Yah... don't know what happened! I'll be okay though! LOL Good evening Miss Kim! Hugs, Jack xxx