Notes About The Poem

Required words:

1. Wafting 2. Daub 3. Whispers 4. Dank 5. Flutters 6. Perchance 7. Folly

8. Happenstance

Wanting Love On the Wind

The happenstance of love
   came with a daub of hungry
       came sweet and pure of scent
            came wafting on the wind.
I sneezed after a moment 
     an intense reaction to come on
          intense as folly leads one
              to whisper "come smell, lead on".
And though whispers of remorse followed
    whistled like wind over heartburn
        chanted not scent, nonsense!
           trumpeted, not forward, turn and run!
The flutters in my heart shivered
    quivered with each step nearer
        fretted to myself ignore your liver
             delivered myself to a dank smile.
Oh, what could of been perchance was missed
     what could be spots on precious skin
         what could be sweet or sinister
             what could be dangerous or dazzling
Never made it past the perfume salesman.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Hamilton Avatar
February 22, 2019 at 2:58 PM
Nice one Sheri thanks for your entry!
Harper Avatar
February 23, 2019 at 10:42 PM
you are welcome John, fun contest!
May Avatar
February 22, 2019 at 7:53 AM
Very nice lead up to the last line Sheri...Congrats on your win
Harper Avatar
February 23, 2019 at 10:42 PM
Thanks very much Joseph!
Rodrigues Avatar
February 19, 2019 at 7:16 AM
Great final line and those several before it! Enjoyed, Sheri!
Krutsinger Avatar
February 15, 2019 at 11:49 AM
The ending had me smiling so widely that my face almost cracked with sheer happiness, Sheri. I am diving in to read it again one more time.
Harper Avatar
February 18, 2019 at 5:00 AM
Thanks so much Caren, I am bad about my commenting due to limited access to the internet but hope to do better. I'm so glad you liked it.
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