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I very slightly revised and re-titled this one for the free verse contest of Laura Loo. It was inspired by the quote above it and a contest around five years ago.

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"I closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways" - Rumi You were there and I was there. There was no one else to interrupt our silence. Closing my mouth, I inhaled deeply the scent of your cologne. Intoxication - a sublime surrender to the sense - filled me as I let my fingers trace the path my eyes had blazed across your face, and you reciprocated, mirroring my touch as your lips and fingers lighted reverently on my cheeks, my eyes, my mouth . . . The thrill of new love hung deliciously in beauty’s hush around us. A hundred ways I must have touched your face as a hundred kisses you were placing up and down my neck and above and beneath my ear lobes. Silent shivers of anticipation made way at last for the softness of your sweet mouth on mine. Young love, so wondrous, so fresh - you echo - silent still - in the caverns of my fondest recollections Revised Feb 25, 2020 for Lu Loo's Free Verse On Love Poetry Contest

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Date: 3/12/2020 6:37:00 PM
Congratulations on making her short list, Andrea, with this gorgeous romantic poem! xxoo
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Date: 2/29/2020 2:31:00 PM
Excellent poem, Andrea;-) I really enjoyed reading this. Congratulations on your win!
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Date: 2/29/2020 6:28:00 AM
Congrats!! dear Andrea...beautifully expressed my friend...poetic love from the Wingster...^WW^ :o)
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Date: 2/29/2020 1:42:00 AM
I love this, Andrea, really strong in substance and phrasing and imagery, and all the little things that make a superb piece head-and-shoulders above the rest - this is my topper and I'm fave-ing. Congrats on the win, Buddy! (Soup Mail)
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Date: 2/28/2020 11:34:00 PM
Congrats on your win!;)
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Date: 2/28/2020 10:03:00 PM
Andrea, beautiful and passionate verse. Big congratulations on your win! Hugs Eve
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Date: 2/28/2020 9:29:00 PM
Andrea, your poem is lovely and congratulations on your win in Lu's contest _Constance
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Date: 2/28/2020 8:54:00 PM
This is inspired stuff! You had me at ""You were there and I was there"
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Date: 2/28/2020 6:58:00 PM
loved this sweet Andrea. You always know what I like and write so well...thank you for always being so kind to me... thank you for your participation and congratulations on your placement
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Andrea Dietrich
Date: 2/28/2020 7:33:00 PM
Thank you so much for appreciating this one of mine.
Date: 2/27/2020 4:47:00 PM
Oh, my so erotic and breathtaking, ew la la, Andrea! Sensuous lines galore that render a reader a puddle of desire. It may be awhile before I can stand. Again, a poem I love. Love, CayCay
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Date: 2/26/2020 5:06:00 PM
Rumi is one of my very favorite poets Andrea. I can see how his quote inspired this beautiful poem. I am sure it will be a top winner. xxoo
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Date: 2/26/2020 4:38:00 PM
Great passion Andrea, smoldering, I likes it...
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Date: 2/26/2020 1:58:00 PM
I like how you brought in the silence as a character in this play as well as the hundred touches and kisses. The other senses (smell, touch, sight) are enhanced as silence lingers. Gorgeous free verse of amorous delight ~ John
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Date: 2/26/2020 7:33:00 AM
Loved that Rumi quote you posted, Andrea. Surely your poem speaks in many silent ways to young love. Much enjoyed the write.
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Date: 2/26/2020 3:02:00 AM
Beautiful as always. Congrats on Best 100 love poems. Well done. X.
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Date: 2/26/2020 12:50:00 AM
Nothing beats it Andrea, the highs and lows all give us that life experience, some things we can have and some we can't. Tom
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Date: 2/25/2020 10:52:00 PM
Andrea, So nice to find this poem today. They say youth is wasted on the young. But what of the young at heart? Oh those tingles that play on our heart's strings like a violin. And the heart remembers. -Richard
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Date: 2/25/2020 7:29:00 PM
Ah to be young again... really rich with feeling Andrea
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