Passion Sapphic Stanza Poems

Seriously questioning my own judgement
how could I have chosen you as my soul mate;
When look back to relation find I've ignored
some obvious signs.

Probably, I was...

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Desultory thoughts drift round hazy aura,		
swiftly flipping folios mottled by time.
Tattered snapshots emanate sadness and joy,
yesterday’s archives.

Softly creeping reveries sashay feelings,
forming ever imminent fervent cravings,
tender...

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Image of Free Heart And Love by Pixabay.

Continuance

Climbing waves crept ashore and stole our footsteps
yet prints went aslant, surrendered none to our
unbroken hearts in bottled...

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Beauty bows and surrenders at her bare feet,
The gold glitters jealous of her glowing skin,
Her bright eyes light embers of passion within,
   ...

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Sappho fragment #2
translation by Michael R. Burch

How can I compete with that damned man
who fancies himself one of the gods,
impressing you with his "eloquence" ...
when...

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When we met, I thought you were something special;
Bright blue, flashing eyes, burning with a passion;
Witty, wise, and wonderful, I adored you.
   ...

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The tip of her fingers brushing through his skin,
 soft as velvet. A delight beyond compare,
 that pleasant tingle! What rush of excitement!
 Sensation of...

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Hymn to Aphrodite
by Sappho
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Immortal Aphrodite, throned in splendor!
Wile-weaving daughter of Zeus, enchantress and beguiler!
I implore you, dread mistress, discipline me...

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Bound by doubt, I stood there amidst the Bluebells,
          Watching where she'd been but a moment...

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Love, I’ve never known you to be as gorgeous
As you are in lying beside me sweetly,
At this very moment; and nothing other
Pleases me better…

Come and...

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Phantom of the Opera

Phantom fellow appears in sudden shadows
while soprano performs her number sweetly.
Listening there he masks his heinous visage
disfigured by fire.

Diva singing, "Forever be...

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Every past that perfectly colors letters,
haunting losses beckon the predecessors,
utter names in passion or greeting, makes a
furious girlfriend.

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Written: 01.16.19...

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 MY MUSE
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My Muse, looks to the stars, for me, not herself.
I have the passion, the words I am failing.
Turns, whispers in my mind of...

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Their passion  so unchecked--
                    ...

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IMPATIENT LOVER

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