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      You are the sweetest ingredient...

      Hair smells like cinnamon,skin is as soft as butter.arching my back, adding curvesIntoxicating mixtures.Forest honey is on the lips,And flour, like tenderness,All plays in the hands,Turns into dough.I bake something special,out of my love and feelings.I sprinkle beauty...that I kept for you.The aroma...

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      • Chère K.,
        Hope this finds you well.

        In a burst of connection with the internet, I reread your 4 recent poems with a lot of pleasure.
        And (surprise, surprise) here’s another gem.

        I love it a lot and the artwork as well. Veggie proof! There’s a lot possible without suffering from animals.
        People are animals too?
        Hmmmm…..

        Warmest greetings, as always, Gus

        • Chère Gus,

          Your words make me smile – you know how to slip inside a poem and stroke it from the inside. I love that you felt the artwork too, a proof that desire can be lush, indulgent… without harm. (or can it?)

          And yes… people are animals too. The difference is, we pretend we’re tame – until someone bares their teeth, or leaves scratches down your back. haha (but if I bite you know I am excited and you are doing something so right) Perhaps that’s the secret pulse you caught in the poem: pleasure, hunger, and the little cruelty of always wanting more. 😉

      • Feels like old times seeing you again Kx

        Boy, have I missed your writing and you. Feels like eons…

        Well you didn’t disappoint, my hunger is rising and your picture, well you always know how to stir the pot, maybe you’ll let me lick it clean !

        BIG LIKE

        RL AWARD if they had RL’s

        • Mmm… so it really has been far too long, hasn’t it? I’ve missed the way you let that hunger spill right through your words. Stirring the pot is half the fun… I love stirring the pot if it means I am going to get spanked hard and … * nevermind, innocent look * and teasing you with a little taste, letting you wonder just how messy I’ll let that pot get before you lick it clean. 😈🔥 Thanks for the BIG LIKE, and that RL award? I’ll take it… naked.

      • That is cooking. Oven is hot over here.

        • Careful… it’s always hot over here, and I might sneak in and let you push me back against the oven door. Feel me shiver as the heat seeps into my skin, while your lips trace fire over me. I’d melt for you, drip for you, beg for you… and then I’d make you burn just as wildly, until we’re both too undone to tell where the heat ends and we begin. Okay I get carried away easily… I swear my mind is permanently in the gutter…

      • It’s always a pleasure and experience to read you.

        • I knew you are the sentimental type Adagio even if you hide it… but still you surprised me. And I have to admit, hearing that feels nice. I like knowing my words aren’t just read, but felt – that they leave you with an experience. Careful though… if you keep saying things like that, I might start expecting more sweet confessions from you.

      • Passionately penned, Kristina. This was piping hot straight from the oven. A sweet and gooey concoction indeed. Deliciously written my friend, excellent write. Appreciate you.

        Damian

        • Mmm… piping hot, gooey, and tempting – you make me blush the way you describe tasting my words, Damian. Maybe I should keep baking them up just to see how hungry I can make you. Your appetite is always appreciated. 🔥😉 sweet and gooey is only the surface. Beneath the sugar there’s intense heat, bite, and something far more decadent. I love that you tasted the fire in this one.

      • Loved the sexiness of this piece.

        • Thank you… guess I just can’t help but let some sexiness slip into everything I write. Maybe it’s my guilty pleasure… or maybe I just like keeping you stirred up. I love that you stopped by to see me, that’s very sweet. 😉🔥

      • How did I miss this Krispie slice of sensual fruit pie? You remain an orchard of midnight promise. Glad you are still quill’ing an’ all.

        • Mmm, you always had a way with words – orchard of midnight promise might be my new favorite sin. I’ve been keeping the quill warm and other things hot, just waiting for someone to come steal a taste again. Careful though… this fruit still bites back. 🍒🖤

      • A delicious write! As always.
        I would love some honey in milk
        Or milk in the honey. “)

        • Careful M.E—too much honey and I might forget where the poem ends and you begin 🙂

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      Skin Hunger

      It's so long since I felt your touch. How do we sleep in the same bed and not even graze each other? You pushed me away, With self-deprecating statements. You tell me you are sorry. As I suffer from your exile. Till death we said. How...

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    • A Jersey Shore in Ryegate

      A Jersey Shore in Ryegate   There were raspberries in that pasture there was a hill from which we could see a couple old Vermont towns   we were the youth of the fifties scrambling through the brush dodging cows that gave us   a puzzled eye chewing cud in...

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      • How sad that all things must change. I can relate in some ways just walking out my front door and seeing rows of houses where once woods where we played sat. All my childhood friends left when they heard of other boroughs moving in. They were right. I can imagine how hard it must be for you to go back and see a different world, one not so loving.

        • thanks Tim…most of it is the same….this concerned one particular spot I remembered, or thought I did and wanted to look at it once more. But I could not get to it…all overgrown…

          thanks for your words…and sharing your story.
          j.

      • This poem is full of gentle nostalgia – the raspberries, the cows, the hills all bring the past vividly to life. It’s quietly profound, and I could almost step into that memory myself. Beautifully done, j

      • Phenomenally penned, Jacob. Love the nostalgic flavor, and the memories in a small corner of a past universe. Excellent write my friend. Appreciate you.

        Damian

      • Some say you should never go back. Not me, I am a great one for nostalgia. Things change, not always for the better, but memories last a lifetime. Fabulous poem and your latest book title too. I love our bovine friends. Can remember walking through meadows myself as a child.

        Chris

    • Acres of Barren Ideas

      Acres of Barren Ideas   in a quiet booth back of the cafe sat a cup of coffee with fingers twiddling the handle fingers belonging to an old poet   trying to come up with an idea for a great poem   the waitress brought a refill but he gently shooed...

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      • That is a horrible feeling when you think about it. You had it in your hands to write then it gets dashed away.

        • jacobFog September 26, 2025 At 7:51 am
          Did you ever have a really great idea, but you are driving somewhere, and by the time you get where you are going….abracadabra….poof.
          the thought has left you?
          Ugh!
          Thank you, Fia.
          j.

      • Did you ever have a really great idea, but you are driving somewhere, and by the time you get where you are going….abracadabra….poof.
        the thought has left you?
        Ugh!
        Thank you, Fia.
        j.

      • Yes, the mojo being torn away or lost. Often it’s the frustration of knowing what could have been that really hurts.

      • If we weren’t poets, we would probably just say “Oh well.”

        But we are, so it hurts deeply when we lose good ideas…and at my age, I really have to catch them fast.

      • We have all been. I was black coffee with three sugars for years. I cut the sugar and the coffee and many other desired tasty stuff. Sucks. But, I’m only 9 years away from the ages my parents were when they died. I want a bit more time.

        • Thank you for the share, Paula. Yes, as we grow older we make decisions…do I be careful with what I eat and drink, so I can stay longer. Or, what the hell, I am going to enjoy the rest of my time, no matter how long it is…so I will eat and drink whatever.
          Thanks for your comments.
          j.

      • Cleverly penned, Jacob. The life of a writer, I think we’ve all been there. Great storytelling my friend. Appreciate you.

        Damian

      • If you lose an idea you will always have another. If you have it brewing it will resurface or it will fly on.

        A very vivid scene painted with few words

        Regards James

      • I have always found a cup of coffee to be a great conjure of thought. Just like a rainy day that puts you in the mood for film noirs at TCM. Somehow, I just can’t imagine you ever being at a loss for words!

        • Oh, many times I cannot quite grab that one word I am looking for out of the air.
          Try unsuccessfully….but I am lucky….enough of them seem to find me.
          Thank you for your kind words, Kelly.
          j.

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