Of all the literature forums

[Jerrybaldy]

Of all the literature forums,
in all the world,
you had to walk into mine.
Your curvaceous Q
caught my eye.
We danced as lyrics
poured from the jukebox
and twisted about us.
We plucked some here and there,
from the air
and made them our own.
I bought us cappucinos
and we stirred
in sweet words.
We spat at each other in rhetoric,
to see each letter,
crash between our lips
and shatter to the floor.
The young would gather the shards
and create bastard poems
with the sticky stuff of youth.
As people left,
we would watch from windows
as they bled a sad trail
of lost lines.
We sucked each other's similes
until they were dry like
the ink of writers block.
I spelt out c a r e s s
and the word
touched you everywhere
until its sibilant finale
made you blow 'O's.
I threw X's at you
and you came in a metaphoric
petite mort.
A poet in the corner
spelt out o v e r
and turned out the light
but we whispered louder
in the dark.
I imagined you were gone
and you went.
I looked for redemption
around the room
but all were busy,
penning poetry.

[Delta40]

what a tapestry of tangled threads of passion and wordplay curling themselves around each other!
So Humphrey Bogart too...

[Maryd.]

Wow Jerry... So much romance and passion. The art of love making; writing style... I love this one. Bringing a slight tear to my eye when I think of the words that touch so deeply.

[Haunted]

A love affair that runs the whole gamut of poetic techniques. This poem is a charmer.

[hillwalker]

A touch of Bogie - masterfully done. Playful, slightly erotic yet rather melancholy by the end. Definitely one worth reading over and over again.

H

[Jerrybaldy]

Thanks Delta, Mary, Haunted and Hill. It was fun to write and I am glad you enjoyed reading. I had pictures in my mind of a world of letters and words floating around the ether. What it might be like to virtually live in litnet. I am better now though :D