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Saturday, May 29, 2010

Penultimate Aphrodisiac

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Surf at Gunnamatta, Westernport Bay, Mornington Peninsula
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Big Tent Poetry Ring #1 Weekly Prompts ~ Aphrodisiac
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I knew it was different
I knew the air tingled with
Alternative light
Loud silence

I knew that the Mayans
Spellbind
The Seekers to
Some
Antibiotic
Transitory
Maybe terminal moment

Could it be now

I am by the sea
Waves are frozen in
A stranglehold
Surfline
Like a still
From a film
Not yet edited
Not yet publicised

My safety senses warn
I should not be here

But my rebellious adrenalin
My aphrodisiac
Pulses to the beat of
Yearning
Desperate
Craving
Curiosity
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8 comments:

brenda w said...: You got me with the picture. Wow, what a lusty sea!

Your poem intrigues me. I hope that moment is not now and we continue on forever. Doubt lingers, though.

Thanks for bringing the ocean to me.; May 29, 2010 at 10:53 PM
Joyce Ellen Davis said...: I love it when the air "tingles with alternative light" -- here in the mountains it often happens just before sunset, after a rain, when the sunlight slips in under a gray cloud cover. Nice work!; May 30, 2010 at 3:02 AM
Tumblewords: said...: rebellious adrenalin - what a lovely aphrodisiac that can be - a wonderful read.; May 30, 2010 at 3:06 AM
Paul Oakley said...: Some / Antibiotic / Transitory / Maybe terminal moment

How Freudian and wonderful! Love the rebellious adrenaline line.; May 30, 2010 at 5:18 AM
flaubert said...: Oh how simply lovely
Pamela; May 30, 2010 at 9:18 AM
Mary said...: Bravo..wonderfuly done. I'll be back.

Mary

http://inthecornerofmyeye.blogspot.com/2010/05/yes.html; May 30, 2010 at 10:38 AM
Linda said...: Living on the edge, aren't you? What a strange and alluring aphrodisiac...standing on the edge of something dangerous. And, you make end times and grappling with time frames seem sensuous. Well done.

http://lindagoin.com/; May 30, 2010 at 3:45 PM
Deb said...: Going where the urge takes you creates a lovely tension. Anticipation.

(http://stoneymoss.org); May 31, 2010 at 12:51 AM

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