Because I’ve studied him;
know exactly how it plays across chiseled features,
this wild honey,
this art of reaching into the soul merely
by listening—
it appears cloudier still,
how lips taste like every thought I’ve ever had;
this magnetic hypothesis’s efficacious
is confusing.
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De is our hostess today at dVerse and the word is “Magnet.”
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Posted for Quadrille #114 @ dVerse Poets Pub
I love the confusing in the end… passion does a lot to someone falling to a magnetic attraction.
Thank you so much, Bjorn 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
I love taste of wild honey. The art of listening and eventually understanding, takes a lifetime of study.
Thank you so much, Grace 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
Oh, Sanaa, this line is just so good:
“how lips taste like every thought I’ve ever had”
I’m gonna swim right there for just a little while. Wonderful.
Thank you so much, De 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
(and thank you for the glorious prompt) 🌹
There is no escaping magnetic attraction, Sanaa! I love the thought of ‘wild honey… reaching into the soul’ and lips tasting ‘like every thought I’ve ever had’. No wonder it’s confusing!
It’s certainly proving to be a roller-coaster! Thank you so much, Kim 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
“how lips taste like every thought I’ve ever had” Sounds like a person who wants to put her hypothesis to the test. Wonderful energy swirling around your poem, Sanaa.
Thank you so much, Lisa 😀 so good to see you 💄❤️
Very warm and sensual, how opposites attract, like a magnet.
Thank you so much, Francis 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
Nice one Sanaa
Much❤love
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I love this. The beauty entwined, the rawness of the piece, and the passion, it’s stunning. I also love the confusion at the end, because of how so many emotions entangle us in their web, we experience a plethora of them. Brilliantly penned and sensual, indeed.
Thank you so much, Lucy 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
Erotic, sensual, yet existential, this piece is bang on, for when lust arrives with the cloudy glasses, intellect and logic are sent to their room
Thank you so much, Glenn 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
I love how strong the opening line is on this, and then the imagery the follows on. I had to have a little pause after “this art of reaching into the soul merely / by listening”. The pacing is so perfect.
That is such high praise! Thank you so much, Carol 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
how lips taste like every thought I’ve ever had;
that is a fantastic line. You write such complex love poems.
Thank you so much, Sarah 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
The magnetic attraction of love/lust is like no other. You have shared it well!
Thank you so much, Dwight 😀 so good to see you 💄❤️
This is such an excellent poem–the mix of sensuality, passion, and confusion is just wonderful! So much expressed in its few words.
Thank you so much, Merril 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
Confusion, despite having studied him… the narrator is in deep!
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What a gorgeous love poem Sanaa.
Thank you so much, Linda 😀 so good to see you 💄❤️
Ah yes, magnetism can often lead us astray and be very confusing!
Thank you so much, Beverly 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
Yes. All good, esp “reaching into the soul merely by listening”
Thank you so much, Ron 😀 so glad the poem spoke to you 💄❤️
you express the complexity of love/relationships so masterfully … your imagery is tantalising
Thank you so much, Kate 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
“how lips taste like every thought I’ve ever had”
one of those lines I wish I’d written
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Sensual and questioning. Nicely written, Saana.
Thank you so much, Jo-Anne 😀 so good to see you 💄❤️
I like the way this piece changes tune from oh so knowing to confused. Love is just like that. This line is stellar…”how lips taste like every thought I’ve ever had”.
Thank you so much, Mish 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
The sensually evocative qualities along with the keen perceptiveness is disorienting, like passion. Well done, Sanaa. So beautiful.
Thank you so much, Dora 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
I could feel her draw to him, especially in the line with the lips as echoed above. I almost feel like she’s saying she knows him so well, but she can’t quite comprehend the power of those feelings, a fun mystery unravel!
Thank you so much, Tricia 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
A beautiful study of love and the mystery of attraction, Sanaa!
Thank you so much, Lynn 😀 so good to see you 💄❤️
I love the phrase ‘how lips taste like every thought I’ve ever had’ – the effort to understand someone we love is eventually rewarded, if they love us back.
Thank you so much, Ingrid 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
this magnetic hypothesis’s
efficacious is confusing.
The more desirable the more mystifying they become. It somehow is a natural phenomenon so it seems! Truly said Sanaa!
Hank
Most definitely! 😀 Thanks for stopping by, Hank 💄❤️
Listening is the only way—true.
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Attraction is not easily defined. Your words are very sensual.
Thank you so much, Kerfe 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️