By twilight
the sky is bathed in rich tones of lust
and bewilderment,
as slowly her thighs are rushed into
by feathered dominance,
her cheeks flushed,
as even the wind takes note of dark breathing
and whispers,
Leda lay with her fate tampered with.
Photo credits: Pinterest
Read here for Zeus and Leda in Greek Mythology 🙂
Posted on ‘Quadrille #80’ @ dVerse Pub
and on Tuesday Platform @ Real Toads
Oh my goodness! A sky ‘bathed in rich tones of lust’ and thighs ‘rushed into
by feathered dominance’! This is a first, Sanaa – an x-rated quadrille!
Thank you so much, Kim 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
(and thank you for the lovely prompt) 🌹
Wow! This is mega- steamy and so beautifully rendered!
Thank you so much, Vivian 😀 so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
This is incredibly sensuous Sanaa!
Thank you so much, Linda 😀 so good to see you ❤️
A tale of seduction by a God in the form of a swan and a mortal woman. She didn’t have a choice though. I like that lustful color of sky, but not so thrilled with the outcome of her fate.
Thank you so much, Grace 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Wow, I almost missed the word “rich” until I went back to read again! A creative and candid response that took me googling to Greek mythology. Stunning work, Sanaa.
Thank you so much, Mish 😀 so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
I had to go into research to check out Leda, then back up to the poem title. Bravo poetess, well done
Happy Monday
much love…
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Happy Monday🎈
Much🌹🌷🌻love
Ah, the old Leda and the swan story. Nice description of the night Sanaa.
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Skillful telling of a dark tale and weaving a spellcasting atmosphere to accent it. The picture is creepy and fits well with the subject
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Some mythology is creepy, and some of the bible is R-rated. You did not take the quadrille to X country, but PG-13 had its bell rung; smile.
Thank you so much, Glenn 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Surely Leda was compromised! A side of the swan one would not anticipate…
Definitely 🙂 thanks for stopping by, Rob ❤️
Vivid images through out your poem! Well done.
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Ah! I am so pained by this image and tale — you certainly paint it with such careful detail, capturing its violence in a powerful manner. The “rich tones of lust/and bewilderment” certainly add into the depth of this verse. Very well penned, Sanaa!
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Good. is there a Yeats influence too?
Thank you so much, Larry 😀 so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
Wow, that feathery conquest is arresting. Quite wonderful, and unexpected.
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I find myself unsettled on Leda’s behalf. All that forceful rushing, and nothing to indicate any delight in her part. “Tampered fate” and bewilderment brings to mind other names for what this could be. Disturbing, and quite well done.
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Whew! I am mopping my brow!
PS: and I should tell you, we definitely have a dash of sunny today in Boston….spring has finally sprung!
Thank you so much, Lillian 😀 so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
Oh… that swan… he is a dangerous bird … some Mythology is just for grown-ups.
Definitely 🙂 thanks for stopping by, Bjorn ❤️
I enjoyed my reading, Sanaa. That k you got linking to a rundown on Leda. I didn’t k how her or of her love life. That brief intro to her made the poem fit in with your writing. And you did that nicely. I am not a bird person and shudder at the though of mi going with one, even a pretty swzm.
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Thank you so much, Jim 🙂 so glad you liked it ❤️
“Fate” itself is a “tampering” with life’s natural course… isn’t it?
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Powerful coupling of words and image …..
Thank you so much, Helen 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Wonderful rendition of the myth!
Thank you so much, Teresa 😀 so good to see you ❤️
“Leda lay with her fate tampered with” – a powerful last line in a poem of vulnerability.
Thank you so much, Ali 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️