By any other name, lust
Sanaa -
May 20, 2019
Earlier PoemsPoetry

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

44 Responses

  1. Kim M. Russell says:
    May 21, 2019 at 4:40 am

    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!

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    • Sanaa says:
      May 21, 2019 at 4:48 am

      Thank you so much, Kim 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️

      (and thank you for the lovely prompt) 🌹

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  2. Vivian Zems says:
    May 21, 2019 at 5:04 am

    Wow! This is mega- steamy and so beautifully rendered!

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  3. Linda Lee Lyberg says:
    May 21, 2019 at 5:27 am

    This is incredibly sensuous Sanaa!

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  4. Grace says:
    May 21, 2019 at 5:56 am

    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.

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  5. Mish says:
    May 21, 2019 at 6:08 am

    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.

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  6. gillena says:
    May 21, 2019 at 6:38 am

    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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    • Sanaa says:
      May 21, 2019 at 8:36 pm

      Thank you so much, Gillena 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️

      Happy Monday🎈
      Much🌹🌷🌻love

      Reply
  7. Toni Hayes Spencer says:
    May 21, 2019 at 7:02 am

    Ah, the old Leda and the swan story. Nice description of the night Sanaa.

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  8. Jade Li says:
    May 21, 2019 at 7:36 am

    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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  9. Glenn Buttkus says:
    May 21, 2019 at 7:50 am

    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.

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  10. robtkistner says:
    May 21, 2019 at 8:10 am

    Surely Leda was compromised! A side of the swan one would not anticipate…

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  11. Dwight L. Roth says:
    May 21, 2019 at 11:17 am

    Vivid images through out your poem! Well done.

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  12. HA says:
    May 21, 2019 at 9:23 pm

    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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  13. Larry Trasciatti says:
    May 22, 2019 at 12:31 am

    Good. is there a Yeats influence too?

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  14. Sherry Blue Sky says:
    May 22, 2019 at 12:48 am

    Wow, that feathery conquest is arresting. Quite wonderful, and unexpected.

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  15. Rommy says:
    May 22, 2019 at 1:07 am

    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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  16. lillian says:
    May 22, 2019 at 3:01 am

    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!

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  17. Bjorn Rudberg says:
    May 22, 2019 at 3:34 am

    Oh… that swan… he is a dangerous bird … some Mythology is just for grown-ups.

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  18. Jim says:
    May 22, 2019 at 1:52 pm

    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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  19. Thotpurge says:
    May 22, 2019 at 5:13 pm

    “Fate” itself is a “tampering” with life’s natural course… isn’t it?

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  20. Helen L Dehner says:
    May 22, 2019 at 11:54 pm

    Powerful coupling of words and image …..

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  21. Teresa says:
    May 23, 2019 at 3:25 am

    Wonderful rendition of the myth!

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  22. Ali Grimshaw says:
    May 28, 2019 at 1:39 am

    “Leda lay with her fate tampered with” – a powerful last line in a poem of vulnerability.

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