A cold night, a lucid moon borrowing
body heat,
as though it were a cup of sugar—
I look into his eyes and room fills
with fragrance, a hillbilly love song
is playing on jukebox;
how’s it that conversation erupts
without saying a word?
Photo credits: “One Last Dance,” by Richard Blunt, Pinterest
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Posted for Quadrille 131-Ten Year Anniversary @dVerse Poets Pub
Oh, I doubt that words are needed on a night like that… there is another language spoken here.
Thank you so much, Bjorn 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
A passionate dance, whew! No words are needed.
Thank you so much, Grace 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
Some conversations need no words! I love your new look site by the way 🙂
Thank you so much, Ingrid 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
So much to be said without every Saying a word. Smiles.
There is a nice spice in borrowing body heat as well.
Simmering heat.
Thank you so much, Brian 😀 I enjoyed writing to the prompt! Happy 10th 💄❤️
Simply lovely Sanaa!
Thank you so much, Linda 😀 so good to see you 💄❤️
brings back memories of my teenage years when all i needed was good company and a well filled juke box. no words required.
Thank you so much, Rog 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
Oh yes, words are not needed! I’ve been there more than once!
Thank you so much, Beverly 😀 so good to see you 💄❤️
I’m sure their bodies are saying all the words needed! ❤️
Thank you so much, Merril 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
How lovely! Sometimes the best conversations have no words.
Thank you so much, Philip 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
“a lucid moon borrowing
body heat,
as though it were a cup of sugar—”
What an AMAZING phrase!!! LOVE it!
Thank you so much, my dearest Lillian 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
This one sways and simmers, with lusty sweat rolling off undulating bodies; another winner.
Thank you so much, Glenn 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
so much can be said without a single word – i love the sugar image – adds to the sweetness of the moment. very nicely captured Sanaa
Thank you so much, Claudia 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
Alcohol and honky tonk music are a potent aphrodisiac cocktail, and the whole place becomes a dance floor. Nicely done, Sanaa.
Thank you so much, Lisa 😀 so good to see you 💄❤️
Wow- ed again. Nice one Sanaa.
Luv this:
“borrowing
body heat,
as though it were a cup of sugar”
Much💜love
Thank you so much, Gillena 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
Much love back…
I can almost SEE that conversation without words!
Thank you so much, Sherry 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
Ah yes Sanaa! That connection needed no words ☺️💕
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No lingo necessitati
Thank you so much, Ron 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
Well I like ” hillbilly love song” because if felt unexpected to me. There is such a beautiful mix of romance and wonder in this piece.
Thank you so much, Mish 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
Music and romance can move without speaking and you played the prompt well, Sanaa!
Thank you so much, Lynn 😀 so good to see you 💄❤️
Great image + amazing poem = spectacular!!!!
Thank you so much, Helen 😀 you are kinda amazing ❤️❤️
A great poem Sanaa. Just like the Allison Krause song… “You say it best when you say nothing at all.”
I love the double meaning of …. a lucid moon borrowing body heat…
Thank you so much, Dwight 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
Very pretty, Sanaa. I also liked the line about a conversation erupting without saying a word. I liked the “hillbilly lovesong” too. It kind of made me think of rockabilly. Beautiful image you picked for this too.
Thank you so much, Susan 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
Love that cup of sugar. And the erupting
Thank you so much, Eric 😀 so good to see you 💄❤️
Exponentially beautiful…
❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful and it just strikes the right chord
Thank you so much, Chris 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
Oh. Wow. I loved that.
Thank you so much, Bill 😀 so glad the poem resonated with you 💄❤️
What a perfect romantic quadrille ❤
Thank you so much, Marion 😀 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
Love the cup of sugar moon, and the country conversational tune. Wonderful quadrille.
Thank you so much, K. Hartless 😀 so glad you liked it 💄❤️
As they say, takes two to tango.
Absolutely! ❤️❤️❤️
I hope you gave him some sugar, Sanaa! This is brilliant – I loved it <3
Yours,
David
love how concrete your images are. this line made my heart gush: a lucid moon borrowing
body heat