Desire is like standing at crossroads
Sanaa -
July 12, 2021
PoetryPresent-Day Poems

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

60 Responses

  1. Bjorn Rudberg says:
    July 13, 2021 at 2:37 am

    Oh, I doubt that words are needed on a night like that… there is another language spoken here.

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  2. Grace says:
    July 13, 2021 at 2:45 am

    A passionate dance, whew! No words are needed.

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  3. Ingrid says:
    July 13, 2021 at 3:04 am

    Some conversations need no words! I love your new look site by the way 🙂

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  4. Brian Miller says:
    July 13, 2021 at 3:13 am

    So much to be said without every Saying a word. Smiles.
    There is a nice spice in borrowing body heat as well.

    Simmering heat.

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  5. Linda Lee Lyberg says:
    July 13, 2021 at 3:14 am

    Simply lovely Sanaa!

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  6. rog leach says:
    July 13, 2021 at 3:19 am

    brings back memories of my teenage years when all i needed was good company and a well filled juke box. no words required.

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  7. Beverly Crawford says:
    July 13, 2021 at 3:24 am

    Oh yes, words are not needed! I’ve been there more than once!

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  8. Merril D Smith says:
    July 13, 2021 at 3:30 am

    I’m sure their bodies are saying all the words needed! ❤️

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  9. Phillip Knight Scott says:
    July 13, 2021 at 3:42 am

    How lovely! Sometimes the best conversations have no words.

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  10. Lillian says:
    July 13, 2021 at 3:52 am

    “a lucid moon borrowing
    body heat,
    as though it were a cup of sugar—”
    What an AMAZING phrase!!! LOVE it!

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  11. Glenn Buttkus says:
    July 13, 2021 at 3:56 am

    This one sways and simmers, with lusty sweat rolling off undulating bodies; another winner.

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  12. Claudia says:
    July 13, 2021 at 4:02 am

    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

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  13. msjadeli says:
    July 13, 2021 at 4:04 am

    Alcohol and honky tonk music are a potent aphrodisiac cocktail, and the whole place becomes a dance floor. Nicely done, Sanaa.

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  14. Gillena Cox says:
    July 13, 2021 at 4:20 am

    Wow- ed again. Nice one Sanaa.
    Luv this:
    “borrowing
    body heat,
    as though it were a cup of sugar”

    Much💜love

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  15. Sherry Blue Sky says:
    July 13, 2021 at 4:20 am

    I can almost SEE that conversation without words!

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  16. Christine Bolton says:
    July 13, 2021 at 4:30 am

    Ah yes Sanaa! That connection needed no words ☺️💕

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  17. Ron. Lavalette says:
    July 13, 2021 at 5:00 am

    No lingo necessitati

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  18. Mish says:
    July 13, 2021 at 5:24 am

    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.

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  19. lynn__ says:
    July 13, 2021 at 6:35 am

    Music and romance can move without speaking and you played the prompt well, Sanaa!

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  20. Helen says:
    July 13, 2021 at 7:14 am

    Great image + amazing poem = spectacular!!!!

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  21. Dwight L. Roth says:
    July 13, 2021 at 8:07 am

    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…

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  22. Susan Joy Clark says:
    July 13, 2021 at 8:29 am

    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.

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  23. Eric Erb says:
    July 13, 2021 at 9:11 am

    Love that cup of sugar. And the erupting

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  24. abigfatcanofworms says:
    July 13, 2021 at 11:38 am

    Exponentially beautiful…

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  25. Chris Lawrence says:
    July 13, 2021 at 2:13 pm

    Beautiful and it just strikes the right chord

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  26. Bill Reynolds says:
    July 13, 2021 at 9:11 pm

    Oh. Wow. I loved that.

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  27. Marion Horton says:
    July 14, 2021 at 1:29 am

    What a perfect romantic quadrille ❤

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  28. K.Hartless says:
    July 14, 2021 at 3:10 am

    Love the cup of sugar moon, and the country conversational tune. Wonderful quadrille.

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  29. Misky says:
    July 14, 2021 at 3:31 am

    As they say, takes two to tango.

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  30. ben Alexander says:
    July 14, 2021 at 3:29 pm

    a lucid moon borrowing
    body heat,
    as though it were a cup of sugar—

    I hope you gave him some sugar, Sanaa! This is brilliant – I loved it <3

    Yours,
    David

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  31. A Reading Writer says:
    July 15, 2021 at 1:00 pm

    love how concrete your images are. this line made my heart gush: a lucid moon borrowing
    body heat

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