Untitled (soliloquy of growing passion)
Sanaa -
June 20, 2017
Earlier PoemsPoetry

She’s got the pace
         he’s got the rhythm
a gentle song
         a blur of light
and stage embroidered with
         thousand dreams

He is cayenne pepper
          she is dirty rice
oh always one to skip advice
         through sweltering summer
winter rain
        passion sweeps world again

 

Photo credits: Pinterest

Posted on Quadrille #35 @ dVerse Pub

also on Tuesday Platform @ Real Toads

70 Responses

  1. Erbiage says:
    June 20, 2017 at 4:43 am

    Fantastic! I love the flow of this, it is a dance itself. Sweep away, spice of life!

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  2. Victoria says:
    June 20, 2017 at 4:45 am

    So well done with verse and meter–and the photo you chose compliments the poem so well. Whew.

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  3. estella says:
    June 20, 2017 at 4:47 am

    Oh my gosh, this is amazing, Sanaa!

    I adore this:
    “He is cayenne pepper
    she is dirty rice”

    Perfect combo … especially if you’re dancing with someone special.

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  4. Frank says:
    June 20, 2017 at 4:52 am

    I liked the rhyme sounds in the second stanza. The word “light” in the first stanza made a sonic connection with “rice” and “advice” in the second stanza tying them together for me.

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  5. Walter Marks says:
    June 20, 2017 at 5:09 am

    That’s great, they are polar opposites and blend together in harmony. And so true as well. I think it’s worked out that way for us. I like the phrase, “He is cayenne pepper
    she is dirty rice”. Beautiful word picture

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  6. Grace says:
    June 20, 2017 at 7:14 am

    Love the passionate dance specially:

    He is cayenne pepper
    she is dirty rice

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  7. Glenn Buttkus says:
    June 20, 2017 at 7:39 am

    The dance is Latin, as is the passion; encountered a lot of sensuality out here on the trail. Pepper as a Muse has a lusty side.

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  8. SilverGardenia says:
    June 20, 2017 at 8:14 am

    Love the images of the dance showing their personalities. Lovely poem.

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  9. barbara says:
    June 20, 2017 at 9:09 am

    Such a lovely beginning to a night of romance. Very nice. 🙂

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  10. Truedessa says:
    June 20, 2017 at 9:38 am

    I think this is one of my favorites, filled with sauciness.

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  11. lynn says:
    June 20, 2017 at 9:49 am

    Exquisite rhyme, rhythm and passion to this, Sanaa.

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  12. Thotpurge says:
    June 20, 2017 at 10:25 am

    Dirty rice… !!! So intriguing!

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  13. Bjorn Rudberg says:
    June 20, 2017 at 12:24 pm

    Love the recipe of love. Dirty rice

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  14. Sarah Russell says:
    June 20, 2017 at 1:51 pm

    Cayenne pepper and dirty rice == a match made in heaven!

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  15. Kim M. Russell says:
    June 20, 2017 at 2:27 pm

    There is so much movement and teasing of the senses in your Quadrille, Sanaa – I think I should have read it last night rather than first thing this morning before marking exam papers again! Pepper is prompting some hot and exciting poetry. I love the lines:
    ‘He is cayenne pepper
    she is dirty rice’.

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    • Sanaa says:
      June 20, 2017 at 4:21 pm

      Awww!❤️ Thank you so much, Kim 😀 so glad you enjoyed it!❤️

      (and thank you for the lovely prompt)

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  16. Paul Mortimer says:
    June 20, 2017 at 3:44 pm

    Great images and love the rhythm of this poem

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  17. J Cosmo Newbery says:
    June 20, 2017 at 6:30 pm

    Lovely. For some reason I want to growl.

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  18. Marcoantonio Arellano says:
    June 20, 2017 at 6:38 pm

    this was appropriate and enjoyable because i had just finished watching on television a show here in the U.S.A. that’s called ‘So You Think You Can Dance’.

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  19. Laura Bloomsbury says:
    June 20, 2017 at 7:06 pm

    flows like a cruet set – clever rendition in dance rhythm

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  20. gillena says:
    June 20, 2017 at 8:15 pm

    Again your intriguing skill at contrasts to produce a wholesome hearty romance

    “He is cayenne pepper
    she is dirty rice”

    much love…

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  21. Kathy Reed says:
    June 20, 2017 at 8:45 pm

    Great passionate response to the prompt, Sanaa!

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  22. Nosaint Augustine says:
    June 20, 2017 at 9:32 pm

    Would I ever love to see these two dancing!

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  23. Rosemary Nissen-Wade says:
    June 20, 2017 at 9:42 pm

    Wonderful metaphor.

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  24. Colleen@ LOOSELEAFNOTES says:
    June 20, 2017 at 10:03 pm

    Love the cayenne pepper and dirty rice line and the pace and whirl and twirl of the rest.

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  25. De Jackson says:
    June 20, 2017 at 10:59 pm

    Love this, especially:
    “stage embroidered with
    thousand dreams”

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  26. Kerry says:
    June 20, 2017 at 11:27 pm

    He is cayenne pepper
    she is dirty rice…

    That is kind of hot, Sanaa!!

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  27. Jilly says:
    June 20, 2017 at 11:34 pm

    This spills beautifully!

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  28. lillian says:
    June 20, 2017 at 11:38 pm

    oh my….love that second stanza! “She is dirty rice”….smiling I am.

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  29. Bev says:
    June 21, 2017 at 12:47 am

    This has such a lovely rhythm and cadence … and sexy too!

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  30. Lynn says:
    June 21, 2017 at 2:18 am

    They complement each other well. Excellent write!

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  31. Janice says:
    June 21, 2017 at 3:45 am

    So many wonderful lines in this Sanaa…’He is cayenne pepper she is dirty rice’ holds so much possibility.

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  32. Pat says:
    June 21, 2017 at 6:35 am

    He is cayenne pepper
    she is dirty rice

    that’s just brilliant – what an incredible image and metaphor – it certainly fits in with the theme of d’Verse and works so well with and in this piece – great pacing – I felt like I was dancing along ….

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  33. Martin Kloess says:
    June 21, 2017 at 8:03 am

    She is the flower. I am the breeze. Together we are the scent that thrills the world.

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  34. kaykuala h says:
    June 21, 2017 at 9:19 am

    through sweltering summer
    winter rain
    passion sweeps world again

    With someone dear to one’s heart, any time and every time is game to be near each other!

    Hank

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  35. Bryan Ens says:
    June 21, 2017 at 8:27 pm

    Beautiful! I love the passion!

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