Thursday, December 3, 2020

Smooth Operator

 


i want slow dancing


starbursting in my chest

& filaments of delicate lacework

latching on my ribs


{swoon}

the night spell is mad timbre

of iridescent specks of dotted lights

smooth as ripe velvet plums


swaying  

                earthly swells

wine color 

                 drumbeats

& taste of wild 

                        crooning clarinet


pour red, 

     (bubbles of rose champagne)

all over my saxophone

     splashing purple & violet hues

my piano fingers are fire-

crackers


              all over you


Posted for dVerse Poets Pub - MTB - Synesthesia in music.   Sade is one of my favorite singer - classy with that distinct sexy voice.    Please join us when the pub doors open at 3pm.  Thanks for the visit.

18 comments:

  1. I can never get enough of Sade... I have seen the band live, and she seemed to sing just for me (which I think all the other 10 000 people thought as well)... love the wine you used to color her songs with.

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  2. Oh my gosh- I love 'my piano fingers are firecrackers all over you'!

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  3. Thank you so much for that blast of Sade! I love her too, but we don’t hear much from her these days. I took Ellen to an open-air gig in London when she was little. What a beautiful poem, Grace – I love the idea of ‘starbursting in my chest’ and ‘iridescent specks of dotted lights / smooth as ripe velvet plums’. Very sensuous.

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  4. Oh you have done this so well, totally captured the essence of this song which is sultry, seductive and full of plum tones, just like your poem!

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  5. So utterly sensual.

    "starbursting in my chest

    & filaments of delicate lacework

    latching on my ribs



    {swoon}"

    I swooned myself over those lines. Good god, what a writer you are! Such an amazing poem with colorful, seductive imagery. The entanglement in this dance, you cannot simply look away from. I am blown away, Grace. You are a wonderful, talented writer.

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  6. This is incredibly sensual, Grace! I especially love; "starbursting in my chest & filaments of delicate lacework
    latching on my ribs." Wow!💝

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  7. This was beautifully colorful Grace. Enjoyable to read. Well written.

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  8. H.O.T! Both of you. And the poetry sizzles, too! Thanks.

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  9. Oh, how sensual and sultry! I love how you structured your poem.

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  10. Wonderful wordplay, I love how it has latched onto my ribs as well, with the smooth music of Sade I am swaying with you! :)

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  11. "Piano fingers as firecrackers all over you" makes this a hot number, Grace!

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  12. Very sensational and sensual. Sounds like the with wine is working!

    the night spell is mad timbre

    of iridescent specks of dotted lights

    smooth as ripe velvet plums

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  13. "smooth as ripe velvet plums" - visual, tactile, harmonic.

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  14. I could read this the rest of today ~~~ however I must begin holiday prep. Sighs all the way 'round.

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  15. I love all the musical selections we're getting to go along with each poet's words. I can feel those violet tones.

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  16. Oh my, Grace! This is fantastic! You had me with the title and the first line. I was swaying and oohing and then when I got to the last seven lines, I swooned!

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