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Houri:

Fanning me to sleep
Fanning to awaken me
When all the noble folk of our company
Are bound together in sleeps wedlock
A breeze blowing between her thighs
Drifting the scent of her virgin pass
To bathe and slake me
In the unguent perfume of her body's incense pure
To rob the desert traveller of her swaddling heat
"The fever of the day does not touch me"
I whispered in the silent tongue
Shared by only she, my love, and i
Her sigh passed between the pillars of her teeth
Over the saddle of her tongue
She is flesh then not
She is the lonely breeze that passes
Over the face of the hunter
When the hawk is in sysygee with the moon...
— Dalton, Apr 28, 2010

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Country/Region: The Celestial River

Favorite Poets: Shane MacGowan, Dylan Thomas, Qays ibn Al-Mulawwah, Wallada bint al-Mustakfi, Rumi, Khalil Gibran, Yona Wallach, Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Eluard, Brendan Behan, James Clarence Mangan, William Blake, Tom Waits, Charles Bukowski, Forough Farrokhzad, Thomas Chatterton

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Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 1 month ago

Whoa! Everyone is flexing

Whoa! Everyone is flexing their wings today. Never liked the word *cunt* from any mouth, let alone yours, John. Am I going to have to get used to a John in every sense of the word? Lol. You do have virus protection, yes? ~A "The plain man is familiar with blindness and deafness, and knows from his everyday experience that the look of things is influenced by his senses, but it never occurs to him to regard the whole world as a creation of his senses." ~ Ernst Mach
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Dalton

16 years 1 month ago

sorry

sorry. maybe i should change this offensive word, what do you suggest? i wouldn't want to offend people.
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 1 month ago

Nothing to be sorry for,

Nothing to be sorry for, John. I just noticed *my take* on your poem. Poetry is meant to be *offensive* sometimes. It's how we notice things, but more than that, there are people such as yourself, that I can never be offended by because that is not your *intent*. Love. ~A "The plain man is familiar with blindness and deafness, and knows from his everyday experience that the look of things is influenced by his senses, but it never occurs to him to regard the whole world as a creation of his senses." ~ Ernst Mach
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Dalton

16 years 1 month ago

nevertheless i think i will

nevertheless i think i will change the offensive word. thankyou for your interest and your kind words. Love john
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lyz

16 years 1 month ago

Wow!!

Oh my. Wonderful write and read. I read above comments and yes, I am glad that word has gone. I totally agree with Anna. I am no prude but I hate that word. Why is it the only word most women do not find attractive. I suppose though, your poem without it shines and if it was not lost, well, I think it would have dulled this grand piece. Bravo Dale. XX
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Dalton

16 years 1 month ago

it was thoughtless and

it was thoughtless and insensitive it truly never occurred to me that a single word could do such damage. i will know better next time.
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lyz

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Dalton

You are such a love. Dont you realize, you could never offend and it was just a slip of the ink, so to speak. You are sensitive and a brilliant poet. Only respect I have for you and your work as you have for others. Leave it be now and get on with tantalizing us with your beautiful words Mr Dalton. Love ya!. Lyz. XX
Seren

Seren

16 years 1 month ago

Dear Dalton

I loved your poem ... I cannot find fault so I leave my stars and my admiration love and hugs JayCee ("Quote:- Death is the great adventure beside which moon landings and space trips pale into insignificance. Addison Joseph")