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        Reflections on Relationships

        • Kathabela Wilson
          • January 28, 2015
          • 1 comment
      Photoheart (Photo - Maja Trochimczyk).

      Photoheart (Photo – Maja Trochimczyk).

      POETRY CORNER

      – 1/28/15

      (Click on photos to read captions and enlarge).

      Maja Trochinczyk

      Adorable – as in the French perfume
      J’adore – but not the flowery kind
      Rather the musky spice
      Of your naked body.

      Gentle, charming, delightful
      Fit, boisterous, persistent,
      Singing carols out of tune,
      With muscles flexing under the smooth skin,
      Ready for the home run.
      Nice, not naughty, but nice
      Through and through.

      Green Leaf (Photo - Maja Trochimczyk).Maja Trochimczyk, a Polish-born poet, music historian and photographer, has published six books on music and three poetry collections​. She especially loves writing love poems, found blooming amidst her books ​”Rose Always,” “Miriam’s Iris” and “Slicing the Bread​”.​

      Ο Ο Ο

      Traci Barlow

      midnight swim
      up to our necks
      in moonlight

      Traci Barlow lives in Birmingham, Alabama. She says: “As we sit on the porch swing under the stars, the smell of wild mint inspires me to write. Across the field a small lake teams with wildlife and a soft bird calls.

      Ο Ο Ο

      Emanuela Nicolova

      Haiga photograph and tanka by Emanuela Nicolova.
      Haiga photograph and tanka by Emanuela Nicolova.

      Emanuela Nicolova lives in Sofia, Bulgaria. Born by the sea, she has spent many sleepless inland nights dreaming of it, yearning for it, listening to its melodies, coming from afar, whispering to her heart. Her poem is a siren’s song she overheard one night.

       

      ! We welcome and encourage your response especially in the form of short poems.  You may reply by leaving a comment below. The Poetry Corner is hosted by Kathabela Wilson. Photos by Maja Trochimczyk.

       

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      1. poettomm says:
        January 28, 2015 at 9:39 am

        another day, another wednesday [who’s counting?] [what’s important?] Poetry Corner appears, like Wednesday-blooming jasmine in Kathabela’s corner of the garden

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