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Sensuality

Softly sinuous,
  plical velvet flowers,
promises of warm nectar
and perfumed release.

Pure in expression,
they seductively sway
    when whispered to
    by vagrant breezes,
their heart’s visible,
their souls hidden
in shadowed depths.

Unfurling
in an alluring display,
they open,
reveling in the hot
caresses of the sun
    finding fulfillment.



Author notes

Sen`su*al"i*ty\, n. [CF. F. sensualit['e], L. sensualitas sensibility, capacity for sensation.] The quality or state of being sensual; devotedness to the gratification of the bodily appetites; free indulgence in carnal or sensual pleasures; luxuriousness; voluptuousness; lewdness.
plical - a fold or folding
Prompt: Picture
Picture Credit: "Calla Lillies No. 1" by Sondra Wampler
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  • Night Hope gold member
    August 31, 2008
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    First of all, let me thank you for your entry into my contest. I appreciate the time & effort that you spent on your poem immensely, because I completely recognize & understand the symptoms as being my own, as well. lol

    Also, please let me apologize & ask for your understanding this somewhat generic comment; I have a migraine & need to get this contest judged so I can get to bed. I don't have a lot of time or energy to be online these days. Which is partly why I'm commenting at 3 am.

    This is the part that I was awed by the most:

    "Softly sinuous,
    plical velvet flowers,
    promises of warm nectar
    and perfumed release."


    You certainly have talent to spare; I thank you sincerely for sharing this part of your Self with the rest of us lost, angelic souls...Keep writing...This world needs all the Poets & Scribes it can hold. Especially now.

    Be good to yourself & those around you; it really does matter, as you know.

    ~ Wanda



  • Riftkin gold member
    August 12, 2008

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    This is soft and beautiful, just like the flower
    you have here to use. Wonderful poet that you are
    turn it into a sensual piece.

    Joann


  • kiwigirljacks gold member
    August 12, 2008

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    Beautiful! I love it when something like a flower is taken and turned into a lovely piece of sensuality! Oh and Lillies are my favourite flowers


  • Lucy.
    August 12, 2008

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    Do you read the dictionary in your spare time?



    Beautiful take on the picture, good luck in the contest.