Ravensong Poetry And Writing Blog by Donovan Baldwin

By Donovan Baldwin

Friday 20191018

Old wooden boards
Cobbled together
Into a pathway
Across the marsh
Into the woods
Man built thing
Leading to the wild
Where we came
Where we must go
The place we
Cannot leave behind
Always a part of us
The human animal
Escaped from the wild
Seeking to return.

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*beneath gliding stars
comets and astral eddies
in reverent awe

(Above haiku suggested by "Of the Nature of Things" by Titus Lucretius Carus)

*lights above the sea
beckoning weary sailors
home to safe harbors

*o'ermastered by love
posturing in mating dance
maddened by desire

*from those lips soft words
breaths and whispers promises
of carnal delights

*how hard it may be
to bend words to my designs
capturing your heart

*profane be my thoughts
though my true desires are pure
lust and love alike

Saturday 20191019

Standing up becomes steps,
A few steps becomes a walk,
That walk can become a journey,
Any journey can become an adventure,
And adventure becomes life...
And a reason to just stand up...
For sitting is only
For reading about...
The adventures of others.

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*purpose of bright skies
assignment of silver moon
illuminate love

* old homer's ghost speaks
glory's tales and insane gods
as we listen rapt

*her rose a blossom
deliciously unfolding
softly in her dew

*want to tell your heart
things it can understand
behind all my words

*unwritten poem
words both silent and spoken
loving living rhyme

*sailing living seas
driven by thunderous storms
alive with daring

*at some other time
we knew and loved and then died
but our love did not

*i would climb her walls
see touch and taste her blossoms
within her garden

*may i write my words
loving fingers on your skin
spelling my desires

*poet weaves her tale
his dancer of poetry
living in his words

*mutual desires
each passionate urge woven
into love's own bonds

Sunday 20191020

(This poem suggested to my mind while reading "Walking" by Henry David Thoreau.)

I stack my books upon wooden shelves
Take them down and set them back,
One by one, picking and choosing
Thoughts and friends from among
Their aging pages,
But, for my own thoughts,
I will wander off somewhere,
Gazing at the green of grass,
The gold and brown of sunflowers,
The blue of water and of sky,
Beneath a gleaming sun
Or glowing moon.

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*attack me with love
penetrate my defenses
which i cast aside

*love is not abstract
undefined yet positive
our sweet paradox

*streaming down my face
elixir of our desires
served up with grace

*where the body goes
too the heart that both may breathe
the warm summer wind

*twilight sensation
breeze of memories passing
brings sadness and joy

Monday 20191021

*lurking lover me
afraid to speak even breathe
for fear you'll vanish

*no land has woman
for she is her own country
to explore and love

*who tames a woman
if she does become docile
it is of her choice

*weakness of my heart.
at the thought of you, the sight...
all else fades away

Tuesday 20191022

It was party every night,
Wine and song and laughter
Flowed so freely,
The problems of the world
Ours to solve,
Without understanding,
For we were young and right,
And, could do no evil,
Never realizing that someday,
We would be causes of problems,
The young ones needed to solve.

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*let's not make complex
this simple intricacy
referred to as love

*as lace caresses
reveals lovely hidden truth
my words cover you

*gleaming silver skin
moonlight etching light and dark
you its work of art

*our blossoms touching
in ardent pollination
life and love unite

*dawn flowers exposed
stretching out into the light
awakening me

*between two soft moons
i, solitary planet
place myself to rest

*peeling back layers
her blossom opens shyly
shows blushing beauty

*secrets appearing
as with a smile she reveals
what i've only dreamed

*plunging to her depths
bathing in her warm grotto
surfacing refreshed

*sounds of naked joy
laughing whispers in the dark
two lovers at play

Wednesday 10/23/2019

*tight within my arms
you're fitted to my body
every curve in place

*your hills and valleys
such luscious soft terrain
explored not conquered

*fantasies fulfilled
beginning with shy touches
hesitant kisses

*did i just dream you
or were you born human flesh
warmly delightful

*a wet tide rises
warm waves caress us bringing
pleasant weariness

*the taste of your tongue
adventuresome lips gainst mine
as we trade kisses

*we are yin and yang
each fulfilling the other
loving completeness

*his breath blows through her
a last chill thrills thrusting mounds
twin peaks arising

Thursday 20191024

*with my loving eyes
i caress body and soul
rapt with her beauty

*romance is not place
time nor activity
it is the person

*ice covered being
brittle... a tree in winter
please treat me gently

*things happened back then
stories too long to tell here
yet relived daily

*hands cannot touch all
so i caress you with words
proclaiming wonder

*the soft rise and fall
quiet breath beneath your breast
enchanting moment

*parting her soft reeds
seeking the honeyed petals
her hothouse flower

*hard and soft unite
secrets passed between the two
soft moans and sharp gasps

*her reeded delta
yields to my exploration
i disappear within

*her hands grasping sheets
gasping breaths filled with desires
thrashing with pleasure

Saturday 20191026

*I hear the earth songs,
The voices on the wind,
Singing of the trees,
Words made of
The sounds of coyote,
Bird, and bee,
I see the art of nature,
Paintings in green
And gold and blue,
Royal scarlet,
Colors beyond my palette,
To describe
Common
In the rising
And setting of the sun,
The perfectly hewn
Statue of a flower,
A rabbit,
One tiny blackberry,
In colors and textures,
Which can be touched,
And breathed,
And tasted,
And remembered
Forever...
Something no human
Artist nor poet can achieve.

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*too full to contain
i pour myself over you
filling your desires

*exploring our love
the touches and tastes of you
endless addiction

*as soft falling snow
you touch me the gentlest way
leaving me wanting

*i see memories
we have not even made yet
wait their arrival

*future christmas
we kiss beneath some mistletoe
giving of ourselves

*why were you so long
i waited lifetimes for you
my hopes were dimming

*one ray of sunshine
parted the darkness of night
you are my sunrise

*we made love last night
as so many nights before
only in my dreams

*fingers like small pets
nuzzling nibbling pleasantly
within your warm nest

Sunday 20191027

*a moment with you
is a lifetime of loving
never forgotten

*i cannot resist
you simply being yourself
sweetest seduction

*you led me astray
but how i wanted you to
over and over

give me what i need
offer your sweetest nectar
quench my burning thirst

*shy morning blossom
blushing bud in the garden
dew on her petals

*warm silver honey
moonlight flavors her petals
exquisite delight

*if i could hold you
help you through this day and then
the ones that follow

*hidden messages
the secrets you trust me with
quietly treasured

Monday 20191028

Cradled in my arms you lie,
Head resting trustfully
As, your lover, I,
So lustfully,
Inflame my hot desires,
With tender loving touch
Yet strive to tame the fires
Which fill me with so much
Love and wanting
Stealing my rest
Your presence so haunting
As you lay upon my breast.

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*perfect sucubus
welcome in my fitful dreams
take control of me

*attacked with kisses
she ripostes with caresses
we thrust through and through

*the waves roll over
bathing us in rising warmth
as we sink beneath

*we make sounds of love
visceral beyond mere words
fully understood

Tuesday 20191029

You would not understand,
Though you would try your best,
If I were to tell you all,
The past of me,
The dreams of me,
The past happiness
And present pain
That makes me me.
There's darkness in me
That you will never understand
Though you would try your best.

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*there's a tide in me
like the roll of ocean waves
each time i see you

*i try to do right
if wanting you is not right
i fail willingly

*your flavor lingers
on my tongue and in my mind
constant reminder

*curly filaments
tickling my face and fingers
pleasant sin-sation

*your treasured goblet
brim full with love's honeyed mead
lifted to my lips

*share the erotic
tell me your best fantasies
then we'll act them out

*we have but minutes
to share lifetimes of desires
yet we do our best

*haunt my daring dreams
take a chance on love with one
who understands life

*my lips and your lips
wet and sharing love's sweet tastes
combining flavors

*as rain beats the roof
we dance to nature's rhythm
so sensually

*read you like a book
turning your pages with fingers
and loving touches

*beyond what's allowed
i will go that far with you
no reservations

Wednesday 20191030

*winks at me and smiles
teeth sinking into ripe fruit
nectar on her chin

*if you were perfect,
what would i then have to be?
perfect together.

*awake my desire
cover me as dawn rises
your body on mine

Thursday 20191031

*a hex upon me
bewitched by my own desires
and the lure of you

*hidden behind words
my touches and glances felt
lover with a pen

*twisted mass of love
heated and hammered anew
into poetry

*feel your blood grow warm
at the heat of words and gaze
and touch of my hand

the body grows old
skils and strengths all fade away
memory remains

*share your secret book
spread your leaves for poet's pen
become my poem

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Copyright November 2019 by Donovan Baldwin

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