Friday, March 20, 2020
MAY I DRAW YOU WITH KISSES, AND OTHER POETRY BY DONOVAN BALDWIN WRITTEN FEBRUARY 19, 2020
By Donovan Baldwin
May I draw you with kisses?
Trace the dear warm flesh
Touch all the secret places
Which long so heatedly
To be exposed to love,
To be gazed upon,
Caressed,
To be warmed by breath,
Tasted and savored,
Treasured and desired,
Recognized as whole,
The finest work of art?
-----
my tongue inscribes words
love runes on quivering skin
carnal denouement
-----
a fantasy man
constructed from words and dreams
of someone he was
-----
i'm not only words
but experiences too
from which my words grow
-----
sunlight upon leaves
rustling of the mind's passage
fingers turn pages
-----
here's mother nature
captured in words and pictures
in my library
-----
sun draws its shade
moon ignites its silver globe
a romantic night
-----
giving up, i turned
stepping into a darkness
you suddenly lit
-----
skin prickles with heat
rising in expectation
straining eagerly
-----
her taut tipped bosom
breast rhythmically rising
neath my caresses
-----
Trace the dear warm flesh
Touch all the secret places
Which long so heatedly
To be exposed to love,
To be gazed upon,
Caressed,
To be warmed by breath,
Tasted and savored,
Treasured and desired,
Recognized as whole,
The finest work of art?
-----
my tongue inscribes words
love runes on quivering skin
carnal denouement
-----
a fantasy man
constructed from words and dreams
of someone he was
-----
i'm not only words
but experiences too
from which my words grow
-----
sunlight upon leaves
rustling of the mind's passage
fingers turn pages
-----
here's mother nature
captured in words and pictures
in my library
-----
sun draws its shade
moon ignites its silver globe
a romantic night
-----
giving up, i turned
stepping into a darkness
you suddenly lit
-----
skin prickles with heat
rising in expectation
straining eagerly
-----
her taut tipped bosom
breast rhythmically rising
neath my caresses
-----
Labels: donovan baldwin, fantasy, haiku, kisses, Mother Nature, painting, poems, poetry, runes, Salvador Dali, taut tipped bosom
Friday, January 12, 2018
I Love Rainy Days...And...
By: Donovan Baldwin
I love rainy days.
Don't get me wrong, I love sunny days too. I even love partly cloudy, or are they partly sunny, days.
I'm an equal opportunity day lover, I guess.
However, I think there are a couple of levels, or more, to this "love" of these certain kinds of days.
Sunny days remind me of my home in Florida, when I was a boy. Sunny days are uplifting, raising my spirits, at least. A sunny day can make me happy.
Rain?
Well, I've had some good times in the rain, and, partly along that same note, I consider rainy days romantic. You cuddle safe and warm inside, in the arms of your lover, while nature puts on a show, or show-er (couldn't resist) outside.
Thunder and lightening and wind remind me that there's a lot more exciting things in the world than the pap and pablum on TV and at the movies.
A Batman movie may rev you up for a bit, but an offshore squall can make you feel alive, and not just "pumped up". Still, I think one of the things that makes me love a sunny day, or a rainy one, is that it isn't the other.
Sameness can be nice, comforting, but, for me, it's also sometimes called a "rut".
I like it when Mother Nature reminds us that we don't have to be the same every day.
Kind of her.
Thank you, Mother Nature.
Don't get me wrong, I love sunny days too. I even love partly cloudy, or are they partly sunny, days.
I'm an equal opportunity day lover, I guess.
However, I think there are a couple of levels, or more, to this "love" of these certain kinds of days.
Sunny days remind me of my home in Florida, when I was a boy. Sunny days are uplifting, raising my spirits, at least. A sunny day can make me happy.
Rain?
Well, I've had some good times in the rain, and, partly along that same note, I consider rainy days romantic. You cuddle safe and warm inside, in the arms of your lover, while nature puts on a show, or show-er (couldn't resist) outside.
Thunder and lightening and wind remind me that there's a lot more exciting things in the world than the pap and pablum on TV and at the movies.
A Batman movie may rev you up for a bit, but an offshore squall can make you feel alive, and not just "pumped up". Still, I think one of the things that makes me love a sunny day, or a rainy one, is that it isn't the other.
Sameness can be nice, comforting, but, for me, it's also sometimes called a "rut".
I like it when Mother Nature reminds us that we don't have to be the same every day.
Kind of her.
Thank you, Mother Nature.
Labels: donovan baldwin, Florida, Mother Nature, rain, rainy days, sunny days
Saturday, September 16, 2017
Pleasure Of The Great Outdoors
By Donovan Baldwin
Mother Nature put on a bit of a show in the Fort Worth area between 4 and 6 AM.
Big thunderstorm, or, as I have heard them called in this part of Texas, "thunder boomer".
I grew up in Florida, on Pensacola Bay along the Florida Gulf Coast, so, thunderstorms are not new to me.
However, in this part of Texas, dreaded "water from the sky" is not as common as it was down on the coast.
Over the decades, I have worked many jobs that took me outside a lot. Mama Nature and I are old friends, if not always good friends, in my boyhood, on beaches, in woods, and as a working man. Even my "fun" activities often occurred outside.
(Side note: If you are not from the coast and love on the beach sounds romantic to you, ditch that idea. Sand gets into everything....everything.)
Anyway, I have gotten away from Lady Nature, what with advancing age and other responsibilities.
Pity.
It's always (Except when it's Summer in Texas...) a pleasure to reconnect with the Great Outdoors.
Most days, these days, it's through my sitting room window. However, today, I am taking the trailer to nearby Benbrook Lake, and am going to renew my friendship with Ol' Ms. Nature for a week.
Comments may not be as often as normal, but, expect the pleasure meter to be near the top of the scale. Nothing like a little quality time with Mother Nature to make you feel you're home, and whole, again.
NOTE: The above comment was written several weeks prior to being posted here, and I have been back from that pleasurable outing for several weeks.
Big thunderstorm, or, as I have heard them called in this part of Texas, "thunder boomer".
I grew up in Florida, on Pensacola Bay along the Florida Gulf Coast, so, thunderstorms are not new to me.
However, in this part of Texas, dreaded "water from the sky" is not as common as it was down on the coast.
Over the decades, I have worked many jobs that took me outside a lot. Mama Nature and I are old friends, if not always good friends, in my boyhood, on beaches, in woods, and as a working man. Even my "fun" activities often occurred outside.
(Side note: If you are not from the coast and love on the beach sounds romantic to you, ditch that idea. Sand gets into everything....everything.)
Anyway, I have gotten away from Lady Nature, what with advancing age and other responsibilities.
Pity.
It's always (Except when it's Summer in Texas...) a pleasure to reconnect with the Great Outdoors.
Most days, these days, it's through my sitting room window. However, today, I am taking the trailer to nearby Benbrook Lake, and am going to renew my friendship with Ol' Ms. Nature for a week.
Comments may not be as often as normal, but, expect the pleasure meter to be near the top of the scale. Nothing like a little quality time with Mother Nature to make you feel you're home, and whole, again.
NOTE: The above comment was written several weeks prior to being posted here, and I have been back from that pleasurable outing for several weeks.
Labels: donovan baldwin, Florida, Florida Gulf Coast, Mother Nature, nature, Pensacola Bay, texas, thunderstorms
