Judah’s Gift
Sunday, October 26, 2008
This triptych poem, based on the biblical story of Judah and Tamar, was written for One Single Impression prompt # 35: Gift. Enjoy.
-Nicole
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| my signet and staff | my pledge to you | for a single torrid moment |
| from my hands | from my lips | between your legs |
| I settle | my gift | into your darkness |
| in your arms | I find | I will go |
| insane | hot kaleidescope madness | into halcyon light |
| blue gossamer robes | wicked, thick perfume | enchanted |
| veiled golden breasts | above thin, ocean blue veils | onyx mirror eyes |
| my hands dance | I rise | I explode |
| in brown flesh valleys | to meet | your passion |
| in sweat oceans | your sine crest wave | it has consumed me |
| I drown | I drown | I drown |
| my gift | my exquisite death | my spent soul |
| is yours | is yours | is yours |
Written 10/26/08
© 2008 Nicole Nicholson. All Rights Reserved.
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Your triptych poetry blows me away, and this one is very steamy! ::sigh::
Very impressive, full of lush imagery and a compelling rhythm.
Whew! Lush, beautiful, passionate… steamy, as someone said. Just gorgeous. I like that it reads beautifully up and down in rows and across as well. I actually kind of like reading the three as one with the repetitions…
What passionate love–and how beautifully complete. I enjoy your triptychs and study them for form and the delivery of meaning. Each one has a different nuance. Wonderfully done.
wow!!! now that was quite an undertaking… i just saw something somewhere about this form,, and to say the least i was intimidated… you pulled it off without a flaw… well done!!!!
flawless visual delight nicole… was just reading this very chapter…. amazing how the spirit moves… that judah would be humbled by a woman seeking justice and truth…amen!!