Open Poetry #13 |
Skinny Dipping |
RMW Senior Member
since 2001-03-21
Posts 1424 |
Skinny Dipping Beyond the margin of your letter, You slant a bit, and shyly mention In just that way you have of writing Incidentally About a more Essential fact of life, Skinny dipping, not years ago, When all the world was smooth and tight, But yesterday, Amidst the night. You can't imagine how I looked, As just that quality of smile you like Overtook the little crow's feet Sneaking, as though along the fence That keeps me from your residence. To think, but for these taps You never would have known. Strange; The innocence I mean. All along I've wondered how it is they paint; The artists, How they come to concentrate With naked beauty at their feet. Now I know. And so I stare, Not peeking forth between the lines, But unabashed, Self-conscious just enough To wear a look, a smile, That says I care. RMW |
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SEA
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
oh, I like this very much! SEA |
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Tiersdin Member Elite
since 2000-11-17
Posts 2364east coast |
Robere, you make me swoon! This is lovely! *smiles* ~Tier |
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RMW Senior Member
since 2001-03-21
Posts 1424 |
SEA and Tier ("incidentally"..two folks I read alot)...thank you much. Awful early though, yes? Bob |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Bob--You have such a unique and charming style...very swoonable, I think. I really enjoyed reading this..thank you. |
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RMW Senior Member
since 2001-03-21
Posts 1424 |
Make that "three". (This could get me in trouble). Bob |
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VAS Member Rara Avis
since 2000-11-16
Posts 7450Oregon |
I'm so terribly happy I stepped in to see this one, RMW. I'd been here earlier and read another of yours, and now I'm tightening up my leeway time to get off to school. But this reads like a love letter to your wife, full of subtleties and tenderness laced fully with deep, deep love. What a wonderful read and I'm trying to be more glad for her than envious. |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
you know, I've never been skinny dipping, I wonder...... Kathleen Blake |
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RMW Senior Member
since 2001-03-21
Posts 1424 |
Virginia...so kind. Thank you. Irish Rose....Do not wonder...just do it. Well, be careful picking your time and place. Central Park is not good. You made me laugh. Bob |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
a memory well spoken. . . and I've always wondered about the artists too Bob. . . -------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Wow! All I can say is WOW! I mean, WOWWWW!!! Can you tell, I'm wowed by this? Cor |
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RMW Senior Member
since 2001-03-21
Posts 1424 |
Sven...smiling...a scene from "Titanic" comes to mind. But I don't think we want to go there. Do we? (Take your time). Thank you much. Bob Corinne.....Blushing. Thank you. |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Enjoyed this very much...made me think of that beer commercial...I think it was...I only saw it a few times...two guys were in an art class and instead of drawing or painting the nude woman they were staring...don't know if I could get past the staring...the admiring and the desiring...but of course I could for the sake of art...right...James |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
Bob, we can go there. . . but not here. . . I have another place in mind. . . lol. . . --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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RMW Senior Member
since 2001-03-21
Posts 1424 |
James and Sven...Gentlemen! Thank you....for the humor..which is our first line of defense. Bob |
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