Archive for the 'Poetry' Category

I love you…

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

 

 

 

 

I love you without knowing how, or when, or where from,
I love you simply, without complexities or pride;
I love you in this way, not knowing any other way of loving
but this, in which neither I nor you exist
so close that your hand on my breast is mine,
so close that your eyes close when I sleep.

Pablo Neruda, Sonnet XVII

 

 


Proverbs

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

 

I have covered my bed with colored linens from Egypt.

I have perfumed my bed

with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.

Come, let’s drink deep of love till morning;

let’s enjoy ourselves with love!

Proverbs 7:16-18 (NIV)



Honey spiced with cloves…

Saturday, May 5th, 2007

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Her breath is like honey spiced with cloves,
Her mouth delicious as a ripened mango.

To press kisses on her skin is to taste the lotus,
The deep cave of her navel hides a store of spices

What pleasure lies beyond, the tongue knows,
But cannot speak of it.

Srngarakarika, Kumaradadatta
12th century


A Thousand Kisses…

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006
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The Kiss, c. 1907
Gustav Klimt
This is one of my favorite paintings

Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred, then another thousand, then a hundred more, then a thousand, followed by a hundred; finally, when we have added up many thousands, we will muddle the score so that we lose count and no enious person can cast the evil eye on us when they learn we have had so many kisses. ~ Love letter from Catullus to Lesbia

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The Kiss, c. 1907 (detail)
Gustav Klimt