Thursday 19 June 2008

clouds percolate from the sun


Photo: Rick Mobbs















somehow my swimming senses

make me perceive as if
clouds percolate from the sun
I fly out stealthily
all the while entangled with you
my astral body steals a kiss from it
desiring to share it with you.
you pick up my movements;
eagerly reaching out for me
your hands flutter to hold me close.
I can see you flowering
right in front of my still closed eyes

with the lightest of your touch
I sway with feelings
and burn up to cinders;

my last thoughts, before
I completely disintegrate

"you achieved what the sun could not"

29 comments:

  1. Hi Gautami, I'm right there with you, flying in the Astral - at the speed of thought. Love the wonderful picture too!

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  2. Even at a distance of 93m miles , I still feel too close to the sun., but wouldn't it be good to float up and touch it, just once?

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  3. Oh wow!

    This is probably my favorite piece I've read of yours.

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  4. Did i make a comment a few posts ago about being dark?

    This was beautiful girl......

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  5. Going as if fuelled by a super nova!

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  6. The Sun will be Kaput in a few Billion years and all of this will be gone without a trace...except for the pulsations that will travel to infinity.

    With that in mind I want to thank you for making my stay most enjoyable...I love coming here to see what can be done with words...
    you're a magician.
    Thanks.

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  7. Hot stuff! A gorgeous pairing of poem and picture. Thanks for visiting mine.

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  8. The title adds another dimension to the painting, and your poem just follows it perfectly

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  9. Gautami -

    This, for me, is your most free most sensual poem I've read to date -- superb... ;)

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  10. The last line is great.....very metaphysical, ha ha.

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  11. Ooohhhh and a much better way to go than burning up in the sun.

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  12. Oh, I love this poem, the delicacy, the power of a woman's light touch.

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  13. Ekphrasis is a wonderful thing, especially Rick Mobbs style. That is a lovely drifting kiss poem, perfectly inline with the painting.

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  14. Absolutely beautiful! I love the last line.

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  15. That was a good write up...
    Yo know at times, I wonder what and how it would be to live on sun...shining on the earth and calling myself sunshine :)

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  16. wow, your powerful and sensual words complement the picture so well

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  17. Someone else called this sensual, and I have to agree. This is gorgeous, woman.

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  18. You derived a great title from the painting ... and please don't disintegrate for too long :)

    A dream of fire and air is also based on this painting.

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  19. just found robb's paintings... they are awesome... i have to agree this is one of yr more sensual poems that enhances the painting... i too enjoy the title and the last line brings it in for a landing... so to speak... to collide w/another prompt the line i can see you flowering was subtle and sweet...

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  20. Tami, Ooo la la hot stuff. You are really burning up the poetic world. Does your mama know? lol ;-) Just kidding. This is wonderful and beautiful. Very sensual.

    love you,Melanie

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  21. a lovely image to attribute to your lovely poem. Thanks for sharing an inspiring artist.

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  22. This is such a lovely write...goes wonderfully with the painting.. :)

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  23. Great use of painting and poem - you're really making contact with the 'love' lines!

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  24. The use of the word "percolate" is dynamic. It becomes the power driving the sound, sense and whole feel of the poem. Lovely!

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  25. gautami, you really soar with this one! A beautiful love poem, both grounded in details and surreal in content. Lovely!

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