I am letting you into a secret world – the world where I declare my love for my baby daily. I write her a note every day telling her I love her – either a letter or a poem. About two days ago, I was musing on this particular practice and decided that my morning email would be about that same very topic. So, I give you…
Morning Ritual
My desire lights a fire
under my pen
Inspires a verse
to spring unhindered
From my thoughts
A carefree deer
Bounding from word
To word
Skipping happily
Through syllables
Climbing rocky pinnacles
To the climactic summit.
Thinking of you lets verses
Fly free
The most beautiful poetry
Flows from my heart and goes
Straight home to roost on yours
A homing pigeon with
My latest love letter
Strapped to its leg.
I think of you and words dance
On the page
Cavorting on the stage of
Our attraction
My words vie for your attention
One smile from you
Is an honourable mention
And I collect my prize
Staring at your eyes
And sharing passion
With a fiery kiss.
Thoughts become words
Expressed as verse
Until pages are filled
And my heart is stilled
Until the next thought comes
And stirs my heart anew
To start the cycle again…
Homing Pigeon Portrait (Photo credit: ingridtaylar)
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Passion's Pleasure 
smiles…this is beautiful man..and free…i love the love notes on the homing pigeons…and bounding deer….it is like that when you have one that sets your muse to dancing…
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Posted by brian miller | October 23, 2012, 9:04 PMYeah Brian … reminds me of my earlier poem “Nine” when I first met my love … I’m STILL on cloud 9 all like now! 😀
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Posted by bajanpoet | October 24, 2012, 12:48 PMoh i love the pigeon image…let the verse fly free….lovely and romantic write…
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Posted by Claudia Schönfeld | October 24, 2012, 12:27 AMThanks so much Claudia 🙂 I must admit I loved this as soon as I was finishing it – it was a joy to write!
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Posted by bajanpoet | October 24, 2012, 12:47 PMso very lovely and romantic… sigh….
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Posted by kelly | October 24, 2012, 1:00 AM*grin* Thanks Kelly 🙂
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Posted by bajanpoet | October 24, 2012, 12:48 PMI’m greeted similarly every morning. 🙂 Such bliss! As always, I love reading your pieces aloud. The rhythm and skipping rhymes *pop* making it a joy to read!
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Posted by bittersweetverse | October 24, 2012, 2:35 AMYou make me blush with your praises … I would LOVE to hear you read one of my poems …. Thank you! It was a joy to write as well….
How lucky that you get the same treatment every morning 😀 I guess us hopeless romantics are still out there…
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Posted by bajanpoet | October 24, 2012, 12:50 PMAnd you’ve done it again …lucky lady I’d say, for you inspire me to write 🙂 Xxx
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Posted by TENESIA TERI~ANN | October 24, 2012, 11:35 AMI’m glad to inspire you to write, my darling … beautiful words from a beautiful goddess… I wait eagerly for the next time your pen kisses my soul 🙂
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Posted by bajanpoet | October 24, 2012, 12:52 PMShe is one lucky woman hummmm another beautiful piece well written.
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Posted by empress | October 24, 2012, 12:28 PMThank you baby ….
Yes she is …… 😉 Hope she knows that 😀
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Posted by bajanpoet | October 24, 2012, 12:53 PMAww shucks now! Nice to see this soft, sweet, gentler side of the Bajan.
“…A carefree deer
Bounding from word
To word
Skipping happily
Through syllables…”
Love this!
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Posted by Raivenne | October 25, 2012, 1:27 PMMy first poetic ‘nickname’ was the “Looooooove Man” when I was a teen / young adult … at a monthly poetry reading called Voices Writers Collective … the then coordinator Sandra Sealy always drew out the Loooooove when she was introducing me lol
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Posted by bajanpoet | October 25, 2012, 3:52 PMIf she reads this, she is sure to swoon and fall madly in love with you.
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Posted by Edward Hotspur | October 30, 2012, 12:07 AMWell, she is already in love with me 🙂 I’ve been writing a daily poem / note for the majority of the six months we’ve been a couple 🙂
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Posted by bajanpoet | November 4, 2012, 6:10 AMFurther in love, then? You have done well, and you are doing the right thing, so you’re on your way to becoming a master. I should be listening to you!
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Posted by Edward Hotspur | November 4, 2012, 3:53 PMMaybe you should! 😉 My stage name ain’t Passion for nothing ROFL
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Posted by bajanpoet | November 4, 2012, 6:15 PMAwesome piece, well written…you inspire me to write too..:) keep doing what you do best Passion..:)
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Posted by Latoni | December 20, 2012, 4:50 PMMy job is to inspire and incite desire to scratch the itch 🙂 Get to writing! 🙂
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Posted by bajanpoet | December 20, 2012, 5:57 PM