Dough loves the girl with warm fingers--
It turns as brown as a kangaroo,
Baking just by being held in her hands.
The girl with warm fingers
Can steam the pool just by catching crawdads.
She can warm you, too, Miss Lonely,
Just by...
Just by...
By and by, just see if she can't.
Her coffee is the happiest coffee--
It never goes cold,
And the girl with warm fingers
Turns seeds into vines
All the time.
I want to live in the outback
With Miss Remarkable, Miss Sweeter Heater.
I want to live inside a coffee bean.
I want to forget I ever knew what winter was.
I want...
I want...
I want her to come down by the green-leaf waterside and snap me
Out of my shell like the first day of summer.
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for One Shot Wednesday
photo by Metin Demiralay (thanks, Hedgewitch!)
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28 spoke through the ouija:
Ah, hollow out a coffee bean or two and see if the sofa fits. A most appealing lady, she of the warm digits. You bring her to life, and if you keep doing this, you're going to have to build another room onto the coffee shop. I love the pace in this one, the fragmented sentences--almost like panting in the heat. (And my eyes thank you blissfully for the nice clean font.)
Love this piece -- engaging from beginning to end... :)
and Shay, I agree, bad haiku sucks -- but masterful haiku is magic...
...rob kistner
Image & Verse
Shay, my this is lovely.
"I want to live inside a coffee bean.
I want to forget I ever knew what winter was." you do bring to life the yearning to escape the cold north.
Pamela
i am rather fond of a warm fingered girl meself...and if she slaps me, i hope she has at least given me the coffee first....
Word play - and play on dear Shay. I liked this so much it took me away from the puzzles that plague me today. As always excellent.
Felt a warmth in my heart after reading the piece! To put things short. Nice poem!
"Just by...
Just by...
By and by,..." What an incredible connection!
And "snap me out of my shell" is so _____ clever! It reminds me of the figurative "shell" but also brought to mind shelling peas--a thing of summer, certainly.
Maybe you could hit your head while bike-riding (a little) and then you could write something merely mediocre?
I guess not...
Hi - Thanks for visiting my blog. Sioux is a riot,isn't she?
Love your poem and the imagery. I'm personally not a great poet, so I'm in awe of folks who do it well. Like you!
"...and snap me right out of my shell"......love now you ended this...bkm
Reading your poem was relaxing, love the coffee and warmth, what more does a girl need. ;)
Anita.
Ooooooh..such a...satisfying poem. I loved it! I love everything you write, sure, but I really loved this one.
Great imagery and perfect wishes... how I wish, one has that girl with warm fingers to smoothen all the troubled wrinkles of times...
Last line was great.
Thanks for sharing..
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I love the mood in this one so much! "snap me out of my shell like the first day of summer"....wonderful warm poem, great for the last days of winter......
An evocative and well structured poem, which hopefully, will herald the longed for arrival of spring.
Warm fingers AND a warm wash cloth!
Now theres a combo!!
So you Hate Haiku?
That's a very strong statement!
Myself? I hate Mimes!
The first day of summer - not that far away, but it seems like it.
I want ..........
FB - you are never boring! Dig your style.
Send her my way, its cold here
Want...
perfectly articulated here.
If I was still a drinker, I'd say this has the languor of pineapple and Myers rum in the satch of a sweltering evening on the other side of the world's winter. But I don't drink, so I'll just say yum. - Brendan
I especially love that first stanza!
Damn, is it hot in here AGAIN? Between my hormonal hot flashes and your poetry, my A/C never stops running!
Love the last stanza the BESTEST...scrumptious...
Will be back so you can feed me some more :)
xx
This is SO sexy! Love this one, Shay!
This is not for One Shot Wednesday...it is for One HOT Wednesday!!....Shay you have never written anything that I did not love! You are an awesome writer!
:-)
Shay,
I love the changes you've made to your site. It's so bright and fun, like this poem.
I love how you can write such sensual poems with so much humor. This one was made me smile.
I loved the closing lines, "...and snap me/Out of my shell like the first day of summer." They brought a memory of me sitting on a porch with my mother snapping peas.
This site is so YOU now. I promise to not pluck any blooms without permission:~)
p.s. I also enjoyed Sioux "outing of you." I always wondered how you produce so many wonderful poems. Well, you know this reader will be back:~)
Sexy, indeed. What a wondrous idea, the warm hands.
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