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All Hands on Deck


06.02.15 Posted in today's words by

Frieda Landau’s most recent poem to appear here was A Sonnet on Turning 50 (May 2015).

All Hands on Deck
By Frieda Landau

The first exploring touch:
The curve of a hip,
The slope of a breast,
The roundness of a belly.
Tentatively, like a trespassing child,
The wetness below,
Following the convoluted folds,
More certain now, to the slick nub
Swelling with anticipation of the touch.



3 Responses to “All Hands on Deck”

  1. Jeanette Gallagher says:

    Whoa!!! Now that’s poetry in motion. . .

  2. Sharon Poch says:

    Phew, Frieda–I’m just a-sweatin’. Well done!

  3. Eloquently put. Brilliantly done.

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