Writing

The strike of a match

By Denise Carruthers / 20th January, 2018

Where are you. my love I’m forever wondering Think of you and time takes me into the furthering of doubt That taunts my mind the trauma of possibilities of whatever…

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Visceral – spoken word

By Denise Carruthers / 11th December, 2017

Of things we are are made – of blood and bone of the tendrils of nerves, a motor within us all it’s revs and runs an engine, but with involuntary…

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a sheen of lovers

By Denise Carruthers / 25th July, 2017

They came as light, Lovers, Neath the sheen & shimmer They were writhing movements With sound and rhythm Making music within

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chains

By Denise Carruthers / 25th July, 2017

How we kept it together Our links not chains Just a tether of tenderness and understanding

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the first hello

By Denise Carruthers / 25th July, 2017

The precious first That one hello Felled my heart Touched my soul Now the fruit of memory Bittersweet

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start and end

By Denise Carruthers / 16th July, 2017

I say that love begins in the corner of a smile A smile as a promise of happiness It is the eyes that show sadness in a blink of goodbye

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tones of my heart

By Denise Carruthers / 16th July, 2017

Thrums so soft My hollow sounds Gentle tones & mellow movement Plays a melody of maundering The melisma to my heart

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like love

By Denise Carruthers / 16th July, 2017

T’ was there Paused my heart A mental connection Feeling of truthiness Déjà-vu & very like a love That once upon a time I knew

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darling dresses

By Denise Carruthers / 14th July, 2017

Wear this coat of my caress Dressed up in dearest wishes Graceful garb for gentleman Adorn yourself Darling Draped in adoration

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time stands still

By Denise Carruthers / 14th July, 2017

It’s that song, you know Flooding memories The one comes on & takes you back Time stands still but I am dancing With your ghost

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the sweetest kiss

By Denise Carruthers / 14th July, 2017

How I long to linger lovingly Lavish him with lips on lips His mouth on mine The sweetest kiss Gifted from my dreams

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mermaid

By Denise Carruthers / 11th July, 2017

Sirens at twilight Serenading by the sea Sways of singing Lilts that lure love When mermaids murmur Sailors sigh & succumb

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eyes

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

Drawn to his eyes Into the deep blue well Like a sky’s memory With sunshine stolen from the day Which she longed to return

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the lake

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

Memory threads An amber hue thru my mind You and me and the lake at night Floating on moonbeams Delighting in love

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come back

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

In a valley lies her heart A meadow swept by whims The quietude of him Whispers to dreams Come ye back, my darling

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love’s falling

By Denise Carruthers / 11th June, 2017

Soft touch Gentle moment Life light & dreamy Feelings gather Love calling Falling like raindrops Faltering Finding firm Haven for her heart

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my secret love

By Denise Carruthers / 5th June, 2017

When my feelings fade Like flowers kept in the dark You bring them sunshine Your words caress like gentle rain Ye, the knight in my amour

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my secret love

By Denise Carruthers / 1st June, 2017

Nostalgic For a poet’s love; How I wrapped myself In secret softness. In my mind We came together. Beauty sighs As I remember.

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love signals

By Denise Carruthers / 30th May, 2017

Welcome of summer rain Dewdrops on tulips in the morning Heart’s gentle beat A peacock wooing Color my love in these feelings

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topsy turvy

By Denise Carruthers / 30th May, 2017

find me upside down under inside out tables turning spinning yarns twisting tales trying to solve the mystery of you

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