Love Is...

By Connie Parkin

Love Is... a book for lovers of the written word who want to cuddle up and read short poems about the most wonderful of all emotions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sands Press
• Release date: Oct 26, 2021
• ISBN: 9781990066023

Book preview

Love Is … Appreciation

In Gratitude

I am so very grateful for you my friend.

You’ve given me something I’ll take to the end

of my days, to last beholden breath and sigh.

You gifted me something I’ll do ‘til I die.

Your encouragement made me pick up the pen

for capped, trapped voice to emerge, surge, be heard, when

in need, God’s speed, an angel brought you to me,

helped heal, brought real growth … your Hippocratic Oath

allows me now to survive, thrive, thrust into a new world

where freedom is found, no longer bound … uncurled.

Something I do a lot, don’t think I forgot,

grateful always for your inspiring ink blot.

When in need of a smile, or in need of muse,

thoughts drift … words you have encouraged me to choose,

to express who I am, what I want to be.

So grateful, you’ve given me wings to fly free!

This Thing

This thing we share, our special bond

Reminds me of why I am so fond

Ideas, thoughts, grievances too

Not shared with many, in fact so few

Special beau held close to my heart

Locked tight in my mind right from the start

Think of you often, all things good

Should let you know it, I really should

Ying to my yang, chew for my stew

What would I ever do without you?

Easy to love, easy to keep

Strong feelings for you rooted well-deep

Tethered

Drawn to you, moth to flame

Deepest love, I must proclaim

Gathered in, stuck like glue

Tethered tight, there’s much ado

Skipped hearts beat, lover’s pace

Yearning, burning, ardour’s chase

Saited, spent, times divine

Caring, sharing lustful wine

Fast’ned, fused, mind and spine

Rapture’s ribbons, tight entwined

Sense your thoughts ev’ry day

Taste your essence all the way

Tethered taut, soul-secured

Feelings nurtured and matured

Tightly tied, heart-strings knot

Never forget what we’ve got!

Wedded Bliss

Two hearts and souls have lovingly become intertwined,

from many times spent together, having wined and dined.

Your very first meeting was not solely by chance,

although it may have begun with just a glance.

You know the exact moment that you have found the right one,

when time apart from one another makes you come undone.

Many things contribute to make a good wedded life,

patience, understanding and tenderness between a husband and wife.

If you always cherish, and take not for granted your special loved one,

your lives will be filled with peace and contentment, and so much fun.

Hoping that your household is blessed with many kids (a whole batch),

congratulations to you both, you have each found your perfect match!

Simple Gifts

S miles

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M orn,

P ats on back,

L ong hugs,

E ased squeeze …

G ifts from

I nside

F or

T rue

S eventh heaven

Blue Salvia

A loving gift of potted Blue Salvia

As fresh and down to earth as are you, my love

Says ‘I think of you’ – not just some trivia

Our essence wrapped together, hand in warm glove

Watering and nourishing our growth from seed

Brightest sun, waking up ruffled morning dove

Trickle of lust runs ‘twixt my breasts, pooling bead

Thoughts of you send me searching … cooling iced –tea

Visions creating unrivalled urgent need

Stained – indelible joie de vivre – soul tattooed

Blue Salvia – ‘I think of you’ – it is true

My heart you readily captured, tamed and subdued

Flowering profusely, still perky-fresh, new

Gift … ‘you thinking of me’ caresses my heart

Missing you – I look to Salvia, so blue

Follow my trickle, know, that love you impart

‘I think of you’ too – have, right from the start

More Than You Know

I love you far more than you will ever know,

with you I’ve no need to prove anything, so

I can just be myself, one hundred percent,

you get me like no one else does, you’re decent.

You have a whale of a heart, fit us all in,

your kids, my kids, and all the rest of our kin.

You know when I’m tired and in need of a break,

and you whip up a stew or grill me a steak.

There’s a calmness about you that warms me so,

a hushed lulling love that just swaddles me whole.

The heat of your body pressed against my back

has me craving your arms, cradled in the sack.

I know you will be there when I need a friend,

know I can count on you right up to the end;

and neither wants to be without the other,

how lucky we were to find one another!

Poem in my Pocket

There’s a poem in my pocket

I should tuck inside a locket

Held near and dear to my heart

Deeply imbedded in soul’s chart

It’s held there for you, dear friend

‘Tis for you this poem’s been penned

Need you to know how I feel

Treasuring friendship, truly real

You’ve helped me grow, countless ways

Talked me through some darkened days

World’s brighter ‘cos you’re in it

Enlivening life with such wit

Two years wherein we stole a glimpse

Of what fate holds, including crimps

Chemistry exists, there is no doubt

A caring blooms, a love does sprout

Fondly recall that special day

You entered my life … to stay, I pray

Encouraging qualms to wash away

Sparking child in me to ‘come and play’

December 16th … etched in my mind

Date I met you … you’re one of a kind!

Miss You

Miss you long before you’ve gone

My waking light ‘pon each new dawn

In this life I pray you’ll stay

Laugh begetter, sunshine bouquet

My heart bursts, deep sonic boom

When love we make in any room

Rest of globe just fades away

You rock my world, spawn sugar-sway

Watch stops whenever you’re near

Sweetness oozes, you bring good cheer

Love for you grows, leaps and bounds

I think my soul mate I have found

Freed from empty lonely gloom

Miss you before you leave the room

Rosy-pink, out of gray-blue

What would I do without YOU?

Lovers’ Psalms

Snuggled right tight all is bright

In swinging hammock built for two

Coc’nut dreams, love’s treasured means

To say, once again, Yes, I do!

Beneath swayed palms, lovers’ psalms

Scripted in earnest gratitude

Pressed so close is loving dose

Blessings, gifted whence, now renewed

Lovers’ psalms, balms, quenching qualms

Telling all is as it should be

Slightest touch still means so much

Knowing you gift your heart to me

Best Catch

My man he is good looking in a unique sort of way,

with strong jaw and wavy hair, he causes me to sway.

He is the quiet type, and is sensitive to my feelings,

with piercing blue eyes he sets my heart a reeling.

He has a sense of humour, and a very good sense of wit,

personalities befit one another, there is no drama or shit.

He knows exactly what I need, he can read me oh so well,

possessive and controlling he is not, he really is so swell.

Gentle and soft spoken, he always thinks before he speaks,

I am anxious to see him … haven’t seen him in a week.

My heart is set aflutter when he explores into my eyes,

hypnotic is his gazing stare, from sunset to sunrise.

Between us there certainly is a strong physical attraction,

he knows just how to please me … he drives me to distraction.

He is a kind and decent man, whom I really do hold dear,

definitely, without a doubt, he is the best catch of the year!

Out of Sight

Out of sight, yet not out of mind

Feel your hugs, warming, sweetest smiles

Hear it is said that love is blind

Still, your gaze reaches beyond miles

Feel your hugs, warming, sweetest smiles

So tenderly, my heart you stole

Still, your gaze reaches beyond miles

Penetrating deep within soul

So tenderly, my heart you stole

Miss you more than words can convey

Penetrating deep within soul

Bid you always, forever, stay

Miss you more than words can convey

Hear it is said that love is blind

Bid you always, forever, stay

Out of sight, yet not out of mind

Porcelain Doll

She is rooted, there, in the corner

Born of translucent ceramic

From pure clay

Fused, fired

Glazed

She

Bedecked in white satin and lace

Coloured, high fired fragility

Ripe cherry red lips

Penetrating eyes

Raven locks

She

Morphed amid mauve memories

Detailed, tufted over time

Painstaking … yes

For naught?

Oh nay

She

Mona Lisa, his Mona Lisa

Coveted masterpiece

He sees her now

Invaluable

Paid for

She

How could he not see

Her total worth

Afore now

His doll

A doll

She

?

Love Is … Yearning

She, Orange Fresh

Light of moon can cast no finer charm, than early morn’s rays when her sweet blush disarms

this self-restraint I strive to muster, whilst in earnest my words I barely bluster.

Her vision ignites my soul aflame, her heart I ponder how to capture and tame;

from afar I ride to watch her bathe, and my want she shapes with her goddess-form lathe.

… She, Orange Fresh …

Behind an Elm I hunker in watch, to imagine her silken, orange, butterscotch

tresses twirled lightly ‘twixt my fingers, and dream of kisses that might long linger.

I have as yet to see her turn ‘round, to espy would surely slay me to yon ground.

In silence I peer in wistful sigh, these dreams so far away, yet prayed to be nigh.

… She, Orange Fresh …

Orange Fresh, my mistress of desire, I lust loud for her with lungs of town crier,

yet I feel unworthy her hand to hold, lest I should approach and she think me bold.

To mind I carve each delicate speck, I study her curves, soft nape of long neck.

Each morn I come to see Orange Fresh, and long for the day when our heart-strings might mesh.

… She, Orange Fresh …

‘Tis far more than just a dream conceived, in my heart of hearts it is truly believed,

that she and I will someday be one, and the heavens will open blessed by the sun.

Orange Fresh, She, who so makes me sway, She, who I shall cherish and never betray,

She, who I dream of, both night and day, She, who takes every ounce of breath away!

… She, Orange Fresh …

Wishing on a Star

I lie here wishing on a star

Yearn to catch lightning in a jar

I come to the woods, to my special place

‘Tis my second home, ‘tis my thinking base

Nocturnal creatures scamper, giving chase

I scrutinize lambent moon’s pensive face

Fresh dampness nips midnight’s reflective space

Prickles my senses, heightening life’s grace

I lie here wishing on a star

Yearn to catch lightning in a jar

Poisonous venom of horned viper asp

Unachievable things beyond my grasp

Castles in air I dare not attempt clasp

To do so leaves me disheartened, I gasp

That which eludes me, grates heart, sharpest rasp

With attainable dreams, my soul unclasps

I lie here wishing on a star

Yearn to catch lightning in a jar

Escaped reality in Promised Land

Dare to dream, pulling, head out of sand

Floating fairytales, fluid fantasies fanned

Skimming the surface where goodness is planned

Dare to dream big, yes, so heavenly grand

Welcome poss’bilities with open hand

I lie here wishing on a star

Yearn to catch lightning in a jar

My thoughts have gone out, I’ve planted the seed

Nothing stands in the way to