Poetry Suite by Amber Flame — Part 1
“Every day now, reassure them: it is wonder.”
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yuanfen
Chinese (v.):
1. to meet because of fate
2. to be inexorably drawn into an interaction with no destined outcome
animal me can taste the puncture;
you coming. how hip and rib
bone popped threaten
crackling staccato skin.
jaw in slow your smells on my tongue
stretch; lay thick in wait.
teeth unsheathing.
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forelsket
Norwegian (v.):
1. catching one’s breath in throat when thinking of a lover
2. mundane life being overtaken by euphoric glow
each day now, reassure them: it is wonder.
everyone scents me the sun, all the stars,
primed. obtainable. how they shine so brightly.
flushed husk.
beloved, overgrown tongue.
sapped bones.
we begin:
eyes brimming with each other,
bruised mouths covenant
of wet and blood.
swollen in greeting.
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cafuné
Portuguese (n.):
1. the act of fondling the head or neck intimately
2. to entangle oneself in a lover’s hair
spin me your dreams.
curl your distant
longing round my thighs, you, fallen
to the
road
maps
of my
skin.
answer this:
i seek
will i be adventure
in your hair’s
where you go tangled vines.
mouth nomad;
you, oasis pooling
with every rise
fall
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naz
Urdu (n.):
1. arrogance in being the object of one’s affection
2. the surety of feeling completely adored
suckle
quench
return
lover calls me space and sky,
charts constellations.
across my limbs
in this terrain of riches i
am oceanic.
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Read Part 2 of the Poetry Suite here.
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