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Neda Hakim Sarraf

Posted on August 23, 2013 by lkthayer

My Beloved

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In the land of swans

Under the stars of one roof
Within winged messengers
I burnt all Theories on the stake

Beyond the shell of the flesh

Intoxicated by my lovers touch

Swept off by a wink in a glance
I soared on sapphire feathers
I pledged allegiance to my beloved

willed all illusions to the dust
I dived into drunkenness
Drunken by the pearls of wisdom
I built a bridge in silence
trailed by the holy grail
I weaved a nest with saffron threads

Hidden from the claws of darkness

Guarded by lovebirds and the light

Under the robe of humanness
Inside the eternal rose
Seeds of love grew wings

Caterpillars freed the butterflies
as I slide into my beloved.
Now, I and my beloved dance as one

In the land of swans

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Neda Hakim Sarraf

“butter fat goosegirls, bounced in a gambo bed,
Their breasts full of honey, under their gander king
Trounced by his wings in the hissing shippen, long dead
And gone that barley dark where their clogs danced in the spring….”

– Dylan Thomas

Photo by Mitch Hicks – U.K.

“Dog Days” by Alexis Rhone Fancher

Posted on November 9, 2009 by lkthayer

Photo by Alexis Rhone Fancher

he wants to take me to another hotel,
says sex is always hotter in a strange bed.
the winters in Las Vegas are colder than I expected.
I forgot my coat. we did it four times yesterday. spent $400 on room service. that’s
$100 a pop.
I prefer purple orchids, big cocks. I eschew the mini bar & the tv in
the john.
overkill, ya know what I mean?
there are long necked swans in the wading pool,
spying. frequent flier miles add up & now I only fly first class.
I miss my son every time I do something that takes two hands.
the dogs have stopped barking.

Alexis Rhone Fancher