Poetic Seductress
by Jay S Zimmerman
A seductress
dressed
in poetry
her sheer exquisite words flow
over
her shoulders
cling to her body,
leave only a cleavage of metaphors
Similes danced like ballerinas
in the curls of her hair
Her lips pouted passionate penetrating alliterations
and her thighs
provocatively pressed
against
her dress
in a hyperbole of passion
Her mouth opened and
she
licked her red wet lips
with
the sweetness of sonnets
All this left him weak with longing
He sat there
composing
himself
His words lacked
the
luxurious loveliness
of her musical images
Tears filled his eyes
he felt lost and consumed
in her flowing stanzas
He longed to be enveloped
in
couplets
He wished to lie against her
enjambments
and caress her
line by
line
But he was afraid
And only upon putting down his pen
Could he rise and tell her
"I love you"
Bio: Jay
S Zimmerman came to poetry from his life as a visual artist, composing poems to
go with his art, finding as much joy in painting with words as with other
visual tools. He has recently been published in Matryoshka Poetry, Three Line Poetry, I am not a silent poet,
Curly Mind, and Flying Island, New
Verse News, Quatrain.Fish and Rats Ass Review. He is an artist,
photographer, psychologist and social justice advocate.