The Author Stew webpage – Stories & Poems
Poems & Stories from The Author Stew
Engrave your name here
Upon my heart’s broken tears
Spilled blood a tattoo
Whisper your love dear
Keep your lips on mine tonight
Poison in my veins
Nails on a chalkboard
Your moans, tear through my eardrums
Your sighs sharp daggers
LhOaVtEe digs deep
A Dverse prompt. Write a quadrille with the word engrave. Hope you enjoy!
C. Stuart Lewis creates poems with feeling, intelligence and sex appeal. His short stories and books focus on characters that feel real in real world situations. Originally from the United States he now resides in Ontario, Canada. Check out his webpage at TheAuthorStew.ca View more posts
The Author Stew webpage - Stories & Poems
Two sides of a coin in that last line, Stew, cleverly done to sum up both stanzas.
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Thank you! 🙏🏾
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Agony screams from this. It’s beautiful and terrible monkey on one’s back.
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Thank you so much for such earnest praise! 🙏🏾
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You’re very welcome.
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Love and hate so often walks hand in hand.
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Very true. And often within the same hand.
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A Quadrille to remember ~~~~
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Thank you so! We all hope our words are remembered I think. ☺
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Spilled blood as permanent an engraving as any other.
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True. And sometimes the cuts are even deeper.
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A passionate quadrille, Stew, which captures both sides of longing: the honey and the poison.
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Thank you so much! The rose and the thorns of passion that engraves.
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My pleasure, Stew.
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Strong mood and tone, I imagine the dark city in the background of it all somehow, the bars visited first..
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Who knows who you’ll meet on the dark city streets in a seedy bar. Perhaps that person that will engrave their name on your heart? Or maybe just a stiff drink to erase the memory of someone who already has …
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