poem: "Dare I Be the Peach?"

[fannishliss]

[this is an original poem, for my friend roguebitch, who wanted something about women, sex, and aging]

Dare I Be the Peach?

I'm no peach,
unblemished, firm and fair,
fresh flesh prepared to bear an heir--

but yes, I am a peach,
ripe and luscious,
first fruit, juiciest, most delicious.

I'm no green thing, left to ripen on a shelf --
my hour of delectation I determine for myself.

Yes, I am sunlight distilled,
tender rain and tended field,

the flower and the bee,
the well-trimmed tree,
the journey to the stall,
bruises and all.

But no, I don't sit waiting,
flaunting, baiting,
calling all comers
with the headiest of odors.

A flash of gold, a blush of rose:
my qualities are subtler, headier than those --
it requires a deeper discernment to discover
with what pleasures I requite the better sort of lover.

With lips and tongue and teeth I'll suckle in
as trails of oozy sweetness track my skin.  

Fingers delving deep, the sweet flesh drips--
a quiver in the belly, a shake of the hips,

a sigh, an eyelid flutter at such delight.
One last kiss to sticky fingers,
licked clean, tucked out of sight.

Now, as for the pit,
that stony heart, the core
of secret germinations, it holds in store
within, the ideal: the idea

of the tree

still branching out

into sublimity---



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Comments

[heintz57.livejournal.com]

Wow this is great and I just love how is discribes me and every other woman who is well ripened with experiences and knowledge and who craves more.

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

thanks so much! there's a lot to think about, being in our forties, and not least of which is our nature as sexual creatures in this society so focused on the craziness and dramas of youth!

[heintz57.livejournal.com]

You are so right and being forty is a good thing I am in my sexual peak now, and the experience is much more exciting because of my age and much more intense.

I am always surprised when society thinks when a woman turns forty she is and "old maid" Which is untrue.

Myself I wouldn't want to be young again even if I was paid a million dollars this time in my life I found myself enjoying life even more than ever.

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

Yup, agreed!! :D

[miranda-askher.livejournal.com]

Yum.

Love the Eliot reference: eat this, Prufrock. Forget those abstract wind-blown mermaids... Which makes this all the more real and vivid.

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

thanks very much!

I really like peaches, but only if they are perfectly ripe. :D Strange but true that the whole peach metaphor came first and only later did I realize that I could also stick it to Prufrock in the title! :P

[beckaandzac.livejournal.com]

That's really lovely.

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for your sweet comment! :)

[roguebitch.livejournal.com]

Oh.

That is magnificent. Love the title, love the imagery, love the fact that I can liken myself to a ripened peach, round and juicy and delicious.

You do tend to meet, then exceed, those challenges, don't you?

Thank you!!! *loves*

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

thanks so much for the challenging topic! it's kind of a big one, right?? :D

I did a little itunes hopping and read some good poems by poet Patricia Spears Jones, had several false starts and one agonizing surprise crash of my text program!!! then suddenly there it all was. YAY!!

A great way to start the new year with a poem about living life to the fullest. :D

thanks very much for your lovely comment -- I'm very glad you enjoyed it!!

[embroiderama]

Wow, that's GORGEOUS! The last section is particularly wonderful and gave me the shivers.

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

Gosh I love the pomegranate icon!!! very apropos!

Thanks so much for reading and for your lovely comment.

I always wonder how my Romantic bent for taking it to the SUBLIME will be received -- so thanks!!! :D

[bloose09.livejournal.com]

Beautiful and accurate! I love being freed from our youthful expectations and able to enjoy all that we have learned in our lives. Our experiences are so much richer and deeper now that we are older.

Thank you for sharing your incredible talents!

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

You're so welcome. Thanks for your lovely words and for taking time to read a poem!

:D

[mcinstry.livejournal.com]

This is amazing! Sublime, divine, etc. Just gorgeous and sensual enough to make you all tingly inside.

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

Thanks very much! Those are lovely words for a poet to hear!! :D

[yogabeast.livejournal.com]

So beautiful! :)

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

thanks very much for taking time to read a poem, and for your sweet comment! :)