Tag Archives: seduction

Rose Red

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Helen

Rose Red was her name Palest skin Lips of flame When she’d gone You weren’t the same From her blood Forever stained Rose red was her hue Seductress had The best of you Lashes long O’er eyes so blue What … Continue reading →

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Persuasion

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Helen

Such gentle words Rippling like smoke Against a rainy windowpane I remember your face Angled as you turned To see the door open And all the past return Scattered like debris on the café floor You pressed me for A … Continue reading →

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Feeding Time For Fools – for Prompt 24 – Vixen

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Helen

They have named me vixen These shrewd, careful boys In a word they have captured All elements, all meanings As though in describing thus I am therefore contained It’s just feeding time for fools And only fools here remain They … Continue reading →

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Bad Influence

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Helen

I was so quiet and secure No passion troubled me Perhaps lived hidden and obscure Just the way that it should be You were wild and unpredictable And yet you looked at me You looked at me I sought not … Continue reading →

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Casanova

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Helen

The flights of fancy From your eyes Flirtatious and intense Then cool attention Mimics ice As fire of passion relents These games you play So intricate Like chess, a structured strategy Are but your cards Used to relate To delve … Continue reading →

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Passing By

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Helen

I was not what you expected Not what the wrapping would imply I was more unguarded moments Than a player ought to try To a lover, sweet perplexity Escaping on a sigh I was not what you expected I was … Continue reading →

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