2023-11-28 08:30
Midnight,Moonlight dancer,Mystic,In the silver light,Upon the shore of love's ocean,Both of us caught upIn the mystique of our music,Sounds speaking to loversWho hear the same song.Thr… Read More
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Poetry and comments by the author, a retired military gentleman of 73 years, with occasional appearances by others.
2023-11-27 08:00
If I could use my words I would use them to:Tease you, tantalize you, tempt you,Cajole, caress, and comfort you.Take you, wrapped in love's embraceTo the heights of ecstasy,And further… Read More
2023-11-26 10:00
As a boy, Half a hundred years ago,I lay sleepless, Shirtless,Sweat trickling,Sheets sticking to me,The one window of my room open,Old box fanDroning in the corner.I dreamed and im… Read More
2023-11-25 17:28
Have I once known you in
Some other place or time?Were we lovers then,Winging forward to the now,Where we find ourselvesUnited as before?These eyes, these lips, Seeming delightfully new,Are… Read More
2023-11-24 16:46
Don't destroy their temple, boy,Don't defile their creed.Like you, they know what heartache is,And, if they're cut they'll bleed.They're just like you and me inside,They've got a word for lo… Read More
2023-11-23 16:03
If she could hear my dreams,I wonder what she would feel...What she would sayTo me.In darkness of the early morningI lay awake in bedThinking of her,Wishing I could say,So many things… Read More
2023-11-22 13:49
Unsure of lewd display she turnsTo hide the fire which within burns,Wishing her flames could be set free,But frightened of her fate if he...Should see her naked secrets bared,Oh, what… Read More
2023-11-22 13:29
The freedom to be bound only by your own desires and the desires of the one you choose to share your freedom with.The freedom to use your body fully, in any manner you choose or allow, in th… Read More
2023-11-21 23:56
An old man by the trail I'll lie,Left behind, left here to die,Left for obligation's sake,It's duty's path that I must take.Without me, has the tribe moved onNot moved a bit, that I am… Read More
2023-11-20 17:30
Her amorous intruderEnters her gardenThrough the portalShe left open.She...Goddess of the garden,Shivers with delightAs he opens,Brushes past her gates.Once captive insideShe feels deeply ea… Read More
2023-11-19 15:40
I heard the wind speak of you.The waves whispered secretsThat I could barely understand,And yet, and yet, I craved to meetThis fabled creature never foundOn this earth in this life, until,On… Read More
2023-11-16 17:31
Woman, SheEbony or ivory,Or somewhere in between,Perhaps beyond,Woman still of mystery,And tantalizing landscape,Of her hard tipped hills,Softly rolling velvet plainsHer warm welcoming grott… Read More
2023-11-14 20:24
beat of rhythm thrust of thighdancer in firelight as i,entranced, enthralled, on edge of sin,watch her wicked dance beginthe tempo rises, feet a blurtill all that i can see is herstrip… Read More
2023-11-12 13:03
By Donovan Baldwinwhorls of the rosesoft folds of orchid petalsdewdrops on the blooma tiny bud openingcaress of morning breezerising heat of the sunsensuous nature-----since she was a girlth… Read More
2023-11-09 17:52
By Donovan BaldwinEven without words,You speak to me.,,Of quiet walksOn moonlit shores,Love songs softly played,On old guitars,Of candles fluttering In an evening breeze,As gossam… Read More
2023-10-06 12:07
Sweet revelationWhen dawn's loose robe falls open,Splendid secrets loosed,Bosom of the day aboveEcstasy's hidden entrance#tanka-----fingers flutteringalmost too fast to follow...summon… Read More
2023-09-09 14:43
By Donovan BaldwinTwo attitudes have influenced both senior exercise and exercise in the general population.1. Exercise is good for you.2. The more exercise the better.Well, we all pretty mu… Read More
2023-09-02 13:34
By Donovan BaldwinI hear and understandThe messages of the wind,Fragrance of bold red flowersSmall secrets whispered amongTrees and grasses, and sung aboutBy birds and cold running water,Bur… Read More
2023-07-30 11:54
By Donovan BaldwinWe think, and talk, a lot about "nature" and, somehow, often seem to assume that homo sapiens, that destructive and abusive species, is, in some way NOT natural.Oh, we do c… Read More
2023-07-29 11:58
PRESENTA special presentI unwrap button by buttonClothing openingFalling around her feetLike Christmas wrapping paper------WHISPERSNaked in the nightWaiting for his messagesWords he gave the… Read More
2023-04-06 11:58
By Donovan Baldwinsharing our heartbeatsthrough contact of our bodies...faster and faster-----my fingers ticklingas she quivers with delight...gasping out desires-----in her secret placea ti… Read More
2023-04-05 12:10
By Donovan Baldwina sunshine womanloved by a creature of storm...never to be one-----bring joy to sorrowforgive all the lonely ones...for you've been one too-----might i love too muchgiving… Read More
2023-04-04 11:24
By Donovan Baldwinher deepest kissesleave tastes of sin on my lips...and desires for more-----fearful of desiresbut longing for their hot flames...clutched her poet's hand-----stirring her e… Read More
2023-04-02 11:40
By Donovan Baldwinher pent up desiresswore herself to keep hidden...the secrets he sought-----holds her lips apartkiss beginning or at end...open promises-----i lost sight of lovejust how br… Read More
2023-03-30 11:35
By Donovan Baldwinall her butterfliesstilled their wings beneath his touch...and blossomed for him-----speaking smiles and tearsher feelings come pouring out...turns ash to embers-----poet w… Read More
2023-03-29 11:41
By Donovan Baldwintwice blushing flower first blush at touch of his words... second her own thoughts----- time to taste your love soft love spilled on you from me... becomes part of us … Read More
2023-03-28 11:24
By Donovan Baldwinsways to fantasiesas fire within her dances...to winds of desire-----beautiful blossomfolded petals opening...revealing secrets-----you stood at the edgewatching from my fa… Read More
2023-03-27 11:21
By Donovan Baldwinbeneath old ashesa single ember ignites...she fans into flames-----sweet infectious smilesoft eyes aglow with kindness...words create desire-----the secrets she sharesonce… Read More
2023-03-26 11:39
By Donovan Baldwinupon your soft lipsfingertips write poetry...with punctuation-----her flower blossomsin a field of dark desires...nutured by his love-----beneath silent skieshere and there… Read More
2023-03-25 11:41
By Donovan Baldwintreasured possessionsometimes fragile as crystal...her genuine love-----someone once hurt herbetrayed the trust she offered...he must win it back-----it was never fairhe as… Read More
2023-03-22 22:52
By Donovan Baldwinwhat makes poetrylong ago kiss an embrace...set down into words-----tears upon petalsdesire's glistening diamonds...coaxed forth by kisses-----crumbling old relicancient be… Read More
2023-03-21 22:53
By Donovan Baldwinblossom on the shorea tropical wildflower...darkly beautiful-----heed the summer breezelearn of her ancient wisdom...as she speaks of love-----fingers in petalsturning each… Read More
2022-11-09 22:25
dawn's fingers touchingwith warm anticipation...her blossom unfolds-----where are all my wordsto describe the pain inside...i must free myself-----lets her secrets goall the pain she's… Read More
2022-08-28 18:41
By Donovan BaldwinLife involves action. Our bodies are designed to move, not to sit or lie down for long periods. While years of research shows that there are many health benefits of e… Read More
2022-08-22 13:18
By Donovan BaldwinThinking Out Loud:I recently went to the VA (U.S. Veterans Affairs) outpatient clinic for a skin check. I'm a wee tad prone to skin cancers and had a few spots, but… Read More
2022-07-17 16:48
By Donovan BaldwinAre you one of those who eats healthy and exercises regularly, but the scale barely moves?The best kind of weight loss will happen when you're losing fat AND keeping or bui… Read More
2022-07-14 15:29
By Stephanie ShawSo closeI could feelYour breath on my lipsSo farI could feelA chasm in my heartThe textureOf a dream unrealisedThick with regretSo close but so farI could feel youOn t… Read More
2022-07-14 12:53
By Donovan BaldwinOne of the best, easiest, and most cost effective means of protecting your health, and promoting longevity and vitality, is by the simple act of taking a daily multivitamin… Read More
2022-07-08 19:41
Madman In The MistThere was once a madman,Whose anger knew no bounds.He raged against lifeFor the pain, fear, and trouble,It had brought him.One day, he woke to find a mist,Wafting in the ai… Read More
2022-06-07 21:05
I looked at a duplex to rent and it was a piece of crap, managed by McCaw porperty managment company in Keller, Texas, so I turned it down.I then rented an apartment with another organ… Read More
2022-05-05 15:12
By Donovan BaldwinI left my house and walked to the shore,The white sand laced with seaweed,And dotted with shells.Hands in pockets and wind roaring in my ears,I walked beside the talking wa… Read More
2022-04-10 12:09
By Donovan BaldwinA teenager recently died as the result of injuries sustained when he and his buddies took turns being the target while wearing a bulletproof vest.Tragic, but points up a fa… Read More
2022-03-14 13:57
Not asking for condolences or anything like that. We knew it was coming and the worst part happened long before yesterday, when my stepdaughter of 28 years, since age 14, who called me her d… Read More
2022-01-09 13:28
By Donovan BaldwinI cannot delve in fantasyFor I have lived too much, you see,And ghosts and goblins are not real,Not as real as what I feel.I have dared face Satan's wrath,When he dared to… Read More
2021-12-31 14:58
By Donovan BaldwinI wrote the mini-essay below on December 31, 2018.Oddly enough I was thinking similar thoughts this morning. Where I sit right now, in Fort Worth, Texas it is 7:20 AM, Frid… Read More
2021-12-31 13:54
By Donovan BaldwinMighty little atom,So central to everything,All being,Things in existence,Beautiful and ugly,Useful and useless...Ourselves.Yet, so seldom sung,Or praised,For what is an at… Read More
2021-12-29 13:40
By Donovan BaldwinThinking Out Loud... Revisited (From Dec 29, 2018)In "Seven Discourses On Art" (1769), Sir Joshua Reynolds uses the phrase, "...art worthy of his notice that tends to… Read More
2021-12-27 13:34
Shaklee OmegaGuard® fish oil supplement provides a full range of ultra-pure, pharmaceutical grade omega-3 fatty acids, which some studies have shown helps support a healthy heart, and bo… Read More
2021-12-23 14:51
By Donovan BaldwinGeese have lost their Summer feathers,Trees are bent with apples red,Farmers' fields are turned and tired.It's cold, with gray clouds overhead.Soon the snow will lay… Read More
2021-12-22 14:03
By Donovan BaldwinFleeing through the European darkness,Leaving behind laughter and pain,Bringing joy or sadness,Onward rolls the Rome ExpressPounding over the invisible German countryside,W… Read More
2021-12-20 18:28
By Donovan BaldwinWhere do lost poems go,The ones arrived too early,Or too late, or when the MuseHas ceased her chant, andRecanting of her desire toShare her words with thisMad poet,Withdraw… Read More
2021-12-08 15:32
woman as you arethe entirety of you...needed and desired-----from dreams emerging lover clad in my desires...gossamer raiment-----make no promiseswords wander off in the windplace… Read More
2021-11-30 13:49
By Donovan BaldwinHis fingers eagerly playful,Willing in their travelsYet, lost along their wayThrough her forbidden lands,She takes them in hers,Willingly guides them,Shows them the way int… Read More
2021-11-19 19:16
By Donovan BaldwinWrite to me of loveBoth sacred and profane.Draw for me secretsWithin your pounding heart.Song of the ends ofExhilaration and ecstasyOf your mind and body.Step boldly, shyly… Read More
2021-11-01 14:21
Proud AchillesBy: Donovan BaldwinHector's gone. He's gone to die.He's gone from Troy. He's gone to try...Try to best the proud Achilles.Hector's wife upon the wall,Who gazes down and watches… Read More
2021-10-15 14:08
By Donovan BaldwinIn 1975, two young bodies entwined,Naked in their bedroom,Window open, able to watch Children at play outside,As they made love.Hot summer day in Florida,And the… Read More
2021-08-27 13:12
Wrote this in 1971, after returning from Germany. While there, a soldier stationed near Bad Aibling, Germany, for 3 years, I had taken a walk across a field which I could see from my b… Read More
2021-07-05 16:23
By Donovan BaldwinWhat book is thisMy hand has touchedNear lost beneath my chair,Waiting quietlyWithout complaint,Forgotten andIgnored so longResting faithfullyAt my side until,Greetings exc… Read More
2021-06-24 21:42
By Donovan BaldwinIs my name still remembered,When those whose paths I've crossed,Look out upon the ocean waves.Do they remember the times we satTogether by fires on the sand,Making meals an… Read More
2021-06-21 12:11
By Donovan BaldwinThe simplicity of her seduction,Totally unaware and unintended,The naturalness of the womanWho could not believe her own beauty,No matter how often I might tell her,That sp… Read More
2021-03-19 14:46
By Donovan BaldwinLife is a pool of inkOf many colors andI, poet, dip my penWithin and drippingRaise it to theParchment uponWhich I will leaveMy passions andDesires, impressedWet upon… Read More
2021-03-06 14:05
By Donovan BaldwinTwo small dark islands,Peaks of silver hills afloatUpon a moonlit sea,Which, with each breath,Rise and fall, faster withThe coming of theEvening storm, theWind of my mouth… Read More
2021-03-01 16:00
Original poetry by Donovan Baldwin, poems about dance, dancing, dancers.I fragile as friable rock,Reduced to powder,Carried away byTransparent water,Burned by the earth'sTongues of fire,Seek… Read More
2020-12-25 13:31
NAKED OUTSIDE OF EDENAn original poem by Donovan BaldwinShe is a secret thing,Of fantasy and dream,Phantom figure in theBack corners of my mind,Swirling dancing woman,Eyes bright with the he… Read More
2020-12-18 21:51
By Donovan BaldwinI write in pursuit ofAdventure beyondThe limits of myself.Even if motionless,Powerless, I canWith words, performThe most powerful featsLifting myself to levelsBeyond the ph… Read More
2020-12-17 13:39
By Yvonne ReedSwimming withyoulovein thefiery poolof desireEmbracing yourhungerwith eagerexcitementWelcomingeach toucheach kisseach sighSubmerging inecstasy we diveInto euphoric depthsof ple… Read More
2020-12-16 15:54
By Donovan BaldwinIf only I could speakThe words which reverberateIn secret recesses of my mind,The poetic phrasesThat my lips cannot formThe smooth sentences thatHide behind this silent fac… Read More
2020-12-12 21:20
By Donovan BaldwinThe quality of your healthy aging strategy is part of the quality of your life. From the day we are born, we begin to age. In our younger years, we don’t think abou… Read More
2020-12-05 14:28
Original Poem By Donovan BaldwinEach time she looks at meI hear wild distant musicSomething from anotherAncient place and timeWhen fire and passionAnd a mystic dance atThe edge of darknessRe… Read More
2020-11-07 16:30
dancing a passion she steps to music she hears... wishing he could see ----- she reveals herself drops words and phrases like veils... naked poetry ----- this mature woman revealing her… Read More
2020-10-05 15:51
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2020-09-24 15:47
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2020-09-15 00:02
BY DONOVAN BALDWINmy lusty tigerwho pounces passionately...upon willing prey----- bring your fiery lovenever hesitant or shy...burn me with your flames-----rising to heaven locked in midst o… Read More
2020-09-07 20:18
BY DONOVAN BALDWINI sometimes sin.You are absent...I take your hand,Phantom thing,Guide it as ifYou were to touch me,Closing my eyesWith the pleasureOf the momentImagined as onlyI can aloneA… Read More
2020-07-18 14:35
By Donovan BaldwinShe's not afraid to speakTelling her hidden truths,For I have been and seen and doneSo much...So many places,So many times,Becoming myself,Who offers not forgiveness,But un… Read More
2020-07-16 14:45
By Donovan Baldwinshe hides secret sinsbehind sweet smile and soft words...i love her true self-----We blend voices,The world and I,It singing softly withEvening breezes,Roaring with excitem… Read More
SHE GLISTENS WITH THE WETNESS OF MOON GLOW, AND OTHER POEMS BY DONOVAN BALDWIN, WRITTEN JUNE 8, 2020
2020-07-09 01:03
By Donovan BaldwinShe glistens withThe wetness of moon glow,Head raised to welcomeThe silver rain,Flowing overHer naked body,Argent statueIn the night,Awaiting the gleamingHands of herLover… Read More
2020-06-28 16:07
By Donovan Baldwinher most loving kisslips swollen with her desire...i savor the taste-----she tends her flowergarden hidden from my gaze...watching me watch her-----How long have weAnd flow… Read More
2020-06-27 19:13
By Donovan BaldwinMy oasis, your desert,My pride, your shame,My future, your past,My virtue, your sin,My self, your self,My love, your love,That's all I want,You to come toMy oasis, feelMy p… Read More
2020-06-26 23:04
By Donovan BaldwinYou are wheat field,A sea of uncut grass,An oasis, soft dewyResting place ofRefreshment, a lovingEmbrace and sharingOf self in the mostIntimate of ways,Unashamed and naked… Read More
2020-06-23 23:46
By Donovan BaldwinI would watch the stormsWalls of rain clearly definedWalk, as we say, across the bay,Purple black streaks paintedFrom dark sky to dark water,A silent mysterious torrentFull… Read More
2020-06-22 16:46
By Donovan BaldwinDear sinless maiden,Innocently seductive,Dancing with moreThan her body,Lips singing a song,A love song without words,Eyes focused deeplyWithin my soulReading my desires,As… Read More
2020-06-21 14:06
By Donovan Baldwinexchanging poemsin lusty verbal foreplay...we make poetry-----her subtle weaponsecret spear which pierces me...exhausted i fall-----live stream the in thingrunning water at… Read More
2020-06-20 01:45
By Donovan BaldwinGoddess PeleHer erupting pent up passions,Spewing hottest of love's lava,Glowing with her exertions,Primeval dance of eroticDesires and satisfactions,Never achieved only co… Read More
2020-06-18 22:04
By Donovan BaldwinLISTENING TO EDITH PIAF SING LA VIE EN ROSEShe sings in that raspy French voiceIn a language whose words escape me,But whose feelings echo through my soul,Or, are the words… Read More
2020-06-17 20:22
By Donovan BaldwinBeauty in art hasNo constant color or design,For softest pastels andHardest, brightest oils and pastels,Finely grained dark woods,Hard glowing translucent marble,Can speak… Read More
2020-06-12 15:49
By Donovan Baldwinthe woman insidepassionate wanton lover...aching to be found-----Words take the place of things,For, not having this or that,To show or give,I scribe marks to tellOf things… Read More
2020-06-12 15:40
'Soldier' - An Original Poem by Donovan Baldwin Read More
2020-06-08 22:16
By Donovan BaldwinLecherous gods pursue,Nymphs in the woods,Whose soft laughter beliesTheir theatrics of innocence,Artifices of naiveté,Running slowly andGlancing behind,To assure the… Read More
2020-06-05 20:56
By Donovan Baldwinthis graceful danseusepursuing enlightenment...dances in her mind-----soft soothing sunrisethis peaceful pastel morning...slow awakening-----i disperse my painwriting aches… Read More
2020-06-02 23:03
Original Poetry By Donovan BaldwinDANCER ON THE SHOREIs it music fromA long forgotten past?Is it that which so stronglyDrives her to dance upon the sand,Lifting her arms in gestures ofUnrest… Read More
2020-05-30 23:52
By Donovan BaldwinPicture of a dancerCapturing in a momentary flightThe freedom of movement,The release of the body fromConfinements of conventionAnd condemnation allowingExpression of the d… Read More
2020-05-30 01:35
By Donovan BaldwinA drive along the coastMajestic trees and crashing waves.Big blue ocean alive at the shore,Extends into another eternity.Sea meets sky and disappearTogether over an unseen… Read More
2020-05-24 18:57
By Donovan BaldwinAWAITING BLONDELA writer's self banishment,Poet walled within his mind,Pacing restlessly back and forth,Measuring the dimensions of his cell,Where to fit on stones and into… Read More
2020-05-22 19:56
By Donovan BaldwinI found a simple penny,To me, a poor man, riches,Laying upon my path.Carried it for luck,For it could buy nothing more,But, ever in my pocket,It became the beginnings of,A… Read More
2020-05-19 19:38
By Donovan BaldwinPart warrior, all poet,Wielder of weapon or pen,With equal alacrity, oneMightier than the otherDepending on circumstances,Cause, and foe, but alwaysFor what I see as truth… Read More
2020-05-18 14:53
By Donovan BaldwinThose little lines on maps,The smallest, sometimes mere dots,Most boring lines meandering, but,Upon the earth, becomingThe most daring routesBeckoning the foolhardy,Irrepre… Read More
2020-05-17 19:25
By Donovan Baldwincoffee and kissestangled sheets and tempting smiles...morning wake up call-----passionate embracepoetry amid kisses...a tasting of words-----Life's about stories,We are tol… Read More
2020-05-16 12:32
By Donovan Baldwinfingers caress skinmost arousing sensation...i ache with desire-----show me no regretslet pleasure overtake you...it's what we're here for-----kisses like petalsgently touc… Read More
2020-05-12 15:44
By Donovan Baldwini watch in moonlighthoping to catch a quick glimpse...a passing goddess-----glittering oceanchanging every time i look...drowning in your eyes-----dive into your depthsdrif… Read More
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