From the category archives:

J. R. Eklund

One Hundred Kisses

September 1, 2009

one, two,
ten, twenty kisses
your knee, my knee, twenty one
my knee, your knee, twenty two
your hand, the back of my neck, twenty six
twenty eight, thirty, thirty one
my cheek, slowly against your cheek, thirty two
and you smile, thirty three kisses
caress ribs, tingling spine
thirty nine, thirty nine, thirty nine
forty six, and my skin is humming
fifty seven, slowly, looking [...]

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Give Me Your Arm

August 25, 2009

Give me your arm
under my cheek
above my heart
below waves of shimmering heat
and memories
summer popsicles
screaming babies
broken cars
dusty feet
ruined lists of things to do,checked off or forgotten
beside a round dish of wishes and water
left like an offering
for the past, behind us,hungry, lingering, leaving
and the cat, soft and curious,demanding breakfast
I will give you my cheek
soft against a hard [...]

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Holding You

August 4, 2009

Holding you
here
now
around you, beside you
always
never
too far or too close
wanting
urgently
yielding to impulse
like tectonic plates bumping unseen
changing the shape
of my island

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Sex Before the Mammogram

July 28, 2009

I have a lump, I said, not sure if
the world is ending
or if this is a brave new wave
He was kind and encouraging, which I appreciated, but
no kindness quite hits the spot
like fear can
Bravery can
Bravery can
I tried to face the tiger
faced the tiger
had Wise Thoughts
blanched, because
none of this makes sense the way hips and hands [...]

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