April is National Poetry Month and I’m pleased to be able to participate again this month with a wonderful piece from Nicole Luongo, author of Naked Desires, a poignant book for everyone who is searching for love, delighting in love, or hoping to understand love. Naked Desires will celebrate ten years in print in December 2012.
Here is one of Nicole’s favorite poems from Naked Desires:
The Sea
The ocean is so pure, so bright, so light
the water stays blue as darkness turns to night
The air is calm, crisp, and cool
when the world is cruel
the sea is my soul’s fuel
Water and sand
that’s you and me
for, I am the sand
and you are the sea
come, my sweet, and bring your love to me
let me soak in your love, bask in your light
I am thirsty for only you
I want to soak in your love
and drink until I am full
let your love wash over me
Water and sand
that’s you and me
for, I am the sand
and you are the sea.
(c) Nicole Luongo
From Naked Desires
About Naked Desires
Nicole Luongo is the author of Naked Desires, a poignant book for everyone who is searching for love, delighting in love, or hoping to understand love. Naked Desires will celebrate ten years in print in December 2012.
Naked Desires is not just another poetry book. Like a riveting novel, Nicole’s story of unrequited love unfolds before your eyes. Baring her soul, Nicole takes you on a three-year journey as she explores her underlying – and often conflicting – feelings about love, romance, and passion.
You will share her roller coaster ride of emotional turmoil as anger, pain and confusion ultimately surrender to enlightenment and understanding. Naked Desires is a heart-wrenching memoir of the soul – a poetic diary – of a young woman’s quest for true love.
Visit Nicole’s blog
Learn more about Naked Desires and to watch her television interview
Do you want to know which famous poet inspired Nicole to start writing poetry? Click here for the answer.
Buy Naked Desires here at Amazon.com
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Thanks so much for stopping by Peeking Between the Pages today Nicole and for this beautiful poem. I hope everyone enjoyed it!
Thanks so much for doing another tour stop. I appreciate it. 🙂 I really love the poem as well.
Serena, I don’t mind at all – you know that. Yes it’s a beautiful poem. I always love the ones I can actually understand and that touch me in some way.
Hi Serena,
I’m glad you like the poem. 🙂 It’s an honor to have my first guest post on PBTB as part of your National Poetry Month blog tour. Thank you for featuring so many talented poets & writers on your blog!
You’re welcome…and Dar enjoyed having you, I’m sure.
At first, I didn’t realize PBTB wasn’t another blog of yours. Thanks for making that clear. I thanked Darlene below. 🙂
Nicole, thanks for popping in. It is a really beautiful poem – thank you.
Thanks for sharing this lovely poem 🙂 I really like those last lines.
Hi Naida, I do too. For once you’re seeing poetry on my blog instead of the other way around. lol.
Thank you! 🙂
Thank you, Darlene, for putting my guest post on your blog.:-)
Your very welcome Nicole!
I loved that one..for some reason I am so drawn to the water..I must be the sand!!
Hi Staci,
Although I hardly go to the water, I am drawn to it, too. I have written several poems with the theme. The Sea is one of my first poems and continues to be a favorite of mine as well as my readers. 🙂
Hi Darlene,
Just stopping in to say hi! This book of poetry sounds really really good! I’ll have to check it out. =o)
I hope you and Sammy are doing well! Hugs to Sammy!
Melissa
Hi Melissa,
Thanks for your interest in Naked Desires! 🙂
You’re welcome! It sounds great! I love poetry.
Thanks! Your blog is neat! 🙂
I enjoyed this poem just like I do the others I’ve read by Nicole. Powerful imagery of the sea and sand, with the sand drinking in or soaking in the love of the sea.
Thank you! I enjoy your blog and encourage Darlene’s readers to check it out! 🙂
Thanks, Nicole.
You’re welcome!
it’s amazing how much poetry is about desire/love, I liked this one, here’s another one from me.
Confusion – Erich Fried
To love each other
in a time
when people kill each other
with better and better weapons
and let each other starve to death
And to know
that we can do little about it
and try
not to be blunted
And still
love each other
To love each other
and let each other starve to death
To love each other and know
that one can do little about it
To love each other
and try not to be blunted
To love each other
and with time
kill each other
And yet love each other
with better and better weapons
Hi Parrish,
Thanks for reading my poem. Thanks for sharing Erich Fried’s ‘Confusion.’
Love the poem, and tweeted her. Next question. Where can I get a Sammy dog? LOVE the pup!
Hi Pamela,
I’m glad you enjoyed my poem, The Sea. You can find me on Twitter @barenakedauthor.
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