Have you sensed its scent,
how soft it grows with rain
how smooth its skin can be?
Have you listened to its songs
of surf on stones and soil?
Have you ever felt how much
the pull of earth, how gravity,
resembles making love?
Kiss the earth by Nicholas Roerich
Today Kim hosts the Quadrille at dVerse. The world is earth and you have to use that word in a poem of 44 words in total as usual.
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August 27, 2019
Björn Rudbergs writings 
Nice association of gravity and making love.
Ah yes, feeling the earth move! I especially love ‘Have you sensed its scent, how soft it grows with rain’ – we really need some rain here! ;o)
Such a lovely and sensual song to the earth Bjorn. Good to have you back!
What a beautiful poem this is Bjorn. I think it is my favorite of all you have written.
Welcome back, Bjorn! I admire how you’ve taken the phrase ‘feel the earth move’ and run with it, taken it to another, more sensual level. I especially love the lines:
‘Have you sensed its scent,
how soft it grows with rain
how smooth its skin can be?’
and the ‘songs of surf on stones and soil’.
Yes, welcome back (check out Blackthorne)–your lovely earth ballad is rife with fecund phrases and sensual sighs; smile.
Food for thought.
Beautiful. So sensual.
Oh, I loved that alliteration of “songs of surf on stones and soils”, which gives it such a pleasant melody of sorts. The s-sounds are perfect for this sweet, sensuous verse.
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startling lovely and rich, fecund ~ for the images – gorgeous!
(clearly your words and pen are itching to slip right back into the scene, and are well rested, as I hope you are 🙂 happy return! )
I love this so much, especially the ending, “Have you ever felt how much
the pull of earth, how gravity,
resembles making love?” such an sensual invitation to be present.
This makes me want to roll around in the dirt.
Björn, this is so beautifully word-painted.
Oh this is wonderfully deep and sensuous, Bjorn! 😊
I enjoy that we both explored the push and pull of gravity, but I stayed at the dance. 😉
Oh, THIS:
“Have you listened to its songs
of surf on stones and soil?”
Short answer – no; however, your description is convincing.
Something to pay attention to now. I may be seen blushing
‘kiss the earth’ what a wonderful invitation to be intimate with nature…indeed the earth has a song throughout…lovely poem
Great poem. Amazing how forces all around us and in us draw things together.
Love this series of questions….leading to lovemaking with the earth 🙂
lovely to read the sensuality of textures and layers of your poetry
Oh! I love this, so sensual and beautiful.
You titillate the senses with this write. It’s beautifully penned.
A beautiful invitation to love the Earth, Bjorn!
Lovely questions–feeling the earth move and all the rest.
And rain scent is the best.
Nothing like scent of rain. Sensual poem!