Turn your head when there is obviously something rare here thats to be gifted to you? Don't fear what you probably know will eventually bring you pain. I have learned that turning away causes even more pain...
Reviewed by M. B. (Reader)
Reviewed on April 18, 2005
Oh Jude, how sexy, sensual, alluring this piece is. Absolutely captivating. I've always felt there is a connection between my spirituality and sexuality and I feel you've captured this bonding in THE UNINTENTIONAL VOYEUR.
Beautiful, and what I have come to expect when reading a 'Jude piece.'
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This is a treat on many levels - becoming the unintentional voyeur of the unintentional voyeur ala Sherry's commen, the exquisite flair with which you treat the subject and particulary the way you set up the scene, leaving us on the precipice with that perfect ending... oh, and then there are the comments from all the other unintentional voyeurs you've created with this wonder of a write...
Reviewed by Tiana ~ (Reader)
Reviewed on April 13, 2005
Beautiful poem and don't you dare turn your head ... ;)
This is wholly glorious, Jude. Such burgeoning and innocent fruitfulness, wonder and exploration. I think you have touched on (!) something very special here: how closely our sexuality is entwined with our spirituality and creativity. I believe they flow from and the through the same sources and blend into a wondrous harmonic voice. Do angels touch themselves? They live in a "heightened state of bliss", so we understand, so, in that way, must be experiencing some sort of orgasm all the time. And, let's face it, isn't the fleshy experience only a foreshadowing of what we understand the spiritual and creative "raptures" to be? Absolutely. Biblical language and metaphor is filled with this parallel and doesn't seem to me to subdivide them in the way that we in our po-faced cultures have ways of doing: there's a much healthier, more holistic approach to our "passions". And voyeur?! Both voyeur and participant, I would estimate, because, taking this into poetry - which I believe you always do - isn't this what we are doing all the time?! Delighting in and sharing with each other's orgiastic delight in the creation and experiencing of great poems? And would we think of turning our heads?! Never!! You've got me totally off on this... beats getting fat on the Ben&Jerry's, that's for sure - and the health benefits are great!! (((: WTG, TY Kate xx
Dear Jude,
I don't always know whether poems are written from personal experience or whether they are snippets of an imagination at work. I often write about things that I have not personally experienced. Poetry allows me to adopt a vicarious position and write as either an observer or sometimes the participant. This is what this feels like to me. I have seen men 'touching themselves' in a public place and it didn't have quite the same appeal ;-) This is so in your face it is irresistible. I wonder if anyone could turn their heads.
Great write as always!
Chanti
There is no such a thing as an "unintentional voyeur", you know very well why you watch and of course you wouldn't turn that head, never spurn any chance at whatever is forthcoming...to the master, my applause...Peace, Ed & Rufuz
I can't add much to what's been said already, except that you probably are the reason she's touching herself. I tell you, those slinky women get all the cool men.
There is a bit of the voyer in all of us, Robert. I felt like I was watching you watching her as I was reading...oooh double-secret-voyerism. ;) Peeking into another's thoughts or watching them in their most natural state is always so intriguing...nevermind how intriguing it always is to watch someone touch themsleves...by invitation or by chance. Never turn away...getting caught is half the fun!
Take care,
Sherry
Probably couldn't resist giving in any more than readers can resist sharing the experience through the lens of this poem. An absorbing and tantalizing write.
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Excellent piece!
Ron
Beautiful, and what I have come to expect when reading a 'Jude piece.'
<wink>
~ Mari
TRASK
is as likely as snow in hell...wonderful whimsy...
Eileen
Composed and written to stunning perfection ... superb!!
Blessings,
Robert
Dare not turn your head. ;)
Great composition
Antoinette
And LOL at Nordette!
and ask for the next dance.
You've really painted a beautiful picture here Ace.
Peace Be With You,
Joseph
Love Tinka
I don't always know whether poems are written from personal experience or whether they are snippets of an imagination at work. I often write about things that I have not personally experienced. Poetry allows me to adopt a vicarious position and write as either an observer or sometimes the participant. This is what this feels like to me. I have seen men 'touching themselves' in a public place and it didn't have quite the same appeal ;-) This is so in your face it is irresistible. I wonder if anyone could turn their heads.
Great write as always!
Chanti
I am sitting here trying to figure out what I
could possibly type that would accurately describe
the energetic beauty radiating through and from this poem,
from the first line...it is beyond words.
Lots of sexual tension in this one
I can't add much to what's been said already, except that you probably are the reason she's touching herself.
I tell you, those slinky women get all the cool men.
~~Nordette
Take care,
Sherry