love you from your nose to your shoes

For Frieda -- a collaboration with redzone http://www.writerscafe.org/redzone

There's no doubt, Dragon sister,
you often cross my mind --

From flutterby kisses
to tangerine dreams
I yearn for the sweet caress
of your lovingly placed
apostrophes,

wishing I was your lover ...


There's no doubt Dragon sister,
you often cross my mind ---

floating wildly on a gypsy wind,

enticing apricot'd skies to sing

of Cohen notes on a cosmic whim,

of loving til the end of time,

a thousand sonatas deep

wishing I was your lover ...

There's no doubt Dragon sister,
you often cross my mind --

from the tip your nose
to your red stilettos
there will never be
another ...

damn,
I wish I was your lover.

Author's Note

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

I have always loved this song and the two of you have done it justice with this collaboration it inspired. Frieda....I miss her too. Not sure I wish I was her lover, but her apricot dreams and her butterfly wishes are still a part of my poetic consciousness. KL and Curt, you rock! Lydi**

[Lyn Anderson]

I am sure she would take it in the spirit in which it was intended. A very easy collaboration, since we both adore Frieda.

[Lydia Shutter]

Who doesn't? :)

[Lyn Anderson]

The miserable troll who made her feel unsafe here, unfortunately:(

[Lydia Shutter]

True enough. I will never forgive that troll because Frieda was a breath of fresh air on WC.

[redzone]

I hope you both will read the reply she sent me about the poem and I have sent to both of you... some things can not be forgiven...

[barleygirl]

This is beautiful, you two . . . makes me wish I knew the person this is about. Many deliciously sensory comparisons & descriptions. Love seeing you two have fun together like this (((HUGS)))

[Einstein Noodle]

so well done! we all wish to be her lover don't we!? this gave me such a smile:
"of your lovingly placed
apostrophes,"
she sure used them didn't she?! your collab is fabulous ..i could absolutely not tell you apart .. a tribute and love longing you both should be proud of ... i want Frieda to read this ..maybe it would entice her back : I
E.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. Collaborating with Curt is easy breezy. We achieve a certain mind meld that works well. But then again, we both adore Frieda, and barleygirl, for whom we also collaborated, so it makes it easy. I wish she could see it -- if anyone has a way of reaching her, I would love for her to read it.

[barleygirl]

That birthday collaboration you guys did for me is so remarkable, I was just thinking of it again last evening as I was lying in bed. I loved that you remembered "My Favorite Ride" & incorporated that into the poem (((HUGS)))

[Lyn Anderson]

That's my bar for love now -- remembering the details -- it's important. :)

[Einstein Noodle]

i have her "real" e-mail but she does not respond .. tho i haven't tried for several months to contact her ..i think i will now.

[Ana Papaya]

I like this a lot and it's beautiful but sad too. She was such a huge part of this place.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks, we know. Curt and I wonder about her all the time.

[Jon Roggie]

Whimsical write. Nice appreciation of one of our fellow poets.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. We'll have to charge up the brain cells and do a three way again, or maybe a four way ... we seem to blend ...

[Jon Roggie]

I am up for it. Someone else has to start. I seem to just run with it.

[Lyn Anderson]

I shall send out some emails tomorrow. off to bed.:)

[Jon Roggie]

Night. May Morpheus kiss your eyelids.
(I did have to reach the ten limit.)

[redzone]

thanks KL, I love how this turned out, blending of our love and this song into something Frieda will smile and feel warm about... something to fill her up, make her feel safe... maybe one day she will sneak in and see this, hope so... cause we do "love you from your nose to your shoes".. Damn!!!

redzone

[Lyn Anderson]

I am hoping her ears are burning -- or at least her typing fingers ...

[Lyn Anderson]

And writing a collab with you is easy breezy. You are awesome.:)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i love this...but it makes me sad...i miss Frieda and her apostrophes...

nice collab. you two.

j.

[Lyn Anderson]

We were both feeling sad missing Frieda -- so it came naturally.

[redzone]

yep, sure did... every time I am missing Frieda, I think of her "warm squishies" and have to smile... a lot of credit to KL.. she makes writing a collab easy when it is often not....

[redzone]

kinda forgot to say thanks for reading Jacob... maybe I should not remember Frieda's warm squishies... lol