Teach Me To Whisper

Teach me to whisper like early-morn blush

against the cheek of the illumined sky,

like the green blades of grass beside the rush

of the river that is hastening by.

Teach me the love that is found in a rose

and written in crimson calligraphy

across the earth, making merry of woes,

in a swirl of fire and epiphany.

Teach me the touch of immortal extent,

wherein forever is found in a flash,

where shadows of thought are an aliment,

a source of life among ruin and ash.

Teach me the hope of the blossoming bud,

tremendously tender and spun sublime,

with her flesh on fire from euphoric blood

and flaming curves that are bedewed with time.

Teach me the truth of mist on the water,

the white shroud of silence that drapes the blue,

where shadows hush like a quiet daughter,

waiting for the winds of a warmer hue.

Teach me the love of a lifetime of bliss,

where warm shades of passion burn like a fire,

where foreplay flutters are born in the kiss

between lips of unquenchable desire.

Teach me the joy that I see in your eyes

whenever I see you looking at me,

in that intimate way you alchemize

and turn my soul into a rhapsody.

Teach me to whisper the words of my heart,

the lover's song that I'm aching to sing

and bridge the distance which keeps us apart

by teaching heart how to lift its redwing.

Author's Note

Reviews

[Forest Green]

Incredible...a sublime mix of hearthstone, open skies, and heartbeats.
'Teach me the love that is found in a rose
and written in crimson calligraphy
across the earth, making merry of woes,
in a swirl of fire and epiphany.'

Your touch in this poem beggars description. Where has your work been hiding?

Wonderfully complete and truly, truly original.

Daniel

[Richard🖌]

"GULP!"
Soft as a whisper, verses of life, of love's sensual bliss …
as wondrous textures, sensations derived ⁓ through a lover's kiss.

Gosh, Linda Marie … how, almost spiritually, your words wrapped 'round me, flowed across my being, sweeping me into you, into the passionate imagery of your moments, the cadenced flow in word arrangement, rushing of perfect rhymes playing, teasing, having their way … such an enveloping experience carrying me … well, let's say to a place I thoroughly enjoyed.
It's a work so rich in so many aspects of poetical mastery and word-smithing, I could spend all day pontificating and rapt … let me say this, "I loved every nuance, every, thought, feeling, emotion, image, and sensation your words made soar throughout my senses, and I thank you immensely, Linda Marie!" ⁓ Richard

It is an enthralling picture choice and spiritually touching music*
150/100

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

Thank you, Richard. Your review is most enticing. :-)

[Richard🖌]

Well, Linda, my pen did get carried away in the glow from your poem — enticing, I like that … very much!

[redzone]

it is always so romantic, a whisper... especially one that "Teach me the love that is found in a rose
and written in crimson calligraphy"... a whisper that breathes warmth on your ear and measures a quickening heart beat... such a whisper, if taught and shared, could be heard in far far away galaxies... so to return a thought you left in one of my poems, the masculine in me find the romantic feminine poetry in your words, they whisper... it's a wonderful poem Linda....

redzone

[alifeacoustic]

Stunning, wonderful, perfect. (Usually I give a longer review, but these three words sum it up perfectly, so I'll just pad the review out a little by giving this big long explanation about how I don't need to say more and thus say more, pointing out the obvious in the process).

[CD Campbell]

Wonderful L. I'll say it again, you make meter seem so effortless. The matching beats with epiphany and calligraphy are super. How romantic without turning into something lurid and cheap. I'm a fan. CD

[MsJewel]

The classic feel of your words draws me in - and the images you create holds me there - in beauty. This is one of the best poems I have read on WC in a long time. Stunning, stunning writing.

:) Julie

[MomzillaNC]

Wow. This is so beautiful. It's so tender and written with such a mastery of language. Very well penned.

[luvingu01]

it sings a symphony i cant explain
lost in a quest of a musical phase
allow me to speak the ballad without seeming broken
teach me though its my me that is unspoken
incredible cant even hold it
truly i am unearthed, by the poets words i come
unfolding
reeling
touched.

BRAVO.
UR POEM IS AWESOME AND INSPIRING

[Brittany Zedalis]

This is just incredible. Your choice of words throughout this piece really make this poem stand out.

[R. L. Hill]

I LOVE this....mesmerizing.

[Ken Simm.]

The art of talking quietly. About things that matter to both. The art of writing quietly is here.