Spike – dVerse Poets Quadrille 75
Photo: healthwealthhappiness.com.au Himalayan Spikenard
Invitation
Solomon
threw wisdom out the window
just for a moment
as he lay with the woman from Shulem
who came to him in the night
naked, spiced,
sweet to taste,
whose garden,
that holy of holies,
was pure spikenard
fragrance of invitation
to explore.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Note: This poem references Song of Songs variously known as The Canticle, Canticle of Solomon, Song of Solomon, etc. which is part of the Jewish canon (from the scrolls of the Tanakh). The Song of Songs (holy of holies) is a poetic tribute to erotic love focussing on Solomon and an unnamed woman from Shulem. Solomon names her physical parts and she reciprocates, poetically, spikenard being the penultimate aroma of the vagina, or as Solomon says, her channel, or, her garden.
Paul, pvcann.com
Brilliant!❤️
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Richa thank you for that 🙂
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Spikenard … the fragrance of love! Well done. A beautiful story!
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Thank you Dwight, much appreciated
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Eloquently written Paul. Song of Songs is one of my favourite passages from the bible. It’s spiritual translation is the soul’s relationship to God.
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Yes, that’s right, and my fave too. The story of its canonical acceptance is worth reading if you haven’t already read it. Thank you so much.
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Wonderful, Paul.
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Thank you Sandy
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My pleasure.
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Beautifully penned! New word for me.
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Many thanks Winnie
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You’re welcome, Paul. 🙂
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You’ve turned porn into poetry, and that takes some skill 😉 An exquisitely creative use of the prompt.
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I do try 🙂
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And I learned a new vocabulary word also! lol
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I love new words – my pleasure
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Oh BRAVO, BRAVO!!
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Many thanks.
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Most welcome always.
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I say, feast away!
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Indeed Rob.
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An invitation is like a spike.
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In more ways than one. Thank you Frank.
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The origin of porn.
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Yes indeed 🙂
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I like the poem: its theme and expression. Well done!
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Many thanks Peter.
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Be blessed!
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I think wisdom sometimes is wasted on beauty
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Me too, I’m with you on that.
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a timeless story of temptation.
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Wonderful stuff of ancient times, not much has changed 😊
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Not in this regard, lol.
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Lol 😂
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So that’s where nard comes from! Interesting.
Paul, is it just me or is the image of a lover as “naked, spiced” rather on the exceptionally erotic side?
I’m not one of those good folks who thinks everything was better in the old days, but now and then, you know, you come across something the ancients did that makes you wonder, “Why did we ever quit doing that?”.
I guess I’m just as guilty as the next person of not working hard enough at trying to make an art out of living.
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Very erotic
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Initially I was distracted by the eroticism and had to re-read the poem several times. You have captured the essence of relationship, be it with one’s Maker or beloved – oneness, desire, yearning, and accessibility of self to the other. All beautifully captured in a word, invitation.
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Ah, you noticed, thank you for reading and finding the depth Dawn, very much appreciated.
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Thank you for your poem. It is beautifully expressed.
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Thanks
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“spikenard”!!!
Love this clever use of the word, and the poem it created.
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Thank you.
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My goodness this is good! ❤️
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Thank you so much.
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The erotic content does not take away the beauty of your verse…rather adds to it.
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That is helpful feedback, I wasn’t sure how it would be received, so glad it adds.
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It sure does! You are so welcome.
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