Figment of Crushed Spices (on a summer afternoon)
clothed in saffron silk, her bare feet tread
close to the riverbank.
damp earth and grass muddy
the frayed edge of her sari
cinnamon goddess, one arm encircled with
emerald glass bangles, other graced
by a tamarind vine painted with henna
his lips whisper against her dusty wrist,
tongue traces a vein into the crook of her elbow
she shivers
her skin glistening, glittering brown
wine dark with desire
he inhales her rose jasmine hair,
smells leftover summer in her neck,
long, languid and revealed
her wind tangled hair, copper-glossed by the sun
and he, with breath scented like cloves and ginger,
kisses her and tastes water and earth.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXAA XXX XX XXB XXX XBX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 621 |
Words | 109 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3 |
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