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Honey - Dusted Flesh

by Ken Harnisch

Honey-dusted flesh; honey-coated words

I get both from you, when perhaps some

Lesser light needs to be shining; it is absurd

To think we can go on in heat and drum

Up enthusiasm for love and lust

In equal complement, when maybe we

Need more subdued affections that I trust

Will speak a softer truth, or two, or three,

On nights when no music has to be played

For us to enjoy love’s true symphony

We can sit here on this couch or be splayed

And still be as in love as we’ll ever be

Two people who did not need a device

To find their way in bed, or break the ice 

 

05/02/2003

Posted on 05/02/2003
Copyright © 2025 Ken Harnisch

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Melissa Arel on 05/02/03 at 01:54 PM

Excellent rhyme :)

Posted by Agnes Eva on 05/02/03 at 09:48 PM

excellent poem, the sonnet form is completely overtaken by your word crafting- you master it and use it to its advantage here

Posted by Kate Demeree on 05/02/03 at 10:20 PM

Truly touching, and universal.

Posted by Rhodora M Fitzgerald on 05/05/03 at 03:40 PM

I never enjoyed writing sonnets.. my thoughts always seem to get lost while I'm trying to master the form. You did an excellent job though of making this flow! Loved it... and the title works exceptionally well!

Posted by Rommel Cruz on 05/06/03 at 01:57 PM

I absolutely love these lines "On nights when no music has to be played/For us to enjoy love�s true symphony". Excelllent =)

Posted by Ginette T Belle on 05/06/03 at 07:21 PM

the flow and form of this poem is near perfect...it just runs along so nicely...and the beautiful words you've chosen are just priceless...

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