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    For Love of Woman: For Love Of…, #1
    For Love of Woman: For Love Of…, #1
    For Love of Woman: For Love Of…, #1
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    For Love of Woman: For Love Of…, #1

    By John Saomes

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    A celebration of deep love … This heartfelt collection of love poems captures the extremes of human emotion … awakening us to the ecstasy of love, the angst and heartbreak, the passion, the shadows of doubt and jealousy, and the ultimate transformation of divine and eternal love.

    The rich nature of the poetic verse covers every aspect of our romantic journey – to touch the heart, illuminate the mind, and fill the soul with the sweet nectar of romance and passion.

    This anthology of over fifty poems from award winning poet, John Saomes, is part of the 'For Love Of…' trilogy — For Love of Woman, For Love of Fellow Man, For Love of Life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInspire Point Publishing
    Release dateFeb 10, 2020
    ISBN9780648298120
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      For Love of Woman - John Saomes

      Ode to Encouragement

      From deep in my abyss,

      I turned my eyes towards the sun

      and saw not light nor hope nor meaning,

      only more of my despair.

      Then there was you.

      And from my chasms edge I turned,

      to see a sweet enticing path

      I might have tread with wanton sighs

      to promises of hope.

      My hope was you.

      And through my faded eyes I gazed

      into your heart and felt your warmth.

      You charmed the icy tendrils

      that were choking my desires.

      You gave me life again.

      You lighted up my world,

      my shining Goddess bathed in gold.

      More precious and more perfect

      than a thousand rising suns.

      You made me see.

      And though my cautious hesitations

      marred my footsteps, hedged my way,

      through endless breathless sojourn,

      and wrestling of two minds —

      You filled me up.

      The scent of secret longing

      resurrected old emotions,

      and witnessed my awakening

      from innocence to deepest love.

      You touched my heart.

      And now I am because of you

      a living, breathing, feeling soul;

      who knows of love so heavenly,

      and passion, pure, divine.

      You made me whole.

      I owe you everything I am.

      You touched my heart — you gave me hope.

      You are my eternal love.

      My every wish. My heart's desire.

      Unworthy as I am, I'm blessed.

      For you have rescued me.

      A Tale of Love

      A tale of love I tell for you

      — of joy and sorrow

      — of pleasure and pain

      — of lust and loathing

      — fair and foul

      — of unholy envy

      — of days of wonderment

      — of heavenly choirs

      — and moments of passion

      — and sheer delight

      The Magic’s More Than Ever

      He stumbles sometimes…

      ‘These old legs ain’t what they used to be…’

      ‘I used to run the hundred in a flash…’

      But now the hundred’s ninety-nine too far…

      One wilful careful prayerful step —

      Pause to take another breath —

      to make sure all is right

      before he steps out once again.

      She forgets things sometimes…

      ‘I know I saw it somewhere…’

      ‘I can’t remember where.’

      ‘What’s their name? You know the ones.’

      ‘Oh dear… I should remember that…’

      The muddled mess gets more and more entangled

      …new info seeping in and out again

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