Pleasures #1
inspired by the Pleasures
Intensive Workshop
given by Jeannine Ouellette in
Writing in the Dark, April
2025.
Give me a long poem written over forty-eight hours
while listening to Nine Inch Nails, the earthy scent
of incense burning on the ledge of the window,
while rain pours down.
Give me my sixty-one year old body,
holding a plank for sixty-seconds.
All this wild in bloom and springing
to life when I have merely decades left.
A man calls me lioness as I sit on his lap
at my local Oak, teach him how
to pleasure me with featherlight licks
of my tongue over his lips.
Give me my husband’s omelets:
heat of jalapeno, candied bacon, onions
and mushrooms drenched in wine,
crunch of green onion, salty cheddar oozing out.
Give me this raw, stubborn ache to stay alive.
Give me a chance to give Death the finger one more time,
as I refuse yet again, to take the Grim Reaper’s hand.
Amanda Earl (she/her) [photo credit: Charles Earl, April 2025] is 15 years past her expiry date and is driven by three quotes: “Tell me, what it is you plan to do with your one, wild and precious life.” Mary Oliver, The Summer Day; “These are the days of miracle and wonder.” Paul Simon, “The Boy in the Bubble” from Graceland, and “The crack of doom is coming soon.” “Crack of Doom” from Bad Blood and Blasphemy. Hire Amanda as your editor, events organizer or workshop facilitator. She’s cheap and efficient. AmandaEarl.com. Anything else you can Google.
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