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Lusting for Mother Earth
by Genevieve Sturrockwould that i were a god
with hands large enough
to reach out and grasp her
boundless vista
for my fingers ache with
the desire to hold her curves
and caress her shape
under the palm of my hand
to feel her texture
under my fingertips
smooth and cool
rough, sandy, grassy
my breath stutters in my throat
at the sight of her draped
not in a forest, lush and verdant
but a loosly woven lace
accentuating her burgeoning form
a couture gown expertly fashioned
to showcase her perfection
enticing me, a lowly denizen
with aching fingers
to reach out and grasp her
boundless vista
would that i were a god
with hands large enough 07/24/2007 Author's Note: new mexico and arizona are exotic lands to this southern girl's eyes
Posted on 07/24/2007
Copyright © 2025 Genevieve Sturrock
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Alison McKenzie on 07/24/07 at 05:00 PM Ahhhh, yes. The sensuosity (is that a word??? LOL) blossoms here, and the last line ties it to the first stanza so perfectly. I like the contrast between saying "would that I were a god" and "lowly bystander", although, for some reason, the word "inhabitant" comes to mind as well. I like it alot!!!! |
| Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 07/24/07 at 05:54 PM New Mexico is just extraordinary. I really, really loved my time there. Thank you for making me recall that. |
| Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 07/25/07 at 12:37 AM Arizona I have seen enough of to lust after for more - I would love to see New Mexico! |
| Posted by Angela Nuzzo on 07/25/07 at 07:03 AM I like how the poem begins & ends with those great lines. To me, it's as if your hands WERE big enough to grasp those exotic details and you captured them in this poem. Nice job, Genevieve! |
| Posted by Rhiannon Jones on 07/26/07 at 08:49 PM ditto Angela's comment. This is hungry and beautiful. |
| Posted by David R Spellman on 07/27/07 at 02:53 AM Recently spent some time in Utah (similar country) and find this to be quite evocative of the feeling of the area. Nicely done... |
| Posted by Glenn Currier on 08/16/07 at 04:23 AM This version is a great improvement, it IS really another poem, more soulful, more depth and texture and emotion. I relate because I too have traveled through these beautiful states. It is good to find someone else who likes the desert. It is almost not enough just to look, you do want to touch it, so I get your meaning. Very well done, fellow traveler. |
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