{"id":4055,"date":"2015-04-14T01:09:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T01:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=4055"},"modified":"2015-04-14T01:21:18","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T01:21:18","slug":"venefic-kiss-a-poem-by-jim-dunlap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/venefic-kiss-a-poem-by-jim-dunlap\/","title":{"rendered":"Venefic Kiss. A Poem by Jim Dunlap"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’ve shopped around for something that suits<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

your natural elegance and style\u2014<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

something which enhances, not dilutes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

your unctuous demeanor and engaging smile.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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I’ve<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 through<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0flower shops<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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admired<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0much<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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but<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 considered<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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though fate<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 was perhaps<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 dropping hints.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The blossoms varied from carmine to mauve,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

carnations were gorgeous, but roses pass\u00e9;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I chose only the best for someone so suave;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

in the end, time only still stood in the way.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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My eyes fell on an orchid\u2014and then I just knew<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

it was right. Black as midnight: in the light cobalt blue.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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*\u00a0<\/span>Mafioso, black orchid<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

 
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Jim Dunlap’s poetry has been published extensively in print and online in the United States, England, France, India, Australia, Switzerland and New Zealand. His work has appeared in over 90 publications, including Potpourri, Candelabrum, Mobius, Poems Niedernasse, and the Paris\/Atlantic. He was the co-editor of Sonnetto Poesia and he is also the chief proofreader for the On Viewless Wings Anthologies, published out of Queensland, Australia. In the past, he was a resident poet on Poetry Life & Times and the newsletter editor for seven years with the Des Moines Area Writers’ Network.<\/strong>
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