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The Art of Washing Hands
As intense as one life entering another,
I take your hands into mine.
The intimacy of water from a spigot
pours as if over our entire bodies,
yours in willing submission to mine
during the act of washing hands.
Your anticipation is a pale shiver
like a bird's wing stretching the wind.
To swoon from the scent of roses
as the glycerin is slowly applied,
and then our fingers entwine;
a lesser tandem of slender limbs coiling.
The froth of friction made languid in its
lubrication, the intent fascination
of my ritual movements when I hear
your breath, your inclining notes,
and our sudden glances meeting, as
cool water rinses clear all expectation.
Written by
Jade-Pandora
(jade tiger)
Published 19th Nov 2015
| Edited 5th Mar 2019
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Re. The Art of Washing Hands
19th Nov 2015 4:25am
Very interesting. It is our hands that are our power in the world, our agency. To touch them and wash them together... Not much more intimate than that. I used to help people of disability with their hair and makeup in the morning, lipstick and blush. Teeth. Eye shadow. They would understand.
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Thank you, Jason. I believe they would too. Your reading/comment of my piece shows the best of how reality can be expressed in verse, and I'm honored by your words. <3
Re. The Art of Washing Hands
Anonymous
19th Nov 2015 9:56pm
Jade-Pandora,
Your intimacy of skin upon skin expressed in everyday routine gives rise to more than eyebrows ;-) Favorite line: "The froth of friction made languid in its lubrication"
Enjoyed!!!
Welcome to DU!
tornado
Your intimacy of skin upon skin expressed in everyday routine gives rise to more than eyebrows ;-) Favorite line: "The froth of friction made languid in its lubrication"
Enjoyed!!!
Welcome to DU!
tornado
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Re: Re. The Art of Washing Hands
20th Nov 2015 1:22am
Hi tornado (and please, feel free to call me Jade or Jadey)... and many thanks for the warm welcome, it's great to be here.
This is one of my favorite ways of expressing erotic feelings/descriptions. The best way to have readers rise to the occasion (yes, pun intended *winx*) of their enjoyment/appreciation is to write in the same way that dressing a certain way that leaves the best of seduction to the imagination when the imagery is not executed like so many other authors/poets do that I find unimaginative, and uninspired. "Titillating" is a good word when the text leans towards humor. and when it comes to a poem like mine here, I love to show that even an ordinary gesture can become sensual. It doesn't take much; I enjoy when a reader reacts in just the way my descriptions intend, and to learn about their own version of the story.
This is one of my favorite ways of expressing erotic feelings/descriptions. The best way to have readers rise to the occasion (yes, pun intended *winx*) of their enjoyment/appreciation is to write in the same way that dressing a certain way that leaves the best of seduction to the imagination when the imagery is not executed like so many other authors/poets do that I find unimaginative, and uninspired. "Titillating" is a good word when the text leans towards humor. and when it comes to a poem like mine here, I love to show that even an ordinary gesture can become sensual. It doesn't take much; I enjoy when a reader reacts in just the way my descriptions intend, and to learn about their own version of the story.
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Re: Re. The Art of Washing Hands
20th Nov 2015 2:15am
Thank you for sharing that, Ivar, your appreciation and your words truly honor me! <3
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And my gosh, thank you Tod for your most generous comment about my poem, and the much appreciated "vote" for my entry in the "Dancing Water" competition! Yes, I've more than noticed how slow it's been there, but guess what? The participants have till the end of this month... plenty of time to have a last minute rush, which happens all the time in other competitions. I've only been here a very very short time, but that's familiar to see because I've been entering numerous competitions since I first got here. So yes, I believe more poems will come in at the last minute as people go into a kind of panic mood. *giggles*
Btw, let ME welcome YOU to DUP... only a day apart in our time here. Why, we're practically twins! (we need to get you a fabulous-looking avatar!)
Btw, let ME welcome YOU to DUP... only a day apart in our time here. Why, we're practically twins! (we need to get you a fabulous-looking avatar!)
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Hi Tod - btw, I heard or never found out how that competition ended. Do you know? Thank you, dear.
Re. The Art of Washing Hands
23rd Apr 2017 9:37am
Re. The Art of Washing Hands
23rd Apr 2017 10:06am
Ahh thank you, sweet O...
This takes me back, for this was published 9 days from my arrival here. It's wonderful when someone looks through my older works. Thank you for your words & appreciation. x
This takes me back, for this was published 9 days from my arrival here. It's wonderful when someone looks through my older works. Thank you for your words & appreciation. x
Re. The Art of Washing Hands
30th Dec 2019 11:07pm
I love
"and then our fingers entwine;
a lesser tandem of slender limbs coiling. "
and
"The intimacy of water from a spigot
pours as if over our entire bodies"
fantastic write. it's melodic in the movements that spoke.
the water sways but is it us or the waves that broke?
well penned.
"and then our fingers entwine;
a lesser tandem of slender limbs coiling. "
and
"The intimacy of water from a spigot
pours as if over our entire bodies"
fantastic write. it's melodic in the movements that spoke.
the water sways but is it us or the waves that broke?
well penned.
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30th Dec 2019 11:16pm
I can’t thank you enough, my friend! For here, too, is another of my offerings I brought from a far-off land I had once called ‘home’ - in a carpetbag, and sprinkled through my early collect here at this site to the few who were near to witness my arrival as they looked on like deer caught in the headlights.
( I came by cab )
( I came by cab )
Re. The Art of Washing Hands
7th Apr 2020 12:07pm
In this day and age of lockdowns around the world. This poem seems out of place. Washing hands without the romance.
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Well now, see? To encourage people to wash their hands, or wash their hands more often... show & tell how sensual it can be (because the poem is indeed romantic...)
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p.s. By the way, I wrote the poem years ago.
And welcome to your new home at the Deep.
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p.s. By the way, I wrote the poem years ago.
And welcome to your new home at the Deep.
Re: Re. The Art of Washing Hands
7th Apr 2020 3:33pm
Thank you for sharing, as you are a veteran on this platform with "skin in the game" as they say. All I can do is just follow your lead.
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Re: Re. The Art of Washing Hands
7th Apr 2020 3:48pm
Why thank you, dear, and for adding me to your followed poets list. I’m heading closer to a total of 900 poems here on this site ...so there’s lots to sort through and read, if you’d like. Especially while being indoors, hopefully safe & well.
Jade🐾
Jade🐾