The Art of Washing Hands

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.

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

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

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.

Erotic poetry at it's best!
Such a simple but intimate action
Loved it!

Thank you for sharing that, Ivar, your appreciation and your words truly honor me! <3

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!)

Hi Tod - btw, I heard or never found out how that competition ended.  Do you know? Thank you, dear.

Every act adds to the whole - nicely expressed

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

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.

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 )

In this day and age of lockdowns around the world. This poem seems out of place. Washing hands without the romance.

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.

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.

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🐾