Who am I not to say?

Monday, October 31, 2022

#AtFirstKiss 💋 Vol. 69

The kiss of a whisker makes me shiver

Spirits entice but rarely deliver

The wind rattles leaves and rattles my bones

Whirls all in a dance to the tune it moans

The moon peek-a-boos with clouds for a screen

Lighting the shadow shades of Halloween

Sunday, October 30, 2022

#AtFirstKiss 💋 Vol. 68

'Souffle Undone'

She started to wipe the tears from her cheeks.

"Wait," he begged. He snapped a picture and showed it to her.

When she saw the pink tear tracks through the soot on her face she couldn't help but laugh.

"That's better," he said, wiping her lips clean with his handkerchief so he could kiss them, "I don't like to see you cry, but if you do cry I want to be there to see it."

#kiss #microfiction

#vss365 #mine

The dark form disappeared into the gaping hole with a whoosh of clammy, fetid air dragging my grandad's corpse behind it.

"What do we do now?" I asked.

"What do you mean we?" My grandad's ghost shrugged, "Your mine now."

from Twitter #prompt #vss365 #mine

#vss365 #mine

The sound of her laughter tickled his ears. She was somewhere nearby...nearer than she'd ever been before.

He ascended a flight of stairs. Suddenly his vision was blocked by a pair of small, cold hands.

Again the laughter, "You're mine now."

from Twitter #prompt #vss365 #mine

Saturday, October 29, 2022

#AtFirstKiss 💋 Vol. 67

A gap in the clouds

lets a last kiss of sunlight

through to say goodnight.

#haiku © Osquer Campbell 2022 🌞❤️🌻

#kiss #poem #poetry

Friday, October 28, 2022

#AtFirstKiss 💋 Vol. 66

There was a taste

of Autumn about her kiss.

He wondered for a moment

if their romance was fading.

Then he realized it was just

the pumpkin spice on her lips.

#kiss #micropoetry #poetry #poem

Thursday, October 27, 2022

#AtFirstKiss 💋 Vol. 65

Shadows kiss the corners of the room with caresses that tremble in the candlelight. The evening holds it's breath in anticipation of moonlight romance.

#kiss #micropoetry

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

#AtFirstKiss 💋 Vol. 64

Ask her to dance? Yes. He could do that.

Smile and laugh and pretend it was all in fun? Yes. He could do that.

Pretend he didn't notice when she glanced at his lips and blushed? No. That he couldn't do.

#kiss #flashfiction

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

#AtFirstKiss 💋 Vol. 63

"I know it's a cliche, but..." He extended a bouquet of red rosebuds.

"Nothing wrong with a good cliche," she replied, bending her head to take in their scent.

"You're right," he murmured as he drew her to him."I wonder how many cliches we can come up with between us."

Her lips were softer than the rose petals but not as soft as her sighs.

#kiss #microfiction

Sunday, October 23, 2022

#AtFirstKiss 💋 Vol. 62

When a woman

has drunk from the

Fountain of Youth,

can one grow younger

just by kissing her lips?

#kiss #question

Photo: Phipps Conservatory - September 3, 2006 - Water Lily

Saturday, October 22, 2022

#AtFirstKiss 💋 Vol. 61

ESCAPISM

I lie beside you listening to the rain and your breath

trying not to dwell in contemplation of loss and death.

Surrounded by all of the gifts that you have given me,

I know it's only my mind that keeps me from being free.

Though the shackles of my past should be more easily shed,

I doubt if even Houdini could escape from my head.

So, now I must realize that my saving grace is this:

my heart has faith that you will pass me the key with a kiss.

(for Mr. C from his Fair Damsel)

Written exactly 1 year before our wedding.

from Twitter #prompt #vss365 #power

There were two men at the table who laughed loudest at her jokes while they stared daggers at each other.

But she turned the power of her gaze on the one with shyly downcast eyes, preferring blushes to bluster.

from Twitter #prompt #vss365 #power

Friday, October 21, 2022

#AtFirstKiss 💋 Vol. 60

"Give us a kiss!"

"You're supposed to say 'Trick-or-Treat.'"

But she gave up the Hershey's anyway.

Thursday, October 20, 2022

#AtFirstKiss 💋 Vol. 59

I open the envelope and kisses flutter out, couched in the language of your letter, the phrases of affection and promise of your return.

And so I wait...

#kiss #flashfiction #microfiction

micropoetry

He was a deer and her eyes were the headlights.

#micropoetry

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

#AtFirstKiss 💋 Vol. 58

Her kiss, as soft as a petal, was enough to snap his heart,

the innocence of her love more seductive than any art.

The touch of her hands, cold and trembling, could set his soul on fire.

Her guileless eyes were the perfect trap to capture his desire.

#kiss #poem #poetry

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

#AtFirstKiss 💋 Vol. 57

She kissed the tears from his cheeks and then licked her lips.

"Did you just swallow my tears?"

"Of course. Tears are not to be wasted. They are precious and none moreso than yours."

#kiss #microfiction #flashfiction

Monday, October 17, 2022

#AtFirstKiss 💋 Vol. 56

I kissed his neck

the scent of his skin

awakening my desire

he hummed

with pleasure

but didn't realize

that my attentions

had intentions

and so

while he continued

with his book

I made the tea

at least I could

bring the kettle

to the boil

#kiss #microfiction #flashfiction

Sunday, October 16, 2022

#AtFirstKiss 💋 Vol. 55

We were so young.

Spandau Ballet played

and our bodies swayed.

His kiss was clumsy

but not unwelcome.

I didn't know

until later

that it was his first.

I wish I had.

Instead of just

kissing him back,

I'd have knocked

his socks off.

#kiss #TrueStory

Saturday, October 15, 2022

#AtFirstKiss 💋 Vol. 54

Some kisses give and some kisses take.

Some are for real and some truly fake.

Some kisses heal and some kisses burn.

Some are lessons we never will learn.

#kiss #quatraine #poem #poetry #sunset