She wrote her favorite
John Donne verse
along his skin,
a peafowl’s green feather
gliding gently in her hand,
each word a whispered secret,
each line a silent vow.
He, in turn, returned the favor,
his tongue tender as a lover’s caress,
inscribing John Keats upon her skin—
a slow, reverent journey,
each syllable a kiss,
each couplet a breathless oath.
In the hush between their breaths,
poetry bloomed on trembling skin,
where love whispered its deepest truths,
sealed with a touch
that lingered like eternity itself.
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Bhuwan Thapaliya
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Nepalese poet Bhuwan Thapaliya works as an economist and is the author of five poetry collections. His poems have been widely published in international magazines and journals such as Kritya, The Lake, Foundling Review, FOLLY, WordCity Monthly, Poetry and Covid: A Project funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council, University of Plymouth, and Nottingham Trent University, Trouvaille Review, Journal of Expressive Writing, Pandemics Literary Journal, Pandemic Magazine, The Poet, Valient Scribe, Strong Verse, Ponder Savant, International Times, Taj Mahal Review, Poetry Life and Times, VOICES (Education Project), Longfellow Literary Project, Poets Against the War, Pratik among many others. Thapaliya has read his poetry and attended seminars in venues around the world, including South Korea, India, the United States, Thailand, Cambodia, and Nepal.
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