Tuesday throwback poem

Hi all, hope you're all keeping well and safe. Thought about sharing with you for this throwback Tuesday a poem I wrote a while ago that was picked for, and first published in, Her Heart's Poetry Anthology The Annual in 2017. I do hope you enjoy it!

 "Exhausted, Content"

by Rosamund Gravelle

Do you remember those dreams we used to share 

silently in the night, with sticky covers binding our forms, 

warm breath mingling sweetly between?

When time hadn’t made us yet fear the world

or riddled and faded our bodies.

Remember those caresses and kisses deep

of how we melted and dissolved into one another,

whole worlds born and destroyed within us 

time and time again?

I remember how you looked at me –  

all fogged-eyed and smiling

Us, we, safe in each other’s bodies two forms made one,  

Finally, exhausted, content.

Bough of Delight by Rosamund Gravelle

I wrote this poem in 2018 and it was published in the Her Heart Anthology of that year. Hope you enjoy it.

Bough of Delight

Wandering through the bough past thistles and grasses

 that scratch our legs and thighs and move us deeper and deeper along

You turn to me, with your red, rose mouth wide, and, stock still,

I grasp your pressing, urgent kiss.

I fear I am drowning now deep in this mist of love and desire

that is rising and coursing through my bloodstream.

The sun swims on the river, rippling like a surface snake,

Bouncing glistening globs of water into the trees.

Only our breath makes sound. But Time, as ever is fleeing,

And a curtain of night descends and glooms the glen

So we clamber back through the dark thickets and muddied paths,

and part, as we came, two strangers unknown.

Welcome and Hello!

Hi there and welcome to my blog! I'll be posting mostly random

poetry (usually my own), thoughts and musing from time to time - hope you enjoy!

Rosamund Gravelle 12/03/2025

photo by Rosamund Gravelle