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My turn at the library finally came up for the poetry book Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur. You may have heard of it, a debut poetry collection that made it to the New York Times bestseller list. Kaur self-published it in 2014 and it sold so well that Andrews McMeel picked it up and published it in 2015. I’m about halfway through the collection and enjoying it very much.
Maybe it’s me or maybe it’s the kind of poetry I like to read, hard to say, but I don’t often come across truly sexy poems even when the poem is about sex. You, know the kind that gives you a thrill or a flutter or makes you blush. Bestiary by Donika Kelly had one. And Milk and Honey has a particularly bookish one that you all have to know about. Most of Kaur’s poems are pretty short, some only two or three lines. This one happens to come from one of the longer poems called “how we make up.”
baby lick me.
like your mouth has the gift of reading and i’m your
favorite book. find your favorite page in the soft spot
between my legs and read it carefully. fluently. vividly.
don’t you dare leave a single word untouched. and i swear
my ending will be so good. the last few words will come.
running to your mouth. and when you’re done. take a
seat. cause it’s my turn to make music with my knees
pressed to the ground.
Oh. My.
I suspect my spam filter is going to have to work overtime after this.
Oh… My!
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mmmm…
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Haha, except I think it’s too clever with words for a simplistic spam filter to find it, don’t you think!?
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whisperinggums, so far so good! One more reason to love poetry and literature – you can say things that elude spammers 🙂
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Oh oh, it’s getting hot at So Many Books, and we’re not talking global warming anymore 😉
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smithereens, oh you made me laugh! 😀
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Okay, you are the fourth or fifth person to recommend this book to me. I am going to see if my library will order it. Love that pome — tres sexy!
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Jenny, it’s not your average poetry book which, if you read a lot of poetry kind of sets you back a bit while at the same time feeling really refreshing.
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My library card constantly reminds me, when I sign in online, that I missed picking up a hold last year (they hold a grudge apparently) and this is the book. Now I am even more sorry that I missed it!
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buried, that’s odd and funny that after a year your library still reminds you didn’t pick up the hold! Well, if you ever get the chance to read it, you probably won’t be disappointed. I am half through and enjoying it greatly.
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It’s getting hot in here! 🙂
I hope you have continued to enjoy this one. I had borrowed this from the library last year but didn’t get a chance to read much into it before it was due back. Must put it back on my list!
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Iliana, I know! Yes, I have continued to enjoy the book and should be done with it in a day or two if I manage to create a wedge of time for it. I don;t think you would regret putting it back on your list 🙂
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WOW just what I was searching for. Came here by searching for cuntz
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