Stepping onto the cool, smooth tiles,
Into the long exhaled sigh of day’s end
Is to melt into relaxation, a calm
And quiet embrace. Soft fingers tickling
My shoulders, rivulets of warmth flowing
Over and down, slurped up by world-weary
Skin. A holy communion of solid & liquid,
The perfect unguent for restoring my
Shriveled spirit.
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Napowrimo Day 10: Today I’m responding to a prompt from Tuesday Poetics on dVerse Poets Pub. I’m a day late but thanks to Merril for her lovely response to the prompt that gave me the idea to use it. The prompt is “Water”.
Charlotte Hamrick 
I can feel it – I love my shower but in the morning – it wakes me up. Haven’t been over to the blog for a few days. Should. Not reading as much as I should to prime the pump and the well is pretty dry. the point of the exercise, I guess, is to re-engage. Thanks for showing me how. This is lovely.
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I think most people shower in the morning but I love it at night. I’m not a tub girl, lol.
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Thank you for the shout out!
Showers are wonderful. My time machine would have to have one (along with coffee, heat, a/c . . .).
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I agree with everything you said!
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🙂
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The shower is a highlight of my day. I just zone out, it’s a meditation. And I often come up with solutions to problems as well as ideas for something new. Wonderful poem! (K)
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I do the same, Kerfe. Often I’ll start a poem in the shower or come up with phrasing I’ll use in one. I guess the relaxation of the body stimulates the brain. I’ll take it!
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I love a shower at night (or a bath) and this poem reflects the pleasure this moment brings. Great interpretation of the prompt!
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Thanks for reading, Christine! ❤️
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No tub here, and missing it, but now I’ll appreciate my showers more. Great ode!
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This is great, Charlotte.
I friend once told me,” The two best things in life happen in bed – sex and sleep. If I could, I’d make a shower last longer than both of them.”
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That is inspired! The four best things in life: food, sex, sleep, showers!
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