Love poems of Frederick Douglas Harper

TOUCH ME, WILL YOU? 
t’s been long, too long; 
So will you touch me with the 
Tender tips of your fingers aglow, 
And let the heat of love’s past 
Set free the spirit of our fiery 
Passion’s remains? 
Touch me now, in the privacy of 
This day’s secret love and space, 
That we may live life’s life as 
We so once did. 
Come to me so slowly and walk 
Your image so larger into my eyes’ view 
And the whole of you into my arms’ 
Embrace. 
It’s been long, too long, 
So will you touch and we touch 
As we once loved before? 
Reprinted: Harper’s Romantica: On Peace and Romance, 1988. 
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POETICA SENSEROTICA 
And she spoke of love’s passion: 
“Come with me dear love; 
Come within me as one, 
And let my warmth for you alone 
Puncture deeply to the tip of your 
Soul’s yearning for me; and, as you wish, 
Allow me to come so tenderly 
And peacefully as a lamb to the gentle 
Thrust of your lion’s passionate 
Growl and groan of sweet sensual 
Satisfaction; 
Let me touch, breathe, and sense 
Completely the acclamation and 
Celebration of this our romantic love.” 
And he replied: 
“I will come to you my lone love awaiting, 
And into love’s chamber of your 
Sensual pleasures so as to pay in burning 
Passion our time’s debt of love come due; 
Trust me to lay upon you my long-held 
Desire and set free the tension of love to 
Bloom forth your hidden orchids asleep; 
Let me come with the rhythm of your 
Sweet kitten’s purr and as a lion’s gentle 
Touch to your loin’s tender flank— 

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Frederick Douglas Harper 
 
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Such as to set our hearts and souls afire, 
Forever, in this life of our love, 
And in this love of our life’s remain.” 
Reprinted: Harper’s Romantica: On Peace and Romance, 1988. 

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