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    The Colours of My Mind
    The Colours of My Mind
    The Colours of My Mind
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    The Colours of My Mind

    By Coco Schreiber

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    In this collection of emotional and reflective verse, Coco Schreiber has dipped into the paint pot of her life and dolloped drops of colour on to the areas of her palette which seem to her to accommodate her memories and emotions: the colour blue for the ladies she has loved and lost; purple for comfortable adventures both here and abroad, seeking a pathway; yellow for the reflective aspects of her nature; grey to represent her hardest decision; and the red of a proud rose.
    The poetry gives the reader a glimpse into Coco's heart, into her very being, and reveals her passionate and sensitive persona.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherA H Stockwell
    Release dateDec 14, 2021
    ISBN9780722351086
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      The Colours of My Mind - Coco Schreiber

      The Colours of My Mind

      Blue Waves

      On Sappho’s Isle

      Steamy hot afternoon air.

      Open windows.

      The dishevelled bedsheets greedily wrap their

      twisted lengths around our naked forms.

      Exhausted now – ribcage rises and falls out of sync

      with heartbeat, the one free arm pulses full length

      against a pillow, but softly.

      Head turns inward and rests against Lovely’s breast;

      hand cups its rounded fullness so strokingly gently

      and urges the firming strawberry top to her lips,

      expressing it carefully, sucking it dry.

      Knees slide over, hooking on, bodies now falling, one on one.

      Exploring hands pursue their curious investigation

      and drown in the warm depths of their goal.

      J’adore, J’adore

      Can’t go on like this – must stop thinking of you, miles away.

      I need distraction: shops, shops.

      Mustn’t go in there – the all-enveloping net of your

      perfume encircles my senses – I see its name writ

      large in lighted signs – it suffocates me, deliciously.

      Would that I could be there with you, spread over

      your body, smothering your pulsating so-tender

      spots, yearning for me to kiss them dry, perfume

      lingering in the air, two being one.

      Sherbet Fountains

      Arching backs, supple as never were, now bendy as willow wands moving to the caressing motion of strong hands bringing slumbering emotions to life in a hail of sherbet showers.

      The calling of her name

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