Scheherazade Incarnate
(For Valerie)
Beautiful, Passionate, Sexy,
You want to love her.
But don’t do what Shahryar did,
And most men do — kill the gift —
Eat the fruit and throw away the core,
The essence — and be done with her.
But instead, she’ll go to your head
And heart, with her wondrous stories
Of transformation, keeping you
Transfixed, wanting more —
You’ll never want to leave her
Nor want her to leave
Scheherazade Incarnate
Forever
© Ken Chawkin
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Fairfield, Iowa
Read some of Valerie’s articles at Rebelle Society
And this interview at TMhome.com
Visit Valerie’s website and buy her book, Enlightenment Is Sexy.
See the List of One Thousand and One Nights characters
Listen to Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade / Gergiev · Vienna Philharmonic · Salzburg Festival 2005
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The Uncarved Blog 
September 18, 2014 at 9:16 pm |
This is so amazing. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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September 18, 2014 at 11:04 pm |
Thank you for being the muse on this poem. You’re an inspiration!
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July 14, 2015 at 12:10 am |
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