My name is Nadine. I am from Jamaica. I’ve been living in Hangzhou for the past four years. I teach English in an international school. I have taught kids, teen and adults in my home country and also worked as an ESL teacher in Japan where I was a member of the JET (Japan Exchange Teaching) … Continue reading Featured Writer: Nadine K. Thompson
By: Nadine K. Thompson See you… At the crossing, At the bridge, At the converging. See you… Next when we’re both grown into our dreams, See you… After you have been broken and healed, See you… In movement, in hope, willingness, in art, See you… There, At the closing, The transitioning of transient people, … Continue reading See You…
By: Nadine K. Thompson She exists in absentia, A mist hanging over the morning, The first dew drop so sweetly fragrant, A feeling she has but shuts up with denial. He exists in expectancy, A breaking of thunder Wrapped up in the first rain of the season. The showers so big, People rush … Continue reading Prism of Possibilities
He likes it crude, She likes it soft, He kisses her temples They heatedly feel for buttons and zippers Throwing off clothes, Unhooking bra Holding firmly Straddling successfully Intensity heightens Feeling the pulse Hearing heartbeat Skin deep and panting Hips moving Rhyming To their own beats Fast and hot Tingling breasts Leads to wetness She … Continue reading Epic Release
First there was talk of groping A fiddling around for something to cool the distractions, Then there was griping A regurgitating of disappointments like vomiting bile unpleasant but knowingly necessary for withstanding the daily grind Afterwards there was grasping at proverbial straws leading to gasping and rasping Our breaths finding equilibrium pulling in air … Continue reading The Daily Grind
My thoughts now underscore my feelings I absolutely don’t know. Radars picked up mixed signals Transmission waves faulty. Keeping busy with my own stuff, Keeping thoughts of you at arm’s length. Wishing it all away. I just can’t stay in that place where you want me to stay. I feel stuck～ Hung up on … Continue reading Musings
First meeting, A sighting, Seeing you, Even if the traffic is congested. A capturing, of features eyes, smiles, movement. A glance, A spark tinkering the attention. Not wanting to lose such a testament of attraction at first viewing. A ripple of emotions coursing through. Excitement! Needing to see the target again. The soul expanding, The … Continue reading Encounters
In a room full of people pulsating loudly the heart beat races hidden smiles temper strong conversations coded messages tap on surfaces embedded in jokes, off colour stories Responses to no particular questions Timings and impulse chiming together Chords woven in a sensual outlet Clues in movement Listening ear through stressful disappointments Silences reverberating with … Continue reading Unguarded Heart
Started out with you saying a word An action in reverse A night when you said, “forget it” Turned your back as you slept Left for work early the next morning Sent a text message to say you’d be home late. Dinner made, it stayed on the stove Sat in darkness contemplating Seeking answers to … Continue reading Misunderstanding
The world will not remember this How we danced around each other Quietly, Discreetly, Wordlessly, No words for joy. No words for love. ‘Ok’ a statement, A pronouncement A sealing and ending of arguments Never anything really said A drifting A politeness Lies maybe Truths nevertheless We kept dancing farther away skipping the beats Losing … Continue reading Lily Cups
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