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James Mullen
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Poet, husband, father, grey beard
She taught me well
In her arms
More so in her gaze
Gift of stillness 
To be revealed before her
She learned my soul
Uncover the darkness
To taste my heart
Pure in its touch
Her lips bring me power
To course through my veins
Glory through pain 
📷Natalia Drepina
@Amatoryq #Amatory
November 14, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Flicker the flame
The eyes
The heart melting
Take the night 
And spread it out
To hold
To fold to savor
Discover the taste
You have for fun
For fear
For flowing heat
Dare to indulge
Between dripping wax
📷 Unknown
@Amatoryq #Amatory
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Keep your strokes short
Let me feel them brush not sting
When your pen becomes a whip
Show me how the earth moves
With your lips to mine
Kindle the magic of bodies
The art of us
Etched out on skin
Still contact light
Masking infernos within
📷Hamze Dashtrazmi
@Amatoryq #Amatory
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Still night
Chill night
Only wood smoke
Hanging in the air
Air bright
No light
Memories from
A half century
Held in timeless awe
Wrestling again
Waiting on words
Watching the fiery moon set
Sometimes
Only silence fills the void
Icy fingers
Miss your touch
#OurPoetryX
October 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Face hard from pain
Worn on her body
Borne in her heart
A warrior's heart
Beating stronger than
Butterfly wings
Against the storm
Of her life
She whirls
Such spine tingling motion
A blur of emotion
Reclaiming herself as
Night calls
📷Giovanni Aponte
@Amatoryq #Amatory
#OurPoetryX
October 29, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Night & desire
Mingle with destiny
Melting as they merge
Dripping between fantasies 
Liquified effort leaves
A heavenly trace
Caught by a fabric of
Midnights lace
A taste of the divine
Felt forever inside
Written by instinct
By memories that guide
📷 Unknown 
@Amatoryq #Amatory
October 25, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Soft face
Warm eyes
Behind her façade
A loving heart
#10wordspoet @10wordspoet
September 19, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Remarkable beauty
By measure unfold
Delicate instrument
A musical soul
Play with precision
Each caressed finger hole
Be lost in her music
Clarity becomes whole
Unleash the symphony
Her spirit extols
Breathe into me
The song of her soul
📷Jacopo Baboni-Schilingi
@Amatoryq #Amatory
September 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Left burdened down
With unraveled ties &
Broken chains
I understand
Alone
When silence falls
Dark thoughts intrude
As moonlight fades away
Pale dreams of red
Mask my way
Take solace in this moment
Resting on my knees
Free
No man can
Eclipse my soul
📷 Unknown
@Amatoryq #Amatory
September 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Bright eyes from ideas bursting
Born from light her words shine
With each blink she is shedding fear
To gild the night with poetic lines
As she exhales the stars
How do you hold onto
A drifting dream
That dances on stardust
And shifting moonbeams
📷 monika-es
@Amatoryq #Amatory
September 8, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Let your eyes close
Be still
Be at peace
You are in my hands
Anchored in my heart
Reach out your thoughts
I feel them holding light
They touch my soul
Pouring out
Pouring into me
I am impregnated with
The essence of you
It restores
I am made whole
📷 Unknown
@Amatoryq #Amatory
August 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
In darkness
Light appears
To follow fills my mind
With each step
My pulse grows stronger
My steps come quicker
Leading me on
Into the unknown
Shadows swirl
As ideas leap to life
Dreams attend me
Awake & walking
You fill my thoughts
Transcending love
📷 Unknown
@Amatoryq #Amatory
July 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Pulsing anticipation in a
Pocket of quiet before the
Needle hits the groove
Wait for the beat, babe
And ride the rhythm
Don't chase the noise
Careless flashes & sonic toys
Feel the crackle vibe the line
Then pop into pleasure
Full freedom flowing
📷 Unknown
@Amatoryq #Amatory
July 4, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Picture of heaven
Described in flesh & bone
She moves the world
With her smile
But to love her requires
Divine maintenance 
Unblocked power
To move & define
The depths of her soul
Building blocks she raises
Shaping you
From the ordinary
Into her arms
📷 Unknown
@Amatoryq #Amatory
July 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Some moments
Slow reality
Halt the universe
Frozen in time
I see her always
Eyes on the distance
Meditative & still
Close my eyes
To hold her always
Hearing whispers in the dark
Likewise stricken souls lament
So pure she stands
Beyond time’s reach
📷 EbruSida
@Amatoryq #Amatory
July 1, 2025 at 3:54 AM
July 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
My idea
If you’re of a mind
Is to step away
Together
Find
Sacred simplicity
In each other’s company
Disregard all
Unnecessary noise
By tuning into us
So beautiful to me
Messages on your skin
Those graceful lines
Let my hands recite them
We have time
📷 Unknown
@Amatoryq #Amatory
June 28, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I know I’m not alone
Amid the swirl of time
Though I ache & spin
Too often
Leaning toward
The tugging void
Against the rage of shadows
I hear my demons cry
And feel the touch
Of tenderness
Still the teeming tide
You’re always
At my side
📷Unknown
@FireWriters5 #FireWriters5
June 28, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Stillness
In silent waves
Where will compassion come
She holds herself
Against the weight
Of time
Old fashioned ways
Darkness
Found in common day
She waits
Spirit soaring free
For unknown tastes
When tomorrow comes
Will she stand free
📷 Beyaz Leke
@FireWriters5 #FireWriters5
June 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Too many hands
To hold me
I am the breath of free will
Floating in the mist
Strong
Silent
And free
I laugh as they try
No hands can catch me
Though far too many try
I am become dreams
Ephemeral & light
I am the mist
That eases your sight
📷 Unknown
@FireWriters5 #FireWriters5
June 17, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Traces of my life
Fall away in the rain
Like teardrops down the drain
Tonight I tasted freedom
Flowing from her eyes
She smiled & danced with me
A while
But with dawn
I found silence
As my heartache grew
And somewhere alone
She cries
📷 Unknown
@FireWriters5 #FireWriters5
June 17, 2025 at 5:26 AM
What is tasting deep riches
Without the sweetness of
A tongue's honey

Where is the merry twirl
Of lover’s joy without a
Moonlit dance
Among the trees

What am I without
The lap of waves
Your salty tang
Your lips on mine
Or sand
Without the sea
📷 Graciefaithh
@Amatoryq #Amatory
June 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Twin tails turning
Dawn & twilight
Perfect sensual display
Of your heart & mine
We turn with each other
Balancing the day
Bring light into darkness
Or the other way
Stay with me darling
Anchor my spin
Today we’re perfect
Tomorrow we win
📷 Unknown
@FireWriters5 #FireWriters5
June 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Words
Impartial words
Drawn in a line
Down the page
Instill in me much more
I feel them roll on my tongue
A poet who reveres minds
Whose soul is clear to mine
Responsive power
Floods through my mind
Urges words to nourish her
Bending flower inclined
📷 Unknown
@Amatoryq #Amatory
June 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Feel deeply
Kneel to the sea
Wrest the fury of the storm
From the clutches of the night
She can scream with the wind
She can match the rage of the surf
She’s can find herself
Amid the tempest
Where all becomes one
In nature
In defiance
📷 Unknown
@FireWriters5 #FireWriters5
June 8, 2025 at 4:43 AM