Burning Desire
A Book of Love Poems
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My Crimson Rose Wet with dew, you lie languid in the breeze. Your scent is unmistakable, and brings me to my knees. Sweet, exotic, potent, the essence of thy name. I’m drawn to you forever as a moth is drawn to flame. I wish I could be part of you, that we could be as one. You are my crimson rose, that blossoms in the sun. When thy beauty is awaked by rays of morning’s light, the radiance of your lovely smile doth heighten soulful plight. Crimson pedals open wide for lips that still seek more, but time has chased the Moon away, and day is at the door.
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About the Book
Theodore Prime composed Burning Desire while a senior at Notre Dame High School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. A writer of poetry since he was 12 years old, Theo often reflected upon the things a man in love thinks about but never says to the object of his affections. This collection of poems is his first attempt to capture the essence of these feelings…the yearning, the longing, the hurt, the anguish, and even the despair that torments a man who plays the game of love . . . and often loses. And while men certainly will identify with the feelings found here, it is the women among his readers whom Theo really is addressing. For it is they who finally will secure a window into a man’s heart and see, perhaps for the first time, how vulnerable men really are.
About the Author
To many, Theodore V. (Theo) Prime, is the quintessential high school student. Of Haitian descent, he is a gifted scholar and a member of the varsity basketball team. While not quite the person one thinks of as a ‘hopeless romantic’, Theo has been writing love poems since grade school, and as the years progressed, so did his capabilities. The poems in this book, many of which are cast as sonnets, attest to Theo’s growth as a poet. While he anticipates studying business in college, Theo clearly is a young man from whom we will see more poetry in the future.