Romance Explored

Romance Explored is a collection of poems dealing with contemporary love and romance.

See if this little sample does it for you:



Yes I was a fool

Listening to his patter

It was too smooth

This patina of burnished steel

The man could have seduced

Anything, anyone and anytime

And he did

Me and a dozen others besides

Including the guy down at the hardware store

I should have known his wolfish ways

He had eyes that would stray

But when he turned his gaze my way

I melted and practically squirmed

In my chair at the fancy restaurant

And he knew all the wines and stuff

I was pleased; I was chuffed

I had never known a man like him

Even if I was worried about

The pale band of untanned skin

On his third finger

I was the ingénue

It can’t be denied

Hungry for what

A little town could offer

A girl from the sticks,

Everywhere he went he caused a stir

I mean, how many men out here

Wear Italian suits and know how to flirt



(extracted from ‘The Wolf in Him’)