Passion Fire
Posted by Rob Kistner | Filed under Image, Poetry
A hot little poem about one of my “first times” 
— photo included.
Passion Fire
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I will not forget you
my memory still burns
with tearful recollection
remembrance of the first time
my eyes fell upon your
luscious curves
skin smooth as satin
aglow in golden orange
as you lay before me
seductive in the summer sunset
you torched my imagination
ignited my spirit
fired my soul
I wanted you so badly
to fondle you with fingertips
caress you with trembling lips
you promised such sweetness
but I’d been warned
by others who had dared partake
of your fiery charms
that it would end in tears
but I did not heed the counsel
in the heat of seduction
I fell upon you hungrily
taking you passionately
the moment of our union flared
hot as lava
scorching as an August sun
I was swept away
as I consumed your charms
aflame with desire
tasting your forbidden fruit
in a wanton blaze
I took my fill
but just as quick it ended
I should have listened
they knew you all too well
alas, you burned me badly
and only left me crying
but I never will forget you
– habanero… or your chili soul
• • •
rob kistner © 2007
NOTE: The habanero is reputed to be one of the hottest chili’s on the planet!
June 9th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Well written. It gripped from start to finish. What a wonderful fruit/woman that must be!
June 9th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
The word “swoon” is a one word poem. Your poem reminded me of one I have that would work great for this prompt but I was trying to come up with something on the spot…and you know how HOT it is right now.
June 9th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
Beaman -
Thank you!
I’m glad it carried you rapt to the meet the “culprit” that caused my undoing.
June 9th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Colleen -
‘Swoon’ would make a great one word poem.
I just added the extra words to bring up the heat a little…
Thank you for visiting!
June 9th, 2007 at 6:48 pm
Ha —– very clever.
June 9th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
Really nice, I loved the photo as well.
Thank you for sharing your talent.
Be well and enjoy the day.
June 9th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
Stacy -
Thanks — glad you liked!
June 9th, 2007 at 9:45 pm
Danielle -
I appreciate your kindness!
Pictured is the focus of the poem’s passion — the habanero chili — considered one of the hottest, if not the hottest there is.
June 10th, 2007 at 9:20 am
Excellent poem! I believe I may have dated her once myself.
June 10th, 2007 at 9:26 am
Herb -
Thank you!
Trust me, if you ever bite into a habanero chili, even once — you won’t forget the experience the rest of your life!
June 10th, 2007 at 10:36 am
Hi Rob!
Thanks for the comment on my blog…
Actually the restaurant is NOT Bombay Cricket Club, it is The India Oven on SE 39th & Hawthorne in that old Masonic Temple. My husband & I used to own a coffeehouse there right next door to them in that building so we ate there every day!
Try The restaurant.. it is GREAT! They are from Punjab and the cuisine is awesome. Service? sometimes hot or miss but teh food… yummm!
Jennifer
June 10th, 2007 at 10:37 am
Opps.. my fingers were flying… sorry for the typo’s! Too much coffee this morning!
Jennifer
June 10th, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Jennifer -
OK… sure, I know the one.
Kathy and I will pop in and try it. I recommend you try ‘Got Curry’ 2818 Se Park Ave, Milwaukie, OR 97222. It is situated in a house, in which I believe the proprietors live.
No worry on the typo’s…
June 10th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
out of all the spicy posts I’ve read yours is the spicest! thanks for sharing such beautiful words
June 10th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Excellent poem, very clever! Thanks for adding this little bit of spice to Sunday Scribblings this weekend!
June 10th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
Lucy -
You are most kind!
Please visit any time — you are always welcome…
June 10th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Kamsin -
I am glad you enjoyed it… thank you!
June 10th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Hahahaha, that’s what i call a good tease!
(you should have put a warning for this one too, so we would all be fooled…)
June 10th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Kikare -
…..
— Glad you got a kick out of it!
I thought about a warning, but then some folks wouldn’t read it — and I wanted to share a little mirth this weekend.
June 10th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
Love the poem, it was tantilizing all the way through.
To me a habenero is as dangerous as a broken heart - well
at least both would make me cry!
June 10th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Michelle -
Thank you!
Both will put tears in your eyes — and the habanero will peel the skin off the roof of your mouth!
June 10th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
Funny that those that elicit such desire can also leave one in tears. A perfect ode to such a spicy delicacy.
June 10th, 2007 at 5:47 pm
Matthew -
I appreciate the compliment!
It’s the yin & yang of the world.
June 10th, 2007 at 7:05 pm
Never did try habanero - but a well written poem.
June 10th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
tantalizing and provocative. I feel the heat.
June 11th, 2007 at 12:38 am
Lissa -
Habanero’s are way too hot for me!
Thank you for the kind words.
June 11th, 2007 at 3:01 am
I almost felt a little voyeuristic reading this heady poem. A little naughty but oh so clever.
Brilliant work as ever, Rob.
June 11th, 2007 at 3:12 am
Blondie -
A little voyeurism might do us all some good. We’d probably discover we’re not as strange as we think we are — or wish we were…
Thank you for the continued kind words!
June 11th, 2007 at 3:18 am
Jennifer Hicks -
Thank you!
With habanero’s you most definitely will ‘feel the heat’!
June 11th, 2007 at 3:37 am
Wonderful! I read Swoon first (loved it!) and as it’s 5:00am, the ending of this one caught me with a mouthful of hot coffee that had to be wiped from the screen! What a great twist at the end.
I have a greenhouse full of these little orange beauties…want some more?
Thanks for your kind comments and wonderful poems.
June 11th, 2007 at 3:50 am
Jesi (m.o.M) -
Thank you for the very kind words!
Glad to know this gave you a chuckle. It’s a devious little trickster I tried to write here.
June 11th, 2007 at 4:03 am
Jesi (m.o.M)
Oh, and as for your offer of the habanero’s, thank you… but if I never see another, it will be too soon…
— however, my wife Kathleen (asbestos mouth) loves the damned things!!
How the hell someone, as totally Irish as my wife, can eat such hellaciously hot food, blows my mind — and she only weighs 105 pounds… I’d think she’d spontaneously combust!
Go figure?
June 11th, 2007 at 4:33 am
Your poem outburns the habanero!
June 11th, 2007 at 9:16 am
I love the anthropromorphism in this piece! Spicy, indeed
~JP
June 11th, 2007 at 9:46 am
Rethabile -
Thank you!
Just a couple of hot prospects…
June 11th, 2007 at 9:49 am
JanePoe (aka Deborah)
I am pleased it was to you taste!
Wow! I think you now own the record for the largest word currently anywhere on my blog…
June 11th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
How delightfully clever! Capsaisin AND endorphins.
[Thanks for your comments too. I'm sorta between the 40 year old and 60 year old, I think but time marches on and I still have alot of writing to do. Also my kids say I have a hard time just walking let alone dancing!]
June 11th, 2007 at 7:22 pm
Rob — Spicy! Oh my, habanero!
I’ll never look at that chili the same way again.
Thank you for visiting my blog earlier. It’s been great to “meet” you. You are such a creative person! I’ve enjoyed seeing all that you have here on your blog. I’ll be back!
June 12th, 2007 at 5:44 am
That’s one spicy encounter! My first was nothing like that…lol
June 12th, 2007 at 5:45 am
Noni -
Glad you enjoyed!
You’re welcome, and keep writing.
My children (29 & 35) look at me and can’t imagine that I used to be a strutting and gyrating lead singer in a rock & roll band — and a pretty damned good dancer, in my day. Fankly, I have a difficult time envisioning it myself these days…
June 12th, 2007 at 5:48 am
KG -
Glad I could add to your perspective of this ‘hot’ little chili.
I enjoyed my visit, and thank you for your kind words!
Please do visit again…
June 12th, 2007 at 6:06 am
Jen -
Thank you for stopping by!
Of all my firsts, that habanero chili my wife goaded me into trying was my spiciest — and truly unforgettable…
June 12th, 2007 at 6:10 am
Now I like such spicy stuff! Being Indian and all that, you know!
And do chk out my lioness, Leola!
Where is yours?
June 12th, 2007 at 6:15 am
Gautami -
Glad you like…
I just ‘adopted’ my lion and don’t know quite what to do to get set up — I find I am confused regarding what is required.
June 12th, 2007 at 11:54 pm
Wonderful!!! clever ending :)made my day.
and the photograph is really “hot”, I could just imagine.
June 13th, 2007 at 12:05 am
Rax -
Thank you!
Good luck on your bar exam…
July 5th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
*Fine firey writing!*
July 6th, 2007 at 1:32 am
Gel -
Gracias…
July 19th, 2007 at 9:35 am
Saw your poem in my scrying glass. come visit.
July 19th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
Rax -
Thanks for visiting!
I will…