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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Tag Archives: Lovers

Heat & Heart, 5 Valentines for Lovers

February 14, 2026

1. I crush her against me. I want to be part of her. Not just inside her but all around …

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In the Mood for Love, in Art and Music

August 3, 2025

I’ve always been a romantic. Unabashedly so. A lover of life and all things sweet and sensual, tender and erotic, …

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Behind All Art is an Element of Desire—Adrienne Rich

May 8, 2023

Behind all art is an element of desire.Love of life, of existence, love ofanother human being, love ofhuman beings is …

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Growing Orbits of Love — From the Sensual to the Sacred in Prose & Poetry

March 29, 2023

He passed his fingertips over her skin almost without touching her, and experienced for the first time the miracle of …

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Heat & Heart, A Valentine for Lovers

February 14, 2022

1. I crush her against me. I want to be part of her. Not just inside her but all around …

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Memoir of a Marriage, Part V – Lasting Love

April 25, 2021

They say opposites attract. That was true when my husband and I first met. I found in him everything I …

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Memoir of a Marriage, Part IV – Love Lost & Love Renewed

April 22, 2021

Not long after I decided to leave my husband I met someone new. I was working part-time at a book …

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Memoir of a Marriage, Part III – Disappointed Love

April 19, 2021

When I first fell in love, it was a hot thing—urgent, possessive, almost feverish at times. I truly saw love …

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Memoir of a Marriage, Part II – Erotic Love

April 15, 2021

photo here In celebration of April as National Poetry Month and our 50th wedding anniversary (yes, I was a child …

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Memoir of a Marriage in Poetry, Part I – Innocent Love

April 12, 2021

In celebration of April as National Poetry Month and our 50th wedding anniversary (yes, I was a child bride), I’ll …

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After sailing around the world in a small boat for six years, I came to appreciate how tiny and insignificant we humans appear in our natural and untamed surroundings, living always on the edge of the wild, into which we are embedded even while being that thing which sets us apart. Now living again on the edge of the wild in a home that borders a nature preserve, I am re-exploring what it means to be human in a more than human world.

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