White Rose of Avalon

Love

  • Dance of Love Poem

    For day three of Love Week I have decided to share a short poem about love and sexuality. Dance of Love by Maranda Wabik Hips shimmy and shake To the beat of the drum. Chest undulates as heart races. The mind slips into blissful silence. The body takes over for the mind. Hope flows through…

  • Snowflake Poem

    For day two of love week I would like to share a poem I composed about wintertime love! Snowflake by Maranda Wabik Snowflakes dance in the cloudless sky. Snowflakes dust along auburn hair. A snowstorm of passion awaits  Inside the apartment. The true snowstorm rages outside the walls. Inside we are wrapped in blankets. Porcelain…

  • Lancelot and Guinevere

    For day one of Love Week 2022 I have chosen to take a look at that most iconic of Arthurian love stories!    Lancelot and Guinevere are the lovers who betrayed their King by falling in love. Guinevere was given in marriage to Arthur by her father King Leodgrance in most versions of the legends.…

  • Announcing Love Week 2022!

    This bonus post for today is to announce that beginning tomorrow I will be beginning my second annual Love Week!    Just like last year each day will have a post related to love or romance in some way. As a hopeless Romantic, I have had a lot of fun planning this week’s posts.   …

  • Winter’s Knight Poem

    For today’s post I have decided to share another of my poems. Winter’s Knight by Maranda Wabik Snowflakes dusting Along deep auburn hair As she turns  To peer into the face of her beloved. A glint is in darkened brown eyes As a smirk appears upon his lips. He pulls her slight form To his…

  • Love Increases Poem

    For today’s post I have decided to share a short poem that I composed. Love Increases by Maranda Wabik Words unwind from his lips Promises of magic untold “This is what true love is.” Echoes in my heart After all these years neither would part Passion continues to grow Life will never become cold  Even…

  • Maid Marian

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday I have chosen the subject of Maid Marian.    Marian is the central female figure in the stories of Robin Hood.    She is often depicted as a woman fought over by several men, but staying true and loving only the titular Robin Hood!    This will be a…

  • Hades and Persephone

    For today’s post I will be writing about the story of Hades and Persphone.    The focus will be on the two as the most functional and truly loving marriage in Greek mythology!   Hades and Persephone even factor into other love stories within Greek myths. The story of the marriage of Hades and Persephone…

  • In the End Poem

    For today’s post I have decided to share a poem that I wrote. In the End By Maranda Wabik In the end love wins. Through frights and fights; Love and light; sex and solace. Love wins. Lovers can turn cold Lovers can turn angry But in the end love wins. Friends become lovers And times…

  • To Thine Own Self Be True

    For today’s post I would like to look at the importance of being true to yourself.   I believe that it is so integral to becoming who we want to be.   Each of us must walk a path that calls to us, even if that path is different than what others would like us…