Cognac Kisses

Cognac Kisses is desire with intention.

It is the slow drag of smoke on the tongue, the warmth of skin remembered long after the lights go out, and the moment a woman realizes she no longer wants to be handled gently by a life that has required her to stay small.

These poems move through longing, restraint, hunger, and truth-through bodies that remember before minds allow, and hearts that refuse to remain untouched. This is intimacy that does not ask permission, passion that does not erase ...