previously posted in the Picture Poetry Contest
Victoria’s other secret
thrusted out of stone
a pair of machismo torsos
gratuitously oversees
a very private portal
on this side of the
weightless fabric—
skin...soft curves...
a cleft most coveted...
on the other side—
mounting
anticipation
lacy silky scanty showy thingys
do they cover as much
as they reveal?
but for these two
stoic voyeurs...
you can look but you can’t touch
; )
"But do you really, seriously, Major Scobie," Dr. Sykes asked, "believe in hell?"
"In flames and torment?""Oh, yes, I do."
"That sort of hell wouldn't worry me," Fellowes said."Perhaps not quite that. They tell us it may be a permanent sense of loss."
"Perhaps you've never lost anything of importance," Scobie said.
Sounds unusually familiar. Well done lassie.
thanks Marydee!
"But do you really, seriously, Major Scobie," Dr. Sykes asked, "believe in hell?"
"In flames and torment?""Oh, yes, I do."
"That sort of hell wouldn't worry me," Fellowes said."Perhaps not quite that. They tell us it may be a permanent sense of loss."
"Perhaps you've never lost anything of importance," Scobie said.
Ghost Fog
1.
it was me
last night
just outside
your window
but deep inside
your dream
2.
on the snowy bank
trees have long dropped
their green overcoats
shadows of bare limbs
tightly entwined
3.
what happened next
will remain in the dream
4.
why...
the next day
always comes at
the wrong time
5.
dawn drifts in
loosely clad in a
lavish white sheet
feel it
...the fog
so soft yet
so corporeal
you can wrap your
arms around it
and that’s all
is left of
me
"But do you really, seriously, Major Scobie," Dr. Sykes asked, "believe in hell?"
"In flames and torment?""Oh, yes, I do."
"That sort of hell wouldn't worry me," Fellowes said."Perhaps not quite that. They tell us it may be a permanent sense of loss."
"Perhaps you've never lost anything of importance," Scobie said.
Love them girlie. However I really appreciate number 3 and 4.
Thanks deary!!
"But do you really, seriously, Major Scobie," Dr. Sykes asked, "believe in hell?"
"In flames and torment?""Oh, yes, I do."
"That sort of hell wouldn't worry me," Fellowes said."Perhaps not quite that. They tell us it may be a permanent sense of loss."
"Perhaps you've never lost anything of importance," Scobie said.
......hello.....
Les Miserables,
Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.
hiThanks for visiting my trashy thread again
"But do you really, seriously, Major Scobie," Dr. Sykes asked, "believe in hell?"
"In flames and torment?""Oh, yes, I do."
"That sort of hell wouldn't worry me," Fellowes said."Perhaps not quite that. They tell us it may be a permanent sense of loss."
"Perhaps you've never lost anything of importance," Scobie said.
I love the Ghost Fog poem...
Les Miserables,
Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.
I started writing this for the recent Subject Poetry thread. The subject is piles of files. But I was struggling with it. Not sure if it’s there yet....
paper chase
it looked majestic
a mighty mountain
of black accordian files
each expands
in hopes of fulfillment
but there’s always some things
that get buried
how far down in the pile
depends on how high
the level of pain
somewhere
in cavernous darkness
is a page from an old
New York Times magazine
it’s to show to my father
he would be proud
if only he had waited......
~ • ~ • ~ • ~ • ~ • ~ • ~ • ~ • ~
these days
things are looking
very different
fragile
.......futile
between life goes on
and what’s the point
lies a moment of reckoning:
even a mountain
can be brought down
by just one word
SHRED
"But do you really, seriously, Major Scobie," Dr. Sykes asked, "believe in hell?"
"In flames and torment?""Oh, yes, I do."
"That sort of hell wouldn't worry me," Fellowes said."Perhaps not quite that. They tell us it may be a permanent sense of loss."
"Perhaps you've never lost anything of importance," Scobie said.
Oh my, my dear, you have me in tears here. Thanks.
I'm so touched by what you said, Mary. Its been a very difficult piece to write, thanks for allowing me to share with you.
"But do you really, seriously, Major Scobie," Dr. Sykes asked, "believe in hell?"
"In flames and torment?""Oh, yes, I do."
"That sort of hell wouldn't worry me," Fellowes said."Perhaps not quite that. They tell us it may be a permanent sense of loss."
"Perhaps you've never lost anything of importance," Scobie said.
You are very talented my love. I take my hat of to you for being able to write such a fine piece of work.
thanks again Mary, you're very kind.
"But do you really, seriously, Major Scobie," Dr. Sykes asked, "believe in hell?"
"In flames and torment?""Oh, yes, I do."
"That sort of hell wouldn't worry me," Fellowes said."Perhaps not quite that. They tell us it may be a permanent sense of loss."
"Perhaps you've never lost anything of importance," Scobie said.
Hi Haunted
have just read all your poetry here and enjoyed it very much. You have a very different style to much I have read and you can count me as a fan.
cheers
JB
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