Priming the Pump

[ampoule]

Priming the Pump

"Prime the pump," she said with lusty eyes.
2 - 3 - 5 - 7
Could this be heaven, this male leaven?

The prime of miz "P" reaching new highs.
11 - 13 - 17 - 19
Begging, inviting and meeting the lightning.

Prime time for one who watches and sighs.
23 - 29
Like a fine old wine squeezed from the vine,

It soaks the tender numbers
to take away the patterns,
Like life, logical?
But rules, confusing
The time
of prime.

ampoule, March Twentieth, TwoThousandSix

[Virgil]

Oh Amp, this looks fascinating. I need to read it rmore carefully when I'm not pressed for time. I'll be back. :)

[goldenrod]

Very clever poem! bravo, a prime piece of work!!!



"fermat's last theorem"

"A salute to Andrew Wiles"


Shall we ever put to rest
that which is bothersome
in the arcane realm
of numbers?

Will purity and reasoned calm
settle over the arena,
this age old enigma
now solved?

What further is there
to disturb the order of things?
Who will postulate,
throw an imagined monkey-wrench,

into the workings of an abstract reality?


goldenrod.

[Virgil]

Priming the Pump

"Prime the pump," she said with lusty eyes.
2 - 3 - 5 - 7
Could this be heaven, this male leaven?

The prime of miz "P" reaching new highs.
11 - 13 - 17 - 19
Begging, inviting and meeting the lightning.

Prime time for one who watches and sighs.
23 - 29
Like a fine old wine squeezed from the vine,

It soaks the tender numbers
to take away the patterns,
Like life, logical?
But rules, confusing
The time
of prime.

ampoule, March Twentieth, TwoThousandSix

I like it very much amp. I can't quite say I get to the center of it, but it is sexually alluring. I least I think it is. ;) The last stanza is very intriguing.

It soaks the tender numbers
to take away the patterns,
Like life, logical?
But rules, confusing
The time
of prime.
If it were me I would take away the last sentence: "The time/of prime." I don't usually like summary statements like that, even if they are mysterious. What I really like about the poem in general is the short rhythms and the subtle slant rhymes. Very pleasant. :)

[motherhubbard]

II can't quite say I get to the center of it, but it is sexually alluring. I least I think it is. ;) The last stanza is very intriguing.



I think that’s Amp’s SPECIALIATY ;)

[PrinceMyshkin]

Priming the Pump

"Prime the pump," she said with lusty eyes.
2 - 3 - 5 - 7
Could this be heaven, this male leaven?

The prime of miz "P" reaching new highs.
11 - 13 - 17 - 19
Begging, inviting and meeting the lightning.

Prime time for one who watches and sighs.
23 - 29
Like a fine old wine squeezed from the vine,

It soaks the tender numbers
to take away the patterns,
Like life, logical?
But rules, confusing
The time
of prime.

ampoule, March Twentieth, TwoThousandSix


Would you believe, that on first reading I thought this poem had a certain...sexual component to it until I read it again and realized it was all about knitting!

[ampoule]

haha Prince...knit 1 purl 2...I was knitting all right. ;)

Motherhubbard...have you got my number? ;)

Virgil, thank you so much. I appreciate your suggestion about the last line. It's just that that last line was almost crucial for the time in which I wrote the poem. I actually found the poem amongst some correspondence and had forgotten that I had written it.

goldenrod, thank you. I like your salute also. 'They' say that the real truth is in numbers. :l

[PrinceMyshkin]

Motherhubbard...have you got my number? ;)

Hon, I think we ALL have your number! 'Specially after this last poem of yours!

[symphony]

One thing i like about your poems is that they move.
Well, this dances.

[_Shannon_]

I like it very much amp. I can't quite say I get to the center of it, but it is sexually alluring. I least I think it is. ;) The last stanza is very intriguing.

If it were me I would take away the last sentence: "The time/of prime." I don't usually like summary statements like that, even if they are mysterious. What I really like about the poem in general is the short rhythms and the subtle slant rhymes. Very pleasant. :)I,too, think it'd be stronger even than it is without the final couplet!

[Pendragon]

Knitting, humm? Here I thought you finally had gotten control of the remote! :lol: "male leaven" :lol:

[ampoule]

Symphony...that is VERY nice of you to say. Thank you.

Shannon...thank you for reading and commenting. :)

Pen...I am so happy it brought you some chuckles. :D