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mere enigma
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since 2001-01-29
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0 posted 2001-01-29 02:13 AM


engulfed
in an enormous wave
of purple pain and pleasure
crushing and caressing me
holding and tossing me
gasping and inhaling
lungfuls of salty sweaty water
choking yet existing
fleeing and persisting

I still
taste your sadness on my lips
Smell your struggle on my skin
Touch your madness in my breast
see your heart in my reflection
hear your thoughts in my whisper
sense your presence in my motion

Did we
Compose the beginning
Of a symphony of exquisite colors?
Did we free you from your pain?
Or did we bind you with promises
you wish to escape?
Did we
torture you with feathers and nails?
Entice you with evil deeds
Sell your soul
without permission
Touch your silence
Without consent
In the purple room

The nymph
and the vixen
The secret enigma
Dancing on a yellow grave
Scattering seeds of fire
Watered with streams of anguish
Swimming in purple prose
Flying through azure haze
On the horizon of your reality

In the purple room



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sylphid
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since 2001-01-23
Posts 30

1 posted 2001-01-29 01:16 PM



In the purple room
I find in the first pargraph (crush & caress, hold & toss, gasp & inhale, choke& exist….. ) amazing to picture..
in the second you gathered all senses   (taste, smell touch and see and hear) in motion
in the third(the puzzle for all to figure , we, you it’s an obvious trio) what have you done?
in the fourth  you could lose someone in your names and colors and actions (nymph, vixen, secret, enigma)( yellow, purple, haze and azure) )(dance, fly and swim, water and scatter)
loved it ….


but really
Not fair my dear friend, my enigma
For all not to know the conspiracy , the scenario script
Behind the real intentions, tell all
that yellow grave has lost his glory now
And that reality was never an objection anyhow
But tell me first  who is ( your reality ) in the last paragraph?

what does your desires wish to fulfill?
And when feelings do take action ?
And while watching your Seeds grow in all directions
Composing colors for all to feel
One why and where to,  is the my only question…?


Welcome mere,


mark woolard
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since 2001-01-02
Posts 143

2 posted 2001-01-30 01:45 PM


hey, enigma!

this is pretty cool!  i totally enjoy the flow and motion of this poem!  i sensed it immediately, and was distracted from it only a couple times.

(example)   "salty sweaty water"

while that works as far as the flow goes, "salty sweaty" is a redundancy that caught my eye. . .kike saying the distant horizon is far away.  (these ARE fun to make fun of, however!)

the last stanza also struck me as odd, but i assume its because it is simply a departure from the main flowing body. . .

the language here is colorful and emotionally impacting!  if you don't mind me asking, what exactly does purple symbolize to you?  we may have the same/different meaning.

mere enigma
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since 2001-01-29
Posts 18

3 posted 2001-01-31 12:18 PM


Mark,

Thanks for your comments!  Yes, salty, sweaty is redundant- i meant it that way.  Also sweaty has a dirty connotation.  Purple symbolizes sensuality, luxury, and pleasure to me.  The room also happened to be purple.

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