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brian madden
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ireland

0 posted 2000-08-18 05:25 PM


She is a machine;
a damp synthetic wish
a kiss of pornography.
Aching axle revolve in bliss.
spinning me out upon the screen,
She computes exact pleasure on my synapse,
in fluid motion poetic and obscene,
in low humming ecstasy I feel myself lapse.

She is a conduit,
breathing electrode flame,
synapse charged brilliantly lit.
Caressing chrome touches to claim
warm skin melded to the mechanic prison.
her virus plagued upon the spine,
weakened flesh sinks in cerebral fusion.
The veins pulse to whim through hard-line.

She is domination,
I cling with dependency,  
drugged upon networks and stations,
Skin is caressed with cutting technology.
Grafted in an electronic fusion,
She cuts my pulse to barely a trace,
I am subdued in electronic disillusion.
Rebellion dies, this spirit memory will erase.



"Beyond all this good is the terror,The grip of a mercenary hand,When savagery turns all good reason, There's no turning back, no last stand,"I.Curtis

© Copyright 2000 brian madden - All Rights Reserved
Mark Bohannan
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In the winds of Cherokee song
1 posted 2000-08-18 05:30 PM


ok....I have to admit it.....I am jealous of your widening vision and your talent that seems to ever soar.  This is exquisite in every way and in depths that I can only dream.  Well done my poetic perfectionist!
Sudhir Iyer
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2 posted 2000-08-18 05:31 PM


Brian, my friend,
this is deep...
I think I am getting brain dead...

I will come back tomorrow morning and see what I can figure out, feeling quite sleepy... and exhausted... end of the week, you see..

Have a nice weekend...  

regards,
sudhir

Janet Marie
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3 posted 2000-08-19 09:27 AM


She is a conduit,
breathing electrode flame,
synapse charged brilliantly lit.
Caressing chrome touches to claim
warm skin melded to the mechanic prison.
her virus plagued upon the spine,
weakened flesh sinks in cerebral fusion.
The veins pulse to whim through hard-line.
======================

OH MAN!!!! THIS IS SO COOL!!!!!
talk about imagery...WOW
HIGH TECH!!!!!
and YOU KNOW I relate to this all to well
awesome poem Bri-guy...
very creative and imaginative in its conception
and the vocabulary choices nail and define
the imagery....
DEEP DEEP...you are  
later-modem-man-gator
eve

Kit McCallum
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4 posted 2000-08-19 09:39 AM


Oh Brian ... I loved this! You've woven this technical imagery into a masterpiece ... very nicely penned indeed!  

Best wishes,
/Kit

ladysixstring
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5 posted 2000-08-19 10:11 AM


So clever the smile may never leave my face...

-jaimie
www.ladysixstring.com



Alicat
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6 posted 2000-08-19 11:17 AM


Whoa...this one smacks of Geiger, and me likes mucho.  Very well done, Brian; an apt portayal of our dependence upon machinery, when we forget, in time, things we did ourselves.
Sudhir Iyer
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Mumbai, India : now in Belgium
7 posted 2000-08-19 11:24 AM


Okay brian,
back to this one on a saturday morning...

I am all "imaged" ...

a damp synthetic wish
..
She is a conduit,
breathing electrode flame,
synapse charged brilliantly lit.
..
The veins pulse to whim through hard-line.
..
Skin is caressed with cutting technology.
Grafted in an electronic fusion,
..
Rebellion dies, this spirit memory will erase.
..
Very effective, very deep... and yet so precise... excellent work...

regards,
sudhir.

doreen peri
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since 1999-05-25
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8 posted 2000-08-19 11:41 AM


thank you, brian, for writing this poem for me... i will always hold it in a special place in my heart *wink*  

hehe.... GREAT writing, brian... you are the king of metaphor and this piece ROCKS!!!


~ all you can really ever expect out of life is a good apology and some decent poetry ~

Corinne
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state of confusion
9 posted 2000-08-19 11:51 AM


This is fantastic, Brian!  You suck the reader (no pun intended) right in to this fantasy, but instead of the usual um, climax we find she's draining the life right out of you (unless I've totally missed the mark here)!

Enjoyed this very much!

Corinne

doreen peri
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10 posted 2000-08-19 12:19 PM


yes, corinne, i think you read it right... and brian, i'm so sorry... *sob*.... it's just this darn electronic text! hehe    
hoot_owl_rn
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Glen Hope, PA USA
11 posted 2000-08-19 04:54 PM


WOW....impressive piece of writing you got going on here  
Paula Finn
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missouri
12 posted 2000-08-19 05:13 PM


she is a machine...am I the only one who reads a touch of humor here? Our technological love affair that brings us to our knees with power outages...hard drive crashes...email viruses...Great write Brian...makes one think of what we did B.C.(before computers)
passing shadows
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displaced
13 posted 2000-08-19 06:05 PM


whoa! fantastic description!
Meadowmuse
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14 posted 2000-08-19 06:42 PM


"She is a machine;
a damp synthetic wish"

Like your edgy method here, Brian.  

~ Claire


Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau


Martie
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15 posted 2000-08-19 09:00 PM


brian--great job with the techno magic word imagery metaphorically great poem!!
Balladeer
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16 posted 2000-08-19 09:08 PM


You certainly make it look easy, Brian, and that's hard.. Is this a love poem to your computer, by any chance?
juliet_2u
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17 posted 2000-08-19 09:27 PM


LOL, I'm thinking the same thing as Balladeer. My pc is a girl too so we don't have the same type of relationship, hehe. Great work here Brian. Loved it.
Juls

brian madden
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ireland
18 posted 2000-08-20 06:30 AM


Mark, I don't know what to say really except
THANK YOU you for your extremely kind words. "poetic perfectionist" far from it I am Mark, still toiling away trying to get it right. THank you again.

Sudhir, I know the end of week feeling well.

eve, thank you from the bottom of my cybernetic heart.

Kit, wow thank you.

jaimie, your commments put a smile on my face too   thanks for your reply.

Alicat, name dropping Geiger is a big compliment. I love the guy's work especially the stuff he did for Alien. THank your for your wonderful commments, this will be remembered when my army of Toasters and mircowaves take over the world (evil laugh).

Sudhir, welcome back.  Thank you for your wonderful comments my friend.  

doreen, who else would this poem be about? see I knew there was reason why poetry is so perfect you are a poetic machine. LOL. Thank you for your wonderful comments, king..no...more like the court Jester. LOL

Corinne, yes you got it perfectly. NOw if I could just find a computer that would help me rather than try to suck out my life force (that sounded a bit dodgy). Thanks for your thoughts and for your wonderful comments.

doreen, blame the text...I believe that, yeh right.  

Ruth, thank you so much for reading and replying.

Paula, humour, the darkest kind of humour maybe, also makes wonder what would happen in an age A.C (after computers). THanks for your thoughts and for your wonderful comments.

passing shadows, thank you.  

Claire, yes I am always edgy, poetically anyway, thank you for reading and writing.

Martie, thank you for your wonderful comments, love the description of the poem.
    
Balladeer, er...how did you find out about me and KAL? oh the shame, actually NO, lol my computer is a sexless object which I use for the sole purpose of doing legal stuff besides it is hard and plastic, I prefer soft and fleshy. THanks for your er...wonderful comments. Stop imagining me and the computer. LOL

Juls, a girl computer, already maybe mine does have a sex, is there anyway to tell whether it is a boy or a girl? LOL thanks for your wonderful comments. Balladeer, see what you have started, how will I be able to show my face with all these cyber sex rumours going around about me. I shall change my name to Ickmel and move to Siberia.  
    




"Beyond all this good is the terror,The grip of a mercenary hand,When savagery turns all good reason, There's no turning back, no last stand,"I.Curtis

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