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Open Poetry #12

Integrate/ A Drama

Jazzmole
Junior Member

since 2001-02-15

Posts 30
Texas

0 posted 2001-02-20 06:41 AM

The dialog of two lovers: Michael and Melisande

Meli. Hope once existed, Cinderella man,
that our union was inevitable.
Joyous revelation
has deserted me.

Mich. Hope now exists Romeo girl,
to wash in this Ocean Eros
was ordained
before our birth.

Meli. Dreams you brought me, Morpheus
of almond blossoms,
while charged cliches
hung in the electric air
between us.

Mich. Nightmares enveloped me, Circe;
this state of bland repose,
ever searching, never finding
inexorable us.

Meli. Fantasies embolden us, my Lancelot;
your brilliant armor mingles
with my femininity,
our complimentary contrast
of strengths.

Mich. Offing marks us, my Leander.
Meet on the shore of Hellespont
the Hero
of your wantings.

Meli. Reality pains, my Socrates;
to taste the poison
of tainted distance,
the bitter draught
we have drunk.

Mich. Reality consoles, my Ophiolite.
I know the incessant thirst
of quixotic dreams, now
quelled by palpable you.

Jazzmole
Junior Member

since 2001-02-15

Posts 30
Texas

1 posted 2001-02-20 06:46 AM

ARRRGGHH!! I can't seem to get the symmetry here that I want. I had spaced the lines out in the center with the names only on the left, but when I post, it pulls it all back. Any suggestions on how to space without using elipses or dashes?

Michael~

Kethry
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-07-29

Posts 9082
Victoria Australia

2 posted 2001-02-20 07:16 AM

Jazzmole,
interesting poem. Did you tab across in the original and if so did that help with the cut and paste. Sorry that's the only suggestion I have.
write on
Kethry

Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen.

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