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Open Poetry #50

A Poem to Make Her Swoon

soul drifter
Senior Member

since 2004-09-08

Posts 711
Colorado

0 posted 2019-02-10 01:06 PM

A Poem to Make Her Swoon

heart and pen
a series of winding connections
made from the sinew of my dreaming
everlasting baby
emotional combustion
I am the fuse
these bones slide along imperfection
taking a series of rooms
for each numberless thought
like screaming trains that crash and derail
to flow from me and blood clot the page
and in my spidery veins
a crazed rush hour of tourists
for love or money
but poets die penniless don’t they
so what’s a word slinging idiot to do
a poem to make her swoon

"Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard" -Anne Sexton

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

1 posted 2019-02-10 09:40 PM

I’m your biggest fan, and you're killing me soul drifter.
....in a good way.

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

2 posted 2019-02-11 04:44 AM

"...so what's a word slinging idiot to do..."
I love this line! Love can make idiots of us all and I think word slingers might be the most susceptible. Enjoyed ~L

augustsky
Senior Member
Posts 828
midwest US

3 posted 2019-02-12 07:25 PM

'like screaming trains that crash and derail'
yes..like runaway trains a relationship can be. And your close..is right in the pocket Poet.

Enjoyed the read Souls.

Sky~

~Don't Quit Your Day Dream~

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

4 posted 2019-02-16 08:29 PM

always take a chance to be a "brilliant idiot", you write such a splendid poem
yann

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

5 posted 2019-03-17 03:45 PM

Well done!
Much enjoyed the read.

Poet In Pink
Senior Member
Posts 1066
MI

6 posted 2019-03-17 06:02 PM

~SD~
All poets are word slingers..But Idiots? I think not...we are all passionate writers that share love, life, pain...It is in our blood. Keep slinging those words my friend, you are a great writer & I always enjoy reading
Alana

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