Straw Poets~

she smiles and plucks him like a harp
peels him like an orange with her white teeth
a hyacinth poetic pulse sliding her throat
perfume rhymes in her veins
an aromatic haiku in her wink
needle diamonds

sharp tipped silver sliver
between her fingertips
she has chosen a deep canary yellow
to sew his skin back on
a dreaming poet tattooed with glistening silk
on the inside of his wrist
filled with straw

 

she pulls his sinew like five point thorns with  little fingertips
plays them like the strings of a violin
a lunar orbit fallen to a teal wall displaying a velvet painting of Jesus
or maybe it was Elvis in the cloudy margarita
above barstools
reserved for dead poets
swimming animate poet skins

 

 

 

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Reviews

[Pax Analog]

This poem leaves me w/a sense of a highly sophisticated version of Attack of the Puppet People.

Such patented voodoo surreality should have further effects. Perhaps armed w/bow and lyre an army of Selene-ized straw poets could invade innumerable bars throughout the land, puncturing unsuspecting barstool habitues' ankles w/a potion designed to dissolve convenient categorizations in the brains of dedicated imbibers.

Aggregated, society would thus be injected w/medicinal mercurialness, catalyzing transformation in the arteries of citi-zenry, inaugurating the reign of the marvelous.

[Vicky Zhuang Yi-Yin]

you always manage to leave me speechless, honestly. This was beautifully written. Great job! Keep them coming!
-Yin

[My Fair Lady]

a lunar orbit fallen to a teal wall displaying a velvet painting of Jesus
or maybe it was Elvis in the cloudy margarita
Those velvet paintings give me the creeps.. not sure why.
I like the symbolism of embroidery and how the artist.. no matter what medium is the one to watch.

[Kesha]

Wow I am speechless about this poem! It was such a delicate read and very amazing a good! :)

[emmajoy]

You fisherman of and with words and actions, you!

For some reason i was smiling through this, felt as if you were playing a game, but, oh by using such wonderful words, phrases, you have the skill to take the ordinary and release it way over my head .. don't know about anyone else's.

'an aromatic haiku in her wink' .. i'd like to embroider those words and hang them for the world to see

[Wondering Mind]

Very interesting imagery. I can't add more to what has already been written by other readers. Thanks for sharing

[C]

Now that's how to play a person. ;-) Stunning!

[luciddreamer]

Beautiful as always :)
Peace
Robin

[Crinkle°]

subtle and elegant. Always a great pleasure to read you, Selene.

[Sweet_pale_cacophony]

Your poems seem to transcend to a higher world..so rich are your words they simply transport the mind to elsewhere.

[Maurice]

A sumptuous array of images. I enjoyed this poem.