Katana Bones~

Born with a blade

Spine etched with blood grooves

Archangel in kimono

Patterns tattooed into the bones

Dragon Imprints

Tamahagane soul unwinds in scales

Yakuza with laugh in the belly

Tatara in his tar iris

Her glass hand through his spleen

Love in a locket

Jade third eye

Jaded girl with katana bones

Watches world swim from a distance

Pulling memories of Ninjato man from the clouds

Born with a blade in his soothing killer hands

His blood grooves in her shiny katana

 

 

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Author's Note

Katana~Japanese backsword
tamahagane~specialized Japanese steel for katanas
tatara~furnace
Ninjato~shorter variation on the katana for easy draw
yakuza~name given to members of Japanese crime organizations

Reviews

[Pax Analog]

"Born with a blade/Spine etched with blood grooves/Archangel in kimono/Patterns tattooed into the bones/Dragon Imprints"

The thrill-ride leaps out all indie supernatural.

The tight glossary stiffens resolve.

Katana tatara rocks molten.

"Love in a locket/Jade third eye/Jaded girl with katana bones/Watches world swim from a distance"

Confessions of the weary warrior worldling/wordling wilderness wildling -- yet wise.

"Born with a blade in his soothing killer hands/His blood grooves in her shiny katana"

This fine work ends up being a meditation on a refinement of killer instinct for me. There's always a killer at the spiritual core too. "If you meet the Buddha on the road -- kill him," exhorted rowdy Zen master Rinzai (referring to iconizations, not murder licensing).Or the active aspect of Shiva hacking a village to pieces and sitting on the pile of dead bodies in meditation -- there's only God, m***********s -- hence the Destroyer when he's not sublimely aloof Love Anchor of Shakti. "Killing me softly with his song."

Living, loving, sexing, mythologizing, poetics as martial art. Bone sword in the furnace.

[Maurice]

You have done your magic again.

[Matthew Kult]

Hello Again,

I am interested in knowing more about him and her. I would like to know what brought the Jaded girl to the Killer man. Was a great write that told a lot in so little. Leaving questions for me to ponder.

Regards,

Matthew

[Bubo]

stunning..........my dad talked alot about the Jap's having fought them in WW2.....and the weapons of destruction, he told me the more jewelled the weapon the higher the rank, and during battle they would collect .............so many new words, and a powerful picture you portray as always.

[Kerry O'Connor]

Such beautiful oriental imagery - these lines are magic!

[FireWoman]

Blood thirsty killers that exist in so many countries fighting for forgotten causes. Modeling to the young street kids that it is the life, when it is the death. Wiping out ones culture & working out from there. Feels like home =(

[C]

Your words are slashing swords.

[Brad]

damn, mamabear, this was stoic and dangerous...i'm totally gonna have to draw up a manga with you in mind

[Kesha]

This was a very well written and formed poem! I really enjoyed it! :)

[TAO]

AHHHHHHHHHHH... Full tang, 10,000 fold... A real dragon's tooth! My number one reason for wanting to go to Japan is to acquire an authentic (and functional) katana...and odachi... I REALLY...wait, wait...I need some more breath for this...REAAAAAAAAAAALLY...love this piece, Ms. Selene. This is awesome... This piece brings out all my nerdling feelings. Perhaps not your intent, but now I feel like dressing up in black, finding my shuriken, climbing up buildings, and jumping across rooftops on my way to my next war. This was truly awesome poem, and as always, your images are beyond striking. Favorite x pi x the amount of pennies it takes to reach Saturn... Now that I've exposed my...inner geek...I'll be going now...

[paul]

more stunning virtuousity