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Empty Hungers
I set you down
with tender fingers
from a Plath anthology
you burn my blood
such pain delicious
strokes my soul so foolishly
and I ignore
all taunts of jaded reason
fall lost in your implore
Such hungers have I known
such empty hungers
I have known
Your freshest mysteries
slip before my skies
your chains
unleash my demons
bursting free
before these eyes
'till I ignore
all taunts of jaded reason
fall lost in your implore
Such hungers have I known
such empty hungers
I have known
Your softest lace
a sweet caress
dreamed lifetimes
of compounding
all frail resistance withers
a'weep with heartbeats drowning
and I fall lost in your implore
breathe so deeply for
these hungers
have I known
such empty hungers
I have known
with tender fingers
from a Plath anthology
you burn my blood
such pain delicious
strokes my soul so foolishly
and I ignore
all taunts of jaded reason
fall lost in your implore
Such hungers have I known
such empty hungers
I have known
Your freshest mysteries
slip before my skies
your chains
unleash my demons
bursting free
before these eyes
'till I ignore
all taunts of jaded reason
fall lost in your implore
Such hungers have I known
such empty hungers
I have known
Your softest lace
a sweet caress
dreamed lifetimes
of compounding
all frail resistance withers
a'weep with heartbeats drowning
and I fall lost in your implore
breathe so deeply for
these hungers
have I known
such empty hungers
I have known
Published 8th Jan 2010
| Edited 7th Oct 2014
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Anonymous
8th Jan 2010 7:06pm
Powerful stuff, haunting and true, and the rhyme scheme exquisite. Was the Plath reference inspired by our little back and forth on the "Favourite Poets" thread?
8th Jan 2010 8:19pm
That reference just popped into my head so I'll let you be the judge - may even have been written during our exchanges - I wasn't sure she would approve of it.
8th Jan 2010 8:45pm
wow i really liked this one it's like you could see the demons and the chains the woman you described only slightly the man yearning to touch her to know what she looked like it was amazing
8th Jan 2010 9:00pm
Thanks Amanda - yeah, you're right about the description - I think maybe it's that way because the woman is a bit mysterious.
Anonymous
9th Jan 2010 4:23pm
indeed, i like the passion in this poem,fully loaded, A.
9th Jan 2010 4:25pm
Anonymous
11th Jan 2010 12:48pm
....Drive this poem.
Strength and depth throughout.
Very enjoyable - I'm impressed.
S
Strength and depth throughout.
Very enjoyable - I'm impressed.
S
11th Jan 2010 1:03pm
Thanks tijean - I think we all produce our best pieces when grappling with raw emotions. Sadly, I cant turn it on and off to order like a tap. I try to write every day - and then that way I'm always ready for the next best one.
Anonymous
26th Feb 2013 5:17am
I love this!
5th Oct 2014 3:33pm
5th Oct 2014 10:39pm
Big thanks for making me look at this again.
Have tidied it up a little - 4 years seems a lifetime ago.
Appreciate your visit, Malcolm.
Have tidied it up a little - 4 years seems a lifetime ago.
Appreciate your visit, Malcolm.
