http://www.lovelypenguin.com poetry, prose and randomness Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:50:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The bow By Marie Gordon You had me spun Around your finger Tightly bound Resisting your pull A ribbon strand Like a piece of floss Tugging fast To wind myself still I feel your strength Clenching my twine Testing me To see if I'm taught I still hold fast Wrapped around you As if you Could tie my bow http://www.lovelypenguin.com/index.php/the-bow/ The fortress By Marie Gordon I built my fortress With mortar and brick Stacking the tons Around me Once I’d piled the walls And sealed myself in I waited inside My stillness http://www.lovelypenguin.com/index.php/fortress/ [caption id="attachment_187" align="alignleft" width="300" caption=""][/caption] Spilt By Marie Gordon Will this poem write you out As my pen pushes in And the ink seeps through Will your soggy hands shrivel When I fiercely dot my i Will it startle your sleep And as the word imbeds Will it pierce your calm pulse When I shorten the words Will they ... http://www.lovelypenguin.com/index.php/spilt/ It's been a while...nevertheless I am still writing. Here is my newest poem, one that comes from a train of thought that plays on ideas of spectatorship, reality and the concept that reality can interact with what one might have perceived as 'story-book fantasy' through film. Hope you enjoy. ... http://www.lovelypenguin.com/index.php/my-reel/ My kite tale By marie gordon Tugging a white string I scampered through the weeds Chasing a swift menace As if wind had will See how delicate Those tiny toes splintered Tumbling over sharp sticks Smiling through the pain Watching the kite fly My plastic dream afloat On God’s lofty blue sea I could taste the rush Begging for a breeze Let my chariot ... http://www.lovelypenguin.com/index.php/my-kite-tale/ Bobbing By Marie Gordon I was the sea turtle That swam underneath you As you drifted out Into the churning waves As your tippy toes searched For bottom I lingered To see human hands Buoyantly intertwine How pulsing tides toss you How stubbornly you drift And test these sharp waves As though you summoned them I dare you, bold humans To untangle your ... http://www.lovelypenguin.com/index.php/bobbing/ Reptile charms By Marie Gordon Your cool breath hovers Over shaking prey Your deep voice whispers Of gruesome fates Green-eyed mirrors beam Frames in shiny strands Deriving smooth greed From mousy sweats And trembling beads drip While glossy claws grin How weak is the heart That pulsates pleas How strong is the smile That breeds off cold flesh Jagged and silky The reptile’s charms http://www.lovelypenguin.com/index.php/reptile-charms/ Molting By Marie Gordon You drag the razor Over your face And wriggle out Of your saggy skin With a sanguine smile Your skin slithers Your crow’s feet peel Off into the sink Twinkling green eyes grin In the mirror At shiny skin And the musky smell Of new flesh http://www.lovelypenguin.com/index.php/molting/ Hunter By Marie Gordon I could smell you chirping With lemur eyes I could hear you cowering With mousy ears This forest reeks of you With twinkling leaves The bloody bark will dribble So eerie still How you scamper, rustling Snapping branches As you tumble into fate With thumping heart You are my sweet delight With tender meat Oh so delicately pierced By the hunter http://www.lovelypenguin.com/index.php/hunter/ Taxidermy by Marie Gordon I slide my knife Under your fur Silky and groomed Sweet weasel What will I make Out of your pelt Maybe a hat Or a scarf What do you think Beady-eyed worm How do you sleep So soundly Do you recall Your last moments Taut in my grip Did you fear How you squirmed Little deer In the headlights Wide-eyed fiend Weasel, you’ve stitched Your final scheme Woven and dried Sweet ... http://www.lovelypenguin.com/index.php/taxidermy/