Idorgaf
November 1, 2012

Bookish – poem

 Bookish

 

If a woman could write herself,

form herself of crafted words,

make of herself a golem

of grammar and syntax,

metaphor and metonymy;

 

if she could shape herself

into silent, still, soliloquy;

her cunning sharp and carved of consonance;

her curves soft, sculpted so from sibilance;

her emotions openly evoked in assonance,

if a woman could make herself

into such a thing,

oh, what a book you’d be.

 

And what a man could do with such a book,

her pages laid out before him.

He might take in her scent

or run a finger down her spine

treasuring the tingle of the title

beneath Magellanic fingertips.

 

For certain he would read her,

once, twice, and then again

til she was as worn from care as he, yet free

from careless dog eared marks

or any annotations desperate to define her.

He’s the kind of man

who remembers where all his favorite parts are

but would read every page again

just to laugh once more at a piece of witty banter,

the same place he’s laughed at

a thousand times before.

 

If a woman could write herself,

form herself of crafted words,

if a woman could make herself

into such a thing,

oh, what a book you’d be.

 

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This is really good!

derek marks
November 2, 2012

I really, really like this…to the point that I wish that they were my written words.

Thank you for indulging me. I like how you incorporated words referring to poetic devices into the poem – smarty pants! I AM trying not to annotate it for structure, metric scheme etc..but it’s quite difficult for me not to do that and simply enjoy reading it. 🙂

Oh gosh you would hate me! My books tumble around in my bags, get sat on on the tube, chucked into the back of my car, coffee cup stains, notes on themes, questions, enjambment, caesura, styles, tone, dog ears…the list goes on. I like my books to live with me, be a part of the specific time of my life I am reading it – I don’t like the idea of anything else. Books need love!

I’m afraid the temptation to desecrate that place would be too much for me! (*thinks about Wilde’s quote on how to deal with temptation) HAHA No, I have not – should I?

Mmm, maybe over Christmas, at the moment I am swamped with, well, just about everything. Do you like music? It’s an important part of my life. What about you?

There isn’t one bad song on her latest album. 🙂 I post those songs and never think anyone really bothers to listen to them. Someday I want to send you a book in the post. (Something you can write all over!) Hmm, why do I influence you so much? How did this come about?

I suppose so, it’s difficult for me to view myself in that way. I’m just ordinary, plain and very very silly really. My topics for conversation aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. http://youtu.be/Py_-3di1yx0 You might like this just about as much as I do – the lyrics are amazing and the video is incredible. Au revoir.

Oh, you saw my list of words did you? It’s probably the biggest proof that I am an incorrigible word-geek. HAHA Don’t you think that people like to read?

I find it difficult to get time to watch the tellybox. Not a huge fan of t.v..but I do have specific programmes I watch. Some people can spend hours or even all day watching telly – whats that all about?.

🙂

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