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Anne

 

 

 

Her hair must hide a secret; it is huge and bright
Like the sun that exclaims through fingers, sutured—
A million wires escorted by the screech
Of electrons, colonies of them hot and red,
Every one. They are mad as burn victims,


Mad as menstruation. She is woman.
Her legs are ice picks, her thighs, agreeing. The redness
Of translucent organs attends her like roses
Or blood pouches. It is all young and careless
And carries with it the particular potent reek of


Puberty. The whole concept of it eludes me—look:
My chest, a floor of skin, and hers
Full and arched like fertility. What is it
That I do wrong, that the fat like elements
Does not set right, does not own the right bones?


Upstairs, her heels strike the floors like forks, release like horses.
The loudness threatens my pulse. A shadow
Falls and continues for miles, and I, beneath it—
I am wide, general and anonymous.
I weaken from awe that unties my knees.


The splendour flattens me to sheets.
It is optimism that annihilates my every breath
Like exit holes, punctuation in my ribcage.
In this astonishing womanliness, I am impossible and void—
Of head, of lung, of throat.




Author notes

Well this is about my English teacher. She's bloody cool and she's very much a woman. Yesh. How fucking pointless am I? I kinda do like this poem however. It just really faithfully translates what I feel for once. Anyway... good luck with the contest. And thanks again for inviting me.

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  • Heroesrox
    April 8

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    Tee hee. Mad as menstration....lol. That made me giggle a bit, but I totally get it! Awesome write here, my friend. Best wishes.


  • logorrhoea
    September 4, 2008
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    Still staring here.


  • logorrhoea
    August 31, 2008
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    Well.

    DAMN RIPE.


  • asymmetry
    March 5, 2008

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    This is why I love stopping by your page once every while. There are some lines in here that makes me want to smell you.


  • girl shaman
    December 2, 2007

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    to be honest this is the first time i've read something so ..clean? not in content but as in the way it flows. its almost too perfect and the images are very intricate. im not sure if its just me but i am in love with this. i can see the stregnth in every line.


  • Ava Noire silver member
    November 27, 2007
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    I had an art teacher like that once.

    You know this is fabulously good.


    • Axelle Black
      November 27, 2007
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      What a lovely surprise. Thank you for the comment. Hope you're well.


  • vaseline
    November 26, 2007

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    lmao at the ampulla comment. ta tu ecrit sa hahaha (le commentaire jveu dire)

    ahhh yes, this makes methink of our conversation at the restaurant.

    I am wide, general and anonymous.
    I weaken from awe that unties my knees.

    what is it that could makes us feel this way about anyone? i was thinking about it a bit today, and i remember when i felt like that about him how i felt so tiny, how i just elt like shit next to him yet he made me feel so good and i believed i couldnt live without him, and at a certain point, like you said, would go to the extent of killing myself if i were to lose him. silly eh. but i so fucking understand. again, astonishing work love.

    • Axelle Black
      November 26, 2007
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      C'est tellement ça. The thing about us being tiny and feeling like shit... but yet feeling so good in their presence. It's... awful and amazing at once. It's the worst and best feelings there are on this planet. Anyway, astonishing. I love that word. Thank you for all the comments. I didn't mean to press you yesterday when I said "I've written 3 poems pis t'es comment même pas!" hehe. And yes I was the one who wrote with ampulla. We're the only two ones who could remember the password. i.e. something about a body of water and un agrume. Ew doris.


  • ampulla
    November 20, 2007
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    Osti qu't'es hot!

  • Nicole Hanna
    November 16, 2007
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    Ohay, here are some thoughts on the piece that may (or may not) help improve it... please take it with a teeny grain of salt. lol. Because I really don't know much of anything at all.

    Her hair must hide a colossal secret; it is huge and bright

    "huge" is repetative when following a word like "colossal". I mean, you're almost dimishing the power of "colossal" by following it up with a weaker, yet similar, word.

    Like the sun that exclaims through sutured fingers

    I like to avoid adjectives when I can, so "sutured fingers" might work reversed...."like the sun that exclaims through fingers, sutured".

    A million lightbulb filaments escorted by the screech
    Of electrons, colonies of them hot and red,

    These lines almost read a little too much like science and less like poetry (with the exception of "colonies of them red and hot"... love that). I think it's specifically the word "filaments" that I have a problem with. Maybe something like "a million lightbulb sparks".

    Every one. They are mad as burn victims,


    Mad as menstruation. She is woman.

    Fantastic two lines, above. But any mention of menstruation usually does it for me. lol

    Her legs are ice picks, her thighs, agreeing. The redness
    Of translucent organs attends her like roses
    Or blood pouches. It is all young and careless

    Three more incredibly strong lines. These could stand alone as poems by themselves.

    And carries with it the particular potent reek of


    Puberty. The whole concept of it eludes me.

    I thought these were weak in comparison to the lines preceeding it. I can't pinpoint changes I'd like to see made to it, simply because I just don't know. I guess I'd rather see the idea expressed here shown throughout the poem, verses told to us. This is really the only tell-not-show instance that I found in the entire piece.

    Look at this chest, a floor of skin, and hers
    Full and arched like fertility. What is it
    That I do wrong, that the fat like elements
    Does not set right, does not own the right bones?


    I am not used to such virulent splendour;

    "virulent splendour" is a little lofty and wordy for my tastes. Speak it plain, and be gritty... that's my motto. lol

    I flatten to her greatness. It is optimism that annihilates

    "annihilates" is another lofty word that I'm not a big fan of. kills, slaughters... those would be better in my mind

    My every breath, holes like punctuation in my ribcage.
    In her light, I am wide, general and anonymous.
    I am short of everything—of head, of lung, of throat.

    Hell, this would be a fantastic ending for this piece. Not to say I don't like the final stanza, just that the last line of this stanza is what pops for me. Perhaps I secretly stop reading here because I just prefer this line as the last. Maybe if the two stanzas were switched?


    Upstairs, her heels strike the floors like forks, release like horses.

    Beautiful.

    The loudness corresponds to my pulse, assails my heart.

    "corresponds" and "assails" are more words that seem forced. They sound pretty, but not really necessary and don't add to the emotional impact. Simple is better in my opinion. "The loudness meets my pulse, wreaks my heart"... that's not a great example really, but you get my drift. lol

    A shadow falls and continues for miles, and I, beneath it,
    Quiver in awe until I lose myself.

    I think the reason I like the other stanza better is because this doesn't seem believable. Do people really quiver in awe? lol I know it's a figure of speech, but I've always admired your work because you keep it real, and this didn't strike me as real.

    In this astonishing womanliness, I am impossible.

    Now, I really DO love this line... especially in conjunction with the previous stanza. I don't think the opening lines of this final stanza compliment it as well as it could, but THIS line is honest and truly believable for me.

    Overall the poem stands with its strengths and weaknesses. I think the biggest problem I ran across, personally, was the use of words that most people just don't use in conversation. I know this isn't exactly a "conversational" poem, and it's more my own personal preference than anything else, but I'd like to see a more relaxed wording at work. The lines I loved... I absolutely loved. The lines I didn't love, really just need a bit of tweaking and could be just as strong as the others.

    Now I have made myself feel important and lofty with my critique and must puff out my chest and talk loudly so I might hear myself and relish the sound of my own voice.


    • Axelle Black
      November 18, 2007
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      Hah, you're brilliant I love you! You're right about most of it. Just annihilate I won't change 'cause I like the word and makes me think of dear ol' Plath. It's all helpful though. Really really helpful. So well I spent the weekend in the woods getting twigs up my ass and I'm bloody tired. So I'll go over your suggestions soon enough and see what I can do to improve. I'm really really really happy. Thank you!


  • Aodes
    November 16, 2007

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    wow. Brilliant poetry. I absolutely loved the vivid, witted and creative imagery. What a taste for rich literature it left in me, to make me want more.

    It sings to me, and it kept flowing and flowing. It felt so real and so personal, less the abstractions and the hyperbole of allusions.

    really nice. (= Let me quote some of you here.
    Just for praises
    "In this astonishing womanliness, I am impossible."
    "this chest, a floor of skin, and hers
    Full and arched like fertility. "
    "In her light, I am wide, general and anonymous."
    "I am short of everything—of head, of lung, of throat."

    Makes me want to write more.


    • Axelle Black
      November 16, 2007
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      Well I'm happy that I make you feel like writing more. So go ahead and dazzle yourself!


  • onerios13
    November 13, 2007

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    Mad as menstruation. She is woman.
    Her legs are ice picks, her thighs, agreeing.

    All I've got to say is: DAMN. Wish I had wrote that, lol. You foul being! You wretched woman whose toes shine with the pink and grievous talent that waffles in steamed honey from your nefarious head...how very sweet you smell.

    Love it, peaches.

    • Axelle Black
      November 13, 2007
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      You people are hilarious. Why do you all write profane things on my poems. Like DAMN! Do I do that to you? Not that I'm concerned..... Ok I'll stop screwing around with you. Thank you for the very... imaginative comment. You are ever so sweet as well. Do you know the artist Peaches? As in the music person that writes really sexually charged songs? She's hilarious too.


  • Allyce May gold member
    November 13, 2007
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    I have nothing but applause, as per usual!

  • Nicole Hanna
    November 13, 2007

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    Damn, I wish someone random would write a poem about me like that. lol. I mean, what makes a person write about their school teacher? And especially with lines like these. Literally, almost every single line had an intense image in it. I could pick and choose, but why put myself through that kind of mental exhaustion. lol. I pretty much liked the whole thing.

    • Axelle Black
      November 13, 2007
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      Oh you wouldn't want someone to write a poem about you like that. Trust me lol. That person would be seriously fucked.


  • Cherokee
    November 13, 2007
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    Well, this certainly has a lot of interesting imagery...


    • Axelle Black
      November 13, 2007
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      Now is it a good or bad thing, that's what I have to determine.

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