Twilight
Alone with my husband
His starry eyes transfixed on my own.
He cradled my frozen body,
His painful desire the foundation
Of this unseemly marriage
He was too good for me
The honour was too great
If he only knew
The knowledge seeped into me;
I was his to hold
His to own
We shivered together
He with pleasure
I with dread
His hands retraced their route
across my breasts
along my legs
He delighted in the feel of my skin
And I did not dare to tell him
He was not the one to deflower me
though he was my first husband
I was not a virgin
as his wife should be
I was cursed
I was barren
Author notes
An odd take on the word bank, I know, but I approached it in a new way - form individual sentences and phrases with each word and then bring them together in a poem. Normally I end up rambling on and on because I have so many words left to use!
This is sort of based on 'Heaven's Net is Wide' by Lian Hearn. Lord Otori Shigeru is given a wife, but she is terrified of him. Although she is a virgin, she is also barren.
A contest entry
- Word-Bank 1 of 3 by Polaja.
1400 points, ended March 18, 2008, 22 entries
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Comments
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This is an interesting poem, I like the way it is formatted, and the way you created it is wonderful - unfortunately this isn't eligible for judging because you haven't used all of the words in the word bank - sorry!
Keep writing
Polly
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