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Geremia
Geremia
Apr 20, 2009 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

OBSCENITY

OBSCENITY

 


[Inspired by Umberto Eco’s
novel THE NAME OF THE ROSE] 

 

 Stale flesh and incense

Filing through

 Two by two

 Shadowed faces in brown hoods

 Whispering

 Canticles and Incantations

 Liturgical murmurings

 Smothering sensuality

 Unspeakable passion

 Never to spill their seed

 For fear of eternal damnation

 Denial of creation

 Fire in their loins

 An Obscenity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
— Geremia, Apr 20, 2009

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professor

professor

17 years 1 month ago

Name of the Rose

Its truly a great novel and the film was amazingly atmospheric as well. Your poem has captured the dark and poisoned obsession with sexuality and damnation perfectly. I felt that perhaps "passion" needed a descriptive adjective or something to increase the line length since the good flow of the poem stutters at this point. BW Keith
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

17 years 1 month ago

Devilishly prickly

your rose Longobardolino. Atmospheric 'til tusen' as the norwegians say, (to 1000). OO OO OO Rather a different story from mine about the Spring just now. What? I love the repetition of the two - by two the flesh and incense the shadowed faces I can just SEE them. One can almost smell the stench of roses, feel the red of blood, and the deep dark fires of the desire. Damned good. Annuccia
Geremia

Geremia

17 years 1 month ago

Und "tausend" Danken

J.B. Longo-Geremia Ich will dieses Buch jezt auf Italienisch weiter-lesen, wenn Ich die Zeit haben werde-- und die Energie!!! Longobardolino :) {I want to re-read this book now in Italiian, when I have the time -- and the energy!}
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orgami

17 years 1 month ago

Hey I saw this movie

half my lifetime ago forget all that went on something about poisoned books and a young monk in love the dark haired beauty I recall and his mentor thats about it Beautiful poem Longo as always
Geremia

Geremia

17 years 1 month ago

great movie! All too true

J.B. Longo-Geremia It sent the Church in a spin. That is how it was in the Middle Ages. The French had a saying "L'habit ne fait pas le moine." = The habit doesn't make a monk...:) Thanks, again, my friend. jor