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drink said the drunk

1.

What does it matter?
"Drink." said the drunk,
already drunk on eternity,
one more drink is all
I need,
the apple falls not far
from the tree
we are solitary dancers
suspended by a gossamer
thread

blind the eye that cannot see
roots deep in a pound of flesh
ravenous with the tongue that fears to taste,
forbids the heart to sing

deaf the ears that cannot hear
whispers swirling, twirling like snowflakes
in the silence of a wintry night

choose your words carefully
my drunken heart


2.

His singing, oh, so sweet,
I was compelled to stand by my open window,
from where the sound,
and what bird so loud, so determined
to get my attention,
I thought perhaps, I'll never see him
forever lost inside
the aged weeping cherry tree
still green with summer leaves,
I was sad
just then
the smallest songbird of all
flew to my home's Tudor peak
and stood there
for what seemed a very long while,
and I knew then, once again,
the language of the heart.


3.

I've always wondered
if the executioner has a favourite song,
something that repeats inside his head,
her head,
before s/he pulls the lever, the trigger or plunges
the knife,
strong willing hands around swan-like neck,
the heart of a poet,
willing to die
by his or her own hand
as pen is put to paper.





— Kailashana, Sep 15, 2009

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Seren

Seren

16 years 8 months ago

Dearest Anna

I hear echos familiar Anna ... In the silence you painted sound for me drunken master lol might have to get pissed and see what i write should be interesting ... loved this it is just another aspect of you that amazes me i would be surprised if i could write a word let alone have a cohesive thought pmsl ... loved it you wonderful woman ... love and higgest bugs Jayne x x
L

lyz

16 years 8 months ago

Well done

Incredibly clever, loved no-1, loved no-2, loved no-3. Lol. Pissed as a fart, singing in the heart, Hung over. That's the way it seems. Ha. Very clever. Put a smile on my face. Thank u love Lyz.XX.
Candlewitch

Candlewitch

16 years 8 months ago

Anna

Yes, I can see how they all belong together. These are my favorite lines of all three: strong willing hands around swan-like neck, the heart of a poet, willing to die by his or her own hand as pen is put to paper. Always, Cat
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 8 months ago

Are you being modest Anna

Are you being modest Anna with the Tudor peak instead of Venus? If so you need not be, for you are a star among us, that shines the brightest, gives us light and doing so encourages us to more than we expect of ourselves. Kind in comment to us ordinary poets, you shine for us, we love you. Your strange tales woven in the skies of myths yet down-to-earth at the same time. You fascinate our minds with the stuff of Shakespearean drama up-to-date and modern yet not, as you dream on, capturing the songs heard wafting from the universe on the solar winds taking our minds unawares into the magic realms of poetry. Your sister in crime Ann of Norway
DS

Diatom Shells

16 years 8 months ago

hello anna

I think the three are perfect together. my fave part is definitely without a doubt this part, we are solitary dancers suspended by a gossamer thread blind the eye that cannot see roots deep in a pound of flesh ravenous with the tongue that fears to taste, forbids the heart to sing.... this is lovely my dear I cannot say it enough. you know how I love body parts lol. yours truly -diatom shells
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 8 months ago

Lol. DS… yes you are body

Lol. DS... yes you are body incarnate...your poems reek of utter sensuality, too long we, as humans, have been in our heads or in spirit...not in body, personified. Ego has become a *bad thing*. Sad how disassociated we have become from our true nature... this, I think, is the *Fall of Man*... Only when the soul is incorporated... can the spirit speak and be heard..loud & clear, brilliantly...but we all know that as poets, right? Thank you all for reading my musings, Ann, Cat, Lyz, Jayne. No doubt about whether or not you are fallen angels. ;-) Hugs of love to all, Anna p.s. when I was in love, my poems were quite visceral... need that again in my life... or to sleep with Bukowski again.
yenti

yenti

16 years 8 months ago

Anna

Last time I read a trilogy was Issac Asimofs books about the universe and the life out there and as usual the wars continuing till infinity, I like to say that yours has passed his station. Well written and all three held together if only by numbers, but held all the same, Yours with much Thought, Ian.T
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 8 months ago

Ian thank you for reading,

Ian thank you for reading, my son's favourite book is "Childhood's End" by Arthur C. Clark. Not sure if it has anything to do with your comment or my poem, but like everything else, it came out of *nowhere*. ;-) ~A
Cloudthings

Cloudthings

16 years 8 months ago

skills I so aspire to, you pour them here effortlessly Anna xx

God Anna, I wonder if we have known each other, even been twins, in a former life, your writing (don't think me so crude as to assume I am in the same league, I have much to learn before I even aproach the calibre you easily wield with feathered pen), is so incredibly familiar. It often holds words & terms I have used myself in the past or recently. I have used some of these very same terms recently, & I assure you completely by fluke, since I have only just read this work, (but it has happened with you before) I used the same term of "language of the heart" in a poem only aweek or so ago, but I don't think I posted it here. Even your image here, so patrticularly dear to my heart, both dendelions & clouds of course... How could I not just melt in awe & admiration whenever I read anything from you, so much of what you write feels so familiar, I swear we have some parallel sense of life, only you are more gifted in describing it in poetic terms, skills that I so aspire to & you pour them here on this screen effortlessly Anna. Beautiful to see you here in spotlight, & so much gorgeous wonder here in your poem, I want to swim in it dear Anna, to read you is always a delight. Cheers Anni~ "Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body". ~Elizabeth Stone
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 8 months ago

Dear Anni, I have long

Dear Anni, I have long thought we all know each other, have lived many lifetimes together as mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, wife, husband, friend, enemy, poet, warrior, warrior-poet, angel, devil, healer, murderer, etc. And we come together one last time. Much love and many hugs my dear Anni. ~A
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weirdelf-test

16 years 8 months ago

oh dear!

I didn't know poetry could say things so honest, personal and even turn ugly to beautififul. Is that a good thing? You astound me and I would love to meet someone who can write like this, but I am a single mum in Australia so we may never meet in person, thank you you so much for this, I hated poetry at school and thought it was either incomprehensible or silly. I write silly stuff about my beautiful cats but you give me courage. meow
Kailashana

Kailashana

16 years 8 months ago

Thank you sea… we have

Thank you sea... we have mutual admiration. ;-) Meow, (I had a cat named *Meow* once) poetry allows all of us to turn our mews into roars. What matters most is how you see yourself. http://home.comcast.net/~owenkl/Lions/Cartoons/HowYouSeeYourself.jpg
R

RobertKnott

16 years 8 months ago

I like...

drink, sayeth the drunk; ' tis how i alight on gossamer wings unseen, so to witness the Queen while she dances trances 'round the trunk; makes me wonder what fevered love doth write yon spell... must endless ink from endless well be, me thinks. do tell!