10-08-2010, 10:57 PM
@addy - Thanks for the kind words addy
I did originally intend this poem to be much longer, but then I decided to strip it down, and let the reader make what they want of the straightforward scene.
@billy - Thanks for the feedback Billy I'll change that spelling in a mo. My Nan doesn't know any better haha. I think she simply laughed at my prudishness, even if it was feigned. My dad's exact words were: "they can't consummate a marriage 'cause they don't have the right bits!" I wasn't really shocked (he's said MUCH worse) just annoyed that he'd say it over Christmas dinner.
Yeah I've been compared to Bukowski before, no doubt because we're both free verse, and a lot of my poems focus on mundane events, or personal reflections, but aside from those tenuous links, we have very little in common. As you said, he was a ladies man, who often wrote about sleeping with beautiful women, and how they drain your soul.
I don't see the Wilde connection myself (he would have been much more cutting and lyrical than this, I think) though I'll gladly accept the comparison! haha My brother Kane always calls me Stephen Fry when he's home from university
Thanks for your kind words, Bianca
I did originally intend this poem to be much longer, but then I decided to strip it down, and let the reader make what they want of the straightforward scene.@billy - Thanks for the feedback Billy
I'll change that spelling in a mo. My Nan doesn't know any better haha. I think she simply laughed at my prudishness, even if it was feigned. My dad's exact words were: "they can't consummate a marriage 'cause they don't have the right bits!" I wasn't really shocked (he's said MUCH worse) just annoyed that he'd say it over Christmas dinner.Yeah I've been compared to Bukowski before, no doubt because we're both free verse, and a lot of my poems focus on mundane events, or personal reflections, but aside from those tenuous links, we have very little in common. As you said, he was a ladies man, who often wrote about sleeping with beautiful women, and how they drain your soul.
I don't see the Wilde connection myself (he would have been much more cutting and lyrical than this, I think) though I'll gladly accept the comparison! haha My brother Kane always calls me Stephen Fry when he's home from university
Thanks for your kind words, Bianca