By Ashley Lister
I’d never say anything graphic
And I don’t want to be pornographic
But does your bum only do one way traffic?
As I’ve mentioned before, poetic triplets excite me. The idea of putting three rhymed lines of poetry together always strikes me as innovative. Couplets are good for a rhyme scheme. They provide a solid structure. But, to my mind, triplets increase the speed and allow for a bigger build to the conclusion of a stanza.
See I’d love to get into your drawers
And I’m sharing this honestly because
I like entering through exit doors.
Technically, I know, ‘drawers’, ‘because’ and ‘doors’ don’t rhyme. There are subtle variations in the vowel sounds and, although I can perform this one and make ‘drawers’ and ‘because’ sound like exact rhymes, this is only because I force the pronunciation.
I’m not so vulgar that I’ll mention pooh
I’m a gentleman, as I’m sure you knew
So, please let me push a stool in for you.
Your reputation will not be besmudged
Cos I’m sure you’re not going to begrudge
Me – the chance, to help you pack some fudge.
As always, I look forward to seeing your poems in the comments box below.
Ashley Lister
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(Finally!)
Hypothetical
By Lisabet Sarai
To GCS
What if I showed up naked at your door?
Sank to my knees before you on the floor?
Would you accept my offering, or ignore
my long-deferred surrender? Would you claim
I’d forfeited all pretense to the name
of ‘slave’ by choosing someone else? The game
is not yet over, lover. You must know
how deep between us thoughts and feelings flow.
We’re bound by flesh and history, and so
there’s magic in our coupling. Don’t pretend
you don’t still dream of fucking me, my friend —
my soul mate and my master, till the end.
I saw this earlier, and wanted to say how striking I thought it was. You’ve got a raw power behind each triplet which builds and builds as the poem develops. This is quality 🙂