Feminine Speech

The World Is Splitting Open At My Feet, Part One.

Feminine Speech

Feminine speech.

Stork, covered in mulberry

wine. The stories you sang

at the children's bedside.

I smiled through the wall.

Take me away tonight

with the nursery rhymes

and quaggy sentences. 

Censure set abroad, by your

feminine speech. 

You slogged with the day-time,

and came home so mirthful.

Warming milk

and seaming the unweaving

fabric. My wool vest.

Snow bathed the house

during the night-time. 

You snuck in the bed

along the substance-less 

midnight. 

The children, sedated and fed.

The pages through 

the index. All stupefied 

and you twirled their hair

until hush.

You kissed my face

and sunk underneath my bones.

From there to wherever, 

slept with the haze of stars

Silently.

Author's Note

I'm back with eight new poems. I wanted to try a diffrent style then my last booklet "Fuel and Pollen". In the spread between that and this I've been reading alot of Plath, so I felt obligated to dedicate this booklet to her.

This booklet is not a light booklet, this poem is only the start truly. I felt like this had to go first, the others are far to dark.

The booklets is entitled "The World Is Splitting Open At My Feet", a direct quote from Plath herself.

Reviews

[Pax]

this is the first time I've read a sweet write from you my friend....
I like this, a taste of sweetness in children's eye..
great work!

[Dark Tower]

Amazing work Cole. That last stanza especially, was magical.

[That_Girl]

The title has a typo but that's the only one I saw. Talk about a poem that has prestine fluidity. Marvellous job Cole!

"Take me away tonight
with the nursery rhymes
and quaggy sentences.
Censure set abroad, by your
feminine speech." I love that.

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SIGUR ROS!!!!!!!!!! YOU TOOO?????? How come I never found this song....OH WELL HAVE IT NOW!!!!! >:) Awesome poem! I loved it! Really nice writing! :)