Rosemarie Rowley Poet Sonnet

Damsel Causing Distress

DAMSEL CAUSING DISTRESS


The knight errant sent for me, but I’ve gone missing
For three days now, while he’s composed a ditty:
In the tide of feminism I still haven’t given up kissing
Being what is termed fatalistically pretty - 

But I can be the ‘no’ that makes for nice
When his flame burns under his boiler suit,
Then I’m decently torpid like a fish on ice
Where the guts need to go when the runts root - 

A pillowing breast, my nightcap a soliloquy
To hell with his billowing sails and pregnant ships
Let him go, this guy who’s got everything but me
With his big thighs, big legs, big hips - 

All the things we women should shun
Save satin, silk,  squirm,  sperm,  and …sun.

(c) Rosemarie Rowley
From IN MEMORY OF HER (2008)

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S.Zaynab Kamoonpuri December 27, 2014 at 4:42 AM Woah sensational! Notty creative ahem lol he he he. Some lines like for a femme fatale eh. Awesome rhyme here too. Is the poem personal? Do pls review my latest poem too. Rosemarie Rowley December 27, 2014 at 6:02 AM There will always be femme fatales and errant knights! Thanks for the comment. I use different persona when writing so they are not about me usually.

Verlena S. Walker August 31, 2014 at 10:18 PM Nice piece Rosemary. Superlative and enjoyed... Verlena

Funom Makama July 29, 2014 at 7:46 AM This is an absolute masterpiece. Its so powerful but soft. I love it so much. Thanks for the brilliant share.

Skat A July 14, 2014 at 10:52 AM Rosemarie Rowley, the story of my life. To shun away sounds good. Well done...SKAT Rosemarie Rowley July 14, 2014 at 11:14 AM Thanks, Skat. Not all who write pretty ditties are fine gentlemen. But we can't give men up, for the sake of the few decent honourable ones.