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Lady Lemming

My pen stumbled stammered and fell as you fall from the beckoning cliff of ill fated friendship. You showed me how the finest verse is atonal music and the wisest words of eternity’s pundits and seers are but fallen chips of a Michelangelo David. You taught me that Earth is a spinning potter's wheel with hands of wind and rain that gently shape. Your eyes, the twin planets of Gemini drew me forth while I, a beast of prey, oozed through the darkness stealthily. Yet Lady Lemming my love LOOK OUT! the jagged rocks below are no better than the imagined wolves at your feet.

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Carol Sunshine Brown

Date: 1/4/2012 11:25:00 AM

Congratulations on making it through the 1st round of PoetrySoup International Contest. Wishing you the best in the finals James. Love, Carol

Audrey Haick

Date: 3/13/2011 5:21:00 PM

There is a fine depth to this, Jim. So many of us see with only our eyes which does not see the whole picture. Profound, I'd say! Always, Ann

Jimmy Anderson

Date: 3/9/2011 12:43:00 PM

Very nice poem...Jimmy

Stephen Parker

Date: 3/8/2011 7:35:00 PM

Is she a lemming or lark? A fascinating panoply of images to describe this relationship. The verse beautifully ponders whether the relationship was a fantasy or realistic (naturally flowing) bonding. Enjoyed your well-conceived verse.