Miss Little Insane
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For the Glenn Hughes poetry contest by Robert James Liquori
This is a pantoum poem using 46 song titles by Glenn Hughes. Pantoums do not normally rhyme, but I wanted it to sound more like lyrics.
Pantoum poem
It is composed of a series of four-line stanzas; the second and fourth lines of the first stanza are the first and third lines of the next. This pattern continues for any number of stanzas, except for the final stanza, which differs in the repeating pattern. The first and third lines of the last stanza are the second and fourth of the penultimate (next to last stanza); the first line of the poem is the last line of the final stanza, and the third line of the first stanza is the second of the final. Ideally, the meaning of lines shifts when they are repeated although the words remain exactly the same: this can be done by shifting punctuation, punning, or simply recontextualizing.
When it's all 'gone,' we're 'cryin' for love' and affection.
'Coast to coast' 'this life' is 'the only one' we get to live,
yet in your 'imperfection' I saw my 'steady' reflection.
Like the 'big sky,' for you I had 'so much love to give.'
Coast to coast this life is the only one we get to live.
Passionate lips would 'burn' from your 'kiss of fire.'
Like the big sky, for you I had so much love to give.
I was a 'soul mover' in your 'dark star' desire.
Passionate lips would burn from your kiss of fire.
We were 'lost in the zone' of our 'secret' place.
I was a soul mover in your dark star desire.
The 'devil in you' was 'written all over your face.
We were lost in the zone of our secret place.
I'll never forget that Lilith 'look in your eye.'
The devil in you was written all over your face,
so 'I lay my body down' for our souls to gratify.
I'll never forget that Lilith look in your eye.
You were a 'heavy' 'addiction' like 'blue jade' pearls,
so I lay my body down for our souls to gratify,
as we blended like 'coffee and vanilla' swirls,
You were a heavy addiction like blue jade pearls.
I forgot 'how long' I had waited in 'isolation.'
As we blended like coffee and vanilla swirls,
enchanted I would 'surrender' to your narration.
I forgot how long I had waited in isolation.
'Inside,' I felt like a 'justified man,' lighter than a kite.
Enchanted I would surrender to your narration.
I knew 'when I fall,' nothing could 'save me tonight.'
Inside, I felt like a justified man, lighter than a kite.
Until, 'in your eyes' I saw 'Medusa's' snake locks stare.
I knew when I fall, nothing could save me tonight.
I had to 'face the truth,' as you were suffocating my air.
Until, in your eyes I saw Medusa's snake locks stare.
I saw you 'change,' yelling like a 'miss little insane.'
I had to face the truth, as you were suffocating my air.
I pleaded 'don't let me bleed,' but you were so inhumane.
I saw you change, yelling like a miss little insane.
You're a 'heartbreaker', but 'still the night' made me 'crave.'
I pleaded don't let me bleed, but you were so inhumane.
I insisted 'why don't you stay,' but I was just your slave.
You're a heartbreaker, but still the night made me crave.
Fate showed no mercy, so now I'm 'pickin up the pieces.'
I insisted why don't you stay, but I was just your slave.
Now I 'can't stop the flood,' as torn sorrow releases.
Fate showed no mercy, now I'm picking up the pieces.
You 'keep on moving' ignorant it's the 'death of me.'
Now I can't stop the flood, as torn sorrow releases.
'Beyond the numb' who will 'make my day' angst free.
You keep on moving ignorant it's the death of me,
yet in your imperfection I saw my steady reflection.
Beyond the numb who will make my day angst free.
When it's all gone, we're crying for love and affection,
Titles used:
cryin' for love
the only one
coast to coast
big sky
this life
imperfection
so much love to give
kiss of fire
burn
soul mover
dark star
lost in the zone
secret
written all over your face
Devil in you
the look in your eye
lay my body down
coffee and vanilla
heavy
addiction
blue jade
isolation
surrender
how long
when i fall
save me tonight
inside
justified man
Medusa
In your eyes
face the truth
change
miss little insane
don't let me bleed
heartbreaker
still the night
crave
why don't you stay
can't stop the flood
pickin up the pieces
death of me
keep on moving
make my day
beyond the numb
steady
gone
Copyright © Silent One | Year Posted 2024
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