Victoria Anderson-Throop Poet Free verse

My Pen Writes Only Words of Love

 MY PEN 
WRITES ONLY
WORDS OF LOVE

My pen 
     writes
         only 
Words of Love.

You say prove Manly Valor.
You say
 by
Dodging Death
            true 
           literary
           heroes 
                          Win a
                          War.

   I  comply
Shred my paper
Change my ink

Days and bloody Nights
          of War
      skies war shatter
      grounds war tremble
          I dream
           rations of
            War.

                             Repeat thrice
                               repeat again
until music sounds
mad battle music 
music lost in ragged shouts
            with the 
syllables made weary
weary of simplicity of sheer repeating
                                         until repeating
                                         multiplied in muffled sighs
                                         loses numbers
                                         in the Fray

I write only Red.

But to my shame
           (and with a secret, lingering delight)
Whatever pen
            in hand
                        spattering
            whatever color
            in pen
                        flirting with the windy wayward paper
I dodge only
Love Rockets

                      my  Pen
            adept now to sequencing of blood days--
                           death’s playmate
                            needs a sassy voice--
                 grim hilarity
                  hides terror
     
       Valiant and Red Crimson
                   reflects 
                    only a
                   familiar,
                 inscrutable
                 kissing shade ---
                       the
             aching inner lips
                      of 
                    you


Note:  a medieval musician was threatened with death if he couldn't sing epics. He answered he could only sing love songs. That incident was the inspiration of this poem.

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Kash Poet November 29, 2012 at 11:32 AM An excellent poem from you !!Love this Victoria.

Harry Horsman November 21, 2012 at 8:05 AM you sure are a complex lady, with intelligence also, wow thats a dangerous combination, yet one is drawned to your wonderful poetry....

Jon A Cavanaugh October 11, 2012 at 5:22 AM I just found this poem. "My pen writes only Words of Love". I was hoping to get a little more insight from this. I have a tendency to avoid free verse poems and prose but this poem is so cohesive that I quite enjoyed it. Question: How does one that dreams of war Write of love and nothing more?

Poet Destroyer A September 29, 2012 at 8:44 PM Victoria, you should loan me your pen..... enjoyed your poem, always~ PD