Passionate poetry and poetical passion
That poetry is rather dull
that only speaks of positive affection,
love in the blues and fondling silliness,
and goes from bad to worse in purple passages
since sex is never properly described in words.
But when your love is set on trial
and you have to face adversities,
when Romeo and Juliet comes along in tragedy
and blood and death becomes ingredients,
then suddenly the inane love becomes an interesting affair.
You need some drama to make love
at all convincing, or you will get petered out.
So bring along the drama, the adversities,
the jealousy, the raving passion,
raise the green-eyed monsters,
let them swarm up from Moria
and the dens of hell in overwhelming masses,
spice the passion with some sado-masochism,
start tying people to their bed-posts,
bring along the chains and scourges,
bring the shameless nudity out in the open,
let the hairs loose in their maximum of length,
and make some scenes with tears and outbursts,
and the love will come alive
in flashing fireworks of most explosive power,
screw it up with alcohol and drugs,
make orgies out of parties and let them derail,
and you will have a passion
that will set your poetry aflame and flying,
taking off with jet acceleration
leaving ground forever;
and you will be flying on the wings of love
and nevermore be able to do anything without it.
Poetry by Christian Lanciai
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Written on 2006-10-15 at 11:23
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