- Non-Erotic Poetry
- Chloe Poses For Jules Lefebvre
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Click hereshe presents her breasts
Jules threatens; her head yells
losing his thread
teeth throbbing
meat from her dinner
guests
lodged between
(I wrote this poem based on a legend I had heard about the model for the painting in the title, Chloe by Jules Lefebvre. The model for the painting, a woman named Marie was susposed to have gone mad and killed and eaten her dinner guests. The truth is much sadder, she killed herself because the painter did not return her love. See the poetry forum for a picture of the painting and more details.)
- COMMENTS
Maria2394about 13 years agoI mean, really. The poem is neat, tidy and tells a wickedly sinister story. Thanks for the note at the end as I was unfamiliar with that artist and the history you write about. You really are a good poet and you get better with each submission. And the variety you write about amazes me. So smart, totally cool. I like ya woman, and your work. I bet you would be a fun friend to hang out with.
~ maria
NeonSubtletyabout 13 years agothe poem feels so exact. Having read the backstory, this piece leaves me unsettled in the same way--I so desperately want to know her thinking. But mercilessly, your piece recounts but does not attempt to explain. And I'm glad it doesn't.
UnderYourSpellabout 13 years agoIt's cut too close to the bone for my tastes (pun not intended!) if a whole paragraph has to be included so that I understand a poem then it has missed it's mark
CuddlyAlabout 13 years agoA poem which should be set alongside a meal of fava beans and a fine chianti. A strong and disturbing image. Isn't the legend, too, very sad?
buttersabout 13 years agosolid 5, loved this. you bring her into more than 3-D, by incorporating her sensations... not an easy thing to do from a painting. you get better by the day!
if i had to be done-to-the-bone picky, 'her head yells' didn't work for me quite as well as the rest, but damn, that'd be uber niggly.
