All Comments on 'Zealot'

You know what, just the right amount of not saying, I think.

100!

think this is the best I've seen from you thus far. Says a lot with very little and what you have is so well chosen. I'd maybe lose the first line as the title already says it but I think that's a nitpick. :-)

the under the arm or over the shoulder thing speaks volumes about rescuing, and the passion is implied throughout. the passion to rescue 'her' from a place where no-one sees her and to take her to the place she will be.

i like your line break with 'lovers lie', its duality, which is reinforced by the end ... maybe this guy's superman and makes a bit of a habit rescuing fair maidens ;)

I liked it up to the point of

'and the neighbors wonder

who he has

with him tonight' didn't sound so romantic then as if they see him with lots of women!

Takes one's imagination in many directions all at once while at the same time seeming like a narrative. Teases and delivers.

Hmm. I really like this one though I am not sure I get it completely. It has your rough, bronzy stamp on it and I am a fan of whatever I am getting through your work.

after getting frustrated yesterday thinking my comments were vanishing, but I look to day and they are not. As others have said, this is fine verse with a nice little bang at the end.

Five.

I don't have any more to add beyond what butters said... I like the doubt we're left with at the end - it adds reality and complexity to the poem.