- Non-Erotic Poetry
- Eve Has Fallen
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Yes, they say that Eve has fallen,
Flaunt the news like tabloid fare;
Still, I can only imagine
How she felt…nude but for her hair.
We can guess that it was boredom,
Or blame God’s rash, unruly haste
To build Himself a kingdom
Based upon an imperfect race.
And yet, I’m not one to question
All of the things He had in mind
When He made the fatal decision
To give Eve to Adam as wife.
But let’s assume Eve was bitter
At being second in command;
I mean, can you really fault her
Just for wishing herself a man?
She felt Adam’s manhood throbbing
Within the rib that he gave up;
Every breath that she took humming
With envy waiting to erupt.
So maybe that’s the real problem,
That God didn’t think fully through:
When He made Eve after Adam
He should have started off brand new.
- COMMENTS
Anonymousalmost 12 years ago4 foot iambic lyric poetry is great. lots of poets use it. but once you start on it, with meter and rhyme in a good form, you should stick to it. when you violate the form it makes you look lazy and distracts the reader. poetry takes discipline. you are inventive enough. so???
HairRaisingWriterabout 15 years agoI LOVE this poem!! Seriously, Eve, you need to be published in the worst way! Your stories and your poetry are amazing! Thanks for sharing them with us!!
KOLKOREover 15 years agoIf you are not a lawyer - you should consider being one...
But you are wrong on one key point. Eve has not fallen, she has elevated herself and us all from the equivalent of satisfied pigs (a-la J.S Mill’s famous aphorism) to humanity... Thank you Eve! <P>
Nope, creation as left to us by the (surely all males) editors of the bible(s) versions was not a plain level field for Eve... So for god to cry fowl after Eve stirred the first revolution of the underclass (so what if there were only two rebels?), dragging Adam by his ... nose I guess, to a culinary orgy - I'd say: Hip Hip Hooray to Eve! And: Boo Hoo to that version of power grabbing autocrat god who kicked them humans out of his glorified ranch! Now see how that great garden looks nowadays, somewhere in the midst of Iraq...
Amyfriendabout 17 years agoat times and I agree, maybe he should have started out brand new.
LeBrozabout 17 years agoA fun little write with a different perspective on the tale of Adam and Eve.
