Wild Things~

from some of us

they are desperate to extract the wild

to suck the stories from under our tongue

sugarglaze our wounds

bandage the weeping captivation of a midnight audience

for we bleed better than any other

us wild orbits

who hide the wolf in the aorta

and the scream of a horse over a canyon wall

under the paper thin exuberance of a rib

and the forest

yes

the forest of a thousand grimm tails

are baked in every roll

filled with the jam we stole from the witch’s windowsill

and secreted away inside the dreams of Briar Rose;

wild things are hidden

every where

and they

are

beautiful

don’t anyone

ever

tell you elsewise

 

 

 

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Reviews

[Reese38]

You know, when I first started reading your writings I tried to approach your poetry from a critical point of view. I learned immediately that was impossible. You involve all the senses, but especially the human heart. Your ability to draw an emotional response to words, and how they are placed and treated, is unmatched. I've read a lot of classics, a lot of beat and modern poetry, and you, you Selene Skye, stand on your own as the most unique voice to reinterpret not just what poetry is, but what language is an how we relate to it.
One day, I have no doubt, you will be an icon. To many of us, you already are.
You speak to the wild nature in all of us, you speak to our origins, and reawaken something essential to our components as human beings. Like Lily said, you are magic.

[Droll Prole]

A cleaver piece of writing, I enjoyed this so much.

[Gilad Levanon]

It has the feel of originality and power, but it lends itself to becoming a classic. Nice.

[Fran Marie]

we bleed better than any other
us wild orbits
who hide the wolf in the aorta


So true.... a most unique and beautifully penned piece of poetic writing, !!

[roy mccarthy]

beautiful write :)

[Beautifully Tragic xPoe..]

Shorter than anything else I've read from you but it got the point across to the reader. An inspiring piece of art.

sugarglaze our wounds
bandage the weeping captivation of a midnight audience ---great lines!

[JelliFyshKissUs]

Why oh why do they try to force beauty into a mold? Define it with shackles and beat that which cannot subject into submission? And I don't just mean the "they" we usually think of throughout life (family, teachers, authorities, etc). But even those who supposedly "bleed like us", afraid to expose their wounds, or worse, to gaze upon ours. Cafe dwellers hurting other dwellers, trying to divine that wild flavor that settles on their tongues when they attempt to read us. If only we could see the beauty in the natural, uncultivated flow that pours from our souls.
Thank you, dovely... for trying to teach us through your undomesticated beauty.

[joshua deathdealer]

Wow. This is outstanding and unique. I really enjoyed this write. Your very good with words and the flow was nice....xx

[asdarkeyesclose]

'bandage the weeping captivation of a midnight audience

for we bleed better than any other'

Such an astonishing poem and so many lines I loved particularly those I've highlighted above, that sense of the wild linked with the fairytale with lifeblood and I loved that sense of 'hidden' something to seek out, something to search for. What is so captivating about your work is the visual quality of the metaphors, always unexpected, always refined. I like to read your poems a few times before I review as I can't absorb all the detail/emotion at once, I need to take little sips at a time, but this is breathtaking, quite heavenly in fact!

[Brad]

moved up to one of my favorites...thought provoking images, soul-rendering words, HELLUVA message

[Ed Hart]

oh yes, shall we walk aways, little match girl