Poetess of the night

dipped and shaken
her quill skillfully
dives into wonderstruck
parchment madness
tilted forward tall words
swoop and curl bold twists
folded in faintly scant lines
her poetess of the night
withheld breath spills ink
in flickering deliberate
lamented prose reborn
reliable syllables strung
passionately in fluent
dignified tones coloured
in pillow wispered desire
she besheeches me in
complexity cures me of
vanity humble's my realitie
drawn to her perfumed nape
and watery blue eyes unfurled
only by figured imagination
her poetess of the night
vanishes in a plume of
cuttlefish bone pounce
over tallest words imbued
with her dry cured scraped
smooth honed slit nibbed
swan feather qill welled
til morrow's light fades
to the unnoticed shadow
dance upon her stacked
stone candlelit washed
white chamber wall

Author's Note

My apologies for the reviews lost
by the mistaken disappearance
of this previously posted poem.
This version is as close to the
original as my memory serves.

Reviews

[Starbaby]

the act of writing poetry is less a physical act than it is a feeling . I adore poetry the effectively demonstrates this. Poetry is not just written word, for if it is, it remains hollow. Poetry is the sputum of the heart and mind comingled on paper, the laying bare of the soul, the thoughts we hide from the rest of the world. It is not an easy feat to write about the act of writing, but you have managed to do so quite eloquently. I like this very much.

[Throwing Romeo]

Thank you for the passionate review!

[Betty Hermelee]

Goddess of the night inspires you to write in dignified tones...lamented prose.....this poem has such emotion in it, every word ,a gem...."drawn to her perfumed nape" spewing your emotions of fantasy and reality...perhaps she is a swan???? that beautiful Goddess?
Warmly, B

[Throwing Romeo]

Thank you Betty
Imagining the act of
making poetry has a
way of calling on the
intoxacating muse
like a dream gril
fantasy to be
immortalized in the
cycle of shared
expressions.

[Betty Hermelee]

You’re very welcome, really loved it!
Happy New Year!
Warmly
B

[emmajoygreen]

Start to finish, passionate admiration worded in fine phrase. There's a feeling of utter sincerity in both the delicate but distinct content and more than fine writing skill.

[Throwing Romeo]

Thank you for all of your inspiring
words Emma.

[Elisabeth]

Beautiful, and such a galloping rhythm. Couldn’t stop reading!

[Throwing Romeo]

Thank you Elisabeth