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The chastity of poetry

 

There's a poem waiting for me

she's upstairs in my room,

she's lying legs akimbo

and howling at the moon

 

She's been there since this morning

rearranging all my thoughts,

burning all my crosses

obstructing all my noughts.

 

Every line she is transmitting

gets scrambled in my head,

she's adding and omitting

from the pages of my bed.

 

Oh to climb the hallowed stairs

to claim the sacred key,

to unlock that which she shares

so exclusively with me...

 

she's the mistress I can't woo

she's the siren of my luck

she's the one I bow down to

though will never get to fuck.

https://wolfgarwords.com/2026/05/05/the-chastity-of-poetry/

 

 

 

 

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David RL Moore

Sat 9th May 2026 20:36

Not all muse is interested in your mental health...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XprBPb7mxnk&t=40s

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David RL Moore

Sat 9th May 2026 20:33

Thank you Graham,

thanks also to Clare and Aisha for the latest likes.

David

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Graham Sherwood

Thu 7th May 2026 17:07

David, I think the relationship we all have with poetry is such that it can never be consummated else we'll lose it altogether!

My muse is more of a temptress, what we used to call a 'pr**k teaser'

regards and bravo!

G

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David RL Moore

Thu 7th May 2026 14:57

Thanks to RBK, Stephen, Clare and Jon63 for the likes.

It can be easily argued that the use of any profanity in the arts is gratuitous, similarly it can be argued that it is not. I sometimes wonder about all the art we might not have today if it was rejected for its offence or profanity.

With this poem I backed myself up against the ropes. When considering succumbing to a sirens call one has to weigh up the odds of avoiding the rocks...it occurred to me that this was mostly a matter of luck. In concluding this I felt obligated to utilise the word "luck" within the text. Once I had surrendered to the obligation I was funnelled toward the f word.

Unfortunately the shackles of the rhyme can often limit the imagination, this in turn may seem an act of a gratuitous nature.

Poetry/writing can lead us toward many internal coversations through which we might question almost anything and everything...such a situation can surely only be worthwhile.

David RL Moore

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