Musings of Khlari

You're Dracula! You're the embodiement of evil,
based on a combination of Vlad the Impaler
and the man who may have been Bram Stoker's
gay lover. Men fear you, but women want you
and fear you. Over time, you've been
portrayed in film by Bela Lugosi, Christopher
Lee, and Gary Oldman.

This is the description posted to me from Andy of the Open Source Poem tag and explanation. Below I have written the second Stanza, and I am now tagging Jo http://purpledragonslair.blogspot.com/ for a third stanza. It can be in any form, I think, and there are no set rules, so here goes……..lets see if we can make thelongest poem ever seen……..

If every moment has a continued existence in the mind,
isn’t it kind to think that the medium,here before you,
his handlebar moustache marking him out as eccentric,
the tweed trousers a mistake for his years, only forty,
stands some suspect chance, admittedly, of revealing
to you, the seeker, some hint, a shadow of her heart?

This is a poem that I wrote about my grandmother, following on from a series of flash images discussed in class………………..
There were a few untold stories in there.

Speech flowing in caressing cadences
telling your world, the before and after, the here and there
telling only half your story.
Since the children ,unknowing
heard your demi-Parisian twang
labelling it German, stoned you and Frenchy Rose in the street.
Since the zeppelins shadowed London,
one side of your tongue has been silenced.

I've been tagged by Andy, www.spicycauldron.com so here goes………

The power of four

Four jobs I’ve had
Bookshop Manager, Teacher, Receptionist, Lecturer

Four films I watch over and over
Razor Blade Smile, Muriel's Wedding, Subway, Bridget Jones' Diary

Flowing, her hair, braided through with sestinas
floating ribbon villanelles and triolets
Crowned with bright sonnet flowers and jewelled cinquainsKhlari 2nd February 2005