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Image? A woman killed in an old black and white movie, film noir maybe. The image that stuck with me (the first time I read this) focused on the 'pitch perfect mouth.' I remembered a still of Joan Crawford, screaming. I had the impression this poem was more than image though, maybe thoughts of someone modern who romanticizes images from old movies. My favorite line is 'noted against her grey marble stomach', mainly because it seems to double as a grave marker. So I'm thinking this is a modern murder contrasted with a sanitized, romanticized classic movie murder. Close?
The reason I like this poem, though it's something of a challenge to read (with the lack of punctuation and shifting syntax) is that I don't get bored or irritated by the challenge. It seems experimental in what its trying to achieve, and while it may not be entirely successful, its intriguing all the same. I enjoyed the time spent puzzling over it, even if I entirely misconstrued what you were trying to do.
The reason I like this poem, though it's something of a challenge to read (with the lack of punctuation and shifting syntax) is that I don't get bored or irritated by the challenge. It seems experimental in what its trying to achieve, and while it may not be entirely successful, its intriguing all the same. I enjoyed the time spent puzzling over it, even if I entirely misconstrued what you were trying to do.
by Derma Kaput on Mar. 26 2007