I wrote a free form poem for poetry class about
Amy Winehouse. I thought I would post it
and add a creative commons license as well.
Lioness
A raspy, baleful voice
lonely and vulnerable
exposed
Sonorous and sensual
yet, tortured
Nicotine stained words born from injury and kissed with beauty,
a whiskey scented melody escapes the darkness to fill the air
only to be replenished
and
escape again
Diamonds flowing out of agony exposed
The raspy voice of a little girl cries out in need
someone to watch over her, for Daddy to comfort her
an injured soul loudly wails. Transformed, a Jezebel unleashed
against the silent reply
Her beautiful pain, an inner darkness
Faces reflecting the darkness and pain
bear witness to the executioner, as she
slowly, exquisitely, carries out the sentence
Tragedy and Irony threw her a party,
Cliché chose the theme. Ecstasy arrived
with Cocaine and Vodka, then Heroin..
floating behind the blurry
membrane, safely ensconced in a womb,
protected from her torments she is embraced
by the numbing hazy warmth of Cruel friends
and cold comfort unaware, she drifts
away, peaceful at last
Very nice! And a good use of a creative commons license. I particularly like your use of descriptive language.
ReplyDeleteI can't stand Amy Winehouse but this was creative. The words you use let this flow very well and create a great image that fit perfectly. (Though in my opinion, beautiful may be a strong word to use in the same sentence with her name. Hahaha)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback!
ReplyDeleteI really like this poem. Amy Winehouse has to be my one of my favorite artists of all time. I was very sad when she passed away, it was a shame she never released a third album in her lifetime. But her music will always live on. which album do you prefer Frank or Back to Black? Both are very good, I cant pick.
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DeleteThanks for your comment about the poem Joe. I like them all, but if I had to choose I'd go with the Deluxe Edition of Frank. I was in a noisy restaurant the first time I heard it, but I couldn’t make out who was singing. I asked the waiter because the songs were familiar, but I didn’t recognize the voice. I was pretty shocked, as it was when she was all over the tabloids. I consider Amy’s versions equal favorites of mine with Billie Holiday, Phoebe Snow, Etta James, Sarah Vaughan and Nina Simone.
Deletemost creative, honest, raw, real, talented, writer and singer that i was blessed to share existence with.
DeleteI sent this to Pete Doherty in 2008
ReplyDeleteplease dont help amy pass away
use your energy to help her stay
help her chase those demons away
make her stay around and play
i can see the distorted demons ravaging her soul
i saw it smile at me when she was taking a hit out of your bowel
nigger rigged crack devices she sweats
and coughs bloody blood out with no regrets
i saw the demon inside her wiggle its tail
and it drives nail after nail into her body frail
i hear her wail through cement london streets
those demons in her room and inside her bloody blood shreaks
please dont help amy pass away
use your energy to help her stay
help her chase those demons away
make her stay around and play
you need god on your side and a bloody blood jesus cross
excorsize those disfigured demons out of her or it will be on your loss
it will be on your head
blood on your hands with helping your friend lie in her eternal death bed
please dont help amy pass away
use your energy to help her stay
help her chase those demons away
make her stay around and play
for us
for you ~ for we ~ lets see
i pray to god faithfully for her soul to be stopped being ravaged
i pray that the paps fuck off and die their a bunch of savages
amy has an old electric magical soul from very long ago
and a battle of heaven and hell in her bloodstream
please dont help amy pass away
use your energy to help her stay
help her chase those demons away
make her stay around and play
for us
for you ~ for we ~ lets see