I put two yellow peepers in an owl.
Wow. I fix the grin of Crocodile.
Spiv. I sew the slither of an eel.
I jerk, kick-start, the back hooves of a mule.
Wild. I hold the red rag to a bull.
Mad. I spread the feathers of a gull.
I screw a tight snarl to a weasel.
Fierce. I stitch the flippers on a seal.
Splayed. I pierce the heartbeat of a quail.
I like her to be naked and to kneel.
Tame. My motionless, my living doll.
Mute. And afterwards I like her not to tell.
(Carol Ann Duffy)
More Poetry from Carol Ann Duffy:
Carol Ann Duffy Poems based on Topics: Madness- Valentine (Carol Ann Duffy Poem)
- Words, Wide Night (Carol Ann Duffy Poem)
- Talent (Carol Ann Duffy Poem)
Readers Who Like This Poem Also Like:
Based on Topics: Madness PoemsBased on Keywords: feathers, pierce, motionless, kneel, tame, owl, grin, afterwards, screw, doll, gull
- The Wild Knight (Gilbert Keith Chesterton Poems)
- Mogg Megone - Part I. (John Greenleaf Whittier Poems)
- Alma; or, The Progress of the Mind. In Three Cantos. - Canto I. (Matthew Prior Poems)
- Palestine; A Prize Poem, Recited In The Theatre, Oxford (Reginald Heber Poems)
- The Island: Canto IV. (Lord George Gordon Byron Poems)