Ba: Cxi: Insulted Poet Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Ba: Cxi: Insulted Poet



To slip into bed
and put a knife in her side,
an insulted poet
turned aside
from the rich blacks, whites
and colours that inspired,
then dragged himself into their midst again
to be insulted by their! pride.

Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: anger
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
after Baudelaire's 'A celle qui est trop gaie'
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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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