Senseless Attacks



indigestible revulsion chunks
lie thwarted in vitriolic streams
of a gulping, thickening numb

thus pressure-feed prepared
rises a raw aroused rejection
vapored fizzes mere bitterness
in uproars from the abdomens

unforeseen the pent-up rage
spits up foul and stifling dense
fearsome filth suddenly jumps
from witless gruesome tongues
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Submitted by ludy_b on October 17, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXX XXXA XXXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 325
Words 48
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 4

Ludy Bührs

The topics she writes about are very diverse, so are the poetry styles she applies. As a Dutch translator and poet, having lived in Cambodia's capital city Phnom Penh for 2.5 years, in 2008 she published "Op de ruïnes van een rijk" (On the Ruins of an Empire) ISBN 978-90-8834-483-1 with 60 poems based on her experiences there. In 2007 she received a Certificate of Accomplishment as one of The Best Poems and Poets of 2007 issued by poetry.com and the International Library of Poetry for her poem Choked Truth, her own translation of "Verstikte waarheid", one of the poems in the book. Born in 1956, she still works as an independent translator, translating from English into Dutch. more…

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2 Comments
  • karlcfolkes
    Senseless Attacks: the outcome of a barbed tongue. A suggestion: The tongue is a weapon. Wield it with wisdom; or otherwise shield it!
    LikeReply 21 month ago
  • DSHERIDAN1
    I love this poem.
    LikeReply 11 month ago

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