dcmarti1 Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 (With apologies to Christopher Marlowe) Marlowe's Passionate Shepherd to His Love Come drink of me and be my love, And we will all the horrors prove That crags, swamps, and dying fields And woods with haunted mansions yield. We shall listen to the wolves that bay, Watch beautiful, shining daemons play, Feast on the finest whitened skin And find delight, not remorse, with sin. A coffin shall I make for Thee Out of the deepest ebony, And line it in satin (blood red!) With matching pillows for thy head. Dark orgies for thy pleasure, Ancient tomes for thy treasure, Stately requiems by Death played, These before us each night arrayed. In blackness of my own disdain As cruel tyrants we shall reign. If these evils thy heart may move, Then drink of me and be my love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Hi Marti, Hope you don't mind I added tags. I love this parody. You are spot on with rhythm and sound and creepily current with your humorous content. This was fun to read. Another one of your poems I want to steal for example. ~~Tink Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmarti1 Posted March 7, 2013 Author Share Posted March 7, 2013 Add any tag you deem appropriate, Ms. Administrator! Glad you thought it was creepy and fun. I remember writing this while I was in the Navy. I am pretty sure that we were on a European path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Wow! I agree with Tinker. For a poem composed in '87 this has a contemporary edge. Though zombies are quite popular today, vampires have not gone out of style. Tony Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Nicely worked piece. Vampires have a drug-like effect on the rest of us. We can't seem to get enough of 'em (only from a safe distance though). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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