The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 4/1/09 (The single greatest poem I have ever read.)

[BlueIris]

"The Bony Ribs of Adam"

I left the bony ribs of Adam
for the fruit
of my own
personal desire

Its scent still heavy
upon my flesh
my absence still
thorn 
to his side

But now how my belly
hollows and aches
            craving seed
            craving kisses
but outside the road hisses

and I find myself
packing girlishness
in an old leather bag

love stepping lightly
away from the door

~Jewel

[Lyric]

1. April Fool's!

:hi:

[BlueIris]

5. Gosh, no! This is simply the single most profound poem ever written in the English language.

I think Jewel is right up there with Sharon Olds, Keats, and Shakespeare.

[Chorophyll]

2. ...

But who will say-hee-ayve your soul, BlueIris?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. Is this Jewel, the singer who married a cowboy?

:donut: :hi:

[BlueIris]

6. How dare you trivialize Jewel's accomplished life?!

Dead to me. Totally dead to me.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. ~

:D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear BlueIris!

I LOVE it!

Wonderful...

Thank you!

:hi:

[BlueIris]

7. Kick. Because the depth and profundity of this poem still brings me to tears each time I read it.

It's making me cry even now. A lot.