Lupercal

By purr_verse

at the door :now:now:
snap and growl :now:now:
at the door :now:now:
burning writhing creeping sliding
claws
:now:now:
howling more :now:now:
come ambergris and panDemonic
wrap me melt me diaphonic
:now: bite :now: flight
turning dancing leaping gliding
at the door :my:soul:
torn apart :now:whole:
teeth and tongue and mindseye vivid
rend within erotic livid brilliant-twisted-aether-misted
!door! :now:growl:
lupine cry :now:now:
at the door now
door now
now now now now
baying bloodlust for me now i can't come in my pasts before me lunardance in velvet fur with steelsnarl promise at the door now wolfen shadow silver mindseye burning for me let me in touch primal fire in poison panic purring shrieking at the door :now:now: bring me more :now:now: drink lusted thoughtforms so distorted sense aborted !door! contorted rhythms teasing tasting kissing wildstyle tempting and i'm torn apart :now:now: at the door :now:now: come hungry for my full consent i can't relent assent relent assent relent this feral passion lupine heartcry at the door here for my heart gods enter in and come subsume and sink within i cannot fight the wilds herein i'm at the !door! :now:now: love and war :now:now: growl :now: snarl :now: wild sincere defiled sin sear
i've no control infect my soul devour me whole
burning/writhing/creeping/sliding/turning/dancing/
leaping/gliding at the door
lie back
sigh and snap
:now:now:
sweet attack
:now:now:
and with these wolves sink shadow-wrapped
the morphic walls of senses cracked
this splendour always brings me back
to the door

:now:
:now:

wanting more
:now:
:now:

hand to paw
:now:
:now:

at the door now
more now
yours now

yours

through the door
now

.break.
.me.
.down.

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Published on Thursday, January 8, 2004. Filed under: "Poetry"

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Comments on "Lupercal"

On Tuesday, May 12, 2020, tonebone (48) wrote:

Loupe garu in all of us but you have 'captured' something important here...would you really let it in? Bravo purr_verse!
A former member wrote: It was Dean R. Koontz in "Strangers", i believe, that first explained the thought process of an animal in ways i could understand. This delves much deeper, grasping the core of something much more sinister, something seething and searching and smarter than an animal should be. An excellence of chaos, this.
A former member wrote: I struggle to find my breath after many of your works. This is truly .breath-taking. work. I've never seen you write anything less than genius....but this one, generous....a great poet for our generation. Thank you.
On Tuesday, August 18, 2009, Guillotine (168) wrote:

Keep coming back to this one Nat. Mindblowing.
On Sunday, December 28, 2008, blue (1409) wrote:

yes yes, I am back again... o.O)) must be a full moon. =) aaah. so perfect. ~b
On Sunday, March 4, 2007, Guillotine (168) wrote:

Suck beautifully striking imagery - a vivid lesson in true emotive responses. A damn good read and I'm going to read it again. Good work.
On Sunday, August 13, 2006, blue (1409) wrote:

yeah. still works beautifully. rawr! ~b
On Saturday, August 19, 2006, purr_verse (1052) wrote:

*grin!* I think I must make you my offical Lupercal Pimp. >:D
On Sunday, March 11, 2007, blue (1409) wrote:

o.O)) Haha, dig that!
On Saturday, May 27, 2006, blue (1409) wrote:

rawr!
A former member wrote: i must have read this so many times, and i'm still rendered speechless..it's an amazing masterpiece, what you have created here. i'm completly floored.
On Monday, December 19, 2005, capt_funguy (777) wrote:

this is instant fucking eveything , starved electricity ... puts the action in reaction , puts the motion in desperation ... " NOW" - hurts ... great piece purr ... funguy
On Monday, November 7, 2005, blue (1409) wrote:

who me? ..just passing through.
On Saturday, October 8, 2005, NikesRain (1240) wrote:

omg i have chills from this....it's luscious intense and entrancing....i can't pick any specific lines, the whole thing so consuming...excellent..*faves* (~Nikes)
On Thursday, October 20, 2005, blue (1409) wrote:

o.O)) ..I rest my case. ~b
On Friday, October 7, 2005, blue (1409) wrote:

uhh.. I swear I wasn't reading it again.. I swear ;) ~b
On Saturday, October 8, 2005, purr_verse (1052) wrote:

lol! You rule. *grin* ...(whispers) er...i kinda like this one too. >:)
On Saturday, September 24, 2005, blue (1409) wrote:

;P I can't put this one down.. the whole lycanthropy thing has always fascinated me.. my first favorite movie was Lon Chaneys Werewolf.. I think I was no more that 5 at the time.. :) yup, you rock. ~b
On Saturday, September 24, 2005, blue (1409) wrote:

*than, duh
On Friday, September 23, 2005, blue (1409) wrote:

ok, I've been coming back to this all day, and I have to say.. You Rock! :) ~b
On Saturday, September 24, 2005, purr_verse (1052) wrote:

*attempts to rock* ... *hits head* >:) seriously, though, thank you. :D:D:Dxxx
On Saturday, September 24, 2005, blue (1409) wrote:

*staples foam on walls* now.. commence rocking :) ~b
On Friday, September 23, 2005, blue (1409) wrote:

H O L Y F R E A K I N G S H I T !!! ..I meant fucking' :P ...this.. this is just beyond compare! One of the best writes I've read in a loooong time. The tempo and rhythm is astounding, the content ever more!! *ding* ~b
On Thursday, July 22, 2004, Blood of Winter (296) wrote:

So amazing, pulling me through a dream of lupine lust and deadly ballets...
On Sunday, January 18, 2004, flying_fox (571) wrote:

I love you for so many reasons...your unbelievable talent is merely one of them.
On Friday, January 16, 2004, KittyStryker (710) wrote:

ferocious and wildly free... within your words, i can taste the moon.
On Sunday, January 11, 2004, Spiritus_Frumenti (340) wrote:

stunning....your work gets more and more complex...funny you would name it Lupercal, isn't that some kind of roman festival or God?...
On Sunday, January 11, 2004, purr_verse (1052) wrote:

Thank you! its literal meaning is "carnival of wolves." Yes, it's Roman, derived from their honouring of Lupercus (Pan). :) purr, metaphoric again
On Sunday, January 11, 2004, Spiritus_Frumenti (340) wrote:

i like this piece so much i'm not sure if i can even articulate what i really feel about it, except that your work is becoming more complex which each post...-l-
On Saturday, January 10, 2004, shadowsinthelight (146) wrote:

I really liked this. The beat, pulled me in and took me for a great ride. good work. S.
A former member wrote: the steady beat of this poem is refreshing. i like to see a good beat and this is amazingly perfect. I am not worthy of this.
On Saturday, January 10, 2004, birdwell (138) wrote:

...speechless, i sit and gaze at the screen, feeling small like i've read something i was not worthy of beholding...truly superlative ~db~
On Friday, January 9, 2004, Jaded Jezzabelle (328) wrote:

I'm surprised I liked this...I dont usually enjoy I dont know "fantastical" if thats even a word poetry. But this was different...I too was breating hard by the end...WoW
A former member wrote: You know...everytime I see a new work I jump for joy. I really enjoy reading you that much. This did not let me down. The wording...the staccato rhythm. All just simply fantastic. I was breathing hard by the time I was done reading this...
A former member wrote: 'teeth and tongue and mindseye vivid rend within erotic livid brilliant-twisted-aether-misted' Wow! What can I truely say about this line that is not already painted from your breath & brush. Bravo!
A former member wrote: 'distorted sense aborted !door! contorted rhythms' These are my feelings exact; senses aborted & distorted w/ your contorted rhythms beautifully layered in rapture, rape & reinvention of the poet's purrfect pen...now now now now
On Thursday, January 8, 2004, OLd SouL (717) wrote:

I with sole on this.. to hear this reciting would rock. I like the way this was constructed as to be frantic and in your face.. No time to think just go with instinct. And the end, well... superb. :::OLd
On Thursday, January 8, 2004, Methos (121) wrote:

A simply breathtaking work, with such phenomenal talent! A powerful package of writing, wrapped neatly in a genious design...-Methos
On Thursday, January 8, 2004, sole (93) wrote:

Wow purr this was so staccato with imagery it really portrayed a frantic state of mind, well done there. I hope I'm reading it right, and if I am I'd have to agree that I have a few wolves I'd like to let in, regardless of my duty to ward them off. Mayb
On Thursday, January 8, 2004, sole (93) wrote:

Maybe there is some duality in this, like coming to terms with yourself, or perhaps not but I guess it's open for interpretation. As always this is written like an absolute pro, and I would KILL to hear it recited. Excellent.
A former member wrote: I've seen so many romanticisms of vampyre on this site, it is a breath of fresh air to see one with your talent take the case to the wolves...