BSG Crackpoetry: Robert Herrick spoofs [and a little Kara-meta]

[boomqueen]

I'm still going back and forth a lot on Katee's comments at the con, and how I feel about her opinions of pilots, but I can't quite articulate the Kara-meta I want right now so I'm going to refer to wisteria_'s excellent meta about Kara/Lee and Kara in general.

Briefly: I still believe with all my fangirl heart that Kara and Lee will end up together. Their's is the central relationship journey of the show, and though they have a lot of friendship and connections to re-establish going forward, I think the finale left them in a VERY GOOD PLACE to be together by the end of the series.

Further, I don't want it to be nice and neat and solved within the first ep of season 4--I want it to be painful and amazing and absolutely worth my attention and emotional investment ALL THE WAY TILL THE END. Pilots will triumph. That is all.

And now I bring a few crackpoems to lighten the mood. I've been working with dionusia on a series of Pilots spoofs of Robert Herrick poems. I love Robert Herrick! 90% of his poems are about his fat mistress Julia :) I'm still toying with "To the Pilots, to make much of time" (based on the "To the Virgins, to make much of time" which is the ultimate carpe diem poem and I might end up posting later with the Marvell carpe diem one when I finish it). Anyway, babbling!

So here are the first two:

"Delight In Disorder" (Lee's POV, original is here)

The sweet disorder in Kara's dress
Kindles in me a wantonness :
Her hair down to her shoulders grown
Into my own distraction :
An erring lace which here and there
Directs me to her boots, each pair :
Her shirt neglected, and thereby
Buttons do burst most carelessly :
A fraying edge (a hem of sorts)
In her hastily cut-off shorts :
A worn down cigar, in whose ash
I spy my lover, wild and brash :
Do more beguile me than when art
Is too precise in every part.

***

"Whenas in tanks my Kara goes" (Lee's POV again, original here)

Whenas in tanks my Kara goes,
Then, then, methinks how smugly shows
The swift reaction 'neath her clothes.

Next when I cast my eyes and see
Those blushing nipples each way free
Oh how her swaggering taketh me!

***

Yay for smutty, crackish pilots!!!

Comments

[ez-as-pi.livejournal.com]

Crackpoetry is so good for the soul!


QoT had some great Pilot meta.. don't know if you are familiar with her, http://queenofthorns.livejournal.com/362724.html

[boom-queen.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the linkage, pi--that was some damn good meta. I really enjoy hearing from people who understand and/or think about Lee's character more critically than I can (I am so hopelessly biased towards Kara sometimes...)

And yay for crack!

[dionusia.livejournal.com]

Eee, you posted these! What an excellent way to cheer us up.

"The swift reaction 'neath her clothes" - I'm dying over here! I bet Lee has a couple of poems on this subject in him...

I'm glaring at our recalcitrant Crackiope myself right now. I think I may have finished Kara/Blackbird but I really wanted to finish the Bishop one instead. Crackpoet pouty time!

I'll cheer myself up with this though:

A fraying edge (a hem of sorts)
In her hastily cut-off shorts

Hee, I love this so. Thank you!

[boom-queen.livejournal.com]

I know, what is up with Crackiope lately? She was soooo chatty while I was busy busy with school, and now...I keep having to poke her to keep her awake. *pouts with you*

Hmmmm...yes, there definitely needs to be more Lee-ogles-Kara poetry. I'll take another gander at some of Herrick's other odes to his fat mistress :)

[lunar47.livejournal.com]

ooh I love these. smutty crackish pilots indeed.

just to let you know I don't think your links to the original poems are working.

[boom-queen.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the heads up, A--I fixed the links :) And so glad you enjoyed the crack!

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

AWESOME! Crackpoetry FTW! \o/

Anything that contains Lee fixating on Kara's nipples is good with me. And 'Delight in Disorder' could have been MADE for Kara/Lee: it so perfectly describes Kara, and we know that Lee secretly loves her scruffiness/it drives him wild. ;-)

[boom-queen.livejournal.com]

Anything that contains Lee fixating on Kara's nipples is good with me

Amen! There needs to be wayyyyy more Lee-the-appreciative-voyeur in crackpoetry (and fic in general, :D ).

Thanks Boppy!

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

I completely concur! ;-)

[boom-queen.livejournal.com]

OMGICONLOVE!!! "secret weapon" indeed :)

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

I nearly made a GIP for this icon. I'm so insanely in love with it. I will post with it later... huahhahaha!

[hazyshade.livejournal.com]

*falls over* Brilliant!!

[boom-queen.livejournal.com]

*grins* thanks darling!

[latteaddict.livejournal.com]

these would have to be my favourite crack-poems so far as they consist of teh porn!!! *smooch*

[boom-queen.livejournal.com]

Thanks, latte! pornish crack is definitely the best ;)