King Kong Poem by Madathil Rajendran Nair

King Kong

Rating: 5.0


I am King Kong
The primal angst
Where is my Ann?
Place her on my palm
Ye pigmy brutes
That try to vanquish
A lover with your skirmishes
Planes, ammunitions, guns
On the heights of insanity
This high-rise Empire State edifice

Look at the wrinkles on my face
The fire in my eyes
Shudder ye little brutes
Who have lighted
A perineal fire
Down on my spine
Down in my being
I want my Ann
Where is she?
Place her on my palm

So I look at her beautiful face
And then at the golden sunset
With an inner ache
Joy concentrate
Glands ablaze
In primordial bliss

Oh, why have you shown
This garden of Eden?
Having eaten the forbidden fruit
I can’t now leave
Unless death puts me to sleep

Sweet is this pain
Sweet is the glow
That enrapture my being
Give me my Ann
With her on my palm
Let me go down
The primal lover
On the altar of his love
Shot into smithereens
By insipid fools

Beautiful is the sunset
Me the brute has it said
Beauty and the beast
Are never apart
A lover here groans
Before he withers
Shot into bits
By brutish might

King Kong
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Inspired by 'King Kong' – the 1933 film which has since been remade twice.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Roop Rekha Bhaskar 02 November 2015

I loved the movie. A Topic like this one could only get into your head. I liked it.

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Seema Jayaraman 03 November 2015

Unique is the choice of topic , a poem on King Kong, still love watching when it comes on TV, an eloquent write up on the love hidden in a primate the size of empire state bldg., for his human angel ann. Beauty and Beast never far apart... thanks for sharing.

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Valsa George 03 November 2015

You have written a great poem imbibing the brutish might of King Kong and his irrepressible passion for Ann! The fire and fury of this movie monster and his love for the beautiful human female has made the movie a block buster! The poem is full of power like that of King Kong! A10

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Abdulrazak Aralimatti 05 November 2015

Verily, a lovely depiction of the film and a fine expression in the first person

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Bri Edwards 05 October 2020

I wanted to put this into MyPoemList today, but it's already sent there according to some of my earlier comments which i just peeked at. If i remember, in a month or two, i may put it into a Showcase List. fine reading. Recently i've submitted a poem featuring Queen Kong. So i thought i'd read other Kong poems here. bri ;)

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Bri Edwards 12 October 2018

perineal fire: YES! ! The perineum is below the pelvic diaphragm and between the legs. some (of MANY) favorite lines: Sweet is this pain Sweet is the glow That enrapture my being Give me my Ann Wow! ! bri :) try Esmerelda and Quasimodo. i haven't....yet. bri :)

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Bri Edwards 12 October 2018

ok, i already read (2 years ago) and commented....when PH did not restrict size of comments, which i now usually break into segments to allow my overflowing 'mouth' to speak. Ann Darrow was a fictional character from the 1933 movie King Kong and its 2005 remake, with whom the giant ape Kong falls in love. bri :) already in MyPoemList

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Bri Edwards 29 September 2016

i think i saw the original movie, with biplanes buzzing the beast. angst? heard of angst, but had to look it up: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - angst äNG(k) st/ noun noun: angst a feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition or the state of the world in general. adolescent angst synonyms: anxiety, fear, apprehension, worry, foreboding, trepidation, malaise, disquiet, disquietude, unease, uneasiness business leaders expressed their angst over war and recession informal a feeling of persistent worry about something trivial. my hair causes me angst - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - i'm still reading the poem. i don't think I'D get between KK and Ann! ! ! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - if i were a woman i might start crying after reading these lines, so sweet! : Give me my Ann With her on my palm Let me go down The primal lover On the altar of his love - - - - - - - - - i just took a better look at Ann. she looks rather composed for the situation she is in, above. do you think she had reciprocal feelings for the King? ? [no, NOT the rock 'n roll king, Elvis Presley, silly! ] brutish might is true i guess, but insipid fools? would YOU let KK prowl YOUR neighborhood, probably fouling the streets with four foot long black hairs...........and worse? ? bri :) another to MyPoemList.

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Madathil Rajendran Nair 29 September 2016

Thank you again so much for the time you are spending on my poetry. Appreciate it very much.

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Bakuli Bhakali 09 November 2015

well expressed... well depicted... thanks for sharing....!

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