Travis Fimmel is Ragnar Lothbrok in Vikings on History

the careless abundance
of his hair

such profusion
is wanton

an extravagance

of genetics

...

or a generous gift from god?

eyes indescribable

one minute ice,

one minute lightning

striking

heart-stopping

breath-taking

the sky, the sea, the fire

the storm, the mist,
the rain

the elements

and

every kind of weather

in the compass

of an hour

or the duration

of a day

For more on Travis Fimmel, Ragnar, Vikings, Athelstan, George Blagden, see Vikings on History: Ragnar/Travis Fimmel and Athelstan/George Blagden and TV Series: Versailles on BBC2. If you preferred Rollo (Clive Standen), see my review of his new series, Taken.

john malkovich as the 'unfathomable' gilbert osmond in 'the portrait of a lady'

malkovich makes me

mix my metaphors

the

basilisk stare

rock steady

unflinching

grey slate eyes

say nothing

and everything

over and over

insistence in

bloodless lids

half-lowered

crocodile calm

caught

trapped in his weblike traces

clingy tendrils

immobilise

make you quiet

submit to his will

passion is petrified

a cobra

coiled for the kill

seduces with stillness

seduces you still

the voice

a whisper, a promise, a threat

a soft chill

it slides like a slug across the nape of your neck

and bites

something scary

something sexy

something in control

makes you lose control





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gordon gano - (im)pure charisma

he pleads

he needs

he’s on his knees

he pants

he purrs

he prays

he lies

implies

he pacifies

he’s free

he sells

he pays

part-serpent in the garden

part-jesus on the cross

he slithers and he suffers

for everything we’ve lost

only listen

so intense

he’s so insistent

this eternal adolescent

in the picture in my head

i never was a follower

but by him i could be led

leans in close to whisper

stammers to a sigh

sinks to quiet menace

and meets the camera’s eye

at once he’s kind of innocent

twice he’s sort of sly

a warning and a siren

leads you down

and leads you on

with a shout, he is triumphant

he can trump you

with a song

mutters and he stutters

mumble rises to a scream

so affected

so affecting

this breathless sexy teen

[whispers and he wonders

accuses and condemns

but merciful and mischievous

he saves you yet again

roars and rises from the ashes

phoenix soaring from the flame

he would be your gordon gano

and you would be born again]