Poetry Thread

[RaptorWizard]

A shining path ascends
The higher man transcends
He reaches the zenith
And confronts his demon
As he conquers darkness
To reign eternally triumphant

 

[animenagai]

Brother

The euphoria of brotherhood

I hear rousing cries and stomping spears
I taste sweet victory with a swig of wine
There's blood on our skin
But merriment on our lips

More meat! More mead!
To Philo with arm half-severed
The wet, crimson flesh a shield
From barbarian blades

And to Straton with life spared
From the abyss of dungeons
Where stool and mould assault your senses
And even sanity can't be found

I drown myself in drink and song
Running from the beast of burden
But my worries stalk me
Like hyenas hunting fawn

My lover calls with figs and honey
Enticing the anguish out my tongue
But a dictator of the heart
Is no confidant for a king

Chanton yearns for his Oinone
As Alexius longs for home
Nikomedes seeks the sage of the west
And soon solitude will be my only friend

We shall hence raid the temple of Zeus
As rumours of infidelity circle
Their marble statues will tumble and burn
Their virgin priestess defiled

Her girl-blood will fill our cups like sweet, sweet nectar
She will pleasure us to the rhythm of our battlecries as chants muffle her gargled whelps
Heave! Ho!
Heave! Ho!

Then together
With our enemies slaughtered and spoils in hand
We will be merry once more

 

[AzulEyes]

not a box on your compartmentalized shelf
i don't compartmentalize
can't keep me in a box
until i die
freedom is all i know
always thinking i'll be there
not when you tripped me into the mire
and rubbed my face in it
that's okay
that's alright
i rubbed the mud out of my eyes
i see the light
too bad you thought it would work
too bad i'm onto the green
new faces to see

 

[Thursday]

"Written Right Now"

If only they knew
my lovers wouldn't be so few
Yet they've yet to venture out
and are filled with indecision and doubt

So like pearls to swine and music to noise
I must go without

 

[Mole]

"Written Right Now"

If only they knew
my lovers wouldn't be so few
Yet they've yet to venture out
and are filled with indecision and doubt

So like pearls to swine and music to noise
I must go without

Hey, hey, this is really nice.

I love your lovers 'filled with indecision and doubt', leaving you 'without'.

Be careful, though, a jealous poet doesn't break your fingers, to keep you from writing anymore.

 

[AzulEyes]

there is no other route
we've come to the end of the road
there is only one way out
you hold the key
where the coast is clear
else we remain here
facing the brick wall
that is dilapidated
ready to fall
we will remain here
until the earth disolves into itself
you hold the key
with 3 parts
without them
the road remains closed
you will not see me
ever again

 

[AzulEyes]

the crazy buzzer
swooping at your every move
stalking, creeping
obsessing in delusion
a game for you
making you laugh
thinking it's given you an edge
and it has
a very sharp edge
that has snapped our connection
setting me free
twirling further and further
and further
fom anywhere you are
as the buzzer swirls around you
obsession
madness
neediness
you'll never reveal
who you are
your enabling
means you love it
good for you
doing me a favor
it's everything I am not
don't want
won't ever be
choosing insanity
was your choice
leaving
was mine

 

[AzulEyes]

breathing
fresh air
freedom
thought
expression
love
emotion
yes I feel it proudly
love this fresh breeze
on my face
ain't turning back

 

[AzulEyes]

fun luring the shy kitten
out of the box
don't be shy
play with the yarn
played and played
now I'm bored
kitten is too shy
now I left
when you are a cat
come find me to play

 

[AzulEyes]

free my soul
the hook sunk in
deep and bleeding
i don't die
but i can't move this way
only that
free my soul
unhook me
set me free

 

[LonestarCowgirl]

Work of Christmas Begins

When the song of the angels is stilled,
when the star in the sky is gone,
when the kings and princes are home,
when the shepherds are back with the flocks,
then the work of Christmas begins:
to find the lost,
to heal those broken in spirit,
to feed the hungry,
to release the oppressed,
to rebuild the nations,
to bring peace among all peoples,
to make a little music with the heart…

And to radiate the Light of Christ,
every day, in every way, in all that we do and in all that we say.
Then the work of Christmas begins.

-- Howard Thurman, adapted

 

[LonestarCowgirl]

A significant symbol of Christmas
Is the Simple Candy Cane.
It's shape is the crook of the Shepherd
One of the first who came.

The lively peppermint flavor is
The regal gift of spice.
The White is Jesus' purity.
The Red is sacrifice.
The narrow stripes are friendship.
And the nearness of his love.
Eternal, Sweet Compassion
A gift from God above.

The Candy Cane reminds us all
of how much God cared.
And like His Christmas gift to us
It's meant to be broken and shared.

 

[WALMART]

so far as i think

without eyes i am not blind

all can be perceived

 

[Dannik]

Dearest, I never knew such loving. There
in that glass tower in the alien city, alone,
we found what somewhere i had always known
exists and must exist, this fervent care,
this lust of tenderness. Two were aware
how in hot seizure, bone pressed to bone
and liquid flesh to flesh, each separate moan
was pleasure, yes, but most in the other's share.
Companions and discoverers, equal and free,
so deep in love we adventured and so far
and now being home is hardship. Therefore are we
diminished? No. We are of the world again
but still augmented, more than we've ever been.


- Hayden Carruth

 

[violaine]

A sleepwalking pair of twilight kids
Their breath shimmering like halos
Bought the village with their
Crimson high last night.
Now, the avenue is split
Half soldiers-
Half demons
A lucky few still sleeping.
And I, striking matches with all the
fans pointed at me like cannonball fire
Care far too little
Which one I will become.

~ Sara Anne Jones

 

[ndovjtjcaqidthi]

I wish
I were a fish
Unaware of life
Outside the sea

I would be free
If I could not see
The world that I do
Inside of me

 

[Infinite Bubble]

I wish
I were a fish
Unaware of life
Outside the sea

I would be free
If I could not see
The world that I do
Inside of me

I like that...

Something tells me you've got your wish though. We may not be fish, but your wish is true.

 

[Infinite Bubble]

Double post.

Double post.

 

[ndovjtjcaqidthi]

I like that...

Something tells me you've got your wish though. We may not be fish, but your wish is true.

Thank you, and you're right, I am in a good place.

 

[Honor]

I wish
I were a fish
Unaware of life
Outside the sea

I would be free
If I could not see
The world that I do
Inside of me