Submissions by souladareatease
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect- Steven Wright
Leaving Some Distance
Combing acrobats
spin their cycles
each
in revolution
graduating
tighter, higher
I come undone
with tense bated breath
pressed in
puncturing myself
As watchers in weeds
snap shots
of this mess
breathing out...
societies beg for running away
while lights
white hot get brighter
burning secure retinas
deep within
seeing endless meld
curls me
indifferent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6reZcwSZSA
spin their cycles
each
in revolution
graduating
tighter, higher
I come undone
with tense bated breath
pressed in
puncturing myself
As watchers in weeds
snap shots
of this mess
breathing out...
societies beg for running away
while lights
white hot get brighter
burning secure retinas
deep within
seeing endless meld
curls me
indifferent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6reZcwSZSA
60 reads
13 Comments
Excerpts from Jack Smith's journal-Pt.-1
The pounding of ever present rain shattered my hopes of ever reaching our sacred island.*
We sailed out towards the morning light with our backs to the crisp leanings of a failing nation,holding fast to our faith in the humanity that binds us comrade.
Our vessel, stocked well with each man holding hope in their eyes, while the shanty sang 'a hundred years ago', pressing to Gods honour for favour in this journey, we railed Hoorah till the sun rose straight above our heads.
This next turn of hours time brought forth a stir of waves, borne by a start from our perch...
We sailed out towards the morning light with our backs to the crisp leanings of a failing nation,holding fast to our faith in the humanity that binds us comrade.
Our vessel, stocked well with each man holding hope in their eyes, while the shanty sang 'a hundred years ago', pressing to Gods honour for favour in this journey, we railed Hoorah till the sun rose straight above our heads.
This next turn of hours time brought forth a stir of waves, borne by a start from our perch...
97 reads
23 Comments
The Wayside Haunting
(A Grace and Soul Collab.)
Chants of hatred chants of woe
none hear, no answers from above
helpless words resigned to cold air
pleas touching nothing in thin space
refrains of melody, life once lived
cold sun, blazing skies, stars falling
breathes cold diaphanous falling rain
not wet no, just cold with lonely strains
refrains of past songs evoke thoughts
sighs of man satiated in his whims
What so cast this lonely ode
frail fraught fragile winds grown cold
dim dodger cull upon the field
reap your loss O listless...
Chants of hatred chants of woe
none hear, no answers from above
helpless words resigned to cold air
pleas touching nothing in thin space
refrains of melody, life once lived
cold sun, blazing skies, stars falling
breathes cold diaphanous falling rain
not wet no, just cold with lonely strains
refrains of past songs evoke thoughts
sighs of man satiated in his whims
What so cast this lonely ode
frail fraught fragile winds grown cold
dim dodger cull upon the field
reap your loss O listless...
93 reads
22 Comments
The Glowing Guardian
Love
Rites sprinkle covering One made starlight
steeped within majestic reverence Holy might
"That which is below corresponds to that which is above" *
Ink lain imagery awash with life
bound by Heart coupled with mind
inferno
Knowledge extraordinaire scribe of Earth
traveler borne fleet of tongue
Give Her blue skies grabbing warmth in lilac radiant hue
pause upon bright eyes and gorgeous smile drawing closeness in
The iridescent feather touch sits assuredly owned between nimble fingers ...
Rites sprinkle covering One made starlight
steeped within majestic reverence Holy might
"That which is below corresponds to that which is above" *
Ink lain imagery awash with life
bound by Heart coupled with mind
inferno
Knowledge extraordinaire scribe of Earth
traveler borne fleet of tongue
Give Her blue skies grabbing warmth in lilac radiant hue
pause upon bright eyes and gorgeous smile drawing closeness in
The iridescent feather touch sits assuredly owned between nimble fingers ...
146 reads
33 Comments
Dark Embraces in the Blue
A collaboration by Grace and Soul
magical hues, twinkling starlights
rushing through scrambled universe
cool the air on throbbing silver wings
flying towards the beloved with love
carriage calling for home
star shine speck gleaming
brace bound dreams graze with conditioned trust
ripples far flung blow emotions rush
portholes open into the night
breaths' vapours lend matte
dream scenes on luminous glass
joyful sights of tomorrow's hopes
kisses tending blow from Heaven
hello goodbye...
magical hues, twinkling starlights
rushing through scrambled universe
cool the air on throbbing silver wings
flying towards the beloved with love
carriage calling for home
star shine speck gleaming
brace bound dreams graze with conditioned trust
ripples far flung blow emotions rush
portholes open into the night
breaths' vapours lend matte
dream scenes on luminous glass
joyful sights of tomorrow's hopes
kisses tending blow from Heaven
hello goodbye...
101 reads
22 Comments
Pauper of starstuff
Crush blue velvet painting twilight sky,
single speck set aside sickle moon.
Where one wish lives above, before all others.
Rolls of purple billows comb.
Settling slow these seas flow over,
dressing Nyx with blankets soft glitter.
Her essence swept, brushes all who fall under;
spellbound candle carriers praising light.
Cosmos crests spreading dense milky way
beads trickle pearls in finite hourglass.
Swift cried tears that all souls have wrought;
sling shot rocks, hurled asunder.
There on distant end fingers point...
single speck set aside sickle moon.
Where one wish lives above, before all others.
Rolls of purple billows comb.
Settling slow these seas flow over,
dressing Nyx with blankets soft glitter.
Her essence swept, brushes all who fall under;
spellbound candle carriers praising light.
Cosmos crests spreading dense milky way
beads trickle pearls in finite hourglass.
Swift cried tears that all souls have wrought;
sling shot rocks, hurled asunder.
There on distant end fingers point...
185 reads
40 Comments
Henry's Hand
Bloody memories of provokes
stain the chalice stem
red rings blush colour
leftover from hanging vine.
Better it was gone,
smashed glass cast passions
distorted shard slivered effigy.
Held abreast from form.
Ill favoured fluttering eye
cannot meet gazing stars,
for off balance sight
there crept shadow borders.
Raise high solid walls
and arm surrounding turrets,
these keep beasts out.
Preserving crest kingdom come.
stain the chalice stem
red rings blush colour
leftover from hanging vine.
Better it was gone,
smashed glass cast passions
distorted shard slivered effigy.
Held abreast from form.
Ill favoured fluttering eye
cannot meet gazing stars,
for off balance sight
there crept shadow borders.
Raise high solid walls
and arm surrounding turrets,
these keep beasts out.
Preserving crest kingdom come.
144 reads
31 Comments
Once Upon A Haunting
By Grace and Soul
Cold permeates the shifting shadows
knuckled fingers plucking incessantly
at heart strings, making it tremble
in silent dirge an ultimate coldness…
there stand shadows of men before
a circle once home to echoes
of children’s laughter
endorsing a tragedy years before
when red men ruled the land
Barren swift, lie ashen pit
sworn in cross ail
what once stood full and proud
village of comfort, warmth and pride
a cask over flowing waterfall spray
sent a son hunting, wandering afar
hastened...
Cold permeates the shifting shadows
knuckled fingers plucking incessantly
at heart strings, making it tremble
in silent dirge an ultimate coldness…
there stand shadows of men before
a circle once home to echoes
of children’s laughter
endorsing a tragedy years before
when red men ruled the land
Barren swift, lie ashen pit
sworn in cross ail
what once stood full and proud
village of comfort, warmth and pride
a cask over flowing waterfall spray
sent a son hunting, wandering afar
hastened...
143 reads
20 Comments
Resting Thanatos
Hypnos turned to his tacent brother
Twin of mine, you look tired
let rest the toiling clutch
for your hands are trembling.
Even a God must rest,
give my Oneiroi sons the task
A vision define by yearnings.
Rest lay not the icy touch
lights must die others will spark.
Clings to evening have started
can you not hear brother?
Leave me my work, I Thanatos must
grip, clutch drag them out!
Hypnos
crushed
grinds his favourite flower
paste from pods
a gift
like no other
what more
can a brother do
but...
Twin of mine, you look tired
let rest the toiling clutch
for your hands are trembling.
Even a God must rest,
give my Oneiroi sons the task
A vision define by yearnings.
Rest lay not the icy touch
lights must die others will spark.
Clings to evening have started
can you not hear brother?
Leave me my work, I Thanatos must
grip, clutch drag them out!
Hypnos
crushed
grinds his favourite flower
paste from pods
a gift
like no other
what more
can a brother do
but...
116 reads
18 Comments
A candle in the window burns
Breathing silhouettes dance upon rice paper
swirls bend and curve curling under palladian
rays cast colour glint crystalline
as sun breaks from overhead view
a torch lit riding on cusp of twilight
Erstwhile snakes slither in the garden
pressing to blade pressures lain soft belly
where wild Groh's unknown, smother
grasses still rise wet with new
blooming with dandelion chickweed and brass button dew
Cross the threshold sighs sacred solace
belief and peace therein contained, whispers pabulous
costs pummeled, crushed into...
swirls bend and curve curling under palladian
rays cast colour glint crystalline
as sun breaks from overhead view
a torch lit riding on cusp of twilight
Erstwhile snakes slither in the garden
pressing to blade pressures lain soft belly
where wild Groh's unknown, smother
grasses still rise wet with new
blooming with dandelion chickweed and brass button dew
Cross the threshold sighs sacred solace
belief and peace therein contained, whispers pabulous
costs pummeled, crushed into...
126 reads
26 Comments
Roamers of the Dark
A collaboration by Grace and Soul
Past twilight the night
cold fingered spectres
on unkind darkness
Fluttering displaced air
disturbing as they roam
moaning the coming dawn
Whisperers call upon crawling winds
icy cold breath, stings
to nape of necks
reaching through to brush
that which has been lost
lights within the dark glittering
Icy cold breaths of ghosts past
walking cold paths home
distant memories of warmth
draw their wafting coldness near
to what once was haunt
for kith and kin so dear
...
Past twilight the night
cold fingered spectres
on unkind darkness
Fluttering displaced air
disturbing as they roam
moaning the coming dawn
Whisperers call upon crawling winds
icy cold breath, stings
to nape of necks
reaching through to brush
that which has been lost
lights within the dark glittering
Icy cold breaths of ghosts past
walking cold paths home
distant memories of warmth
draw their wafting coldness near
to what once was haunt
for kith and kin so dear
...
221 reads
29 Comments
Ocurat
Deep crevices in cavernous mountains
hides Ocurat slowly awaking
below mist hidden trees slopes vast
spreading aside slumbered beast
tales told and tail fold
around amassed treasure
bodies
gold
steam seeps from her enormous nostrils
clatter of sluggish movement echoes
boredom and scale
She remembers the knight
burning villages screaming ferocity
as the pearl rose under a starlit curtain
shadow-figures
wailing
where she felt a sword pierce
dagger like teeth snatch
hauling her victim in equal thrust
to the sky...
hides Ocurat slowly awaking
below mist hidden trees slopes vast
spreading aside slumbered beast
tales told and tail fold
around amassed treasure
bodies
gold
steam seeps from her enormous nostrils
clatter of sluggish movement echoes
boredom and scale
She remembers the knight
burning villages screaming ferocity
as the pearl rose under a starlit curtain
shadow-figures
wailing
where she felt a sword pierce
dagger like teeth snatch
hauling her victim in equal thrust
to the sky...
151 reads
23 Comments
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