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Jack Trainer Feb 2015
Rise above persuasive fear
And tempt that, which is fleeting
You; Amiable and true
Have a voice, strong with fluent motion
Attest to your bold inheritance,
And seek a greener meadow
Pure and of sound understanding
And brave through life and solemn respite
Your crucial test is a lifespan of challenges
So gather your reaping’s and halt your desire,
To look back on the past and venture ever forward
Where light emanates and darkness has no grip
Sombro Feb 2015
I walked to the desert sun
And found my days were not ill spent
For
On its halo words were writ'
A script of firm hand on the fire itself

"I have the strength of iron,
The shine of steel,
I am the flint in the cliffs and the venom on the tongue.
No man shall fear me more than I
No man shall shiver like the cold set in me."

I looked about for the author,
But saw only mischevous stars twinkle
And the pen in my hand.
Amitav Radiance Feb 2015
The tallest mountain
Once lay dormant
Confined between
Tectonic plates
Tremors and upheavals
Jolted it from slumber
Broke away from the shackles
Of solitary confinement
And oppression
Grazed and razed with every move
Now reaches the summit
To kiss the soft clouds
In silent meditation for ages
Mighty and tall, towers above all
Revered by many
Ember Evanescent Jan 2015
“I'd love to tell you I had some deep revelation on my way down, that I came to terms with my own mortality, laughed in the face of death, et cetera.
The truth? My only thought was: Aaaaggghhhh!”

“I could have killed you.”
“Or I could have killed you,”
he shrugged. “If there’d been an ocean in Kansas, maybe.”
“I don’t need an ocean—”
“Boys,” she interrupted, “I’m sure you both would’ve been wonderful at killing each other. But right now, you need some rest.”

"My fatal flaw. That's what the Sirens showed me. My fatal flaw is hubris."
"The brown stuff they spread on veggie sandwiches?"
"No, Seaweed Brain. That's HUMMUS. hubris is worse."
"What could be worse than hummus?"

"How did you die?"
"We er... drowned in a bathtub."
"All three of you?"
"It was a big bathtub."

**Best chapter names:

I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher
2.Three Old Ladies Knit the Socks of Death
3.Grover Unexpectedly Loses his Pants
4.My Mother Teaches Me Bullfighting
6.I Become Supreme Lord of the Bathroom
7.My Dinner Goes Up in Smoke
10.I Ruin a Perfectly Good Bus
12.We Get Advice from a Poodle
16.We Take a Zebra to Vegas
17.We Shop for Water Beds
Repost if you get it. Part of the series


Another series that everyone is welcome to participate in called: "Get The Reference?" and you title your poem: Get The Reference (Series) and then you write something that is a reference to something else, you know, like a book series, tv series, movie, game, popular youtube video, inside joke, etc. and if you read a "Get The Reference" and you get the reference you repost the poem.

No negative comments please though, if someone posts a reference to something you get the reference to, but don't enjoy, just don't repost. Simple as that. No need to offend. let's all be nice. just thought this would be fun. Oh also, if you are doing a "Get The Reference?" post, include the hashtag #getthereference and comment on this post to let me know you did one so I can check it out.

Sorry if people are getting sick of my ideas, I just thought this would be fun. Add to it as many times as you like.


This particular post and the last one of this series I posted will be edited and added to because I could literally marry this series (too). Who needs men when you have books?
Ember Evanescent Jan 2015
The Creep That Loved You
Awesome to talk to, really cool person, such a kind and caring soul, great relatable and incredible poetic work, so interesting and great taste in music. ;) Yup. Lovely all around.
Amitav Radiance Dec 2014
Life gives you a whirlwind spin
Tumbling here and there
And then wrung, almost dry
Then sun dries out the rest
Left hanging on the line
Artistry Dec 2014
I work hard & play harder, expressing my magna carter
Give and take in life, you should see expressions when we barter

It’s the code of ethics,Artistrythe message
Quote the reference cause I been known to show the people who the best is

Leave you restless, have you wondering and asking questions
Taking notes it’s a thin line, anorexic

My manifesting counting blessings, mount the back of aggression
And tame the beat with my sessions from my adolescence

Now I’m grown dog, game of chess playing leap frog
Where the contenders, too quick to surrender, claim me the winner

In other words its competition versus me and beginner
Just a side with my dinner, been hot from day one, straight through the winter

Walk with my chin up, built from the chin-ups
This is my get up, that I flex when I sit-up,

Some used to call me narcissistic, I guess that’s realistic
Cause appearance means everything, put that on your wish list

Handle my business, even if it means getting me twisted
I risk it, I’m on the rise you soft as bisquick that’s ironic isn’t it
That’s the same biscuit.

Who the next in line? I know you got a vest fine
Ye, that ***** **** ill, right next to mine
Amitav Radiance Dec 2014
Standing in front of
A mountain of challenges
Rising high above
To intimidate your resolve
Impenetrable they seem
Deep gorges around you
Imminent defeat
Search within
For the answers
From the irrepressible spirit
Toil away
To create a tunnel
Through the challenges
Always surrounded by them
But you have a way
To create your own path  
Even mountains
Give way to courage
Others shall follow
Amitav Radiance Dec 2014
How easy it is to complicate situations
And how hard it is to simplify
Amidst the complexities
We lose the plot, easily
Challenges were never easy
Amitav Radiance Dec 2014
If not dwarfed by the
Everyday challenges
And the sameness
Let’s reach for the
Window ledge
We may have lost sight
Of the outside world
Tinted glasses
Reflected the rays of hope
Only darkness within
Stretch beyond
And reach for it
To view a whole new world
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