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"solemn" poems
Lovers entered a forbidden forest bower, And as they stalked that range, with eyes glazed, She offered up her hind. Now, with doe eyes, Deep as his, deep in arousal's sleep, heels fell,  As he knocked and pulled her dark honey hair  And whispered, surrender, into wanting ears,  Softly he drove his hunting command, homing  To his huntress. Her body braced, yet bade, with heat and vibrance. Ruthlessly, he ****** his arrow deeper and then  Once more and then again.  She bucked fiercely  And defiant, goading his prodding lance ever more Ever longer, and parting the pink lines of her white Rose, he was, and once again, Prince to the dark Dominion of her quarters. In the middle of this carnal match they paused. And looking into the forest beyond they saw A yearling fawn, a feral Goddess, grazing still,  Bathing in a vale, virginal, wholly unmoved  By their act of venery, lustfully playing, in the innocent  Leaves.  It was as if they were among her kin, a gentle  Doe and a noble stag. From that moment on  The human hunters did not speak. Falling, again, rolling eyes were deep in arousal's sleep. Her back was a crescent moon pocked and wet with dew. He could feel her heart beating in time with his piercing  Prong, her arching back glistened in the suns spittle As it broke through the dark and vernal ceiling wood. In the final shot her quivering buck lowered and broke And a sound not heard, made a scene, a sweet murmuring Shuddered and sank onto the floor of the forest leaves  With her tale, taken and told, her breathless breath,  Her nostrils cold and her heated and lanced openings  Dripping, draining; here was a New World’s beginning. Sated, solemn and softly quaking, his woman sweetly laid, And now, doomed with her doe eyes, two lovers, fated, made; She glowed, divine, like the rolling brook that mellowed Slow, in the vine-dark and golden forest stable, In Artemis’s wood.
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Jun 15, 2012
Jun 15, 2012 at 1:33 PM UTC
In Artemis’s Wood
Lovers entered a forbidden forest bower, And as they stalked that range, with eyes glazed, She offered up her hind. Now, with doe eyes, Deep as his, deep in arousal's sleep, heels fell,  As he knocked and pulled her dark honey hair  And whispered, surrender, into wanting ears,  Softly he drove his hunting command, homing  To his huntress. Her body braced, yet bade, with heat and vibrance. Ruthlessly, he ****** his arrow deeper and then  Once more and then again.  She bucked fiercely  And defiant, goading his prodding lance ever more Ever longer, and parting the pink lines of her white Rose, he was, and once again, Prince to the dark Dominion of her quarters. In the middle of this carnal match they paused. And looking into the forest beyond they saw A yearling fawn, a feral Goddess, grazing still,  Bathing in a vale, virginal, wholly unmoved  By their act of venery, lustfully playing, in the innocent  Leaves.  It was as if they were among her kin, a gentle  Doe and a noble stag. From that moment on  The human hunters did not speak. Falling, again, rolling eyes were deep in arousal's sleep. Her back was a crescent moon pocked and wet with dew. He could feel her heart beating in time with his piercing  Prong, her arching back glistened in the suns spittle As it broke through the dark and vernal ceiling wood. In the final shot her quivering buck lowered and broke And a sound not heard, made a scene, a sweet murmuring Shuddered and sank onto the floor of the forest leaves  With her tale, taken and told, her breathless breath,  Her nostrils cold and her heated and lanced openings  Dripping, draining; here was a New World’s beginning. Sated, solemn and softly quaking, his woman sweetly laid, And now, doomed with her doe eyes, two lovers, fated, made; She glowed, divine, like the rolling brook that mellowed Slow, in the vine-dark and golden forest stable, In Artemis’s wood.
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The beach smells of tranquillity and salty sea air The rhythm of the waves gently caresses my skin The horizon seems elusive, a dream always chased Yet night foreshadows traumas waiting to be let in Oh where do I begin? *I love you I don't wanna be scared of you I'm waiting in the shoreline Please don't run away this time* I'm scared of silent reflections, solemn and reclusive I float futher from myself with each passing day I have a note addressed to myself taped to a mirror I'm scared of reading it aloud and being lead astray And I have to accept that it's okay *"I love you I don't wanna be scared of you I'm waiting in the shoreline Please don't run away this time"* Seashells coated in sand tickle the edge of my ear The fog carried on the wind sends chills deep inside The sun will always be there to break the duskiness Daunting across the sky and waking up the tide And the breeze slowly sighed Please don't run away,        don't run away from me Please don't run away,          don't run away from help Please don't run away,              don't run away from the sea Please don't run away,                 don't run away from yourself Angel wings take me further than I've ever gone before
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Sep 23, 2018
Sep 23, 2018 at 11:29 AM UTC
Note to Self
Glitter and gold is the man in the chair with rings on his fingers and the hardened harsh stare blinded by ugliness wrists chained down by no use a man with much money he spends on abuse the term known as trafficking familiar I’m sure he’s never been one for doing what’s pure so he lays down his money flings out his cash says he’ll pay the full price for the girl with the mask just to touch her to feel her pet her cold body with his run clammy hands up her scarred legs clamp her in his ashen fist little boys too he will willingly harm because trafficking to him is a sport no need for alarm Just cows in the system of making ends meat. The poor solemn dancer the poor saddened soul the poor battered spirit angry that they’ve been sold with ***** feet and scabby legs they work to feed the king the end from him they can only beg And freedom will never ring.
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May 15, 2014
May 15, 2014 at 4:47 PM UTC
Glitter and Gold
Dal Lake I float on Dal Lake Suspended between the thick soupy crisp air of soldiers water lilies, Kashmiri bread and the Muslim prayers that penetrate the hardness of war chanting Allah Bismallah Floating Islam Holy words drenching the air Drenching the green cloth of Hindu soldiers Sliding down the cool metal of a rifle 9 years of war 1,000 houseboats lie empty in the Himalayan fog Intricately carved furniture Thick with dust and the powder of blood and bullets Himalayan silhouette etched black against the song of lotus gatherers Foggy voices like cloud of moon Lotus lake Gray of war and desperation Children beg 1 rupee 1 rupee 1 rupee Endless monologue Parched like lotus shaped paddle They throw flowers to me endlessly I throw them back endlessly Time passes slowly like smoke on a lizard’s tail trailing in the thick, rancid air of burning meat and maple leaves Like a shikara moving over the glass of Kashmir The sound of a dozen Bangees floating over the water Hollow, solemn and mournful Echoing against the hardness of the surrounding mountains The circle of Himalayas Like a womb around the prayers of Pachin In the middle of the lake I hear the call to prayer Azan Nemarz Suba Azan Nemarz Pashin Azan Nemarz Degar Azan Nemarz Sham Azan Nemarz Koftan From dawn till dusk Azan 4 mosques 4 singers 4 directions staggered by a breath like an imperfect echo Azan slips into the pockets of island soldiers Waters the impatience of soldiers on the shore Steals into the vacant eyes of soldiers in the Mosque They want to go home to their wives and children They want to leave the place of prayer, which is not theirs The place of prayer, which has seen death The place where God was pushed out In order to not see the killing To **** what they don’t see The place, which was no longer a refuge Outside Dal Lake turns to the color of red lentils cooking in a dented metal *** In the Shikara boat we eat dal and rice and throw scraps into the silver water where it washes up onto the ***** boots of a soldier I hear the dull gray click, click of his rifle as it touches the ground The prayers have ended
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Aug 13, 2014
Aug 13, 2014 at 3:34 PM UTC
Dal Lake
Dal Lake I float on Dal Lake Suspended between the thick soupy crisp air of soldiers water lilies, Kashmiri bread and the Muslim prayers that penetrate the hardness of war chanting Allah Bismallah Floating Islam Holy words drenching the air Drenching the green cloth of Hindu soldiers Sliding down the cool metal of a rifle 9 years of war 1,000 houseboats lie empty in the Himalayan fog Intricately carved furniture Thick with dust and the powder of blood and bullets Himalayan silhouette etched black against the song of lotus gatherers Foggy voices like cloud of moon Lotus lake Gray of war and desperation Children beg 1 rupee 1 rupee 1 rupee Endless monologue Parched like lotus shaped paddle They throw flowers to me endlessly I throw them back endlessly Time passes slowly like smoke on a lizard’s tail trailing in the thick, rancid air of burning meat and maple leaves Like a shikara moving over the glass of Kashmir The sound of a dozen Bangees floating over the water Hollow, solemn and mournful Echoing against the hardness of the surrounding mountains The circle of Himalayas Like a womb around the prayers of Pachin In the middle of the lake I hear the call to prayer Azan Nemarz Suba Azan Nemarz Pashin Azan Nemarz Degar Azan Nemarz Sham Azan Nemarz Koftan From dawn till dusk Azan 4 mosques 4 singers 4 directions staggered by a breath like an imperfect echo Azan slips into the pockets of island soldiers Waters the impatience of soldiers on the shore Steals into the vacant eyes of soldiers in the Mosque They want to go home to their wives and children They want to leave the place of prayer, which is not theirs The place of prayer, which has seen death The place where God was pushed out In order to not see the killing To **** what they don’t see The place, which was no longer a refuge Outside Dal Lake turns to the color of red lentils cooking in a dented metal *** In the Shikara boat we eat dal and rice and throw scraps into the silver water where it washes up onto the ***** boots of a soldier I hear the dull gray click, click of his rifle as it touches the ground The prayers have ended
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I dealt death today. I know it’s a part of the job. I know I’ve seen it too many times to count. But today, I felt it. I left the room long after their family did. There was no where I could go To escape their Roaring grief. They were long gone. And I was left with their precious baby. I curled his arms and legs up Closed his eyes Wrapped him up gently. With love and respect Here he’ll sleep forever. And oh, They are so thankful, That it was me That I understood That I was so careful That I spent the time with them. And you’re not supposed to take it with you. You’re supposed to leave it When they walk out the door With one less goodbye. But I took it with me today. The way they felt before The way they felt after The long quiet goodbyes The man in a suit on his knees weeping The mother and son making a cocoon Sheltering their dying baby. The solemn face of the woman who plays god. The green death. The last breath. The heaving of the living as he gave his last. The waiting. Slower rhythm. Quieter. ‘He’s gone now’. I watched the clock The same way I had An hour before Waiting for death. Soon as I could I fled out the door Ran into the street Tried to outrun it Instead I ran to you I dialled your number With shaking hands I know I’m not supposed to But all I wanted was you Your voice Ringing out Thankfully I wept alone. Today I dealt death And I found I am not strong enough To sustain this Alone Or for long. I found I still consider you my haven Deep down But that you are not my haven anymore Or should be. I listened to the silence After the call rang out And decided
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Apr 11, 2018
Apr 11, 2018 at 6:42 AM UTC
11.4.2018
I dealt death today. I know it’s a part of the job. I know I’ve seen it too many times to count. But today, I felt it. I left the room long after their family did. There was no where I could go To escape their Roaring grief. They were long gone. And I was left with their precious baby. I curled his arms and legs up Closed his eyes Wrapped him up gently. With love and respect Here he’ll sleep forever. And oh, They are so thankful, That it was me That I understood That I was so careful That I spent the time with them. And you’re not supposed to take it with you. You’re supposed to leave it When they walk out the door With one less goodbye. But I took it with me today. The way they felt before The way they felt after The long quiet goodbyes The man in a suit on his knees weeping The mother and son making a cocoon Sheltering their dying baby. The solemn face of the woman who plays god. The green death. The last breath. The heaving of the living as he gave his last. The waiting. Slower rhythm. Quieter. ‘He’s gone now’. I watched the clock The same way I had An hour before Waiting for death. Soon as I could I fled out the door Ran into the street Tried to outrun it Instead I ran to you I dialled your number With shaking hands I know I’m not supposed to But all I wanted was you Your voice Ringing out Thankfully I wept alone. Today I dealt death And I found I am not strong enough To sustain this Alone Or for long. I found I still consider you my haven Deep down But that you are not my haven anymore Or should be. I listened to the silence After the call rang out And decided
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'Tis moonlight, summer moonlight, All soft and still and fair; The solemn hour of midnight Breathes sweet thoughts everywhere, But most where trees are sending Their breezy boughs on high, Or stooping low are lending A shelter from the sky. And there in those wild bowers A lovely form is laid; Green grass and dew-steeped flowers Wave gently round her head.
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'Tis moonlight
Meeting you was so enchanting, it's like I'm finally done with waiting. There was something about my feelings, it's like I'm a butterfly with beautiful wings. I love the way you talk to me, it's like I'm getting chocolates for free. I knew that you are the best, it's like I'm receiving A+ from a test. Loving you will always be a pleasure, it's like a gold, you're my treasure. You are the reason for this poem, it's like the sound of guitar, solemn. To be loved by you is magical, it's like I'm in a broadway musical. Cause with you everything feels so right, it's like the sun bright, you're my everyday light.
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Nov 8, 2014
Nov 8, 2014 at 9:13 AM UTC
It's like..
Sometimes the rain falls as if its penning poetry to the rhythm of its own music; a sonic tune of liquid tapestry. Cleft from a sky immersed in the scene of a tragedy. It's tears, the pitter-patter; a solemn dance for all humanity. An ancient jig this fluid frolic never tiring of its endless cycle vesting and revisiting this terra firma like a lover emasculating the earth of its desert state, or adding to its oceans in a bid to be free. But you’re here again, I’ve noticed for even through windows your music plays a clamorous and rather brazen beat. Take my hand, why don’t you? Come. Dance with me. © Qwey.ku
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Nov 22, 2016
Nov 22, 2016 at 3:48 AM UTC
Rain Music
Rivers of Babylon flows on biceps Hairly face, pin nose of unmade make up Sparks beauty in her lonely sky face Which suitors commit adultery in words For wishes of closeness, I wish in millions in one day Time only divide us, but our soul are conjugated On a plain of misty air, how beautiful and sad it is Our wishes drown us onto the path of loneliness Did you see loneliness my love ? But why I can't see it my love ? How about our God ? I am in your vast blue sky, and every night I am sleeping in your warm heart Filling the gap that resides in me For all my breathe belongs to you My days of soil and unsoiled cloaks you in me I love your hands...دست های تو را دوست دارم for they are divine In it does the words of love burn like the sun Making the lonely persian jasmine smile As the gulf waves secret writing on your heart I Belteshazzar love the writing till the end of my life Solemn steel avouch with sun and water Yet the loose their beauty crying to the air for help Humans without their eyes are still beautiful So their loneliness become a persian jewelry Written by Martin Ijir
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Jan 6, 2018
Jan 6, 2018 at 8:05 PM UTC
The Lonely Persian Jasmine
That relatable gay dream of running away, Wind blowing through what's left of your hair, the first ties to be cut. That relatable gay fear, questions you'd rather not asked and that subsequent relatable gay sorrow after the answers. That relatable gay loneliness, all hollow spaces and devoted secrecy. Bitten back tongues and hidden colors. That relatable gay moment of finding love in your friends. Not the kind that you kiss but the kind you hold dear in the night, as tears drip from cheeks to shoulders. That relatable gay plan of holidays with your other gay friends, a real family, the one who would love you no matter what. Cheers and queers and all too far away. That relatable gay longing for love- true love- Like the kind they never show in fairytales, Real and supportive, never hidden away or forgotten. That relatable gay anger, Boiling from injustice always under the surface, Waiting to erupt in pointless shouts of grief for a world that was not built for me. That relatable gay exhaustion, hostile slurs and benignant apathy blending together into a reality of unending fights just to keep on existing. So when someone asks me what makes you a community I show them all those relatable gay moments of anguish and loss, of solemn support and stolen minutes. And I tell them of how terrible it is that they are so very relatable, But how wonderful it is that we could at least live through them together.
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Mar 30, 2020
Mar 30, 2020 at 12:03 PM UTC
That Relatable Gay Moment
Oh motherland, at your feet may all moments of my life lie sacrificed This strength of my youth, these breaths, All are surrendered to you To protect your honour I would forego hundred lifetimes I would either embrace death or vanquish your enemies Touching your feet in reverence I take this solemn oath until the end of my life I would be loyal to you Those who have died in your lap their spirits bask in eternal happiness *Oh motherland, at your feet may all moments of my life lie sacrificed* My mother tells me I will go on without you bearing the pain of your passing by turning my heart into stone However, if in your lifetime there is a threat to this country and being fearless you do not fight this threat, my son, then, I will think, I birthed poison instead of life or that my nourishment did not give enough strength Listening to these words my head lies forever bowed *Oh motherland, at your feet may all moments of my life lie sacrificed* It is not only said by my mother but all mothers of this country to give birth to a Narsimh they bear difficult pangs of labour Those brave warriors who wrote history with their life blood carry their images in your heart and placing your hand there, promise, you will forsake everything else at the call of your motherland Your body, soul and life surrendered to your country *Oh motherland, at your feet may all moments of my life lie sacrificed* Narsimh - an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu,often visualised as having a human torso and lower body, with a lion face and claws. He is known primarily as the 'Great Protector' who specifically defends and protects his devotees in times of need. Translation is given by karishma ji
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Jul 25, 2016
Jul 25, 2016 at 7:21 AM UTC
For motherland :-Mohit mishra
Oh motherland, at your feet may all moments of my life lie sacrificed This strength of my youth, these breaths, All are surrendered to you To protect your honour I would forego hundred lifetimes I would either embrace death or vanquish your enemies Touching your feet in reverence I take this solemn oath until the end of my life I would be loyal to you Those who have died in your lap their spirits bask in eternal happiness *Oh motherland, at your feet may all moments of my life lie sacrificed* My mother tells me I will go on without you bearing the pain of your passing by turning my heart into stone However, if in your lifetime there is a threat to this country and being fearless you do not fight this threat, my son, then, I will think, I birthed poison instead of life or that my nourishment did not give enough strength Listening to these words my head lies forever bowed *Oh motherland, at your feet may all moments of my life lie sacrificed* It is not only said by my mother but all mothers of this country to give birth to a Narsimh they bear difficult pangs of labour Those brave warriors who wrote history with their life blood carry their images in your heart and placing your hand there, promise, you will forsake everything else at the call of your motherland Your body, soul and life surrendered to your country *Oh motherland, at your feet may all moments of my life lie sacrificed* Narsimh - an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu,often visualised as having a human torso and lower body, with a lion face and claws. He is known primarily as the 'Great Protector' who specifically defends and protects his devotees in times of need. Translation is given by karishma ji
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Why am I so dif-fer-ent? They say I’m out of touch. Why am I, ple-nar-ily sad? This life it hurts so much. And why do they come, come every day? Shush, quiet now, they’re here. Those awful tormentors of my soul all cackling and queer! Whirling head of spinning revolutions, …feel my stomach ache and pang. Why will they not leave me alone? This crew of darkness; Blackbird Gang. I shouldn’t always feel like this, feel such solemn pain, …troubling and trouble is these birds are driving me insane! I’m screaming now! I’m mad with rage! Throwing ice cubes at my deck, “Go away! Yes, go away!” -their numbers must be kept in check. Blackhole-whirl, flying twirling darkness, their funnel it points to me-e-e-e-! For too many is too painful and my mind’s a constant wreck! One cannot think with those infernal be-e-e-asts, ...and the crazy song they sang. Why do they so punish me? The crew of darkness; Blackbird Gang. I know they serve the Saturn’s wheel and now they’ve come for me. What did I do? Oh what great sin, oh the blackbirds from within; The Abyssimal Sea? Their whirlpool funnel is all around, as my harried soul, it expiates. I’m done-in; I’m over now, a sorely victim of the Fates! They took me, took me away, when the tolling bell it rang. Why could they not leave me alone? The crew of darkness; Blackbird Gang. If you find yourself all alone and mired in their thought, …do not think, extirpate, all the human damage that you’ve wrought. His flock of fledgling melancholy musical formation, …will take you away and straight to Hell; the Seventh Circle congregation! For they took me, took me away, when the tolling bell it rang. And they will not leave you alone. This crew of darkness; Blackbird Gang. *
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Jun 23, 2016
Jun 23, 2016 at 11:23 AM UTC
A Crowing Lamentation
Why am I so dif-fer-ent? They say I’m out of touch. Why am I, ple-nar-ily sad? This life it hurts so much. And why do they come, come every day? Shush, quiet now, they’re here. Those awful tormentors of my soul all cackling and queer! Whirling head of spinning revolutions, …feel my stomach ache and pang. Why will they not leave me alone? This crew of darkness; Blackbird Gang. I shouldn’t always feel like this, feel such solemn pain, …troubling and trouble is these birds are driving me insane! I’m screaming now! I’m mad with rage! Throwing ice cubes at my deck, “Go away! Yes, go away!” -their numbers must be kept in check. Blackhole-whirl, flying twirling darkness, their funnel it points to me-e-e-e-! For too many is too painful and my mind’s a constant wreck! One cannot think with those infernal be-e-e-asts, ...and the crazy song they sang. Why do they so punish me? The crew of darkness; Blackbird Gang. I know they serve the Saturn’s wheel and now they’ve come for me. What did I do? Oh what great sin, oh the blackbirds from within; The Abyssimal Sea? Their whirlpool funnel is all around, as my harried soul, it expiates. I’m done-in; I’m over now, a sorely victim of the Fates! They took me, took me away, when the tolling bell it rang. Why could they not leave me alone? The crew of darkness; Blackbird Gang. If you find yourself all alone and mired in their thought, …do not think, extirpate, all the human damage that you’ve wrought. His flock of fledgling melancholy musical formation, …will take you away and straight to Hell; the Seventh Circle congregation! For they took me, took me away, when the tolling bell it rang. And they will not leave you alone. This crew of darkness; Blackbird Gang. *
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this is my excavation to the days coming along running hands with laughter throwing it down on the table *straight flush okay, cool* sister, these things don’t matter when we’re twisting into the sun with pants that are too short the fountain rich with iced chai tangled with the peculiar the beautiful through these moments I commend our hearts for finding each other love is always on the move as sure as shoe shine as mahogany like timidity to relinquish to let the universe take hold and instill this emotion into my body fit it all in my heart O, singer of love fit it all in my heart the knell the reverberation the cotton that lands on your hair the sunscreen stuck in my ear we are a sketch of two travelers sleeping under stars the fire finally dies down the rapture of the universe is overwhelming everything flows everyone is connected and this music we hear is constant like gentle waters falling this too, sister makes my cane solemn and I draw you in the sand only to watch the tide wash you next to me the emotion wrangled in English simply means good simply means a full listen and dear sister because everything begins and will be remembered always as love
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Jun 10, 2016
Jun 10, 2016 at 1:20 PM UTC
the emotion
By David John Mowers Oceanus, Acheron, Styx and Gyges, Phlegethon, Phaeacians lament, mourn the loss, Scheria, dissolved in froths. Virgil’s tale, found correct, a land too good, a nation wrecked, Nausikaa, burn the ships; their minds released, cool airy nips, Below the wave, watery grave, submerged to bottom, fathoms by stave, Fathoms some more, until the whorl, descending to, another world. Through Omphalos, to Land of Sleep, awaits a beast, where time has ceased, Darkness here, underworld, cold and frigid, below the whirl, In solemn grave, souls released, judged and counted, by the beast, Deeper than, the deep itself, past drowning fairies and dying elves, Who did mourn them? Those golden men, magic mariners, Mino's kin? What wrong was seen? What vice not true? What awful sin? What did they do? One thousand years, first black age, Two thousand more, to find the stage, Cast off Aries and cast Orion, to find beginning, of Golden Lion. Man of Heavens, Beast agrees, Bull of Sky, Ox of seas, Land of Punt, Land of Éire, Ogyges blue, hearts on fire, All the seashores, all the mines, Tribe of Dan, from ancient times, Port of Sais, Port of Thera, Port of Lagash, bygone era, Sailor’s horse, Minotaur, a lyre is crying, strummed guitar, nation dying, abattoir. Ochre foams to sanguine depth, there they rested, where Kronos slept, He’ll never answer, he doesn’t care, we’ll never know, if this was fair. Our hearts in sadness, hands on the gates! I curse you Poseidon! . . .and your Sea of Fates!
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Jun 4, 2016
Jun 4, 2016 at 7:58 AM UTC
Po-se-dawon-e (Powerful Waters/Waters of Power)
By David John Mowers Oceanus, Acheron, Styx and Gyges, Phlegethon, Phaeacians lament, mourn the loss, Scheria, dissolved in froths. Virgil’s tale, found correct, a land too good, a nation wrecked, Nausikaa, burn the ships; their minds released, cool airy nips, Below the wave, watery grave, submerged to bottom, fathoms by stave, Fathoms some more, until the whorl, descending to, another world. Through Omphalos, to Land of Sleep, awaits a beast, where time has ceased, Darkness here, underworld, cold and frigid, below the whirl, In solemn grave, souls released, judged and counted, by the beast, Deeper than, the deep itself, past drowning fairies and dying elves, Who did mourn them? Those golden men, magic mariners, Mino's kin? What wrong was seen? What vice not true? What awful sin? What did they do? One thousand years, first black age, Two thousand more, to find the stage, Cast off Aries and cast Orion, to find beginning, of Golden Lion. Man of Heavens, Beast agrees, Bull of Sky, Ox of seas, Land of Punt, Land of Éire, Ogyges blue, hearts on fire, All the seashores, all the mines, Tribe of Dan, from ancient times, Port of Sais, Port of Thera, Port of Lagash, bygone era, Sailor’s horse, Minotaur, a lyre is crying, strummed guitar, nation dying, abattoir. Ochre foams to sanguine depth, there they rested, where Kronos slept, He’ll never answer, he doesn’t care, we’ll never know, if this was fair. Our hearts in sadness, hands on the gates! I curse you Poseidon! . . .and your Sea of Fates!
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Mistah Kurtz—he dead. A penny for the Old Guy I We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! Our dried voices, when We whisper together Are quiet and meaningless As wind in dry grass Or rats’ feet over broken glass In our dry cellar Shape without form, shade without colour, Paralysed force, gesture without motion; Those who have crossed With direct eyes, to death’s other Kingdom Remember us—if at all—not as lost Violent souls, but only As the hollow men The stuffed men. II Eyes I dare not meet in dreams In death’s dream kingdom These do not appear: There, the eyes are Sunlight on a broken column There, is a tree swinging And voices are In the wind’s singing More distant and more solemn Than a fading star. Let me be no nearer In death’s dream kingdom Let me also wear Such deliberate disguises Rat’s coat, crowskin, crossed staves In a field Behaving as the wind behaves No nearer— Not that final meeting In the twilight kingdom III This is the dead land This is cactus land Here the stone images Are raised, here they receive The supplication of a dead man’s hand Under the twinkle of a fading star. Is it like this In death’s other kingdom Waking alone At the hour when we are Trembling with tenderness Lips that would kiss Form prayers to broken stone. IV The eyes are not here There are no eyes here In this valley of dying stars In this hollow valley This broken jaw of our lost kingdoms In this last of meeting places We ***** together And avoid speech Gathered on this beach of the tumid river Sightless, unless The eyes reappear As the perpetual star Multifoliate rose Of death’s twilight kingdom The hope only Of empty men. V Here we go round the prickly pear Prickly pear prickly pear Here we go round the prickly pear At five o’clock in the morning. Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow For Thine is the Kingdom Between the conception And the creation Between the emotion And the response Falls the Shadow Life is very long Between the desire And the spasm Between the potency And the existence Between the essence And the descent Falls the Shadow For Thine is the Kingdom For Thine is Life is For Thine is the This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.
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The Hollow Men
Mistah Kurtz—he dead. A penny for the Old Guy I We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! Our dried voices, when We whisper together Are quiet and meaningless As wind in dry grass Or rats’ feet over broken glass In our dry cellar Shape without form, shade without colour, Paralysed force, gesture without motion; Those who have crossed With direct eyes, to death’s other Kingdom Remember us—if at all—not as lost Violent souls, but only As the hollow men The stuffed men. II Eyes I dare not meet in dreams In death’s dream kingdom These do not appear: There, the eyes are Sunlight on a broken column There, is a tree swinging And voices are In the wind’s singing More distant and more solemn Than a fading star. Let me be no nearer In death’s dream kingdom Let me also wear Such deliberate disguises Rat’s coat, crowskin, crossed staves In a field Behaving as the wind behaves No nearer— Not that final meeting In the twilight kingdom III This is the dead land This is cactus land Here the stone images Are raised, here they receive The supplication of a dead man’s hand Under the twinkle of a fading star. Is it like this In death’s other kingdom Waking alone At the hour when we are Trembling with tenderness Lips that would kiss Form prayers to broken stone. IV The eyes are not here There are no eyes here In this valley of dying stars In this hollow valley This broken jaw of our lost kingdoms In this last of meeting places We ***** together And avoid speech Gathered on this beach of the tumid river Sightless, unless The eyes reappear As the perpetual star Multifoliate rose Of death’s twilight kingdom The hope only Of empty men. V Here we go round the prickly pear Prickly pear prickly pear Here we go round the prickly pear At five o’clock in the morning. Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow For Thine is the Kingdom Between the conception And the creation Between the emotion And the response Falls the Shadow Life is very long Between the desire And the spasm Between the potency And the existence Between the essence And the descent Falls the Shadow For Thine is the Kingdom For Thine is Life is For Thine is the This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.
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It's the same day again, another Monday, everyday is Monday Monday, its Monday. Monday again, its Monday The rain is pouring and its Monday, I have to go to work I'm stocking shelves on Monday and the rain is pouring I see the blonde girl and I avoid her eyes because its Monday Perhaps on Tuesday I'll smile at her but its Monday and its raining I'm taking a cigarette break on Monday and its raining still Now I'm buying painkillers because its Monday and the rain seeps through my hood on Monday Monday, its Monday. Monday again, its Monday "Is the bus late?" "Yes, probably because its Monday." Solemn faces on Monday Crying children on Monday Jaded skies on Monday Will the sun be shining on Friday? Who knows, I only exist on Monday and its raining again.
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Jun 12, 2013
Jun 12, 2013 at 1:32 PM UTC
That Wednesday Feeling (The Happiest Thing I Ever Did Write)
In that virtual world of my dreams, You feel like the solemn reality, The only dream which came to life, You are that sweet girl of mine, In my heart I do not know where, I don't know when but it's fine, 'Coz I know in the end we'll meet. If that virtual world of my dreams, Ever comes to life in full bloom, Then we'll both enjoy during days, And during all those nights too, Which otherwise would go lonely, I would sure be blessed by you, Yes you are the Angel who loves me.
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Aug 11, 2014
Aug 11, 2014 at 1:26 AM UTC
Utopia
Snip Cut Bang Simmer I want a transit, a travel against my skin, that keeps going until I command it to stop. My mouth begged for light, to feel warmth on my face Heat oven to 450 You laughed and tossed me, a rag, away from the mahogany scent of your chest to the cold, hard floor that I am stuck to. I miss you I try to imagine you so that I can delude myself into continuing, but my mind strangely has already forgotten you. I cannot remember your eyes, or even your favorite color anymore. Some wish for that type of amnesia, but I am solemn. I wanted a piece of you to carry with me always. Cook for fifteen minutes or until dark I hear my other side in my head; She is the evil within me. I am brunbrunette, she is red. I wear flats--her long legs are attracted to heels. She smiles and with a curvy, smooth voice, much like a fiery dame from 1920: "He has a piece of you though; you gave him your whole heart, and he only took a bite! That's alright, you don't need him or anything like him! You are a woman.... " I drown her out with recipes, 4 cups of music and 1 cup chardonnay (okay maybe MORE than one)-- therapy that I have made many appointments for. Adding bits and pieces of me that I share, and some I don't One thing I know, if a new one comes along, he is going to have to be patient, I learned my lesson from burning out on the first batch Take out--let cool Don't eat all at once--savor. Enjoy a slice at a time.
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Oct 19, 2014
Oct 19, 2014 at 11:35 PM UTC
Scheibe Chef
In the question of reassurance. The single solemn response cannot always end with one that causes the most anxiety. The involvement of social media, random dm's, the arrangement of severed ties mended with one thing in mind. For these reasons insecurity deepens. Eventually things fall apart. It's not always about opening your mouth. There are other ways to be vocal. Silence becomes deafening. Defeating the purpose of awareness. Tempers quickly raise and often the things that aren't meant to be said come out. Echoing the loudest. Petty arguments, the excuses that lead us into the messages we're quick to hide. Despite how much time we've invested, the easiest thing to do is walk away. Anxiety becoming the fear that pushes us the furthest into ourselves. It's not always easy. Opening up, vocalizing a single woe that begins the journey of a thousand, if not more. If forced, we too begin to shut down and contemplate the single best thing. Being seen as selfish, self-centered. Quick burst that justifies wrongful intent with one that's right. It's all about support. Care & understanding. The saving grace that bonds the realization that either of us are perfect. That there are deeper issues at hand that seep far beyond.  the way we see ourselves, whether we are too big. Too small, the things we find often too late, said behind our back. outside of everything else do you truly understand the quality of reassurance. the equivalent to the moment everything seems to come crashing down. The times any slight movement brings us down the most. Equally we both seek the same. The response reflects the moment. To defy standard and move to something meaningful. At a point, the question deserves an answer. Going in one ear, quickly coming out the other. To vocalize seemingly in one direction unless the role is reversed
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Jul 31, 2018
Jul 31, 2018 at 9:41 AM UTC
Situationship
In the question of reassurance. The single solemn response cannot always end with one that causes the most anxiety. The involvement of social media, random dm's, the arrangement of severed ties mended with one thing in mind. For these reasons insecurity deepens. Eventually things fall apart. It's not always about opening your mouth. There are other ways to be vocal. Silence becomes deafening. Defeating the purpose of awareness. Tempers quickly raise and often the things that aren't meant to be said come out. Echoing the loudest. Petty arguments, the excuses that lead us into the messages we're quick to hide. Despite how much time we've invested, the easiest thing to do is walk away. Anxiety becoming the fear that pushes us the furthest into ourselves. It's not always easy. Opening up, vocalizing a single woe that begins the journey of a thousand, if not more. If forced, we too begin to shut down and contemplate the single best thing. Being seen as selfish, self-centered. Quick burst that justifies wrongful intent with one that's right. It's all about support. Care & understanding. The saving grace that bonds the realization that either of us are perfect. That there are deeper issues at hand that seep far beyond.  the way we see ourselves, whether we are too big. Too small, the things we find often too late, said behind our back. outside of everything else do you truly understand the quality of reassurance. the equivalent to the moment everything seems to come crashing down. The times any slight movement brings us down the most. Equally we both seek the same. The response reflects the moment. To defy standard and move to something meaningful. At a point, the question deserves an answer. Going in one ear, quickly coming out the other. To vocalize seemingly in one direction unless the role is reversed
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I. Hear the sledges with the bells— Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they ****** ****** ****** In their icy air of night! While the stars, that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells From the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells— From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells. II. Hear the mellow wedding bells, Golden bells! What a world of happiness their harmony foretells! Through the balmy air of night How they ring out their delight! From the molten golden-notes, And all in tune, What a liquid ditty floats To the turtle-dove that listens, while she gloats On the moon! Oh, from out the sounding cells, What a gush of euphony voluminously wells! How it swells! How it dwells On the future! how it tells Of the rapture that impels To the swinging and the ringing Of the bells, bells, bells, Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells— To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells! III. Hear the loud alarum bells— Brazen bells! What a tale of terror now their turbulency tells! In the startled ear of night How they scream out their affright! Too much horrified to speak, They can only shriek, shriek, Out of tune, In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire, In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire Leaping higher, higher, higher, With a desperate desire, And a resolute endeavor Now—now to sit or never, By the side of the pale-faced moon. Oh, the bells, bells, bells! What a tale their terror tells Of Despair! How they clang, and clash, and roar! What a horror they outpour On the ***** of the palpitating air! Yet the ear it fully knows, By the twanging, And the clanging, How the danger ebbs and flows; Yet the ear distinctly tells, In the jangling, And the wrangling, How the danger sinks and swells, By the sinking or the swelling in the anger of the bells— Of the bells— Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells— In the clamor and the clangor of the bells! IV. Hear the tolling of the bells— Iron bells! What a world of solemn thought their monody compels! In the silence of the night, How we shiver with affright At the melancholy menace of their tone! For every sound that floats From the rust within their throats Is a groan. And the people—ah, the people— They that dwell up in the steeple. All alone, And who toiling, toiling, toiling, In that muffled monotone, Feel a glory in so rolling On the human heart a stone— They are neither man nor woman— They are neither brute nor human— They are Ghouls: And their king it is who tolls; And he rolls, rolls, rolls, Rolls A paean from the bells! And his merry ***** swells With the paean of the bells! And he dances, and he yells; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the paean of the bells— Of the bells: Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the throbbing of the bells— Of the bells, bells, bells— To the sobbing of the bells; Keeping time, time, time, As he knells, knells, knells, In a happy Runic rhyme, To the rolling of the bells— Of the bells, bells, bells— To the tolling of the bells, Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells— To the moaning and the groaning of the bells.
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The Bells
I. Hear the sledges with the bells— Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they ****** ****** ****** In their icy air of night! While the stars, that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells From the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells— From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells. II. Hear the mellow wedding bells, Golden bells! What a world of happiness their harmony foretells! Through the balmy air of night How they ring out their delight! From the molten golden-notes, And all in tune, What a liquid ditty floats To the turtle-dove that listens, while she gloats On the moon! Oh, from out the sounding cells, What a gush of euphony voluminously wells! How it swells! How it dwells On the future! how it tells Of the rapture that impels To the swinging and the ringing Of the bells, bells, bells, Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells— To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells! III. Hear the loud alarum bells— Brazen bells! What a tale of terror now their turbulency tells! In the startled ear of night How they scream out their affright! Too much horrified to speak, They can only shriek, shriek, Out of tune, In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire, In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire Leaping higher, higher, higher, With a desperate desire, And a resolute endeavor Now—now to sit or never, By the side of the pale-faced moon. Oh, the bells, bells, bells! What a tale their terror tells Of Despair! How they clang, and clash, and roar! What a horror they outpour On the ***** of the palpitating air! Yet the ear it fully knows, By the twanging, And the clanging, How the danger ebbs and flows; Yet the ear distinctly tells, In the jangling, And the wrangling, How the danger sinks and swells, By the sinking or the swelling in the anger of the bells— Of the bells— Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells— In the clamor and the clangor of the bells! IV. Hear the tolling of the bells— Iron bells! What a world of solemn thought their monody compels! In the silence of the night, How we shiver with affright At the melancholy menace of their tone! For every sound that floats From the rust within their throats Is a groan. And the people—ah, the people— They that dwell up in the steeple. All alone, And who toiling, toiling, toiling, In that muffled monotone, Feel a glory in so rolling On the human heart a stone— They are neither man nor woman— They are neither brute nor human— They are Ghouls: And their king it is who tolls; And he rolls, rolls, rolls, Rolls A paean from the bells! And his merry ***** swells With the paean of the bells! And he dances, and he yells; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the paean of the bells— Of the bells: Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the throbbing of the bells— Of the bells, bells, bells— To the sobbing of the bells; Keeping time, time, time, As he knells, knells, knells, In a happy Runic rhyme, To the rolling of the bells— Of the bells, bells, bells— To the tolling of the bells, Of the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells— To the moaning and the groaning of the bells.
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Start and stop Up the street, Turn 180, Repeat the beat. The gurus on Confessional wheels, Absolve our sins, Emptying bins. I swear They swear A solemn oath Never to Disclose the truth Found in our garbage By the brethern, Garbage stinking To high heaven. Bottles, syringes, Boxes, bones, Peelings, plastics, Old cell phones, Discarded trash From our homes. Wrappings bleeding Seeping **** *By our garbage Ye shall know us.*
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Mar 4, 2015
Mar 4, 2015 at 8:49 AM UTC
Garbage
gee i like to think of dead it means nearer because deeper firmer since darker than little round water at one end of the well it’s too cool to be crooked and it’s too firm to be hard but it’s sharp and thick and it loves, every old thing falls in rosebugs and jackknives and kittens and pennies they all sit there looking at each other having the fastest time because they’ve never met before dead’s more even than how many ways of sitting on your head your unnatural hair has in the morning dead’s clever too like POF goes the alarm off and the little striker having the best time tickling away everybody’s brain so everybody just puts out their finger and they stuff the poor thing all full of fingers dead has a smile like the nicest man you’ve never met who maybe winks at you in a streetcar and you pretend you don’t but really you do see and you are My how glad he winked and hope he’ll do it again or if it talks about you somewhere behind your back it makes your neck feel pleasant and stoopid and if dead says may i have this one and was never introduced you say Yes because you know you want it to dance with you and it wants to and it can dance and Whocares dead’s fine like hands do you see that water flowerpots in windows but they live higher in their house than you so that’s all you see but you don’t want to dead’s happy like the way underclothes All so differently solemn and inti and sitting on one string dead never says my dear,Time for your musiclesson and you like music and to have somebody play who can but you know you never can and why have to? dead’s nice like a dance where you danced simple hours and you take all your prickly-clothes off and squeeze-into-largeness without one word and you lie still as anything in largeness and this largeness begins to give you,the dance all over again and you,feel all again all over the way men you liked made you feel when they touched you(but that’s not all)because largeness tells you so you can feel what you made,men feel when,you touched, them dead’s sorry like a thistlefluff-thing which goes landing away all by himself on somebody’s roof or something where who-ever-heard-of-growing and nobody expects you to anyway dead says come with me he says(andwhyevernot)into the round well and see the kitten and the penny and the jackknife and the rosebug and you say Sure you say (like that) sure i’ll come with you you say for i like kittens i do and jackknives i do and pennies i do and rosebugs i do
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Gee I Like To Think Of Dead It Means Nearer Because Deeper Firmer
gee i like to think of dead it means nearer because deeper firmer since darker than little round water at one end of the well it’s too cool to be crooked and it’s too firm to be hard but it’s sharp and thick and it loves, every old thing falls in rosebugs and jackknives and kittens and pennies they all sit there looking at each other having the fastest time because they’ve never met before dead’s more even than how many ways of sitting on your head your unnatural hair has in the morning dead’s clever too like POF goes the alarm off and the little striker having the best time tickling away everybody’s brain so everybody just puts out their finger and they stuff the poor thing all full of fingers dead has a smile like the nicest man you’ve never met who maybe winks at you in a streetcar and you pretend you don’t but really you do see and you are My how glad he winked and hope he’ll do it again or if it talks about you somewhere behind your back it makes your neck feel pleasant and stoopid and if dead says may i have this one and was never introduced you say Yes because you know you want it to dance with you and it wants to and it can dance and Whocares dead’s fine like hands do you see that water flowerpots in windows but they live higher in their house than you so that’s all you see but you don’t want to dead’s happy like the way underclothes All so differently solemn and inti and sitting on one string dead never says my dear,Time for your musiclesson and you like music and to have somebody play who can but you know you never can and why have to? dead’s nice like a dance where you danced simple hours and you take all your prickly-clothes off and squeeze-into-largeness without one word and you lie still as anything in largeness and this largeness begins to give you,the dance all over again and you,feel all again all over the way men you liked made you feel when they touched you(but that’s not all)because largeness tells you so you can feel what you made,men feel when,you touched, them dead’s sorry like a thistlefluff-thing which goes landing away all by himself on somebody’s roof or something where who-ever-heard-of-growing and nobody expects you to anyway dead says come with me he says(andwhyevernot)into the round well and see the kitten and the penny and the jackknife and the rosebug and you say Sure you say (like that) sure i’ll come with you you say for i like kittens i do and jackknives i do and pennies i do and rosebugs i do
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At least with Solemn Differences sing Honouring Friends of Great Cheer celebrate Your arm on her lap; The other on him And with a Flash these Blue Knights consecrate Jolly, so Potent turn Tan into Red That pleasant alarm Blue Oracles see And guess which Debate your Incarnate fed Whether you are or whether not to be Ready for Cause to the Next Big Event Telling yourself to Inspiration run Foresaw this Scope: Friendship and Teamwork's meant But all of this time it was just for Fun. Seriousness Adore, Someone licks the Tip In your Patron; Which was really your lip.
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Mar 13, 2013
Mar 13, 2013 at 2:23 AM UTC
SONNET TRIBUTE SUNDRY - SEVENTY-FIVE - TOM DALEY
Airports are intriguing lately. They're your refuge. They wake when ordinary people are in a sleepy bliss. They hold secrets. And runaways. And hidden doors to the unknown. Tender kisses. Solemn cries. Broken hearted lovers No chance to say goodbye. These airports feel things only poets seem to write down. Emotion fills the halls. As passengers avoid the fall.. This airport seems so lonely. Take me with you. Let us fly.
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Aug 3, 2014
Aug 3, 2014 at 6:55 PM UTC
Airports