I was watching a movie recently and there was a scene of a funeral. So I took some lines from past poems and combined them as if to say them at a loved one’s funeral. Let me know what you think————————- The midnight brigade of the sweet and the sour A prize from each sideContinue reading “Garden Gate – May 2025”
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One Last Mile – January 2025
Candlelight sparks Silent walls within my heart Sweeping silos of black ember Drinking tea with the executioner Charity maiden Constant sorrow Stored in blood Wrinkles in time Dust to pain Jive and quest Boy and elder Built and boiled Broken hammers Sight no more Siphoned moonlight in her eyes Returns me to September East meetsContinue reading “One Last Mile – January 2025”
Broken Arrow – November 2024
Blue mountains of January hangovers Tick goes the hangman’s clock Cold voices in the chapel Even hollowed minds remember Carried by broken arrow Shard and pebble Shadows of slumbering yew Burnt into memory Her eyes naked like the sky Each day a year Each year a day Horror stalks all that live Darkness grows quietContinue reading “Broken Arrow – November 2024”
Nice and Evil Sprites – November 2024
The sun drinks in dribble blue from the sky Letters of scorched vermillion Redwood, elm and oak Whisper, weep and regrow Peaked and pined Vexed by coffin-bound peace Empty space Waved by grace Prison built by poisoned hilt Spilt blood and pharmaceutical tears Shape of terror Fills my heart like a sponge Ask each niceContinue reading “Nice and Evil Sprites – November 2024”
Prince of Darkness – October 2024
The light in her eyes Lives beneath the shadow of the sun With God’s grace on her shoulders She rides on the edge of time The weight of blood Drums in the deep From forests of regret To bastions of love Blurry realm Binded by red flames Of tribe, of nation A message woven betweenContinue reading “Prince of Darkness – October 2024”
Medieval Pine – February 2024
Sweet scent of medieval pine The soft crackling of a hazel log Painted on vintage canvas Lying on the quiet wharf Winter whispers A cold and crippled silence A gaze deep into blue pockets of river Moonshine, monsters and memories Mist over cool hills Lights approaching The ring of its skeletal key unlocks A blindContinue reading “Medieval Pine – February 2024”
Of Seed Divine – November 2023
Knitted in obsidian darkness A heart of gold Exalt of seed and sun Swimming through divine fold A presence in the woods Wayfarer of death Red-eyed peak Through shackle-cankered crown Bright with a brush of coin Here it is World’s end Be at the table or be on the menu
Yard of Darkness – November 2023
Windmills of the void Owners of the night Every yard of darkness Burnt in midnight oil Death stalks me With his imperial golden eagles Drinking his absinthe and café crème Smiling into the crowd Blue-water child Caught between gold-dripped forest Whose mossy king Runs through its aisles The context of pain Wall-to-wall nightmare Hot andContinue reading “Yard of Darkness – November 2023”
String of dreams – September 2023
Twelve-winged serpent In stable winds, I float I whistle, I wind Lyric unto isle Sweetened by tune deep in forest Water-borne joy echoes From valley to valley Mellowing out through birch and pine A string of dreams Sifting through trees The sun bleeding across the hills Into my closed eyelids The lagoon reminds me ofContinue reading “String of dreams – September 2023”
Lamp in Heaven – July 2023
Whistle in the cool air Waiting and waiting But tomorrow never comes Death remembers my name Daughters of the field Dressed in trim with Fleeced frocks of green Tell me the first cut is always the deepest Mystic chords of memory Ski the slopes of my mind A sorry season for exercise There’s no hillContinue reading “Lamp in Heaven – July 2023”
Devlin Demontigny 