redbrick posted a new Poem titled lantana in the clearing 12 weeks ago
Lantana in the Clearing
Clusters blaze at the forest’s edge,
imported fire dressed as carnival bloom.
A gift once carried across oceans,
now thickened into barricades of thorn.
Birds scatter seed into gullies,
creeks choke under... [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled Late On The Night Of January 21st, 1924 12 weeks ago
My husband, who had ordered so much death,
could not avoid his last gasping breath.
The stars that glisten in the sky tonight
seem to bring a rather hostile light
to bear upon our ideology.
Scatter around him scented flowers; a whiff
of their scents... [read more] |
redbrick posted a new Poem titled staring at a blank wall 12 weeks ago
outstaring a blank wall
You stand before a wall.
It waits, blank as withheld breath.
What hovers for you?
Drafts unpinned,
stories unspoken,
videos sealed,
pages chasing horizons
that never arrive.
Perfection whispers—
a... [read more] |
redbrick posted a new Poem titled ink stains 12 weeks ago
Ink Stains
Ink stains, ink scars,
ink wounds the page,
marks the hand,
and never fades.
Ink stains, ink mars,
truths we cage,
lines that brand,
and still persuade.
Some write for healing,
some write for pain,
some... [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled @ 27.055 MHz: Ad Astra; At A Beautiful Rural Swimming Hole, Deep In Russia's Countryside, One Fairly Balmy Day 12 weeks ago
These long-haired, naked male adolescents
could not have cared less for a Marxist Revolution.
Coupled romantically, they sought only each other's presence;
and, at the peak of pleasure, the mutual release of sweetstuff in profusion.
Starward-Led [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled Of An Old Photograph 12 weeks ago
Yes, the old photograph is as quaint as all that:
Lenin, his horse-faced wife Krupskya, and a cat.
Only the cat did not know what was apocalyptically coming:
countless Russian martyrdoms, and a whole nation's down-dumbing.
Starward-Led [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled Three Out Of Four Pet Dogs 12 weeks ago
Three out of four pet dogs were slain
on the night of the Romanov's martyrdom;
did they die at once, or slowly in wounded pain?
Perhaps Lenin will answer when the Judgement Day shall come:
Lenin, who will have so very, very much to tell;
Lenin,... [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled @ 27.055 MHz: Ad Astra; The Second Assistant Deputy Under-Commissar 12 weeks ago
His title was second assistant deputy under-Commissar
(the Bolsheviks loved such titles in that day).
And he was . . . I mean . . . he inclined "that way":
and the greatest of his soul's desires and joys
was the beauty of naked, long-haired,... [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled Yet [*/+/^] : Zealously Written To Ask Christ's Forgiveness 12 weeks ago
Lord Jesus, I ask You to forgiive my life's spiritual hesitation
which has caused wild swerves of eccentric gyration.
In these final days, I ask You to anchor me by my Rosary
to Faith in You, that is the assured Promise and Certainty
of Rdemption in... [read more] |
Seeker posted a new Poem titled Wildflower 12 weeks ago
beautiful bright
within golden sunlight
by gentle rain kissed
in open field free
honeybees flirt
from bloom to bloom
in gentle dance
in summer... [read more] |
Callis.at.the.Palace posted a new Poem titled That Ain’t Me 12 weeks ago
I keep sifting and surfing
other lives and lifestyles
Lies and live wires line the way
Working through my memory
Am I the nine year old
Ball of energy bouncing
Positivity pouncing unchecked
Laughing through big league... [read more] |
joy posted a new Poem titled DAILY GRATITUDE BITTEERSWEET 12 weeks ago
We are grateful as we begin a new adventure…
for feeling bittersweet….
It’s a feeling we won’t forget…
because it means in all our old adventures
we have loved the different experiences we have had
and all the people we have met.
[read more] |
joy posted a new Poem titled HELLO AND GOODBYE 12 weeks ago
May we be blessed to live a life
where we are kind and loving and sweet
to everyone we meet.
where we are accepting, compassionate forgiving…
Knowing the time will fly
From the moment we say Hello…
To the moment we say goodbye. [read more] |
joy posted a new Poem titled UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN 12 weeks ago
Yesterday was my last day working in the bookstore…
a bittersweet moment for me….
as Deborah and I prepare to move from Florida to NC.
As I walked away for the last time…I turned around to look
and think about all the friends and... [read more] |
S74rw4rd-13d posted a new Poem titled + 1ST POEMS: Тропарь For April 21st Of Any Year 12 weeks ago
We rejoice against you, Vesuvius,
because of the way your lethal lava flow
was turned, diverted, to another direction, to go
away by the intercession of the Hieromartyr, Januarius.
'Anthropos' [read more] |
