These have been written with affection, so please keep that in mind.
I would extremely appreceate any tips and comments (and critique). I'm only a beginner but I'd like to seriously consider writing poetry. Don't expect me to have all the wisdom...
Thank you.
I would extremely appreceate any tips and comments (and critique). I'm only a beginner but I'd like to seriously consider writing poetry. Don't expect me to have all the wisdom...
Thank you.
Icy Ocean
A thousand throats
A thousand howls
Flooded in the agony
Of arctic waves.
A thousand howls
Flooded in the agony
Of arctic waves.
As Titanic splits in half
So my heart shatters,
Why, Fate, did you spare
This measly existence of mine?
So my heart shatters,
Why, Fate, did you spare
This measly existence of mine?
Horrifying detonations
Hoary cries for clemency,
As Titanic moans in woe
Countless souls drown down.
Down into the jaws of the Atlantic
Down into the shadows,
That’s where this ship will slumber
Aeon after aeon.
Hoary cries for clemency,
As Titanic moans in woe
Countless souls drown down.
Down into the jaws of the Atlantic
Down into the shadows,
That’s where this ship will slumber
Aeon after aeon.
I suffer deeply
For the callous stars
Continue flashing in the heavens.
For the callous stars
Continue flashing in the heavens.
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Consisto Cruentus
Hath the mounds not heed
Thunder of feral steed
Follow thy path to liberation
Conquest be nigh.
Thunder of feral steed
Follow thy path to liberation
Conquest be nigh.
Seventh marvel hath thou unearth,
I shalt be proud.
Drums rumble in a wild man’s heart
On the first steps thou taketh.
I shalt be proud.
Drums rumble in a wild man’s heart
On the first steps thou taketh.
Journey be far and wide
From ocean to ocean
To thy woman’s heart.
From ocean to ocean
To thy woman’s heart.
Tonight I weep at the moon over thou
For thy letters arriveth with blood.
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For thy letters arriveth with blood.
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Sakura
Cherry-blossoms
Sink me with your rosy snow,
This be
The currency of gods.
Sink me with your rosy snow,
This be
The currency of gods.
Eastern bluebird,
Why so quiet?
Have you too
Lost your song in this magnificence?
Why so quiet?
Have you too
Lost your song in this magnificence?
Calm as the morning sun
The wind sighs west
And the whirlpool twirls around me,
Drops of sakura delight.
The wind sighs west
And the whirlpool twirls around me,
Drops of sakura delight.
I lie my head down
Under the cherry-blossom shelter,
Let your pink little children
Come to dance in the breeze.
Under the cherry-blossom shelter,
Let your pink little children
Come to dance in the breeze.
Each year you remind us of love,
But now,
Memoirs of the spring have come to a close.
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But now,
Memoirs of the spring have come to a close.
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Buddhist Phantoms
Unwept tears of blood
Is my favourite delicacy,
You can’t tame the insane.
Is my favourite delicacy,
You can’t tame the insane.
Warm breaths
Repress the moon
On this haunting night,
Phantoms will rejoice.
Repress the moon
On this haunting night,
Phantoms will rejoice.
I see the eye of the sky
Shining bright
‘Tis a sign I am among the forlorn.
Shining bright
‘Tis a sign I am among the forlorn.
Spoken thoughts
Actions so different
Contradicting my own mind
In a battle with inner demons.
Actions so different
Contradicting my own mind
In a battle with inner demons.
Crystallised rain upon my garden,
The trees are weeping.
Understand this as you will.
The trees are weeping.
Understand this as you will.
Children are the elderly here
Adults are the infants
All up-side down with incorrect mirrors
‘Tis an existent fantasy of the sub-conscious.
Adults are the infants
All up-side down with incorrect mirrors
‘Tis an existent fantasy of the sub-conscious.
A shrine in the honour of the saints
A lingering feeling of the holy,
Embrace the magic of Buddha.
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A lingering feeling of the holy,
Embrace the magic of Buddha.
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Bliss
Unopened catacombs
Secluded jewels be within
Bending down to reach
My kiss,
You tremble my heart
Rattle and shake.
Secluded jewels be within
Bending down to reach
My kiss,
You tremble my heart
Rattle and shake.
Fresh as a dewdrop
Calm as the heavens
I lay upon the mane
Of dormant meadow
Bliss.
Calm as the heavens
I lay upon the mane
Of dormant meadow
Bliss.
And you were by my side
And we were sinking in each other’s eyes
And we were lost above the skies.
Our fingers intertwined
Like branches of an old oak tree
We are meant to be.
And we were sinking in each other’s eyes
And we were lost above the skies.
Our fingers intertwined
Like branches of an old oak tree
We are meant to be.