7 Deadly Sins

[ddgryphon]

That's it--pick one or more and riff--repeat riffs--don't be afraid to take one just because someone else has done it--it isn't a contest, it's just a game.


Lust (Latin, luxuria) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins#Lust_.28Latin.2C_luxuria.29)
Gluttony (Latin, gula) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins#Gluttony_.28Latin.2C_gula.29)
Greed (Latin, avaritia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins#Greed_.28Latin.2C_avaritia.29)
Sloth (Latin, acedia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins#Sloth_.28Latin.2C_acedia.29)
Wrath (Latin, ira) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins#Wrath_.28Latin.2C_ira.29)
Envy (Latin, invidia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins#Pride_.28Latin.2C_superbia.29)
Pride (Latin, superbia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins#Pride_.28Latin.2C_superbia.29)

[ddgryphon]

Lust

I want

I take

it is for me

to take

through you

[KTC]

I'd scream a litany
to fling against the winds,
or maybe paint a masterpiece
to hang above my mantel high.
I'd bright the dreary sky
with a million vulpecula,
or maybe copulate the night.
I'd write a brand new aria
and wolf it a cappella
against the backdrop of the broken moon.
I'd even architect a pristine Taj Mahal,
complete with gems and jazz and gold inlays,
if only I could raise myself from apathy
and stand myself erect.

[P.H.Delarran]

too good for you
for your ears my words
will never fall

as if i would let them go
that easily
falling is for losers

i hold them tight-lipped
of course, adorned with the
best stick in the mall

they stick to me
and to you in your want
nothing for you to want

i won't go to you
won't speak your need i'm
far, far away too far

for words

silent

[Billytwice]

I

jus

can't

b

bover'd

[Billytwice]

Hmmmm,

Nice arse

Wish she was mine

[Billytwice]

Hell hath

no fury

like a

woman's

corns

[Rivana]

It was stupid, but I was stupid.
It was dumb, but I was dumb.
I freely I admit it - I fell to pride
and I've paid the price ever since.

[caseyquinn]

Envy

when i reflect
upon my accomplishments
i realize
they fall short
of yours.

i bought
a nice ranch,
you bought
a mini mansion.

i got
a raise,
you started
your own company

i went to
the beach
you went to
an island

and i realized
something...

i hate you

[Ganesha]

hey ddgryphon great prep for this poem posting.I had a gass while eating my dinner!



Gluttony

After an obsessive
Currently regressive
Anticipation of French bread
My waistline spread
Constantly eating delicacies deep fried
Excessively costly- I almost died
When I reached the pearly gate I read
Six ways to commit gluttony with dread:
Praepropere, eating too soon;
I admit to jumping the gun before noon
Laute (washedly), eating fine;
Sipping vino from our overgrown vine
Nimis, eating too munch;
Jaw unhinged anaconda size lunch
Ardenter, eating burningly;
Food on tipsy platters diurnally
Studiose (keenly), daintily eating;
My weight scale took a beating
Forente (boringly), eating wildly
Six months later I birthed him rather mildly
In his youth he wrote his finest
Thank god I named him Thomas Aquinast

[Feiss]

Boy.
I watch you through the sliver door.
Turn a hip, the poetic dip,
unknowing, you taunt
a peek of darker shadows.

My pupils dilate
the golden peach
ripe fuzz of cheeks hypnotic.

I'll devour you,
pin you,
red-faced, bursting you.

Flay your insides
in canabalistic glee.

Ring your lips,
distended swell
you beg me.

I am in you,
I am the fuck,
low thrumming buzz,
of unravelling

[Teena]

neither scorned nor spurned
but deceived
I am vengeance embodied --

you murdered trust
whimsical slaughter
destroying a lifetime;
with aching slowness
painfully
it can be regained
expect long years of
torturous groveling --

always suspicious
ever-watchful
I look good in black
your new dominatrix
call me
Mistress Misery

[Teena]

the idea of him
is sharp
painful
like a heart attack
palpitating
sweaty
breathless
like jogging on a humid southern evening

the sight of him
causes temporary
blindness
to reality
weak knees
trembles
unrelenting desire
like an infusion of tequila in my veins

he is hers

[ddgryphon]

wanting is insufficient
only having
and having
and having
can fill my need

with each new possession
i mark my worth
my ownership crowns
me lord of greed