Poetry Game, Anyone?

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: falter

[davids]

What of falter
let us speak of it
to gather up dust
and lick it clean

Should I should I
no not me
for guns in hand
that fill our days
with thoughts of death
and joyous life
should I falter once again?

Next word: fame

[Angelinity]

what wishes has thee, mortal?
ask any thing on earth or in the heavens
and i shall make it so
'fore thy lips let loose the words.

if it befits you sire
and my wish does not offend, i should like to
become a wealthy man,
that i may live in riches.

then again, i wish for life
of eternal youth, that i may never ever die
but on and on i go
til the world itself does end.

and if i might ask, sire
secretest desire - world's greatest writer
could i be? and my books
be worshipped holy relics?

as thy think, so it is done!
behold the glowing mountain 'o gold behind thee
youthful life forever
and bottomless ink is thine --

eternity for writing,
perhaps time enough for thee to learn the craft?
do finish just one book,
and world fame shall be all thine.


next word: jinn

[davids]

Oh the jinn in the bottle
it comes up to me a sprite to be sure
wishes compounded by blurred spirit
should we partake of the dreadful ghost
jinn genie where art thou
your magic to propose
that spirits are jinns
and the jinns a spirit
as I puked my dreams upon the ground

Next word: faith

[Angelinity]

born in faith
i didn't know its name
at first
not until faith left me
and i stood without
barren to the bones
doubting frost on my yellow skin
flapping in the storm
under a sky with no stars

next word: tarot

[davids]

The tarot is a carrot
is a sign that means oh well
I'll let it be read
it'll go to my head
and it will lead me right into hell

next word: please

[Angelinity]

soft arc of your lip
above a dimpled chin
draws the curve of my brow
over saphire coals

though none do i find more pleasing
than the words you seed in the wind
when i'm not looking

next word: zephyr

[davids]

I'd like to see please
I think I might just have
nevertheless it was a zephyr
a sweet breeze to tickle
and ignite a hot wind
a tickle of love
forlorn but not lost

Next word: noncom

[Angelinity]

don't mind me
go on with what you were doing
before i rustled the leaves
just pretend i'm not here
clicking busy hands
tearful red eyes
matted hair
blood drips
gore

turn
don't look
ignore me
i just record
your everyday moves
for others to decide
if the war is going well
counting bodies in these pictures
is their job

next word: battle

[davids]

Battle is that a metaphor for a patriot philanderer
or is it simply a call for duty and blood?
A cry-yes I have heard that before
a battle, let's damn all the folk
that stand to uneasy
a feeling of quite queezy
as some outsider rips out their guts

next word: glitz

[Angelinity]

hollywood star
backless dress drapes
below the coccyx
to reveal dermal perfection
soaked in milkwater two hours a day
lying potion rubbed in butterfingers
bee-stung lips
forgot shaping words
smile without eyes (makes spiderweb lines)
her mantra is fame
due to become a buddha
after dinner at the Ritz tonight
seven years since she stilled her mind
in deep trance

next word: cracker

[davids]

Cracker me this cracker me that
monotheistic drivel snot
I've used many names
the game's all the same
it is hate
no matter how
so spell it with glee
just enter a plea
guilty as charged
now what a ya gonna do?

Next word: houseguest

[Angelinity]

pay no attention to the silence
take my hand
hold on
i won't let go i promise
don't look
over in the corner

waiting she sits
motionless
patient

death is a houseguest

next word: sandman

[davids]

Can I wait for the sandman
it does seem forever after
the slight bump of my head as it slips
past my fortune and fame and into my lap
makes my feel like I am
just sitting here waiting
for sleep and peaceful requite

Next word: dungeon

[kborsden]

my oubliette of emotion
my forgotten cell of mind
my mental picture of you
my missing self in time
my stolen youth in you
my misbegotten fantasies
my prison filled with grime
my haltered fashion crimson blood
my dungeon of hidden crimes.

next: fortitude

[davids]

Fortitude the gift of intestinal
I thought it always of the spirit
but we learned today in school
that blood and guts were worth the rule
of fortitude and righteous might

Next word: footnote

[kborsden]

it holds the precident
of what has gone before.
i wonder every now and then
who is keeping score.
my life was emptied of all quote
with that knock upon my door.
lost in crying tears of woe
to her footnote at heaven's door.

next: quintessence

[black winged fighter]

"We are all of us
a single grain of dust,"
I answer the
quintessence question.

Next Word: boy

[Eveningsdawn]

Boy,
why are you crying?
I never wanted
to hurt you
(though truth be told
I never wanted you
at all).

next word: key

[davids]

Key, key, keys
Italian keys are the ones
just take your Merc or Beamer down
to good old Verona town
and as luck will be
in a few minutes there
a key will autograph you and your car

next word: woebegone

[kborsden]

woebegone
as angels sing
on heavens high golden gate.
miserable.

woebegone
as harpies wing
does itself exhonerate.
despairingly.

woebegone
as sirens binge
on my marlette and ancient.
detainable.

next word: epaulette

[davids]

Wow an epaulette
a boy scout shoulder aint I somthing tag
whoopy what's that now
red, thick, hey that hurts!
Hell I did not know a silly thing
could rip me up and spit me out
but there you go
promise me glory-
damn that thing is covered in blood!

next word; fancy-free

[Angelinity]

that fancy-free dance
of your eyes
i remember
the way you aimed
straight at the heart of a thing
not bothered by the whys and wherefores
that held my gaze at bay
lost in the details of never-ever

for you it was now
and damn the before and afters
we create everything this very moment
you said
and i just thought you were screwed in the head
nodded and smiled telling myself
i should be nice and not give you a hard time
old man lost his marbles
of course there was a past and a future
oh hell let him have it his way - not hurting anyone

after all these years (or was it days?)
eyes free of fancy
my now moment is obese
bordering on summo
and the rims where it should meet the why and wherefores
are dimming
maybe it is my eyes i'm thinking
although i can see just fine as far
as the moment
stands

next word: parse

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: absence

[Angelinity]

i watch the heavens
not seeing the stars
in your absence
somehow my eyes slide to the darkness between
and i find my hand covers my mouth
as if to stall shadows of screams

maybe i'm just lonely
the kind that is forgotten over a friendly chat
and cappuccino at Starbucks --

but that also reminds me of you
so i think
i'd better go up that hill
and meditate on the darkness between

we only looked at the stars, you and I.

next word: between

[Eveningsdawn]

What passed between us,
you and I,
was no secret at a small college.
I told one person,
maybe two;
your housemates noticed
(could they help it?),
we let some
find out.
And so, when it ended,
it was no secret,
and I did not try
to make it one.
This is a new experiance
for me;
this freedom,
this openness.

next word: freedom

[davids]

Freedom from what
wrings out my heart
my spirit born free
but raped by aplomb
of a genuine Simon Legree

Next word: obliquity

[Angelinity]

this small town's straight and narrow
shattered by the bare curve
of your back
your shapely long thighs
displayed with gusto in the drab diner
sundays after church

i warn you love these people
are the kind to throw stones
at obliquity

next word: whore

[davids]

Nothing like a whore
a good one is a bad one
I love em to death
put my hands round their backs
and pull em in such terpsichorian fashion
that they spin and they grin
and forget almost all
put the money on the chest
no not that one big fella
the one by the bed

next word: she-bang

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

Edit: Damn, oh well. I'll let it stand just the same.
Next up: she-bang (davids')

[Angelinity]

(ayee!! i was hoping somebody took this one already but no such luck... so it falls on me to she-bang - thanks, dave :D )

hey handsome - want some company?
i gots the real thang
if you gots the money
anythang you want honey
show momma where it hurt
she make it go away
the missus ain't gonna know
had a fight with her, did ya?
ain't givin' ya kisses no mo'
ain't takin' ya up there - the whore
i'm gonna take care of ya
ya gots cash ya gots clout
momma gonna bang your brains out

next word: adultery


edit....... ARGH!!!! right this moment i swear i'll never try to post when the site is not bloody up to speed!!!!!! ----> eight repeat posts??? argh! and then trying to delete the repeats -- multiARRRGHHHH!

[black winged fighter]

My thoughts are beginning
to suspect.
Late to Ananlysis,
the glisten of my lips,
slight parting
and closeness of the eye lids.
I have been errant in my ways,
feasting on the carnal corporeal.
And it is wrong,
this adultery of the flesh,
it is wrong to neglect my thoughts so.
But this is but a thought,
and I have not over much time for those,
this day.
I have an engagement of limbs
to attend.


Next Word: attend

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)


*groans* Aye, 'm a bit tired maybe.
Next word: dreamer

[Angelinity]

i take this sour grape
with my lips
and taste its tartness
dreaming
of what it might have been
were it not plucked early
from the sparse harvest
of my yearling soul

i give you this salty tear -
the event horizon
before i supernova -
taste its bitter layers
of misbegotten love
worship of mere form
and self-serving prayer

my final breath confesses unto you --
i did your holiness covet in shame;
all-knowing one - forgive me this
the highest sin i can repent

next word: sin

[black winged fighter]

The silk and satin sin
of tango,
of quick-quick slow,
the thrust and dip -
the cradles of our flesh
rocked by the same breeze
now the wind,
now the gale -
the flicker is no more,
no,
the candle burns steady violet gold,
and only your breath will
snuff it.


Next Word: snuff

[Eveningsdawn]

you snuffed the flame
of my desire,
o my love
o my love -
you melted the candle
of my yearning,
o my love...
(and you took the wax
in your own two hands
and molded me,
o my love,
shaping me
by the heat
of your skin
into who I am).

next word: shape

[Angelinity]

this morning when you brought me coffee
i had to look twice
(was trying not to let it show)

the first time it seemed
almost the same as any morning
though something
just didn't sit right
so i had to look again
and that's when i think i stared
did you notice?

i stared
until i couldn't watch you any more
and looked away
because i realized
i'd lost the shape of your face.

next word: compassion

[black winged fighter]

Compasssion is a
colour,
the colour of blood
still thick and swift and vibrant in the veins
of a buck.

Next Word: buck

[threedogpeople]

The hockey team gave me a buck
for a beat up, old hockey puck.
It was used in a game,
that brought them some fame,
now they want it back for good luck.


Next word: yellow

[Eveningsdawn]

hot yellow
is missing from my life
leaving a hole in me
that no one seems
to understand;
the rainbow is my sign,
and without that color
it seems weaker,
dimmer,
without power.

next word: tired

[Angelinity]

those waves go on forever --
they do, i think. if forever is a place.

the journey was but play at first,
i strutted up an easy path
(even remember flowers grew in bunches
and once or twice i crossed a brook
and watched does drink at dawn)
might have flown for a stretch
(sprouting wing buds
that failed to grow feathers)
on the way to the great sea --
the brink of my becoming.

and so there is the sea. and great she is
going on forever, waves lapping at my tired feet.
and here i am, unfeathered wings scroched dry
are tucked beneath my tattered frock.
with empty hands (save for these shrivelled petals
i kept from days when flowers bloomed).
perhaps i'll rest a while. until you part the waves
and let me pass.

next word: confusion

[black winged fighter]

A sea with two moons
is a confused
sea.


Next Word: moon

[Rivana]

Old song lyrics I thought fitting.
(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: temptation

[davids]

what about temptation
the shift of your conscience from maybe just might
but should not be true
the perilous fight
of right, wrong, or just giving it a chew?

next word: exalt

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

//Did that make sense at all?
Anyway... Next up: err

[davids]

err-crap and all to hell
I bless you with this ditty
of trouble boil and bubble
a witches cauldren to be sure
so pump up hard
and dress up cool
to hallo all your weens away!

next word: huff

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: foreigner

[davids]

Sat in that bar a long tall one and a stool to match
surrounded was I by a furious horde
of slight t!ts and wits
and bits of tid
I swallowed my fear
and asked for a beer
as a foreigner strode up to my side
Hey bub you look fine
can you spare me a dime?
what language you speak
oh foreigner dear?

Next word: imbroglio

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

Next: welcome

[davids]

Welcome home knight errant
you legless, armless wonder kind
you did it right soldier boy
excuse me I gotta go right now
on the treadmill sweating loud
just watch young fella
see me work
gotta get them thighs of steel

No no don't turn away
you legless wonder kind
I worked my way
you did yours
why so angry
legless, armless soldier boy?

Next word: slough

[KTC]

This slough in my heart,
an empty ache
where memory once sat
like polaroids developing
slowly, with the wave
of a parental hand...
a magic, like other mysteries
when young, not quite magical
these photos,
lost in bewilderment
a frown on the face
of a passerby, passing.
How do we know,
when looking back
which of the unknown
captured in blistering backgrounds
are still among the living?
I never know
if I am looking at ghosts
or living entities, walking
still, outside the frame
of the camera eye.

Next word: Ghosts

[Angelinity]

i see ghosts in your eyes
when you speak
they pantomime the words
formed by your lips
telling me stories you believe
yours to remember
threads of a thousand silk cocoons
unravelling
burbling in agony
on the line between being to unbeing
yourself a ghost in my eye
you're fading my darling
but i shall write you down
with this ghastly pen
and call this you my story


nest word: rank

[davids]

I'm ranked 165 in the world
my lips on my chin
my nose is a grin
from wide and far
I strain at the chain
to just be 164

Next word: snuggle

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)


Next word: book

[Angelinity]

i read the pages in your book last night
by the lamp light in the den.
you were sleeping
(the you the world sees,
the armor you put on when you wake
to stay the dreaming).
whole chapters were blank.
i must wait for these to be written
before you can claim my love.

next word: frangipani

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

*grins* Next up: wonder

[Angelinity]

every time you slant your eyes
like this
pursing your lips as if
words rammed up against them to get out
i know you wonder
who is this person really
boomeranging
ideas seemingly disjointed
and how does she fit
in your life?

next word: origami

[kborsden]

the many folds of life
a twist of paper
shaped like a swan
i would like it to be
papyrus soggy and torn
does not float
but bent it takes on form

next: facetious

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: labyrinth

[kborsden]

lost with these walls
missing steps that echo
onward into darkness
hunted by a being
neither man nor beast
deadylus had drawn it
the king had it sculpted
i wander on into
consignment of
quintessence of the dark
in this my maze
my labyrinth
of my mind

next word: miasmic

[Angelinity]

keep you gaze on the stars
(eyelids twitching,
pinched at the corners
by this frigid night air
floating on hot vapor)

should you give in to your fear,
look upon the cauldron forming
miasmic emanations,
cancerous tendrils shall grab
onto fluttering eyelashes
weaving themselves
into the fibers that make you
a mere mortal;

but if you keep your sight on the stars
you will remember who you are:
a celestial being
experiencing


next word: blepharospasm

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

next up: favor

[kborsden]

squeaky leather
slashing skin
peeping through holes
lashing whips
of kinky favours

next: luminous

[black winged fighter]

Luminous
is the first kiss;
a moon sheen
in the tight places of the body,
in the closeness of embrace,
in the arch of a back,
just so.


Next Word: Just

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: gloating

[Rivana]

Ooops... wrong word, sorry.

Here's just.

***
(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: gloating

[davids]

Gloating, bloating habeus Corpus
nothing left but the look of it
the pussing piercing effluent smiles,
dead things talk or are they dead?

let us search the dead
and forget the living
for fear of yet to come
and pick some saints or heroes just
to tinge our fear
with recompense.

Look now or lose
but do we dare
to shine when shinning's right?
No not me nor fear I you
for wonderment faith and passions lust
to live? Oh no let's think once more
of death and if there is?
Let's hide
for hidden
who will know of life's sweet hidden horror truths!

Next word: misery

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: Halloween

[davids]

Halloween, oh that joyful playful eve
where kids of kids romp and play
on dillettante' witches brooms
today's oft tricks of venemous hate
on Halloween the blade in apple
poison in the sweet
what wonderful
human treats we are
when all hallows eve is done
we can sit and smile
at treacherous love
and fill our craws with glee!!!!

Next word: fun

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: forever

[davids]

Aint ya just wished for forever
never done the necessary
always looked for the way
that eased you away from pain and pleasure
deny the flow and beat the Ho
that's just the way it seems to be-
forever!

next word: creepy

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: ghosts

[davids]

Nice one dear heart!!!!

Ghosts come up now and then
they lie with me in fields of pain
that never ever leave my heart
but wretched thing I am
to grieve for ghosts
that once loved me
that layed their life down low
to keep me close to friends and foes
and learn to love once more

next word: geezer

[Rivana]

Likewise. ^o^


(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: ghouls

[davids]

Ghouls girls and gobblin poles
no not them the others
we laugh and cry and giggle now
about scardey cats and pu$$y prowls
so let us not to forget
the grim reaper's game of fun
a ghouls a ghoul and goils are goils
and men are full of Puddin'

Next word: snarl

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: demon

[davids]

Chr!st I hate to think of them
they live inside and curl my guts
one day I hope they'll die with me.

Next word: stench

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: goodbye

[Angelinity]

is that the wind
rustling leaves inside my head
or the footsteps of seconds

so little time -
was it a dream
did i imagine
hand in hand running uphill
the wind in our eyes
when you turned your head into the sun
tasting the rain with your tongue
feeling no chill and seeing no shadows
when fear was a farce -
fear what
when all there was
were you and i?

you look old today
is that the river's wisper
combing memories in my mind
filing everything by like and dislike
with no dates and no places
don't remember meeting so many people
where is everyone?

there
at the threshhold
waving
the circle is complete
my friend
let me say
goodbye

next word: novel

[davids]

A novel thought you had dear heart
expectations being what they are
I delve into the frigid night
finding only plight, no delight
to spread among the thought of those
that think a thing or two
about Penguins toes
and novel novels
and sprinkly sparkly
bloody guts

next word: terror

[Paint]

Reflection of my
in a broken window
on the only wall standing

terror
said my eyes
scream
captured.

they were
murmuringinacorner
opaque eyes
at me

light changes
shines through
they once were
gowns from yesterday flutter.

next word: gowns

[davids]

Soft-blue-chiffon?
The gown of glory
sitting on his chin
it acid rained in his face
stripped flesh New York cut
wailing trampling cattle fead
on the gown of glory
that once was George

Next word: juicy

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: temper

[davids]

Temper as in tempered steel?
I wonder if it has a soul
risen to God's wonderous glories
ripped down, apart by images the same.

I wonder to Temper's glorious strains
music that kills, rips and maims
oh glorious themes of Temperate steel
where are you now?
What shall we do?
Who knows oh men of steely thoughts
your tempers not denied.
For children there and children here
oh wonderous Temperous chilling.
Icy witches brooms that fly
on kitchen windows frozen mozaics
not there but for eyes that see
wonderous freezing Tempered Steel
in shuddering earth it bends to flow
unbreaking sweet, full of love
to dash Lark's songs
on bloody ground.

Next word: backfire

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: forge

[davids]

I forge lightining
Siegried has nothing on me
notung notung you envious sword
spring light and sharp
cut and grind
rip and rape
I love this game!

Next word: opera

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: bookshelf

[Angelinity]

top grain leather bound
words embossed in gold
on the cover
a silk red ribbon stitched into the seams
to mark pages in my travels

there are many like this
on polished shelves
dusted off with soft ostrich feathers
wednesdays
and before christmas -
collecting through the years
as one by one
friends, acquaintances
and foes
come to visit
leaving them behind -
some painstakingly written
in longhand
'i's dotted, 't's crossed
'f's evenly balanced
anchored with flowery loops
and a tied ribbon in the middle;
some scribbled, skipping pages
or whole chapters;
some blank

the bookshelf keeps growing
has reached the third floor
already
neighbors complain
it cuts across their living rooms
and startle them awake at night
whispering
stories
of people they never met

i've yet to count how many books it holds -
here stands the library
the yardstick by which my life is to be measured
my task - reading all the stories
(consecrated in good faith
for my eyes only)
sifting, decanting, filtering
til i'm left with the essence
that can fit inside a single paperback
under five hundred pages

this
i will some day leave
upon a shelf

the essence never gets lost
though i wonder
is it not always the same?


next word: quince

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

//Not a true story people, just a story.

Next up: silver

[Angelinity]

these amethyst tears i cried
not because
you shot me with a silver bullet -
you thought me a monster

next word: drag

[Eveningsdawn]

the days drag on
but weeks fly -
it is nearly thanksgiving
before I have even
come to terms
with summer ending.

next word: chat

[Angelinity]

i find you in the same spot
at the head of the table
every year at thanksgiving
a shade more shriveled
upperlip hairlines imperceptibly deeper
carmine settling in the groove
when you pucker
dragging on your cigarette
searching me out
over cat's eye spectacles
fake diamonds glued back
in all the wrong places
chatting away your confusion
with time
and people gone awol from their seats
fleeing your tea rose perfume
drumming fingernails painted bright red
seven layers with superstay laquer
like your voice
asking
'will i ever be a grandmother dear'

next word: scoop

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: clam

[kborsden]

I opened my heart once
only to have it betrayed
I thought I loved once
only to discover hate
now I am closed
to all who hail
like a clam

next word: procrastinate

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)
Next up: bathrobe

[Angelinity]

fading midnight blue
(to match your wounded soul,
i said to myself watching you
putter around the kitchen trussing that scrawny bird
in your lucky slippers)
it was your healing color, you said,
complements your aura
calming the anguish
(what was the moment you fell from grace
cynical fate denying your claim to power
over the physical?)

karma, you said,
we can change everything
but that which is passed
and though nightly audiences with your master
yielded spiritual clarity
and the strength to weather petty indignities
these bills yet have to be paid
and hard cash eludes you for a purpose -
ignoble days
i miss hearing you say
'it's all as it should be
don't raise your hand in anger
the end is near'

it was so. more than i knew
those late nights downing oodles of straight-up scotch
on your blue sofa
soaking stories of redemption

your fading midnight bathrobe
now surely discarded
by the russian-khazakstani wife you shared
with her once-husband pimp
you loved her i know
like you did the terrycloth robe
burning of sage at midnight
my knocking at your door
at confession
and your astral travels

next word(s): mail-order bride

[Rivana]

Knew I could count on you Angelinity. ^o^

(Removed by Rivana)

Next word: bureau

[Angelinity]

the crown of my head
reached the seat of your hand
fingers twirled in the curls
you said 'don't touch that'
my gaze lost in its sheen
the immensity of it
begging for my prints

i wanted to climb it
rifle yellowing pages
wise with word pictures
holding secrets
reserved for the initiated
letters like soldiers
marching to conquer
worlds
mysterious and frightening
knowledge
laid open
untouchable
on your bureau

next word: peek-a-boo

[Rivana]

That was, very nice.
Peek-a-boo?
Look, bureau wasn't that bad. *whine*

(Removed by Rivana)
Next up: magnetic

[Angelinity]

nature
cruel in its sheer purity
never asking why
simply being what it is
for reasons melded into its essence
irresistible attraction - a bleep
on my radar

seeing you now
all dapper in your starched suit
bulging at the sleeves
leery-eyed sure of yourself
and your grasp on things
i cannot imagine
magnetic attraction

next word: cherie

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: Adagio (well, hey, if we're doing other languages. ^o^)

[davids]

So I'm doing this slow thing
like adagio on your body
slow slip, slow slide
oops man my beret is slipping
no it's not it's sitting right
over your crown of thorns.

Next word: beat

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)
Next up: ignorant

[Angelinity]

when i knew little more
than the sun comes up every morning,
chickens go to roost,
seasons roll over the hills
greening and parching
tucking them under sweet smelling snow,
funny-looking birds with huge beaks
and scrawny legs bring fresh buds in spring
and bundled babies to cribs -
i was wise beyond words.

the sun will go nova.
chicken live in cages.
there are places in the world without hills
and no seasons,
people who will never see snow.
those birds will extinct in ten years
and babies come from a tube.

next word: frazzled

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

*grins* Right, been one of those days.
Nice work.

Next up: lawyer

[Angelinity]

arghhh who can write a poem about lawyers??? i'll get you back! :D


it's two inches - look, see for yourself!
a simple misunderstanding, i tell you,
what can i build on two inches by four acres anyway?
what can you?
an anthill doesn't fit here
spiders can't even weave webs
be grateful there's less grass to water
on your lawn!

it was an honest mistake
and i'm bloody well not taking the fence down
so you can have them!
two inches you want?
get a good lawyer!

next word: outta gas

[davids]

Flatulence a great gift it is
never outta gas
somber poems from far behind
to inigmatize and thrash
some squinced up nose
that never knows
its own from yours or mine!

Next word: heartless

P.S. great work on the lawyer thing-tough should be more often Ily!!!!

[Rivana]

Heh, ':-) thanks for saving me Dave.


(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: troll

[davids]

Chuck and Bob trolled the night
bridges beware of fight or flight
green globs-blobs-terror and such
oh what fun it is to troll
on a bleak and windy dark heart night!!!!

Next word: welcome

And you are welcome dear heart!

[Rivana]

//'K I cheated, this is an old song lyrics of mine.

(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: listen

[davids]

Listen closely to my tears
I do not know how much longer I can last
for time has told on me once more
that soon at doors that open somewhere
fear takes hold stead wonderous awe
for now's the time to die I will
but God please help
I know not how

Next word: chance

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: eagle

[davids]

An eagle a silver buck
some flying high up in the sky
that you cannot buy
not for a nickel or a dime
a cup of coffee you say
give me a break
the silver buck stops here
we'll pound it right into your face

next word: Petunias

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: ubiquitous

:P

[Rivana]

It is, isn't it? Good luck with the continuation then. ^o^


(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: prostitution

[Angelinity]

unusually,
last night i set a reasonable goal
for the day to follow
(or so thought i, while floating
in that crepuscular faux clarity
before deep sleep) -
forget the mundane lists,
ubiquitous prostitution of will
over need;
forget making the sale,
fooling the client
(he only wants to hear the plusses
anyway - prostitution
runs rampant
among the righteous)
forget networking,
taking care of business,
bringing home the bacon...

tomorrow (i vowed)
is for setting things right,
telling the truth
and making amends.
tomorrow will be special.
i will fess up.
i'll let him know
the carpet weights only one thousand
three hundred and eighty grams
per square yard
(not fourteen hundred).
it has an eight millimeter pile height
(not eight and a half,
and instead of eighty percent wool,
it is only sixty-five).
oh, and no fire-proofing
(we just say so to get the LPO).
expect fifteen percent color variation (not five).
it takes twelve weeks to get the order in
(four longer than i promised).

"hello, mr. cashcow!
of course, right on schedule!"

next word: imperturbable

[dahmnait]

Somewhere she grew scales
They match her designer purse
And custom three inch pumps.
Liz Claiborne white draped across
Her flawless body,
Perfection, bought and paid.
And why not?
Her daddy, a senator
Her mom, the socialite
Taught her early
Money buys you everything.

Next: Status


Hmm. That deviated from my original intent.

[Rivana]

Heh, these things usually do.


(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: collaborator

[davids]

Collaborator hung drawn and quartered.
He stood at his window
family behind
watching the Brown Shirts beating the man.

I cannot have courage without fear
should I throw myself in
protect my kin?
The proletariat
the police
they work as well
or do they follow the trail to hell?

I will kill my children and my wife
I will save that man down on the ground
below my safe and clear window
I will destroy my life for you and them?

No I will collaborate
not risk my skin, just my soul
to run with them that hate so much
then and now I shall comply!

It is better now the man is gone
I see no more from my window so clear
so dare I stand and look once more?
Or shall I live for them and me
stand straight and swear I did the Just
correct and loyal service?

To what say I should I be
a fool and let them tempt me with
an easy thoughtless might makes right
or should I kill myself and you
my loves and all their joys?

No no say I
my head shall sit
buried under an arm of feather and bone
to sleep and dream of what might be
that courage I so swiftly smash
in faint heart and gutless wondering why?

Do I have to be the one
to stand and die and give my all
while others drink and eat and ply
my soul with bribes and easy lies
so my children may live in collaborator bliss

Next word: sumptuous

[Rivana]

Such grandiosity -
is sumptuous,
yes it costs
quite a bit I'm sure
Not while you're
the one with money,
but when you
are always there
to be showered with gifts
Rewarded, awarded -
a curse
Love with a pricetag
She's to be cherished
put
on a pedestal
Like a queen,
treated with reverence
just as long
as she doesn't
try to have a say
in anything
You love her?
Maybe, I don't know
but when I hear you talk
about your sacrifices
I feel trapped
And I'm not even your girlfriend

Next up: cherished

[dahmnait]

her old, lucky penny
tucked in slouched socks
and mary janes.
scruffed up knee from under
checkerboard skirt
picked and pulled
till she’s sure there’ll be
a righteous scar.
shirt, untucked
sticky from the mid-day sun,
sweet smells of childhood play.
barrettes and braids swing
as she savors the weekly ritual of
chocolate, vanilla, chocolate.

she grabs my hand and smiles
oh that sweet, angelic smile
that smile is what I remember


Next: reminisce

[Angelinity]

if i strung
every moment of life
on silvery thread,
pearls in every shade
of purple moolight
born inside a feeble mind colored by desire -
a necklace of polished spheres
yearning to be whole
like crescents
circling earth
from march to december.
secrets shadowed by fears
never shared.

would it glow
in stars' slumber
when the sun warms the dark side of me
(stirring subconcious
according
to laws set before human form?)

would it shine a path
in the universe of being,
light this obscure trail
i journey at marathon speed
picking my way through morass -
labyrinthian course
painted on canvas of future with no past
(eternal present
feeding on itself -
coiled snake
consuming nothing upon nothing
dreaming)

would it take me
to the tail end of beginning?

next word: anarchy

[Rivana]

It's a cross, turned upside down,
by those who don't know the meaning.
It's a star meant to protect,
used for hateful purposes.
It's a mask, meant to hide you
from tyrannic forces
in a land that uses rubber -
so as not to hurt.
It's rules within rules,
for the members -
do not speak!
These, who wish for anarchy
yet have never lived it.
What do they know
of living by the sword?
What do they know, of dying
with a knife in the back?
Where would the food come from
when think to steal, what they need?
Where will the love come from,
when they need to hate,
just to feel?
The masters are puppeteers,
but fail to be noticed.
The rules, are worse than chaos,
but who's to care?
It's a reason to get up
and a way to get high.
It's a way to make new friends -
come along, let's take the ground!
We're all heading, for six feet under.
Anarchistic brats, they are no different
than the ignorant mobs
of the world's youth.

Next up: caregiver

[davids]

Caregiver I cry to myself
the giver is not broken
it's the care that persists
to blame me and claim me
and laugh in my face!

My God once whispered in my ear
softly enough for me to hear
the truly humble man never considers humility
and of course I did not understand
for to hear and respond to a spiritual gift
I must learn to care for me-then you!

next word: talon

[Rivana]

I was on a walkabout,
to find my way home.
Back, to who I used to be.
There was an eagle,
such a splendid bird,
flying high above me.
"Come with me,"
it cried.
"We will take the sky
For you I will sacrifice
a talon from my right leg
For stamina and strength,
but clarity of vision...
To that end I can but guide
See here! Young seeker,
watch the talon as it falls.
And when it lands
on your cheek, to make a gash,
remember my sacrifice,
in honor of yours.
For there is nothing
more terrifying
than to search, then to find
yourself.

Next up: lesson

[davids]

A tenor came one fine day
to take a lesson
to climb up high.

Once listened to
I had to say
a Baritone was he

Why do you come
your tessi-turra all too low
to ask to raise on high
a mellow bellow voice you have
dark and brown so rich

Caruso plied my ears one eve
he replied in dulcet tone
he flies on high
and so must I
so teach me maestro sir.

If pigs could fly
I did reply
then surely God
would wing them up.
But you dear heart
with ample voice
must learn to fly
in lower, ample, altitude.

Next word: hinge

[Angelinity]

His back pressed fast into the wall
by throngs of almost-saints
whose patience's virtue had escaped
three cosmic days into the wait
at Golden Gates,
St Pete ain't having any fun today!

Torn pages of His Holy Book
that holds the truth of deeds
for every soul's sojourn through life -
which he consults when newbies claim
'Yes, I was good!'
Lay trampled on the floors of Heaven's Hall.

At first the crowd stood patiently
as the left gate got stuck
halving entry into Heaven
'Oh, Father, 'tis a sign that few
are worthy of
Heaven's rewards the Virtuous deserve!'

The trouble rang on hinges' croak
when the right gate snapped shut.
The saintly faces flushed with rage
as access to the promised land
was clearly barred -
"We have been tricked! Our sacrifice is mote!"

Then mutiny sparked riots far
as Pete's keen eyes could see.
The righteous wanna-bes broke rank,
they shoved and kicked and threw aside
the old and young
and clambered up the mighty Golden Gates.

"Well, well, old bud, ain't looking good
at all for you today..."
The Beast gave Pete a hooven hand
shaking off dust from Halo crown -
"The light is gone
and something's broke. Hear rattling inside!"

"It looks as if the records here,"
he pointed to the paper shreds,
"Ain't quite as true as one might hope -
Your bookie got too sweet on bribe?
These Gates you guard -
Guess to whose hand God trusted the old hinge?"


next word: wickedness

[ddgryphon]

Too
much
wickedness,
it's course left unchecked,
pulsing behind throbbing temples;
disasters falling
merciless
on
you.

****************

Next word: pill

[Rivana]

She should pop a pill,
I really mean that.
The girl is wicked,
when she's mad.
It don't take much;
the softest touch,
might be too much
today.
I know she left
her psychaistrist back home
in the wake of an
ugly relationship.
She's told me all about it
and she wasn't even drunk
at the time.
At least I don't think so.
But she should pop a pill,
I don't like medicine,
but walking on eggshells
I like even less.
If this is a test
of my patience,
I've woefully
underachieved.

Next up: insanity

[Eveningsdawn]

This must be
insanity -
I who am a
one-horse girl,
who has ridden
and loved
a single gelding
for seven years
(nearly eight,
nearly eight,
I say to myself;
college got
in the way).
This cannot be
reality -
three months,
eleven horses.
This is not something
I can do, is it?
I am a one-horse woman;
I am not ready
for variety,
says my fear.
And in truth, in a way
it is justified:
I have been thrown,
bullied, beaten,
taken advantage of,
and frustrated
by these animals.
But at the same time,
they have given me
new confidence
in myself
and my skill.

next word: surprise

[Rivana]

I think it came as a surprise
to him, that I could be so cruel.
He looks wounded,
like I've kicked him where it hurts
when he's already surrendered.
I wish it were that easy, but
however else will he ever know
that my ways are real
and not a show?
I've tried to tell him,
show my mettle,
but his doubts
they will not settle.
Now I've given
all I've got
and it was
a loveley shot -
straight through the heart.

Next up: shiver

[Paint]

naked toes clung to the rocky edge
shiver, cold, alone
bleak

was it
money, death, love
before me emptyplace
black hole of fear.

next word: toes

[Rivana]

My toes kick up the leaves
as I wander in a fall of harmony,
tumbling down to ecstasy,
by pure luck and happenstance.
I don't feel the season here;
to me it's summer still
even if an autumn chill
settles without sound.
I don't feel it where I walk
barefoot on the ground.

Next up: forgotten

[davids]

I am forgotten
a thought flashed through you spirit
of me or them
of pleasures past
of present pain and such
to forgive sublime
forgotten sad
for they remember not!

Next word: cyanide

[Unique]

Cyanide.

A new poison
until
an investigation
into another soul
brought me to
Celia.
The word
will never look the same
to me.
What was once poison
is now passion.

Next word: same

[Rivana]

Your eyes glitter,
but the glamour
is only surface deep.
That joy, is joyless
and not the same
as that of happy people.
Behind the shiny surface
the darkness lurks,
unforgiving.
Harboring,
dark thoughts and emotions.
You're not like you were
yesterday afternoon.
There's a demon
lurking in your smile.
Sickly sweet,
a threat of violence
hinted at beneath.
Your temper flares,
worse than ever now,
swift to change
and that grip you keep
on my hand
is crushing.
Damn it,
why can't you just say no?

next up: addiction

[davids]

I just slit my daughter's throat
don't know, don't care
gotta get me some
robbed her piggy-bank
buck and a quarter
not enough to get me some!

Next word: race

[Angelinity]

a milky trail - the dragon's breath
that spewed this world into the night
when i was but a speck of dust
on silver thread in God's cocoon of dreams
before they bloomed.

it swirls on down - a spiralled hand
to span the bridge from fear to faith
from low to high, from all to one
a shaft of light across obscure unknowns,
stairway to climb.

the path is clear - i close my eyes
allow my soul to lead the way
for it alone can find the thread
that swings in wait for me to grasp its end
and lift me up.

the choice is mine - but if i stay
there may not be another chance
to reach the stars and view the world
as it was meant, from God's all-seeing eye -
i dare to soar.

next word: probe

[Rivana]

I probe gently at the wounds,
seeing if it hurts
just as much as yesterday,
or maybe slightly less.
It's been a long time
since I was wounded,
but scars under the surface
take longer to heal.
Wonder why?
Need to air it out,
clean the puss
and let it go.
This has festered much to long
for sanity to take hold.
Purge the wound,
and leave the scars.
as ones of my own making.
Those I can stand to look at,
those will make
more sense.

Next up: fellow

[Unique]

For he's a jolly good fellow
but what you don't see
lies deep inside.
You'll never see him
cry for the things he left
behind him in the darkness.

Like a lie from a page
of history retold
his smile tells the untold
stories of parade grounds
strewn with the popcorn
of another man's glory.


Next word: glory

[Rivana]

I do not come here for glory,
nor for devotion or fame.
I make no claim of being
worthy of love and devotion.
I do not come seeking wonders
to fill out my weary, old dreams.
Comfort is all I desire,
to for once, have a moment
of peace, with another man.
I cannot win adoration here,
my disposition is not enough
to be a friend, not friendly,
though I wish to be friends
with all manner of beings.
It is not my way to chat idly
about love and loss and gain.
I rarely offer much attention
and that's not because I don't care.
But how can people change their nature?
We are all that's left inside ourselves.
No, I don't come seeking glory,
though compliments make me blush.
And I do not seek adoration,
even when it wakens my lust.
I'm just here to be friendly,
to share what I do, who I am.
If that's not enough for the glory,
then let glory by others be had.

Next up: adoration

[Angelinity]

..........oy! talk about slow!!! i defer to rivana :).........

true glory shines bright
in moments of grandeur -
giving your life to save the world

and glory smolders
the span of a lifetime -
soft mothers defending their young

glory is feted
brave heroes are sung
when history's written in blood
once glory's flame spent
heroes forgotten
the brave new worlds they died to save
spawn righteous new wars
on seabeds of bones
calling the young of old mothers
new glory to seek
that's worth burning for

next word: smother

[Rivana]

They smother me
and it shames me
to my soul.
I want to help,
but the help
takes so much,
leaves so little
of my strength.
They bother me,
when I'm not
at my best to receive them.
A priestess without a god am I,
a queen without a kingdom,
a hero...but with a cause
I'm not sure I believe in.
They call my name,
while I know not
what to call them all.
They ask advice,
but rarely listen
when I talk.
There are things
I wish to fight in the world,
injustices that make me cry,
but when they come
and they look at me
with those eyes,
I sometimes wish
I didn't care
at all.

Next up: adoration (:-P)

[Angelinity]

The simplest of names
I learned from my mother -
Kiss, food, hugs, sleep, adoration;
These I remember best -
Bad, dumb, slap, intimidation.

Names for ideas
My father has given
Free, youth, learn, happy, discipline;
Some I named on my own -
Secret, taboo, shy, quiet, shame.

Unlearning some names
Proves to be not easy -
Their likeness is carved in my brain.
To cut them completely
I would have to change who I am.


next word: outcast

[Rivana]

He's more simple,
perhaps,
in some manner.
Because he knows complicated
and what it can bring.
Black and white
where a purpose is served
gray for the rest -
as always it must be.

He walks in jeans and sweater,
in slacks and fine cashmere -
Always with little care for
what class and style would mean
to the common man.
Common children, common teens,
oh how they loathe him.
Fear his eyes, the mouth,
that sharp intellect
that cuts back
however much they beat him.

"Hurt us, if you can!"
They scream, passionatly.
He shakes his head
and sighs, says:
"I have no wish to harm.
If I fight with all I am
you will not surrender,
but go down.
And what use have I
of a prison sentence?"

"You cheat!" They scream
in petty vengeance.
"You’re ugly and nobody’s friend!"
He looks at his comrades and nods -
yes, true enough,
their friendship is coming to end.
He’s much too much different
to be worshiped out loud.

They keep it within
and with their hidden eyes
he knows they want him.
Want what he has,
want what he is -
his grace, his pride,
his smarts and above all
they want that confidence,
that quiet self-esteem
that says:

"I may be the outcast,
but you’re the unlucky ones."

Next up: bother

[Paint]

To say
yes, I am that
when it is not true
to answer
when to do so
harms my brother;
why bother?

It takes more strength
to sit silent
to give no answer
no defense or blame
when you know
the scales are tipped
and you have not the power.

next word: scales

[Rivana]

I weigh the scales
as I watch the figurine
of my personal faith
turn a different face
towards me.
Balance is gone again,
time to take a stand -
this is Action,
the black one,
the fiend.
Hidden to the left
sits Compassion
with a serene face.
On the right,
I see Balance
shift the scales.
I know what to do,
this -my choice,
has no compromise,
until the threat
is gone
from my world.

Next up: threat

[davids]

The threat of peace
what a dastardly thought
what could we
what would we do
with nothing to chew
for only a few
life would dishevel
to boredom disdained
while others'd have something to chew

Next word: blame

[Rivana]

Blame me,
I'm done with apologies.
Look me in the eye
and be betrayed,
but I won't mind it.
This is truth,
yes this is dare
so trust me.
No matter what you say,
it's gonna be
this way.
Because I'm tired
of bearing
the blame.

Next up: flute

[davids]

The Magic Flute
isn't that a poem by Mozart
set to music bout Masons and such?
I always thought my flute was magic
till Tamino played his
and I forgot about mine!

Next word: Chance

[Rivana]

Was it by chance
or did I choose this life?
I try to look back,
before the hour of my birth,
but it's all just light
and shadows.
Play Chaos,
Order heel...
show me
what you've once concealed.
Chance or Fate?
My lady aunts
have blessed me both?
Perhaps it's so.
Either way
I want to know.

Next up: jingle

[KTC]

If I could write
just one thing...
why can't I write
just one thing?
It would be a verbose jingle
to be splashed upon the lips
of lovers everywhere
for time to hold it
in its embrace
suck the juice
from its frothy core
amen amen amen
the jingle
with its words known to all
if I could write
just one thing.
Why can't I write just one thing?
it would be a jingle.
Jingle.
I'd like to teach the world
to sing
in perfect harmony.
with a jingle.
Why can't I write
just one thing?

Next word: Harmony

[Unique]

Harmony,
sweet antithesis of cacphony
oh, why can't we play
together like we used to
on sunny days in golden times
we made music
together
and with our rhymes
we wore the universe on our sleeves.
oh, don't leave
beloved
in love's rough cut
harmony got out of hand
in the assuming we found ourselves
singing solo.

Next world: solo

[KTC]

I fly solo
daily.
take flight
with new wings
unscorched by the touch
of a mediocre sun.
Waxed for greater
flow in the jetstream
of my icy mind.
Icarus? Maybe
but then again no
I new kind of bird
with everything soaring
inside
this mindfield mind,
twisting and turning
with feet
free from the bounds
the confines
of gravity.
depravity, this flight
cloudless. Mimicking planes
and falling
packed bags
pre-flight jitters
spread my wings
and drop
like so many leaves
from a dying autumn
oh
to touch the ground
with feet like fire
and melt inside
this liquid mind
of flight.

Next word: FIRE

[Stew21]

torch-lit soul
to sole
the fire inside
radiant.
hearth aglow
with passion
write the words
be the flame that
ignites the lantern
lights the path
untravelled
winding through wood and brush
smelling of earthy must
winding through eternities
on eternities
world upon world
hidden in a thicket,
rustling up the underbrush
casting illumination
to shadows
and revealing!
revealing sacred
revealing profane
with the same fire -
yours.
internal hearth
eternal heart
it's the light within you
that shines on the path before of you.
guiding the unsure step.
Take that walk - lantern bright
shine on.
shine on.


Next word: Shine

[davids]

Shine was a bad word
one of those used to hurt and cut
it died some time ago
thank the Lord for that
but true to hearts that hate
others came to take its place

So dear hearts we wait and see
what can we do to words of hate
but sit and wait as I have said
for what can I do or we or you?

Stand up to be counted?
Smash the huns!
Be strong till next we face the pain
of cruel and tortured eyes.

We then can turn and walk away
stand to rue the day
or turn and face the hatred pure
and love the soul that has not one?

Easy for me to say that now
no soul have they that hate
but just as them
this lie is true
for souls abide in every heart

So I'll try love for now
I've really nothing to lose
for if I turn and walk away
my hatred is strong
and true as theirs

Next word: coffee pot

[dclary]

The Coffee Pot's Lament

Bubble bubble spurk!
Bubble spurk sprukkle!
Suckle up splash gloop goomble down
hissssssss.

Bubble spurkle bubble spurk-spurk.
Shoockuk bokokokoko sploosh
hissssssss.

hissssssss.


Shurkle loco boko boko
boko

hissssss.

hissss.

sss.

click.





Next up, Hippopotamus

[Paint]

two round eyes
swivel left, swivel right
it's cool in the river
ee won't come out.
three little birds
sit twittering and gay
on his broad head
between his ears.
ees a big boy true
and when ees had
enough and the sun
is leaving the jungle
ee slowly, so slowly
thuds out of the river
water drips from his tummy,
to let the water level
drop a good two feet
ees bath is over.

next word: jungle

[Angelinity]

swimming the jungle is no great feat
when you burst from hellish depths
flames licking at your feet
breath caught in your throat
hanging on the last thread
of air

swimming the jungle
is a walk on eden's shores

nest word: pity

[Stew21]

shoe shuffle walk
chin points down
eyes shift quiet upwards
never met.
by passers' glance
he searches for
comraderie, friendship
likeness - hope
that someone will see
the man inside,
the one he used to be
lively in color
not pale hidden behind
lined cheeks
full and round
not this obsolete
shuffle shoe shift-eyed
fool.
He looks up to find
someone who will
recognize,
but all he sees
is their pity.

next word: shuffle

[Angelinity]

shuffle them three-by-threes
counterclockwise
front to back til they're done
to undo the undoing you cast

when you gone and did this thing
that reads 'death' with devils on the left
and the star of hope on the right
you gone jumbling fate's threads
twisted them in knots

tis gonna cost you,
this magic ain't cheap and i get to name the price

whatchyer gonna give me

old man

if i buy back your soul?

next word: spell

[Rivana]

One drop of blood for the magic of old
Thrice drawn and the circle you bind
One crystal for the seen and perceived
One for the heart and the mind

A black feather for the dreams of before
For betrayers and those they betray
A whispered prayer while the candle dies
Your words are the means, not the way

A frosted rose, for a frosted heart
Eaten with pleasure for the spell
After tonight love’s for love’s sake alone
When the sun rises all will be well

Next up: enchantment

[Fruitful Works]

Fleeting

As she turns to ask him his inner most secrets
There she finds herself alone glancing
Quickly his shadow fades
Leaving her perplexed
To determine what is the next step

[Fruitful Works]

Sorry! I think I had the wrong word!

[davids]

The enchantment
may it be the story of my life?
I hold her closely, up to me
can a gurgle be a sign of love?

Next word: radio

[Angelinity]

no more
firebranded in my flesh
barbed words spewed
unmittigated anger
at yourself
hating yourself
to the point of a kill

i emit white radio noise
i drown you out
hot firebranding
turned within
you burn
i hover

next word: hunter

[davids]

We are the hunters
the men who kill
the ones we hunt
defend their soil
we commend their spirits
to serve us right
this gives us might
to fight for right or wrong
as patriots do
we ply our trade
and die in useless toil

Next word: Toil

[Rivana]

It was a toil,
but now it's over.
All that's left
is solemn pride.
It's was a struggle,
now it's ended
and we walk
with strong, sure stride.

Next up: solemn

[Angelinity]

oops rivana finished first :) i defer.

she sees no further than
arm's length
skewed angle of her knuckles
toiling to braid marshland fibers
into deep cracks in the land
once florid
drenched in dew at sunrise
birdsong in the crowns of trees
now fallen -
dust in the cracks she's hoping to revive
with a spell of spittle
and the long thread of her memory
of olden times.

next word: encircle


a solemn rejection
is better
than half-hearted acceptance

next word: encircle

[Rivana]

The cuffs encircle my wrists,
made of solid gold
and the silver of moonlight.
Tonight freedom, is but a word
in fairytales and speeches.
My chains were forged
in hate and bitter tears.
They won't break
till I release all fears.
Mine or theirs?
Only the good gods know
and the silence
speaks with eloquence
that they won't tell
a soul.

Next up: poverty

[davids]

Riches abound
where poverty finds its home
bend to the table sweet child
and eat the spirit of hope
for if hope does fill
as it surely does
an empty gut
kills the seed

Next word: Saturday

[Rivana]

Saturday is the day I spend
doing absolutely nothing at all.
Won't check the paper,
won't answer any call,
won't do any business
and if you need me
I will stall.
Any other day you see,
I'll take the world in stride
But Saturdays are holy and
belong to only me.

Next up: superman

[SayerSong]

This sounds fun. Think I'll join.

If I were but a simple man
With simple ties to fate
I might that I would see the world
And ask of it, its place
But know me now, as I am to be
That simple men are like the tides
Unleashed with ravenous grace
So a superman shall I be from here
And a superman shall I remain
Until the day the sun doth draw
Me back to simple days

Next word: Sand

[davids]

God I'm glad I'm not,
superman that is.
All that indestructability
that bullet bouncing buffoonery.

For if I was a superman
I'd have to fit the bill
of those that prove and have to
their masculine abyss
that leads to nothing
to no where fast
oh superman
you poorman
what will you can you do
but fly on high and wish to try
and feel what I no super man can!

Next word: marauder

Damn SayerSong beat me to it and with a nice one as well-getting old and slow kiddos-I defer to SayerSong-next word: Sand-and by the way welcome SayerSong glad to have you join in!!!!

[Rivana]

Yes, welcome SayerSong
...and Dave? Are you starting to feel your years? ^o^

***


They've turned to dust now,
sand in glass,
a perfect circle
will outlast
all our wear and tear.
Forgotten till tomorrow
comes, once more
to settle
ancient bones
to rest,
to sleep.
They say stars depict
our destinies, but I
have seen no signs of these
destinies
they speak of.
No, all I see
is sand and stone,
glass and dirt and withering bone.
Learn your lesson, teacher!
If they to rest, then follow none,
if they to sleep, then leave them.
Then tomorrow so too will you
stay
forgotten in the grave.

Next up: listen

[KTC]

It's in the music
of laughter,
the flight of bird,
the buzz of traffic,
the screech of tires
and death of children.
It's in the architecture of cities,
the breath of wind,
the chivalrous action of man.
Listen, if you dare,
The sound of life
Shattering the memory
Of silence…
The bliss of your noisy existence.

Next word: Memory

[SayerSong]

Had to do this one. Already had the perfect one. LOL And thank you for the compliment and the warm welcome!

Memories

I can feel myself falling.
Returning to old haunts in my mind.
Places, feelings, thoughts, wave after wave.
Each passing wave brings pain of new kinds.

So long ago I fell, so long ago I arose,
Out of the dark and into the light
A climb of a hundred years,
Out of the dark pit of despair.

And now return to ways of old,
Frothy madness at my door.
A plague that binds my heart in two
And threatens all the good, undone.

What must this mind of mine partake
To free itself from this steel cage?
As anger wells and hatred boils,
Sadness from inside congeals.

I take a step and slip back down,
Trying to make this climb again.
If I can just attain one foothold,
Perhaps, I’ll see the light once more.

Next word: Belong

[Angelinity]

if you had loved me
i would have raised you a bridge
over the shifting red dunes of my soul
on spider silk threads
beading with nectar
to nourish you forever

taken you on a journey
to the dark side of the moon
- a freeze-dried embryo
lays burried there
not dead
but waiting
to belong

if you had loved me
truly
you needn't have shown it
not in glaring devotionals at full moon
not in the passion of flesh
not in compassion or forgiveness
you needn't show it at all
(even originals can be copies
even reality can be fake
even i am not who i thought)

had you loved me
there would be a heart in my breast

next word: through

[Rivana]

He made it through
with hardly any
wounds to show
he fought them well.
He killed the demons,
won the kingdom,
but what of love,
where did it go?
It seems that there
was something troubling
which this hero
couldn't show.
Lover, loved one
yes there is,
but they've never
shared a kiss,
where anyone
could see them?
A hero's right -
to choose to wed,
but if he chose
the wrong to bed?
It's hard to be a hero,
because not even
a hero can
choose to wed
another man
in the church of home.

Next up: everything

[davids]

Gathering everything?
There is nothing left
the gutter full
the fritters fried
the life that's left
sweet with juice
and prune delight
remembering the future
life's little rebukes

Next word: backfire

[Angelinity]

-- i concede to the davids (they are quick!) --

i never wanted to be you

(there can be but one)

though i coveted
the matrix of your making

pinnacle status

your serenity

being layered in indigo-purple sheets
of ever-denser nothingness

i never wanted to be you

i wanted everything

next word: nexus

[davids]

To hold a sweet child in my arms
just simple trust
to take care of me

Next word: mind

[ricahardo]

Just a few hairs poke up from the nape of the neck
as the oblivious mouse makes his way,
the arch in back and the black silken fur
are poised and yet frozen.
The mouse, of a sudden, is suspicious
and alert, it looks in the air,
it suddenly scuttles away in a frenzy.
And so the moment is come,
the nexus of instinct and decision -
who chose the fate of the mouse?
Was it the satin black phantom,
patiently laying in wait,
or could the beady eyed rodent
have avoided its instant demise
had it only continued its business
and not flown for its little brown life?


Next word :Instinct

[Angelinity]

6,999,999 hearts thumping
each at its own beat
create the bubble of being
seeded in my mind

to each its own story
painstakingly drawn on black&white canvas
dremt in a resonant blink of awareness
birthed from the void in my heart

it all never happened
neural illusion
shadow-shifting
in the eye of the storm
as my heart and mind became one
you may colour it as you wish from your rainbow pallette
remembering your lives moment by moment
as if they'd been real

being the moment is all i recall

held it together - childplay
at first
but my canvas is heavy with paint
and i sense the one rounding
the number
is me.

odd memories of beginnings take shape
blindsided
by my own creation
i am the canvas
after all

next word: instinct

[davids]

Nice one Ily

I followed my instinct once
it lead me to no good
however chance did play
a small and piquant fruit

I ate of it
and it of me
following instinct true
now here I am
feeling blue
lead once again astray

The Devil say I
it is God say you
so listen for your soul
not instinct real
it's the Devils word?
So out it goes
no more for me
I'll kneel and pray and ask
for guidance from some heavenly bar
full of Angels sipping souly beers

Next word: percolate

[SayerSong]

Oops. Try again... Sorry, got a bit silly at the end... What can I say?

Bubble, pop
Raise and coil
Bringing round
with writhing boil

Dark and sweet
Light and bitter
Flowing freely
flying twitter

All this and more
Is what I see
When I percolate
My tea.

Next word: - Skip to after Davids Percolate ;-)

[davids]

Next word please-that feels sooo good I am usually the one who forgets-Ily sometimes but she is so nice no one cares-me on the other hand-well-snuffs snuff!!!!

[davids]

Percolation, dialation coffee smells abrew
the nose knows and people doze
that coffee perks the heart up right!

Next word: me

[SayerSong]

We seem to have got into a bit of a loop here. LOL

Since we both posted to the same one, I will concede to David's word. This poem will work just as well with the word me, as it would have to instinct. So all is good.



Feet to carry me fast and free
Heart to tame the wild me
Blood that pounds within my ears
Soul to chase away my fears

I am me, truth and lie
Hunter, seeker
I live yet die

Here in the jungle is where I dwell
Craving freedom from this hell
I seek the passage to take me out
Yet all I do is round about

Instinct cries out from my gut
Free the fire
With bone fresh cut

Perhaps it's then that I'll return
Back to the life that I once spurned

NOW, Next word: Snow

[Rivana]

The snow's been falling
softly outside
for neigh six hours
and counting.
It drowns out all laughter,
silences cries,
talking and whispers
and softly sung lullabies...
All are made quiet
in the night.

I was going to make it longer, but I fear the bed beckons me. Have fun with this next word: lollipop

[P.H.Delarran]

shades of red
determine
rejection versus favor
the pure and bright
are always chosen first
but if the hue is dark
and somewhat blue
expect exclusion
until no other choice
remains


next word, rejection

[Rivana]

It stings at first,
but you get over it.
Whether with kinds words
or with force -
rejection is not
a sign of failure,
just that the time
wasn't yours.

Next up: psychology

[davids]

Psychology oh my how do I behave?
A study bright and ego driven
to show me who I am
for if I'm not
who I think I am
then what will psycho do?

Next word: spam

[Rivana]

I got spam
the other day
saying things
would go my way,
if only I submitted.
Twenty friends
should get my mail
or I'd suffer
crimson hail
and later be comitted.
But I threw
that mail away,
thinking I
would save the day
for unsuspecting friends.
And nothing happened,
naught went amiss
because I'd never
had me bliss
things like that soon end.
By their own accord.

Next up: king

[davids]

The king of life looked away
he did not see or hear me pray
though on my knees
I could not feel
honest enough for him to hear

Next word: reborn

[Rivana]

Reborn again,
he was -exalted
and renewed.
Forever and a day,
is the number of his years
and the sentence he will pay
for the crime
of being alive
at the time of Christ.

Yeah, yeah...I'm watching the Da Vinci Code... ^o^
Next up: exact

[ricahardo]

Deliberate steps designed to hold
the gaze of passers-by,
the penitent cannot concede
the price that this poor sinner
must exact in absolution
for his one unholy deed -
and that naught but his
own sad life, a failure in his mind
to tread a path that he and he alone
would see as a realistic road
to righteousness.

Next word: righteousness.

[davids]

Salvation, righteousness
easy words to speak I fear.
When it comes to destiny's path
they become like lead on flight filled feet!

next word: bloat

[SayerSong]

Bloated heart, bloated mind
Bloated spirit of soul divine

Washed away in emptiness
Cradle now of listlessness

Of all the world that falls from grace
This is the hero's resting place

Next word: Deceit

[davids]

Oh how I love a little deceit
with cream and a cherry on top
how much fun would Robin be
without the deceitful sheriff's glee
to sit ole Robin up
to try and hold him-crush him-spleen him
what fun would it all be
without lustful joyful deceit and pie?

Next word: cringe

[Rivana]

(Removed by Rivana)

Next up: groom

[davids]

The groom groomed
the horse de-neighed
and bulged the tummy
so saddle straps
and cattle traps
would slip and slide
deny the ride

next word: silly

[Rivana]

It's silly how they make me feel
these three words never spoken
I've read them on paper,
read them on the screen,
heard them on the silver screen,
but I never spoke them
to someone
not in my immediate family.
Well -in gesture sure,
and in jest,
but never once
did I put them to the test.
I love you?
I don't think so,
such wording is for show
and I am done
with playing.

Next up: lock

[Angelinity]

when i look upon your face
I see sadness,
Heavy with a hundred wars
widow's tales,
Hiding grief from bastardly children
who remind them of lovers
blowing in the dust.

Glaciers of woe carve jagged canyons
rimmed in permafrost,
criss-crossing
a heart dislodged from your breast
in a vain moment of ardor -
When you still hoped for pity
from your fellow man
and the one God of Last Resort.

Rivers of magma once flowed forth from your pores -
Ripples painting pictures of joys you dared dream,
Worn smooth by the licks of tundric gales.
Yet small details endured in the onslaught -
Here I am worshipping a harvest moon
on a midnight stroll through the Garden of Eden.

On the bridge of your forehead
the great eye abides open,
Oozing cyclopean tears of salt rock -
Should I stroke its mirrored dome with my fingerbrush,
will the life vein coursing my blood
seep within to free you from pain?

Or is it too late to save this iron-core lump,
Circling a waning star locked in spiraling orbit
in the shadow of death -
What will I become
when the ice storm of not being
swirls you back to a state of liquid dream.
Back to the great sea of nothingness
tethered
to the head of a pin in God's Hand?

next word: forlorn

[Foinah]

Forlorn for Lorne
I am...
A legacy of Bonanza
and Greensleeves
and Alpo...
Good dog.

His quest for a shining new planet
called Earth,
with Hoss
and Little Joe
and another called Apollo,
and before Starbuck was a coffee...

Is he looking down
right now
from a Canadian version
of heaven?
eh?

No more silver sideburns
or rumbling chuckles,
nary a stern look
for rustlers
or angry red eyed machines...

Forlorn I am
for Lorne
Forlorn for Lorne
I am.

___________
next word : entropy

[Angelinity]

If I am made in God's image -
flesh of His flesh,
blood of His blood,
as mortal prophets contend -
what purpose could serve this empty shell
if He shared not His Spirit?

Tacked onto Eve's primordial helix,
incognito binary code
entropic fungus of death waits in stealth
bidding perdition to the children.

And God has forsaken the power of healing.

Did he start out cloning himself
only to fathom too late that what he craved most
was not equal company
or friendship,
but servility and adoration?

Maybe,
before He blew the Breath into my nostrils,
God had an epiphany -
That He wasn't perfect, after all.
And disappeared to other Universes
seeking His Creator.

He locked the gates leaving us
here in this closed system
condemned to boil together
in Heat Death.

next word: benediction

[Eveningsdawn]

I bow for
your benediction,
feeling your hands
gentle on my hair.
I do not look up,
for though I do not
know who you are,
I do not need
to see your face
to know
your love.

next word: faith

[Beyondian]

Faith binds my soul
Faith makes me free
A beauty of emotion
intense and glorious
A tree stump of strength
roots knotted and thick
like arms, growing deep
into the earth of me
even breaking through
the dust and clay where
doubt and fear dries up.
It makes me part
of a single being
stretching over the
history of the earth.
It makes me lonely and
never alone.
Faith is a small thing
A large thing
Something so easy
to lose, so hard to gain.
Even when everything
else seems lost, I clutch
faith with desperate fingers
Never to let go.
because the despair of
losing it...
Would outcry the ragged winds
of the tempest, thundering
darkened horror in tempestuous
waves around my
drowning soul.

Next word: Waste

[davids]

A sad cello whispers in my heart
the lake, a silver-gray eye
mountains of black surrounding
cool winds pushing me forward
to waste what power left in me.

Next word: pendant

[Rivana]

(removed by Rivana)

Next up: poverty

[davids]

Poverty? A thing of the heart I think
for the recompense of sin it is worthy.
However one thought I had.
Are empty pockets and empty guts
recompense for poverty's thought?

Next word: tumultuous

[Rivana]

(removed by Rivana)

Next up: recompense

[davids]

Should recompense handle joy?
To payback the giver with a smile, a laugh, a feeling of good in the heart?
Still the pain crys out for recompense
to pay back the giver of sorrow or hate.

what shall we do oh dear me
to fight this need for recompense
that joy may thrive and hate may die
then we may all just hug and smile?

Next word: cream cheese

[Rivana]

(removed by Rivana)

Next up: delivery

[davids]

Two pizzas I did not order them!
I struck the delivery boy
hit him hard, right in the chops
I hate getting pizzas

I was delivered somewhere
dead pizza boy staring at me.
Hey mister why'd ya kill me
it was just the wrong address you know?

I had been strapped
the wood the leather and metal
I hate pizza I said once more
as the heat began to melt
my cheese my brain
my ligaments
Oh Christ why did I?
For pizza?
Hell it aint that bad!

Next word: chomp

[Rivana]

(removed by Rivana)

*
Next up: brotherhood

[davids]

I fell into a brotherhood
of pals and love and kin
we danced and sang
drank some gin
then killed 'cause Pontius washed his hands.

Next word: polyester

[Rivana]

(removed by Rivana)

Next up: prodigy

[SayerSong]

One had mastery over intellect,
Thoughts burning through the night
Another had mastery over art
Streaks of color in her soul
The third had mastery over the physical
Speed and grace, lending to athletic skill

All special, all her children
They were her progeny
And they were prodigies
In all ways
Yet he saw only failure
So failure he became
To his own blood
His own progeny

A true failure
In the eyes of prodigies

Next Word: continuation

[davids]

I was wondering if continuation meant never dead
people in church full of dread
for sins and foibles once denied
by youths sweet charm
and wreckless thought
I wonder if I will?

Next word: prop

[Rivana]

(removed by Rivana)

Next up: stage

[Angelinity]

Aligned in honeycomb rows
Me, parallel with myself -
Variations on an original mold.
A World balancing in my right hand
Against an Unknown in my left.
Never were there wind gusts such as these
Or light so deep as to burn the fog;
Nor did I have reason to look at a thing
Outside of myself.
An infinite number of 'me'
Scales between an is and is not,
Shadows playing tricks on my faces
Unveil demonic shapes;
And rarely still,
A glimpse of mirth and mercy.
Reel frames projected on a cosmic screen -
I stage a nameless play.

next word: mercy

[Beyondian]

Let me raise my head
above the sight of the earth
and take back my strength
Take back my freedom
Don't chain me in with promises
of wealth, of happiness
Just let me take my own
load upon my back, walk my
own path without any debts to others
Your mercy strains me
in unkind quanitities
poured over and over my head
My job is mine
My life is my own
All that is of mine, I worked for
And thus it will be
as long as I am free.

Next word: Child

[SayerSong]

A child playing in ocean blue
By the dying light of day
Laughter fills the air
Here is where one might come
If dreams were candy canes and popcicles
Clouds of rolling honey dew
The child smiles in joy
Presents wrapped beneath the tree
A vision of beauty and love
Here is where I come sometimes
When I wish to be a child once more

Next word: Fireflies

[Paint]

Once we wore them as rings
dancing barefoot in the yard
green glow carelessly
smeared on small fingers.
fireflies on an
insect buzz night
sultry summer.

Now she wears diamonds
glitter as she tells a story
with long graceful hands
from her city home
with a view
of wailing ambulance
green glow of neon.

I live where diamonds
rarely seen, maybe at Christmas.
Where the view is treetops
and sparkling moutain river.
An aging respect for life
that seems so short.
I don't kill bugs anymore.

next word: neon

[Rivana]

(removed by Rivana)

Next up: enigma

[Angelinity]

.

[dahmnait]

And next is? ;)

[Angelinity]

next word: gallery

[Rivana]

(removed by Rivana)

Next up: rejection

[davids]

Rejection, multiplication, fornication, such,
things I see and things I hear,
places I want to go people I want to see
rejecting, multiplying, fornicatifying
as they wish what care say I
it is all the same
just rejection, multiplication, fornication.

Next word: sponsor

[Rivana]

(removed by Rivana)

Next up: street

[davids]

Are you old enough to think of those streets?
The ones of Hollywood and Mayberry and middle earth treats?
Sweet lights and trees and sugarplums
children playing
no distress?

I am dear heart of mine
a child in wrinkled skin
a tear in my eye
for a twinkling sky
and the sweet summer bloom of a tree?

Autumn calls haste
the leaves lay to waste
and kids kick em and scuffle em true
watching em do and kick with their shoes
a picture frame for my heart to be sure?

Those streets are covered in icy witch brooms
to trip and to slide in panics of frenzy and laughter
a sleigh and some bells
and some frozen feet tootsies
oh God I remember the splendour of winter
on streets on trees and on me?

When spring finally sprung
the buds peeking out of fruity cacoons
to pique my small nose
to remember what grows
on my street, in my dreams and my heart?

Goodbye my fair street
gone with the wind
and buffoons who concrete our souls
will not laugh like I did,
laugh oh they will,
for there is not love for my street?

The corner is gone
the sweet store no more
the trees are lots upon lots.
But there is one thing for sure
that still sings in my mind
that street that does not remain
but lives on and on
until we are gone
will no one remembers at all?

Next word: deceive

[Rivana]

What gold can deceive,
a human heart
may always show true colors.
It's a matter of perspective
and truth.
Shiny things may blind you,
but if you close your eyes
you will see the lies
and that is all that counts.

Next up: goodnight

[Angelinity]

next word: automatic

[Rivana]

By now it's automatic -
a blush, a smile
and change the topic.
Wilfully misunderstanding
and they look at her
as if she's strange,
but it's not that she don't
like people,
she just can't take
the compliments.
They make her broken,
make her see all the other times
when the words
were cruel and cutting.
Makes her remember
and that's not good.
She's closed herself to the bad,
she's closing herself
to everything.
To forgo the pain,
she's given up
the angstless pleasure
of a compliment
coming her way.
It's an even trade.

Next up: salsa

[davids]

I dip my chips in salsa
on my Veranda with my gun
eating lobster sipping beer
at my house down Mexico way

God help me I lost my chips
my gun close at hand
something moved down there
I took a shot
missed again I'm getting old

Burty my friend barked at me
chagrined from head to tow
whassa matta old fart
can't you aim no more
why'd ya let him get away?

He made me mad old Burty did
so I shot him in the bum
It's just one more
a friend in need
what's one for?
To shoot em in the bum!

Next word: capricious

[Rivana]

I'm a capricious individual
ask anyone, they'll say
that I'm more difficult to catch
than mercury
or summer rain.
Yes ask most anyone at all,
they'll say I never heed
the call
of society's convention.
We need an intervention!
Here now, come
control
the fire in my soul.
Up now, away!
I'm filled with your hot air,
this strange girl will go far.
I know that you
will be here when I fall.
But it's worth it all
to race the sun.
My journey has begun,
yours
is ending soon.

Next up: overbearing

[davids]

Overbearing-underbearing
what shall I choose tomorrow?
Let me sit on the can
as flat as a pan
shall I over or under the bear?

Next word: pompadour

[Angelinity]

next word: product

[davids]

Laugh I will and laugh I must
the product of pain is knowledge-wisdom-and peace!
Rubbish I say and rubbish I am
for in pain I cannot deny
that the brain does not bloom
the soul does not spoon
for spiritual egg nog and rhubary pie!

Next word: eloquent

[Rivana]

They speak such
elegant bullshit,
backed up by
study and
years of research.
It's really
quite amazing,
that they have
opinions at all,
not manufactured
by the elite.
Quite spectacular
indeed,
wonder when that
diamond
sparkling conversation
will cut
their glass boxes
and force them all
outside.

Next up: peculiar

[davids]

Peculiariosity a wonderful stab at the heart of the peculiar few
who dance and sing with a whistle and a ping
then get their bums caught up
in society's sling!

Next word: indifference

[Rivana]

Make them hate me,
fear, adore me.
Make them love
and fall before me.
Anything at all will do,
I don't ask for much, it's true.
Just make them feel
and feel it good.
Make them shudder?
as they should.
I can take anything,
deserve everything
but their indifference.

Next up: Christmas

[ricahardo]

Snowy curls and blushing whorls
on chubby cheeks
that boys and girls dream
happily will visit them
in person.

Old St Nick will do his best
to ease the chill
of winters frost come
once again to freeze
the frame.

Bulging sacks and reindeer tracks,
the hide and seek
behind the backs of
countless happy children
sets the scene.

Best of luck - enjoy your truck
until next year
and Santa's stuck in chimneys
far and wide,
we'll count the days
'til Christmas

Next word: Advent

[Rivana]

Advent, but not
for Christmas cheer,
nor Christmas.
Advent for a peace on Earth,
for messiah,
for the old days
to come again?
Were the old days better then?
Christmas carols
do not say
only promise
that some day
far away a star will shine
ending thoughts that sigh
and pine
for advent to
fulfill its vow
once 'pon Christmas time.

Next up: Saint

[poetinahat]

Saint in Progress

the desert sun at midday makes me swelter
my master bids me travel unencumbered
dependent on a stranger's grace for shelter
and walk among an enemy unnumbered

the saving of my soul requires behaviour
most men would see as suspect or insane
but there's no choice; the calling of Our Saviour
means I must tread a path of constant pain

but skin and blood are instruments of healing
and mine are His to use as is His will
while breath remains and people will receive me
i minister to countless souls, revealing
no matter what you've done, God Loves You still.
i soldier on, though very few believe me.

Nex word: stranger

[Rivana]

She's a stranger, they said.
That's all there's to it.
We don't need oddness here
we have enough of it.
Let her go to somewhere
not here, we don't care.
No wait, for goodness' sake
would you look at that!
She's got talent, this one.
We can use her.
She's got spunk this kid,
so let's abuse her.
She's got smarts and we don't
let's work the angle.
We can have her and still
keep her a stranger.
It's all just a game
of love and anger.

Next up: atrocious

[ricahardo]

Perhaps in Greenwich or Surbiton
they giggle as they twirl and try on hats -
Does my bum look big in this?
Does this fez looking fetching?
That's atrocious! they gaily say.

No.

What's atrocious is that the earth, that
houses us in comfort,
is dying -
as we fritter precious resource
down the discretionary drain
of choice.

Next word: Waste

[Rivana]

What a waste, he's lost
sitting by an empty cup
writing out a world of beauty.
A brilliant mind, a brilliant smile,
a brilliant will to make things shine,
but where does it lead him?
A life in poverty, a ridiculed theme
and then finally fame,
living forever in name
once resting in his grave.

Next up: possibilities