Prayer to the Universe Re-ahib Shellalwar soqbet Ish’bar Seqqara melwat soneb Ha’ianu kin, Halleiwa Hormet akun shishak Hesh kunar Hesh aktum Seq’bar ellah set (Ancient Prakrit language. Phonetic transliteration)
Fear’s Response
Fear’s Response Scream! Scream! Scream! You bastard! Scream! Don’t you think I’m Not watching your every Move. Tasting your fear On my tongue. Sensing The heat of your anguish. Listening to the beat of Your heart; hammering Against your rib-cage. Don’t you think I can’t Smell you? Mmm, sweet! Another poem from my book The […]
Siranham
You have my full attention. The river of knowledge runs Wide and deep. Words mingle In amongst the fishes; scaling Depths that know no shiver Of doubt nor remorse. Winged Syllables fill the air with resonant Compulsion; to breathe forth Lamenting changes in the blossoms Of the trees. Cranes digest nouns; And phrases are borne […]
The Secret Place – (IntPoWriMo – Day 28)
The Secret Place Under bushes, And eves of maple, I sit within my den Made of leaves. I look up at the sky Through starlit gaps And pretend that I am far From the city that Surrounds this place. I know I must Return, sooner or later To the warmth Of home, and the Comfort […]
Ode to Love – (IntPoWriMo – Day 24)
This is ordinarily known as ‘Rob’s Poem’, but I wrote it many moons ago and I have loved many others since 🙂 I have changed the title because it is about being in love with someone in those first few months of a relationship when all is still magical and new. It would seem that […]
Perfection – (IntPoWriMo – Day 23)
Perfection All that mastery of thought and wisdom; Never beckoning, never waking. Tantamount to perfection, Tantamount to wishing. That is what is really there; The dreams you dreamt Last night and before, serving Example beneath the skin Of time; beneath your waking Awareness. Had you caught Yourself, you may have seen The beauty you created, […]
IntPoWriMo – I’m in!
Yes I have signed up to IntProWriMo! I’ve heard of it before but didn’t know that today was the first day until I got the e-mail from WordPress reminding us of this annual event. Funny thing is I already published two poems today anyway on this site – I guess that means I started without […]
Alternative Shorts – Adam and Eve
The Story of Adam and Eve: A New Version And lo a whisper was kissed to our ear, as the Serpent’s tail coiled around Adam’s neck forcing an oath from his lips, that he swear blind only one apple he should eat before sunrise, lest the others go without should they wish to touch […]