let divine love's light shine so to the shadows cast free that anyone reads of us may see a dream tapestry constellation famous #tanka #poetry #vss365

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. - Bertrand Russell

@The_PoetryArena #BornBattleReady #whisper

Seductive prologue Exploratory embrace Enticing sighs A thrilling chase My penmanship Athwart your naked page Our play of love Primed for the stage My sharpened quill Your endless flowing ink Fusion of our forms Wildly aromatic, we sink Into the #literature of love #vss365

The River Styx ~ The waters of the hated river suckle at the bank Amongst a crush of supplicants I wait for him the ferryman that knows the price of death and asks it .. #vss365 #death #myth #folklore art: Ferryman on River Styx by skeletalcloset on DeviantArt

The Trade She wanted truth, but truth is heavy. I gave her weight. Freedom costs something, so I severed her wings. Horns grew back, because you fly or you fight. She learned that. So did I.

"poet" any writer knows the label isn’t a badge. it’s a warning. yet this loud little fuck prances through my favorite coffee shop wearing it like a walmart greeter’s nametag. he quotes rilke and quips in latin, because why not be shallow in two languages? the page doesn’t need

stillness peace isn’t really peace. it’s just the moment nothing’s asking anything of you. it tastes clean. like cold water after blood. but the noise always returns. work, love, the small talk that devours you whole. it is then you start to see why some men walk into the

Hitler had 6 million mainly white people killed: “the most evil man that ever lived” Leopold of Belgium had at least 10 million black people killed: “never heard of him” Wonder why?

Saudi Arabia literally bans churches. Pakistan jails people for “blasphemy.” Iran executes gays. And you want to lecture Israel about “apartheid”?

Redeemed beneath waterfalls deep forest clatter a cleansing of you- though clenched teeth chatter & pale lips blue. #poetry #poetrycommunity

"Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth" - Ecclesiastes 12:1 Therein endeth the lesson.

It's insane how many people are insecure about their appearance but not their character.

Four Queens - #poem by Neil G a gypsy woman read my cards …. #WyrdWednesday #Tarot art: The Fortune Teller by Mikhail Vrubel 1895

like a comet drawn into the atmosphere love burns dazzling bright until there's nothing left of us to disappear only vapor trails the debris of memories echoes of our song softly feathered —evanesce, mist on a susurrus dream time can never measure love's preciousness

taking the path less trodden finding out it leads to a dead end refusing to die digging with bare hands climbing with tired limbs falling and failing scouring the earth forgetting surrender gnawing at the fear that gnaws at your core there’s only one way to die that’s trying..

Storage at times I've wondered if it's my heart that's made of lead not knowing what's heavier and worth less.

#measure #vss365 #owl_nightsky The Measureless Abyss They hold their rulers to the sky, seeking to measure even light, to price the glow of souls that die for what they think is right. Love—too soft to coin or weigh— they trade for fame’s decaying gleam, and knowledge—bought,

I served 3 years in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era — a war this country didn’t want. For decades, no one said “thank you.” Today, on Veterans Day, I honor every man and woman who served even when it wasn’t popular. 🇺🇸

One of Dad's favorite sayings was "Rome wasn't built in a day." From it I took that if you want to succeed at something or create something grand, you must be willing to budget failure, to give yourself grace for that allowance, even in a project as small & finite as yourself‼️🖖🏽

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