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Soft Shock of Apples Falling

April 22, 2024 Jamie Lee Hamann 809 Views 2 Comments death, loss, love, Recovery

Soft Shock of Apples Falling A. Spring flowers are babbling flying embers taking chase one puts their hands up to

Leviæthan – The Vessel (pt.2)

February 21, 2024October 4, 2024 Raven Mirthwood 1572 Views 0 Comments darkness, death, horror, horror poetry, revenge, supernatural

Leviæthan I ‘neath the grim pallor of a Plutonian moon, Sheltered in the cloak of Phantom’s embrace, A tempest rages

Halloween Poetry Rhyming Verse

To the Abode of the Damned

October 29, 2023 Jamie Lee Hamann 574 Views 1 Comment damnation, death, demons, Doomed, halloween, scary

To the Abode of the Damned I. The Damned Time to dig oblong square for narrow crate to lie on

Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Midnight Hour – The Vessel (pt.3)

May 3, 2023August 26, 2024 Raven Mirthwood 1786 Views 8 Comments darkness, death, horror, horror poetry, revenge, supernatural

The Midnight Hour Toll of the bell at Midnight Hour, High above, —the full moon still Below, a sepulcher in

Haiku Poetry Rhyming Verse

Yield to Time

March 25, 2023March 25, 2023 Paul Neglia 693 Views 2 Comments album titles, death, haiku poetry, life, Pearl Jam, realization

Yield to Time … I think I’ve found a new love for writing in haiku, taking song titles from some

Contemporary/Alternative Poetry Poetry

Ash, Charcoal, Smoke, and Ruin

April 4, 2022April 4, 2022 Jamie Lee Hamann 1362 Views 5 Comments death, destruction, Jamie Lee Haman, war

ASH, CHARCOAL, SMOKE, AND RUIN I. Swirls of flame on oily rag drip flame upon hot green tracts melt through

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Within My Bones

January 17, 2022January 23, 2022 Jamie Lee Hamann 776 Views 3 Comments death, faith, religion

Within My Bones I I pray to stay honest within my bones until a known hangman knots up his noose

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Bahamut Attacks

January 17, 2022January 23, 2022 Paul Neglia 1462 Views 4 Comments death, Dragon, evil, fire, Paul Neglia, terrifying

Bahamut Attacks… …. Sometimes the Dragon Wins…. The sun went truly dark, and they impugned the moon First

Halloween Poetry

A Modern Horror Story

October 30, 2020November 4, 2020 John Hansen 1459 Views 4 Comments dark poetry, death, halloween, horror

A Modern Horror Story … The house was old and crumbling, The rafters cracked and bowed. The furniture would

Free Verse Poetry Seasonal

The Red Cardinal

January 2, 2020January 3, 2020 John Hansen 2466 Views 6 Comments death, grieving, Grim reaper, new year, red cardinal

The world just hasn’t been the same Since you departed much too soon. Nothing else can fill the void, And

Creative Writing Short Story

Mysterious Phenomena From Spinner’s Tales

July 18, 2019July 19, 2019 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2568 Views 4 Comments crossbow, death, ghost bomber, green ghosts, mysterious phenomena, Phyllis Doyle

Mysterious Phenomena … Alien, Spectral, Ghost? About six years ago, when I lived at the foothill of Little Mountain, I

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Twisted Metal…recent offerings

June 17, 2019June 21, 2019 Tony DeLorger 1768 Views 4 Comments change, death, poetry, recent offerings, seasons, twisted

Some recent offerings… Twisted Metal Twisted metal bent to breaking, fractured aching to imminent loss, as thoughts amass in flesh

Inspirational Poetry Memoir Poetry Rhyming Verse

My Father’s Rose – More Than Just a Flower

April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 John Hansen 4376 Views 8 Comments death, father, memories, Rose, supernatural, yellow rose

The Story Behind My Father’s Rose My wife and I bought a rose bush for my father for his birthday

Free Verse Poetry

Fair Thee Well

April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 Vincent Moore 1864 Views 10 Comments abyss, death, life, poetry, sorrow, Vincent Moore

Fair Thee Well … He’ll soon be gone,

Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Darkness Stirs

January 27, 2019January 27, 2019 Paul Neglia 2076 Views 10 Comments anger, death, funeral, Loneliness, sadness

The Darkness Stirs … I think of loss as the pinnacle of empathy The tears flowing that descend as coping

Poetry Rhyming Verse

All soldiers die in battle

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 EdF 1649 Views 1 Comment battles, broken soldiers, death, life, soldiers die

If not on the morning of battle with the scent of burned cordite still in the air then when we

Poetry Rhyming Verse

Deathly Dialog

November 15, 2018November 15, 2018 Paul Neglia 1655 Views 8 Comments abyss, death, deathly dialog, descents, fighting, love

Deathly Dialog … Staved off, these superfluous descents into the abyss, Yet into the bitter lapse of everyday life, I

Free Verse Poetry

Happenings In Stages

August 24, 2018 Vincent Moore 1571 Views 8 Comments aliens, death, humans, infections, plagues, Vincent Moore

Hesitated pressing the publish button with this piece of fiction, it came to me as a dream

Free Verse Poetry

You Linger Still

August 20, 2018September 7, 2018 Vincent Moore 1646 Views 4 Comments death, eternity, grave, linger, spirit, tomb

You Linger Still … You linger still, but who will read

Free Verse Inspirational Poetry

As the Years Comply

August 18, 2018August 19, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1352 Views 4 Comments aging cycle, death, heredity, infinite soul, poem, years

The years comply to the rhythm of my slow fading, the subtle changes that mark the decline of health, those

Inspirational Poetry Rhyming Verse

I Wish I Were, But I Am

August 10, 2018 Tony DeLorger 1528 Views 4 Comments belonging, death, perspectives, poem, understanding eternity, wish

I wish I were a leaf, swept up in the warm embrace of a breeze, and from there what I

Creative Writing Short Story

Dreamscape of brother angel

August 6, 2018August 7, 2018 EdF 1983 Views 3 Comments Angels, brothers, death, dreamscape, loss, nightmares

Dreamscape of brother angel … I slept fitfully at first and yet in the deep throws of night a dream

Inspirational Poetry Poetry Rhyming Verse

The Death Of The Sea

April 22, 2018April 22, 2018 EdF 1507 Views 4 Comments death, depths, forgiven, life, listen, return, saving, the sea

The sea will tell us its tale … We came from the depths of the sea my son one day

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