Xavier Keough Poet Free verse

Posthumously

Destiny
Sordid, shoddy succubus
Culled consciousness
Mottled, beguiled muse
Hungry for hope
An eruption of erudition 
To be showered with praise
Cleansed pride
Chloroformed strife 

Where dreams tease unkempt hair
And eulogize tear stained verse
Sacrificed on stripped oak altars
Trembling hostages of insatiable sermons 
Sterile sunrises
Mourned by cramped, fertile fingers
I pray to my paranoia of invasion

Voices
Viscid footsteps
Shadows of salvation 
Which pass without query
Again
Chortling echoes of obtuse obituaries
As I lie shackled to tomes of obscurity
Tortured
Starving
Undiscovered 
Dead

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Carol Sunshine Brown June 7, 2012 at 8:13 AM When I click on one of your poems I know it will be amazing Xavier. Thank you for sharing your words with us. I hope all is well with you and yours. I will stop back again soon. Love, Carol

James Fraser September 20, 2009 at 7:15 AM Congratulations on your lovely poetry being featured this week>>James

September 19, 2009 at 2:06 PM The vivid imagery forwards your thoughts in a creative way. Congratulations on having your poem featured. Wishing you ongoing success with your writing. Karen

Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen September 16, 2009 at 4:28 AM Congratulations Xavier, on having your well-written poem featured this week. It intrigues the mind. Keep those words flowing Pre- humously. Big Smile, Dane Ann

Raul Moreno September 15, 2009 at 1:56 AM Xavier, congrats on having your work featured...Raul

Carol Sunshine Brown September 14, 2009 at 3:50 AM Congratulations on your well deserved poetry being featured this week Xavier. Love, Carol

Raul Moreno May 3, 2009 at 2:39 PM Xavier, my belated congrats in making the semi finals...Raul

Carol Sunshine Brown April 10, 2009 at 8:04 AM Congratulations on your poetry making it into the semi finals. Wishing you the best of luck in the finals Xavier. Love, Carol

Monique Mcdowell March 30, 2009 at 11:47 AM Wow! This poem is something else....that's all I can say. I think I might have to read it a few more times, bc it's just that good. Congratulations on your placement in the contest. ~Monique 'Bruised Kisses' poet

Carolyn Devonshire February 25, 2009 at 1:45 PM Xavier, you have a gift for evoking emotion in your poetry. Please don't think of yourself as "undiscovered...shackled to tombs of obscurity." I'm sure many of the other writers on this site have "discovered" your talent as well. Love, Carolyn