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Tributaries Of Black Tulips - Collaboration with 'Ink Empress'


When heinous fangs
of life drain
the amethyst glow
flowing above 
infected ripples of time,
I question the 
chaos that claims
serenity through 
saline serenade 
of sirens, composed 
with midnight ink
across a mazed face 
of a starless canvas,
What if these coastal
conch confettis want to
skip heartbeats with
peridot rhymes inscribed
as reefy runes? 
will the cracking
waves of canorous 
currents synchronize 
stranded dreams
hanging on
mellow strings 
of my cello soul? 
For decayed dice of 
destiny rolls 
to swirl along 
bruised blue caves
of molten bubbles 
emanating dusted 
crystal tears from a
charcoal oyster throne, 
bejewelled with 
broken ballads, 
as voiceless verses
echo angst from ruthless 
tentacles of poisoned 
urchins, stinging 
opalescent scales 
that once upon a summer
sheltered and rinsed
pansy green 
pigmented pain
that sketched 
pantoums with 
moon-laced refrains
illustrating my 
delicate skies.

Breathing in 
raging hailstorms, 
I’m a damsel nymph 
of seven merlot seas, 
weaving a tapestry of 
camphorous conscience, 
flooded with sins 
of sundrop resins and 
my truth residing 
between the 
liquid-fire rings 
of white-silk seahorses, 
galloping and racing 
into blind aqua-herbs; 
My life is blanketed in 
harbor-grey smoke, 
clasped by eight 
sharp swords of 
erratic octopus’s oblivion, 
Whist being guided 
by narcissistic 
nightingale’s malignant 
sonnets, crisply crushing 
the ribboned hope 
which once blossomed 
like a chartreuse folklore 
in my aromatic 
spine and bones.

I weep violet blood 
and inshore tributaries 
upon marine wildflowers, 
As I gaze at the 
ablaze ships, 
crashing waves 
and lethally jostling
cacophonous cuckoos 
in the ocean-burial, 
to be diluted in 
pastel-blue atoms, 
as none but 
comet-chased 
sea-maidens;
my celestial soul 
carries a naive 
efflorescent  voice 
of all the leaden hearts,
which navigated 
black-tulip waters 
of wanton pirates, 
rephrasing regretful 
harmonies and 
covering morose 
ashes with 
constellations of 
unicorn-shells 
gliding in cranberry 
curls of sweven tides, 
surfing towards skyline of 
forlorn Poseidon.

I wonder, if ravishing 
rays of sunsets, 
embrace the 
shimmering shoreline 
where emerald sea-foam
floats as pearlescent 
picturesque poems,
embalmed in ivory
stains of yesteryears,
whilst we still
reminisce the monsoons
where crestfallen 
eagle rays whisper
sombre tales to the 
eyes of humankind,
that refuse to 
speak the language
of love and light.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2023




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Date: 8/26/2024 5:19:00 PM
What a beautiful poem. It takes your reader to heights of ecstasy. I was rapt by the intensity of your words. Your expression has profound eloquence.
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Date: 12/16/2023 12:49:00 PM
Wow, you both are so deep together. This took my breath. I love your sea creature imagery. This is a FAV!
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Date: 12/13/2023 11:24:00 AM
Longing...Yet languid; a trifle gloamy.? Similar Spirits elabourate, non physicallity's.. adjure it Not.' webbed looms of agelessness strewn With un-fullfilled intention, echo's of industrial Frenzy almost.' Nearly..' somewhere.? Calling For fullfilments caress.'
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Date: 12/12/2023 9:54:00 PM
What a wonderful collaboration. This is seamless. Bravo to you both.
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Date: 12/12/2023 8:27:00 PM
Hiya and Empress, you make an excellent duo. With your great collaboration, a masterpiece is born. As water mixes with sugar, your identities and styles merge and it is difficult to make out who has written one particular section. I drown in the plethora of images and words you have used. Apart from poetry , the one thing I have noticed in both is their willingness to encourage all with their positive comments. They always make the small ones feel great and place others on par with them. You both are a benign presence on Poetry Soup!
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Date: 12/12/2023 6:16:00 PM
Stunning vocabulary and great use of metaphors Hiya, you collaborate seamlessly. together. Well done. Tom
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Date: 12/12/2023 4:44:00 PM
This is such a dark and despairing piece although beautifully written with such emotion. It is also done so well It was like reading for one poet instead of two. You are so in sync with each other. Well Done to both of you. God Bless, JB
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Date: 12/12/2023 2:10:00 PM
Symphony of harmonies and delightful imagery-- flow throughout your poetic tributaries. A superb collaboration from two talented writers. Your poems are paintings in colorful brushstrokes, as always. Kudos to you both! A FAVE!
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Date: 12/12/2023 12:52:00 PM
Such a darling and talented duo, IE, and HS, you have created a magnificent thing that defies imagination once more. You both have a lyrical soul in common. It is comforting to see the consolation you have found within the ethereal domain of literature amid the misery, torment, and deep emotions that pervade your lyrics. As I submerge myself in the grandeur of your bright poetry, your indistinguishable imagery and intuitive gift for rhyme bestow the ultimate delight on me. This is surely favor
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Date: 12/12/2023 10:09:00 AM
awww look at you two little sweethearts collaborating together and so well.. mermaid and angel.. what sweet pet names you have for each other.. You two mirror each other so well and have produced a dark and deep poem here.. full of alliteration and metaphors. It is very long though, but that is probably because you both love expressing so much and want to get out as many words as possible... well done to both of you..
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Date: 12/12/2023 8:24:00 AM
Ah our mermaid theme collaboration! My angelic star i remember this collaboration , we did this right before my insta abandoned me. Hah! I always love writing with you because we speak the same crazy language in poetry and we get each others way of describing things and expressing. This is one of my fave collabs with you and its always so easy to write with you too. Thank you for sharing this on soup too. And i hope we get to write many more collabs together always. I miss the design we did
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Ink Empress
Date: 12/12/2023 8:25:00 AM
For the poem: was so beautiful and island ish. And it is also the experience that is pleasant. Working with you is easy. And as an 18 year old you are a very intelligent reader and writer that can comprehend emotions and deliver them too in such eloquence, appreciate your support always fave fave
Date: 12/12/2023 8:21:00 AM
Note -A collaboration with the angelic soul Ink Empress, who's my inspiration in poetry and Fairy Goddess in life. It's always a blessing to collaborate with her. She has the most wonderful heart and she's one of the purest souls I've ever met in life. Thank you so much for EVERYTHING, my dear Ink, you're the best :) (P. S- posting this note here bcz word limit won't allow me to add it in the main layout haha)
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Ink Empress
Date: 12/12/2023 8:26:00 AM
Omg im literally in tears sigh this is soooo sweeet! Thank you so so very much truly always. Im beyond grateful and so are you. Thank you for everything

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