In cusp between the Piscean Age
and Aquarian Age lies misfits
energies that take you across the Rubicon
To oar a Rubicon fire and ice is
vital
vibrations facing
slippery tar burning white
what is geek are not wolves in sheep’s clothing
it is magnetic radiance fearless
wearing takkies
seeing rose petals as a language of
capillaries that coloured Piscean Age
in its slumber as we wet white sheets
Cusp
is a ditch before ascension
silent hollows smiling their grey matter
in high heels
raw silk at a table of gossip
Aquarius rises from dungeon
prepared
aware it has already walked through
orange flames
furnaced
liberated (...)
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Allpoetry Honorable Winner
Prompt: “I walk through shadow into
flame becoming Light, Becoming Sky”
March 26
Aquarius, a good friend of mine,
leading the people around me since the beginning of time.
Hilarious the way he is kind,
now he's showing to me what I always wanted to see.
The chaotic side of life,
which makes you feel free like a raven flying high.
I see the people drown,
women, children, men, all looking like clowns,
ridiculous and stupid the way they are.
Confetti, which once was their home,
taking their breath, closing their throat.
Disgusting this world, which made me spit blood.
Through beautiful words, the well-known sky falls apart,
seeing it burn to the ground and rise again in a hot, hard-burning flame.
This is the nirvana I wanted to feel,
the heartbreaking truth my psyche needed to hear.
This, my friend, is the harmonic sound of change,
destroying all we had and ever made.
But what is that?
Through all the ashes and flames,
there's a little mad man who's ready to rule the world.
He climbs up on the mountain of dirt,
completely destroyed and badly hurt.
He will build what once was destroyed,
and that's how he'll find peace
in this round wheeled, repeating world.
Contest Name and inspired by :
Darkside of Aquarius by Bruce Dickinson
Sponsored by: Robert James Liguori
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1st Verse:
Our wheel of fortune is ever present
We need to foresee all we resent
We must be our own saviour
At best with our behaviour
Tread lightly amongst greed and corruption
Dont let them be a disruption
Wisdom and bravery never condemn
always aim to illuminate them
Lies and violence bring us to war
Do we ever question what we're fighting for?
Chorus:
Keep the wheel of goodness turning,
Keep greed and deceit ever burning
over a flaming fire
not our funeral pier
Verse 2:
Move the wheel in the right direction
Feel the unity as we instigate correction
Overcome wrong doing as best we know
No waiting to be the one they call hero
March against evil, and tyranny
Eradicate corruption now you see
Create human dignity and kindness.
Honesty and goodness will end their blindness
Poison is spreading over the land
As they move the wheel lend a hand
Chorus:
Keep the wheel of goodness turning,
Keep greed and deceit ever burning
over a flaming fire
not our funeral pier
Beneath the stars, a glittery haze,
A cosmic queen in her celestial daze.
She told me, "Darling, can't you tell?
This is just your fabulous destiny, spelled!"
She pulled out cards, all shimmery and bright,
And whispered secrets, bathed in moonlit light.
"The stars align, the moon's a rosy hue,"
(I just wanted to find my favorite shoe!)
"The Darkside of Aquarius, honey, calls,
Prepare for shopping sprees and velvet falls!
Your spirit, sweetie, is quite entwined,"
(With a perfectly matched handbag I can't find!)
She spoke of eras, crushes, and such strife,
As I just hoped for a drama-free life.
"A spiritual and sparkly, fated art!"
(I'd rather scroll through TikTok, bless my heart!)
I checked my phone, a little sigh,
And caught a twinkle in her eye.
"You'll find your truth; you'll feel the glow!"
"Okay, but can we get some froyo, though?"
The prophecy, a grand design,
Turned out to be just a good time.
The Darkside of Aquarius? Pfft!
Just my bestie suggesting a spontaneous road trip!
When, as a child, the aquarian age did dawn.
Good vibrations were its joyful, loving spawn.
The world was ignited by a peaceful spark.
But did this age also bring us something dark?
And are our lives ruled by stars up in the sky
or by the true convictions of you and I?
I wonder if we are not to blind to see
that the darkness emanates from you and me.
Darkside of Aquarius Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Robert James Liguori
Contest Judged: 9/24/2025 10:36:00 AM
( 6th Place )
The heavens break in rivers lit by flame,
the scattered stars bow low, their crowns of shame.
Beneath their weight the trembling earth is torn,
and voices vanish where younger dreams were born.
The oceans burn their silver currents lost,
dark smoke lifts to wrap the sky in frost.
A rider moves across the night in red
while whispers lift among the countless dead.
Mothers defend their sons with quivering hands
as iron footsteps mark the broken lands.
The seer cried out but none would heed their song.
a shadowed reign had gripped the earth too long.
Amid the ruins, one faint spark remains
a gentle light that bear all the chains.
Though heavens vanish and every fate derides,
the human heart keeps burning through the tides.
A jar of water washed
Away my past regrets
Afflictions put to rest
Ashamed no more am I
And when the clock strikes twelve
Awake, my soul, to greet
Another birth of me
As the Stars Align and The Winds Of Aquarius Blow
Unveils the Golden Paradigm, Gaze Upon The Satya Yuga Scrolls
A Descent Of Light into Matter to bring forth the Serpent Bearer
and Balance the Cosmic Scale, Ascending like Kukulkan with it's Lucid Feathers
Into Realms Of Heaven where Wisdom Reigns
to unlock the 7 Seals to the 7 Gates,
and through the Blazing Fire permeates the Age Of Truth
watch Ophiuchus wielding the Long Bow of the Absolute,
All Is One, A New Dawn Shines Forth
One Of Courage, and Knowledge and Hope,
Ashes to Light, In Light We Soar
From Light to Life, These are the Winds Of Aquarius, BEHOLD
It's very, very cold and very, very dark.
Slow breaths of Pluto's bark are coming in,
Barking to alert Earthlings of imminent change,
Signs of a paradigm shift now,
Things are beginning to feel strange.
It's happening now, right now, believe it or not.
One should be prudent to make sure their work is not slipshod.
So buckle your seat belt and get ready.
It's moving slowly, but it's coming in steadily.
Whether you're ready or not,
It's happening right now for the unlearned and the taught.
Light of Transcendence
From the Light of the Teacher
A peculiar transit
Moving into Aquarius, where it will sit for a while,
Pluto is transforming life on Earth in an innovative, unpredictable style.
Young and naive, she fell for an Aquarius,
over time he grew nasty and quite nefarious..
A little later came her next heart pang.
He was a fiery Aries man.
With time his habits she just couldn't stand.
A long-term lover and definitely the nicest
was a very sensitive and nurturing Pisces.
Our hearts collide in this universe,
sometimes for better, sometimes for worse.
Look at their planets, and study their stars.
Were they influenced by Jupiter or perhaps Mars?
Consult an astrologer, develop a plan, and look
at the stars whenever you can.
I am following a fast flowing river
down to the sea.
I am not a fish
I am fish-eyes
ocular, a blue planet
inside an oceanic mind.
Above the water I see
osprey, and doves
looking down from their treetops
I am not them
not yet -
wings are the last order of evolution
before a fish births a man
before the fish jumps into Spirit.
The horizon opens wide
limitlessly wide.
My fish-eyes hold
all the land and sea
in a cradle of renewal.
The reborn
leap beyond
a water-falling sky.
Home was always
just a leap away.
Aquatic spirits have spawned us.
Sprats and minnow
are now skin and bone,
krill and whale our flesh.
A progenitor who knows
how to hide a fish in a fish,
also hides the head from the tail,
the beginning from the end.
That one has left us
to swim in a scallop shell
until heaven-sent oceans
gives up their secrets.
The higher the sign
Closer to the end of times
That I once called mine:
Now all shall follow the sign,
As we all further decline.
a humanitarian at heart
Even though i fell on the moon
a secret sacred hidden part
Maybe i ended up showing to much to soon
How do you live pure in a world so cold?
As the Aquarius moon watches on
just another chapter with something hidden told
To be left behind for when I'm gone
One more verse contained in a word
This is the age, where my moon feels at home
my thoughts like my my mind may seem absurd
all it frantically roams
This moon, is full and blue just like your eyes
Controlling the water. Controlling the tides
us two together, no room for lies
This life lived in darkness, Aquarius moon i confide
Affectionate and loving I am
Quiet to strangers, chatterbox to close friends
Unconventional at heart
A very loyal friend
Require freedom to do what I wish
Independent and innovative
Unique perspective on life
Sometimes, I may appear to be stubborn
Date: 04/01/2021
Inspired by: Star Sign Acrostic Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Charlotte Puddifoot
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