Best 50 Words Poems


50 Words For Poe: Metamorphosis

"50 Words for Poe: Metamorphosis"



Intricate souls, 
Complex needs
interconnected
Light energy 
binds them 
2 hearts
2 minds
Become 
1 heart
1 mind
it’s all in the 
timing
the complexities 
of a trick

Reciprocity
with a kiss
intuitive
apport 
the exchange
of a key,
The Gift 

MAGIC

Metamorphosis

The answer to this 
trick 
begins with the binding
of his wrists

(LadyLabrinth/2019)




https://youtu.be/0FMtQrsKM8c
How to Be Invisible/Bush




“I am a great admirer of mystery and magic. Look at this life - all mystery and magic.” Harry Houdini




https://youtu.be/0ar7vovnH5I
Wow/Bush




The secret message Houdini said he’d reveal, in a séance, to his wife so that she could determine the legitimacy of a spiritualist:


“BELIEVE”








1.
https://www.thegreatharryhoudini.com/metamorphosis.html

2.
https://newrepublic.com/article/119015/edmund-wilson-houdini

3.
https://www.thegreatharryhoudini.com/occult.html

4.
https://youtu.be/IczEq22-rPU
Final Seance (Full Audio)/Bess, Houdini

5.
Houdini's widow, Bess, died of a heart attack on February 11, 1943, aged 67, in Needles, California while on a train en route from Los Angeles to New York City. She had expressed a wish to be buried next to her husband, but instead was interred 35 miles due north at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Westchester County, New York, as her Catholic family refused to allow her to be buried in a Jewish cemetery.

6. https://youtu.be/0YbbsSgIBdk
Huff Paranormal (1)

7.https://youtu.be/WHVx8TfbRiY
Huff Paranormal (2)

50 Words For Poe: Monkey Boy

"50 Words for Poe: Monkey Boy"




"VACANT" ...

You lie your head down on a soft pillow
in a grey room 
They say you have the Key
But it’s Hell, 
you’ve done the work
You’re not forgiven
You’re not free

Someone on the other side 
wants to lie down
there is no soft pillow
She’s very tired
But not over easy
Sunnyside Up

That’s not easy
Sunnyside Down
could be

Windows
Open

You see through a dream 
how it is for the other
there is no soft pillow

Open 
Windows
Now

Dream
Mirror

They see you in their dream
Prison in a mind 
Doves sometimes fly free
They see you
Monkey Boy

Dream
Mirror

Simeon
Life ain’t easy

Simeon 
This side
or That

The little one is trapped
between 
This World
and That

Break Free
Monkey Boy
Break Free

She waits for the Tooth Fairy,
The Little One
Mumma holds a loaded gun

Whatya gonna do?
Stay?
Walk?

Free?

She waits for the Tooth Fairy,
The Little One

Mumma holds a loaded gun
Mumma holds a loaded gun

Bullets loaded
Engraved: 

"Silver Lady"

(LadyLabyrinth/2019)

Dream
To Be
Free 
Xx

Don’t F it up Roy
This is your chance to be free

Fly Free Bird Boy
Fly Free 

(LadyLabyrinth/2019)
llb/gvlm/xxxx




https://youtu.be/ZRSNy8DcIDk
Tangerine Dream/ 
"Love on a Real Train (State Azure Cover)"




“ - FORGIVENESS -

Liberates the soul. 
It removes fear. 
That is why it is such a powerful weapon.”
Nelson Mandela




LOVE

"…12
Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 

...13
And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is LOVE." 

Corinthians

50 Words

50   WORDS

The man  with the rope  asked for  last  words  -  so
I  stepped to  the edge and  looked  calmly down:
That’s a dangerous edge, I said - some unlucky
guy  could  get  hurt  if  he   fell  -
I mean he could easily break
His    leg   or   arm  -
if really unlucky,
maybe  his
neck.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .

Written by  Sydney Peck

Entered in   Shaz   Cheesman’s  Contest      50 Words


50 Words For Poe: Posthumous

"50 Words for Poe: Posthumous"



Moody dark man haunted mind
Lovecraft sleeps awake eyes open wide
while he writes Her, she possesses he, his lovely succubus Monster merrily
a deep embrace into his dreams spectral posthumous bride becomes her

Lovecraft sleeps awake eyes open wide
wild raging fever in his blood is She
a deep embrace into his dreams spectral posthumous bride becomes her
Dark Danvers dances naked laughing deliciously in the fire with he

Wild raging fever in his blood is She
his very own black-hearted soul sucking Calypso Nightmare Queen
Dark Danvers dances naked laughing deliciously in the fire with he
Beelzebub plays the fiddle burns it up so devilishly

His very own black-hearted soul sucking Calypso Nightmare Queen
penetrates his Lovecraft Church 'N Steeple mercilessly
Beelzebub plays the black organ inside he, burns it up so devilishly
Lovecraft is no Poe is he, now possessed by spectral posthumous bride 

She becomes his poetry

(LadyLabyrinth/2019)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf00KI2MEGg "The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove" 
The Dead Can Dance, Album:Into the Labyrinth




“In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulu waits dreaming” H.P. Lovecraft 


"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." Du Maurier







1.
Lovecraft
https://www.biography.com/people/hp-lovecraft-40102

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft


2.
Du Maurier
“Rebecca” 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/31/mrs-danvers-rebecca-daphne-du-maurier-baddies-books

50 Words For Poe: Rouge

"50 Words for Poe: Rouge"



Rouge, sweet stains
the bleeding mouth of the brain
Green poison from 
the tongue of envy a postal note from Hell

Rouge makes a bed
with an enemy
Knife slices the insipid pale
in the bucket lies Hell's abysmal fail

Rouge, dances in 3 inch sharp knives
Rouge, slices lips and rips through black the widower's widow's veils

Rouge Stilettos 'round a slick Rouge Rue Pole
Slices through a dullard’s mind, eats it like Hot Creole

Diamond eyes smiles
Dark Vermillion gives a deep twist

There’s the knife

She’s wearing the cache
a glistening string of rare pearls

Silver Lady on the Open Road 
purrs

(LadyLabyrinth/2019)

(Notes on Murder Methodology from the Infernal Dante Dungeon)




https://youtu.be/jXVADFT6m1g
LOW/Candy Girl





"What songs the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, although puzzling questions are not beyond all conjecture."
– Sir Thomas Browne, "Urn-Burial" 


“You can’t train a monkey new tricks, inevitably bare feet runs the wild in the beast’s blood” Anonymous


“Perdidit antiquum litera prima sonum”






1. Cache
2. Rue
3. Rouge
4. Ratiocination

50 Words For Poe: Vide Cor Meum

50 Words for Poe: Vide Cor Meum



Look into my heart
see it’s sinew ripped
in the hole daisies grow
and death renews
forget-me-nots
unfurling crushed blue
from their
black soiled
deep dead 
purple sleep

Vide Core Meum
slowly burns 
the earth of me
forests roar
barefoot walks 
through broken glass
then, nine inch nails,
the vanity fast retreats

where Raven wings
fan the flames

blue ribbons
veins complete
cor
caws
from it's bleeding
Poe-kept beak

this is where 
the bushfire starts

Vide Core Meum
the Monster
Lillith is awake

Singing to her 
Morning Star

The story not yet complete

(LadyLabyrinth/2019)



https://youtu.be/SP9IrCCMUUw
Vide Cor Meum/Zimmer





“Every tree in the forest has a story to tell. Some of them were burnt but they endured the fire and got revived; some of them were cut, their barks injured, some people pick up their leaves to make medicines for their sicknesses, birds used their leaves to make their nests, etc."




https://youtu.be/pev0dINRaok
The Great Below/Reznor




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Star


50 Words For Poe: Shark

"50 Words for Poe: Shark"




The Shark’s name was Bruce
he liked to drive with his head 
hanging out the car 
mouth wrapped around a 
Montecristo Dantes Cuban Cigar

They met in Wichita
Room 101 in the 
Hotel Cicero

“Hey babe,” he said
“I know,” she said 
“You wanna marry me and
you wouldn’t be dead for quids”

“Hey babe,” he kissed her forehead
“Yeah,” she said
“Let’s go to the Boat Shed”
They got out of bed

Lake Tahoe next
Bluey was waiting with Bugsy 
in Las Vegas at the Flamingo
he'd be wearing Red for Siegal
free as a bird

Meanwhile,
She'd gone all Jonathan Livingston Seagull

In another world
Brisbane and Sydney were dead
...
She’d put a bullet to both of their heads

(LadyLabyrinth/2019)




https://youtu.be/aSI-Wk00rVw
The Toadies – Possum Kingdom




“The devil will do anything for you to be comfortable in your ignorance.”


“If you opt for a safe life, you will never know what it's like to win.” 


“The danger of venturing into uncharted waters is not nearly as dangerous as staying on shore, waiting for your boat to come in.” 




https://youtu.be/tmSzRx9RYLk
Sinatra










1. SEAGULL
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Livingston_Seagull


2. Jonathan Livingston Seagull/ebook
http://csermelyblog.tehetsegpont.hu/sites/default/files/angol%20sir%C3%A1ly.pdf

50 Words For Poe: Styx

"50 Words for Poe: Styx"




Sleep now

Your Nepenthe has been taken
listen to your dream 
what you pay alms for
requires surveillance
this is where she is reached and seen
in her dreams she dreams within your dream

He whistles in with the wind
Like King of the Hill
Incubus sucks her soul in 
she sits in his boat 
long bare legs wearing 
Red killer stilettos, 
"Persimmon" on her wiggling toenails
She's all covered in Sin
she smells good, ripe for kissing
sailing on Styx 
towards some kind of destiny
Him and his hot dream
on their first tryst
this vetoes all need for safe religion
when he looks at himself, 
God is in the mirror 
staring back at Him
He smiles a Jack Nicholson grin

In vivid hues of Blue
he dreams to win
She whispers,
“Baby come here, come in”
This is all he needs 
He's already on his knees
She becomes
His strange new religion

The Black Raven softly sings
Purple is the colour not Red, that 'reals' him in


(LadyLabyrinth/2019)



"And I'm not one for thinking twice,
But I know this much is true,
The earth will turn and powder burns,
And you are my revolver."





Strange Religion, Mark Laneganhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAQZKbUkK_0


The Red Shoes, Kate Bushhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbbPPy_bNM4

Lily, Kate Bushhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWaqPOnR5wU 


Moments of Pleasure, Kate Bushhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW5hjWVS3ho 

Revolver, Campbell/Laneganhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT1Y0m8MX2I 









https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styx

Purple
https://www.bourncreative.com/meaning-of-the-color-purple/

https://www.colormatters.com/the-meanings-of-colors/purple


Red
https://www.bourncreative.com/meaning-of-the-color-red/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Shoes_(fairy_tale)


Blue
https://www.bourncreative.com/meaning-of-the-color-blue/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthe

50 Words For Poe: St John

"50 Words for Poe: St John"




St John was his name
Sinjun for short
Temptation was his game

Ah Black Monk of my dreams
A hot car on a fast track

Shifting gears
I burn up the road, turn up the stick

Fast and furious got nothing on 
Brother Sinjun’s Black Monk’s mojo bag-o-tricks

He sits in the passenger seat
101 goes to 190 around a devil-of-a-curve

200 hits his cerebral cortex, ignites his adrenaline cortisol hormonal nerves
Homeward bound suspension of disbelief non judgement served

Aston Martin Bond-like, covert, under covers with the Nurse
The thrill of it all, he’s in a state of Anti-Christ Ataraxia, convivial

St John was his name
Sinjun for short 
Temptation was his game

On the Road  driving home with Sister Pheromones Bellisima
he can’t wait to take her confessione Hyperpyrexia and 
with big benedictions absolve and never cease to perplex Her

(LadyLabyrinth/2019)





https://youtu.be/hKi7Wq5CUI4
Temptation/Heaven 17





“There's a lot of stress... but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window.” Dan Brown





https://youtu.be/7ip8ZVyF_ac
Fascination Street/The Cure




“The fact is I don't drive just to get from A to B. I enjoy feeling the car's reactions, becoming part of it.” Enzo Ferrari




https://youtu.be/ZcAEIUQmQgI
Watching Me Fall/The Cure




“A muscle is like a car. If you want it to run well early in the morning, you have to warm it up.” Florence Griffith Joyner






1. ataraxia
2. cortisol
3. hyperpyrexia
4. St John/Sinjun

50 Words For Poe: Winter

"50 Words for Poe: Winter"



Hey, you know how it goes
when you had your first kiss

Poetry kind of gets you between
the gonads with that kinda shizz

Yep, you’re lost on the swell when it
hits that frizz

You just gotta hit the surf and 
when the waves come for you
dive under the Effers
You’ll come out of the Lemonade, betya 10 quids
Head up, you’re King or Queen of the Waves

This is how "IT" begins

Sharks, bellies full of sunk brave
are there to awaken

"Kavorka" 
Byron knew that biz

"Kavorka"
Poetry in Bliss

Go on
Deal those cards 
Black Jack

No Pikers

Never pass this way again
It’s Now or Never

We’re ALL heading towards Winter

(LadyLabyrinth/2019)




https://youtu.be/MKAC7t0P65o
Steely Dan...




"One always has to be willing to lose to be able to win... in battle and in life.”

50 Words For Poe: the Wicker Man

"50 Words for Poe: The Wicker Man"



Lost in the fire of his own mind
Lost in the fire of his own heart betrayed
Lost in the fire of his own life arraigned
Lost in the absence of Love, always

No Home
Man on Fire 
Afraid

Freedom to be found in the fire of his own sorrow
Freedom to be found in the fire of his own soul
Freedom to be found in the fire of his own today n’ere tomorrow
Freedom to be found in the fire of his own higher-self to remember 

Time now to let go 
Time is not borrowed

Burn the past to find Home

The Ocean calls him Home calls him Home calls him Home

(LadyLabyrinth/2019)
for Cerberus
off-page guarding his heart



https://youtu.be/NZ1o3mBbhws
"Man on Fire"/Gerrard




“It is said by the Eldar that in water there lives yet the echo of the Music of the Ainur more than in any substance that is in this Earth; and many of the Children of Ilúvatar hearken still unsated to the voices of the Sea, and yet know not for what they listen.”  Tolkien, The Silmarillion 




“Ocean, n. A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills.” Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

50 Words For Poe: Circadian

"50 Words for Poe: Circadian"



He pushed the envelope under her door
when she opened it, in her Ghost hands,
it read,

“Circadian nymph, 
put on your dance shoes, 
collect you at 3.33am. 
Downtown Trotters Ghost Ball. 
No pesky green Fairies riding Unicorns.

Affectionately yours, 
Your Doctor - 

Lucifer”

(LadyLabyrinth/2019)




https://youtu.be/iyRbigv8iho




“I have a flamethrower. (Zarek)
You have a what? (Astrid)
It pays to be prepared. (Zarek)"
Dance with the Devil

50 Words For Poe: Seagulls

"50 Words for Poe: Seagulls"


He was an Albatross
She taught him Seagulls 
Another language

LAX was nothing on 
Heathrow, decision made

She had decided to catch 
a flight over to old Blighty instead
Haunt the Hell 
out of some cross-dressing 
poet who had taken a 
break for a spell
he’d gone all troppo in his head
Yeah, she’d go ring his door bell
Earl Grey tea and 
Spotted Dick puddin' with 
some of his yummy custard
Raspberry Jam, clotted cream and 
toast some fresh bread
 
play Scrabble 
have a few laughs
in his warm bed

She had research to continue ...
Skipsea 
Holderness

Columbus was the name of her dog
he was a real fright
she decided to bring him along 
on the journey, the flea bag,
she’d keep him on a tight leash
he’d leave the stewardess in peace
and behave on the flight

Seagulls, another language
Good luck it is said

Albatross caught in mid flight
looking for home
looking for cover 
under a nice eiderdown doona
he thought he was cool
alpha ahead of the others
“Woman”, he thought
“I’m cool, I’m way out of sight”

Columbus was the name of her dog
he was a real fright, Bull Arab X
She'd keep him on a tight leash
He’d behave on the flight

(LadyLabyrinth/2019)


Air – La Femme d’Argent
https://youtu.be/U4U19zwFENs

50 Words For Poe: Inviolate

"50 Words for Poe: Inviolate"




Inviolate
I walk bare feet
towards you
unknown 
I contend to 
know you
but I do not
where is the mirror
to hold up to a face
on the other side of me
you are merely 
speaking to a screen
You are scrying 
ghost bees 
in the dark
honeycomb 
sticky, 
tasted like braille
eyes open
but closed
felt 
but lost 
in frail contention 
you fail to find me
elusive true
walking talking 
to a phantom
soft self-serve
a 2 minute 
instant 
hot
continental
cup-o-soup

On the other side
I cannot hear you
you remain unseen
Phantom walking 
towards me
walk slow
take your time
I’m still lost in your fog
while you throw your
cursive curves,
I am writing your story
blindfolded
wrapped tightly in 
violin strings of
empathy

Absolute.
Intuitive.

Frugal and Blue.

No point in delivering
without the glory
who’s to know 
when finished by...
could
be 
by June,
then again
absent 
by -

July.

So August.
So True.
This is how a
Work-in-Progress goes

"Inviolate (1) - 50 Words for Poe"

just for you

(LadyLabyrinth/2019)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZSHr5E7fZY
Kate Bush - "Pi"




In Draft, “50 Words for Poe - Inviolate (1)”, LadyLabyrinth 2019



August/
noun.
8th month in the calendar year; 
adjective
respected and impressive

50 Words For Poe: Wolf

"50 Words for Poe: Wolf"



He watches the Asylum.
Silently soft paw bides his time and grins

He doesn't dig Haiku
Impromptu is more his thing

Give a dog a bone

(LadyLabyrinth/2019)




https://youtu.be/iPXKzHBTSA4
Pit Stop/Loveage



“The wolf said, 
"You know, my dear, it isn't safe for a little girl to walk through these woods alone."

She said,
 "I find your sexist remark offensive in the extreme, but I will ignore it because of your traditional status as an outcast from society, the stress of which has caused you to develop your own, entirely valid, worldview. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must be on my way.”



https://youtu.be/PO6R0UtLpnU
Set the Grass on Fire/Elysian Fields



The wolf said,
“Of course you aren't scared of me. I'm not the wolf. You are.” 

“There's no limit to you, is there?”
 Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 




Popcorn?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL2TYoBYsnY 




of course, there's more than one wolf in the woods

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