Dark Choka Poems

Centuries ago

In ancient Hermopolis

A debate roared loud

Between a proud Christian priest

And a strange shepherd

Who was a Manichaean

Wearing ragged clothes

And who was looking for sheep

“Flames will...

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When onyx skies bleed
rhinestones etched in regrets,
follow the silence;
Unsung sonatas
cradling watercolor spells
woven with magic—
from violet blaze, 
beneath mulberry gloaming,
where dark poets rhyme. 
But when summer...

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snow on the mountain
dark lines and grooves visible....
love continues still
spring swiftly erupts
the mountain hidden by snow....
love breaks through the chill
unthawed snow remains
through seasons even summer....
everlasting...

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Sky blue eyes looking
past the bounty of pork rinds
past boundless skylines
stare blankly for way too long
then to the menu
cradled in his plastic hands.

Plant-based food options...

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As the last twinkle
In the brown eyes of Jesus
Faded to heaven
The morning star left Jesus
Darkness covered all
The sun of the archons set
The binding veil torn
Those...

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In winter's cold grip
In the land of the Angles
The Good Christians came
Against their will to a trial
In a grand city
Called the Ford of the Oxen
Good...

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We are Warriors
We never give up and won't

Ever back down. No,
we stand together and are

Strong in the Lord and
in the power of his might

We don't...

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An eight-pointed star 
Shone in the night in summer 
He came from above 
Not belonging to the stars 
Stranger to them all 
Is above the...

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I sit all dovish
on the brink of serene light
reflecting on nights’ deep dark

secrets held tightly
verdant lake’s icy cold depths
air disturbs not a whisper

stars glow lucently
cradled...

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Like a giant clock,
each of our lives is ticking,
ticking, and ticking away -
from the first hour that
we set foot on the road to
our final destination.

Our...

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Three hands of time roll,
pass one by one in circles
golden hours, silver minutes 
relentless seconds.
thoughts pulse to murky future 
lost in what's there left behind.

Mystical...

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on our wedding day
huge dark clouds won’t bring me down
I’m simply walking on air
my large umbrella
stops my tresses getting wet
let the love rain down on...

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begone spider now
creeping dark teeny shadow
into my bed do not fall

cat's eyes open wide
she wants you to be dinner
yum now she shan't be thinner


Choka  poetry...

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tenderized neck bone ~
the ancient one sinks her pulse
dire with sharpened fangs

perplexed her face drains
from purity to pallid ~
eclipse of the moon

she weeps at her...

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R-ise of the beacon
E-arly in the morning light
B-rightens the new day.
E-vening disappears,
C-old chill fades into the dark,
C-oal clouds become white,
A-s the dawn begins to break.

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