Keening Poems

Bounty of the Sea

...'Twas dawn and all the sky blazed red.
The tell-tales snapped like waving flags.
The keening wind was full of dread;
all surplus sails were stowed in bags.
 
Though somewhere on the restless mai...

Ireland's Enigmatic Watchers

...From shadowed glens, where legends sleep,
Three figures rise, secrets to keep.

The Morrigan, a raven's wing,
Drawn to the clash, the death-song sang.
Of war, of fate, a chilling hand,
To claim...

Learn Your Place In Society

...Prosperity proved no defense against the years or changing fates writ in the stars - nor masters of arms foresaw the weapons that unseated their lineages, leaving only ghostly bones where legions ral...

She is Not Most

...She has no friends
Tells me this via text at 1:43 a.m.
I barely know her
A sliver of barely

She says her father has recently passed
Confides that she has no friends, no support group
She had ...

I Could Not Stop Crying

...I could not stop crying
No idea why
Sobbing and shaking
Horrified at myself

I am usually manic
I am great at manic
Manic is my go-to-place
I LOVE being manic

I had been going strong for t...

Undoing the Disarmament of Venus de Milo: Aphrodite Gets Her Biceps Back

...Tombs begin to bloom like raw, bloodless wounds.
Tomes are written with truths of her dead moon’s
tones. A keening lunacy keeps the dirges alive, while
bones rise out of repose. A degloved hand on...

Smothering Gloria given Privileges

...Feathers sparkled lustrous leaves
crowded in a blisterful branch
glazed pink lusted sprinkling waves
smothered a idyllic luxury
Blizzard armies of service
strategically polished in s...

hawk and wolf

...hawk
catching, tearing,
soaring, swooping, fishing
howling, braying, keening
stealthy, loyal
wolf...

Weep with Me

...Weep with me

I hold my breath in
I won't let this free
 There's no stilling this ache
That's inside of me
The grief and the pain
Rip away and break out
To flow like a stream
From my eyes an...

Double Trouble

...Dealing with the death of my friend
As well as a long held dream
doubling down on pain Auspiciously it seems

The two for one it aint much fun however
 one serves to blunt the other
the slighte...

The Sagacious Grandeur of Autumn

...In autumn's reign, vales of verdure turn gold,
Fallen leaves tell the tale of life's revise,
Brown branches lie bare; trees are brave and bold,
Resilient dryads, keening to surmise.

The frost-k...

Edge

...A cut-throat razor is being stropped.
A chin lifted, neck extended,
a soaped throat exposed.

There will be blood,
not in the close shave,
but on the keening blade
of that singing stee...

Untitled

...Does the feeling left linger on the tip of your tongue?
Looking for sense in these empty-full strokes
To overstep bounds missed in the rush
Begging to see behind the puppeteer’s eyes
      Too qu...

A Very Telling Poem

...“Alas for those who die with their songs still inside them.”
---- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Soul means nothing
until we understand the language of crying.
The voice of the soul
is you brea...

Raised By Wolves

...The beautiful young woman’s accent was unusual.
Was she Romanian? Ukrainian?
Geoffrey could not place it, but he enjoyed hearing it.
Her soft voice sounded European.

Are you from the other side...

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