Rose Narrative Poems

Just wanted to make a few things clear for my fellow poets 
If you are going to use A I, to write a poem for...

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**The Wicket-Keeper**


Today, I learned that a lover I once cherished has passed away. Just yesterday, he was alive, and I never imagined I would feel...

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"Eons back, we feared the petal's grace,
called beauty pride, and named it place"
"Mistakes were made, but wisdom stayed"
said Thallorin,"not every path must be replayed".

Each bloom...

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Beneath the Nefaryes timeless, tangled roots.
where dreamscents rot and anger hoots,
Pokenose stirs with a spore-slick grin
not to charm, but to drag you in.

"You reek of...

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Caelith pulsed in the starless seam,
No warmth, just orbit, cold with gleam.
“Equality is just a myth,” it sighed,
“And safety, merely a dreamleaf dried.
A lull to...

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My soul is lifted out of my mind.
In its stead—
filled by the Holy Spirit,
guided in silence by its breath...
like an angry wind held still
above a...

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He looked at Rose not past, but through
And said, “What waits will change you too.”
She plucked out a petal and handed him.
It pulsed between the...

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They all circled Lotus, voices steeped in fret,
Which no bloom or blade had spoken yet.
“She’s not of the ring,” they said without sway,
“And what grows...

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Don’t mind their judgment or wilt for their say—
Once mortals behold you, they'll all drift away.
You won’t need these petals or roots to remain,
You’ll be...

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They will not honor your fragrant breath
They’ll use it as ode, or veil, or death.
Not love, but lack—will wear your name,
Your petals will ache beneath...

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Before soil met seed or the sun claimed the skies,
There bloomed Nefarys, veiled from mortal eyes
Here, blossoms rose from memory’s breath,
Unbound by season, untouched by...

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It is Saturday everybody and I want everyone to be happy
Daylight is drawing near and there are lots of things to share
Putin is fighting the...

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Fragrances of roses wafted throughout the garden
No idea why I had been invited, but I cherished this scent
Others milled around in fancy frocks and expensive...

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Canto 1: Elixir 
In days of eld
When moonlight danced on dew,
There’s Otin, a wondrous soul,
Did stroll from town to town, 
With laughter's role, and gourd,...

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(“The Mothership”, 2024, photo collage of original encaustics)

The Scent of Musk

What the world needs now
Is love sweet love, 
No, not just for some….
And so it...

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