Quest
...
The clinking toward an adventure.
The door latch of an old manor
to enter an obscure maze
and defy the legend.
A basement with tombs
and oubliettes.
And a dart
to meet
death.
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
oubliettes, adventure, fear, games, mystery,
Form: Nonet
Me and Me First
...That soft-spoken Sovereign commands a big stick,
runs the world into ruins, once our bailiwick.
If asked why, He grins grimly, pale lips slightly pursed:
"Vindication? Straightforward: It's Me an...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
oubliettes, political, society, world,
Form: Quatrain
Remember Ruben
...REMEMBER RUBEN
Sons of peasants
Insolent and craving
For Grandeur, nay for
Moneys
Trampling to death,
Proud, oh! Too proud
To see death beside
Just waiting the
Hour.
Sons of
Offi...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
oubliettes, africa, corruption, courage, patriotic,
Form: Free verse
Rubicons and Oubliettes
...The threshold of my Rubicon,
a thousand times been crossed!
For though I've lost I've also won
at such a dire cost.
Locked inside my oubliette,
covered in frost, I cannot feel.
I pace and fret, and ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
oubliettes, emotions, feelings,
Form: Rhyme
Sleepless In Whereis Part 2
... Continued from Part 1
The forgery of Multitudes between the Silhouettes
(and discarded cigarettes,
neath the haunted parapets)
mock my lonely echoed steps
– mock my lonely ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
oubliettes, fantasy, lonely, me,
Form: Rhyme