Short Obsidian Poems

Forsaken ashen facets
Cruel, bleak, obsidian skies
Immortally numb...

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Black Obsidian, 
its hypnotic dark beauty 
will carve out your heart....

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night ceiling
of obsidian,
concentric embroidery

...

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Obsidian eyes deeper than the universe,
What lay within?

Turns out,
I never knew you....

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countless stars scattered
across obsidian sky
frosty breath lingers...

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Ideas…
cut glass of perception,
Obsidian tomorrows
—etching today

(Dreamsleep: July, 2021)...

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Oh glamorous thief
You have stolen all my dreams
And hidden them each
In your obsidian keep
Where I search for them in vain....

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I’ll keep this light in a box

Of crystal and obsidian

And bury it in my chest

I’ll let it melt and flow

And shine behind my eyes...

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I wish a obsidian lightning smooth sailing half and half on the sun's rays as it strikes down

11/13/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2020...

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Scrapped myself across
obsidian finger tipped
tree tops
as the blistered red yawn
drags upon saliva skies
skin and bone
hanging empty doll
prone to be alone...

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 An Obsidian cube
rotating the waves
in liquid frenzy;
surf sings its elation;
Metatron’s cube.


1-30-2022
A STRAND (1062) Poetry Contest
Brian Strand...

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Over lambent plains
of blond wheat,
braided spikes
rustling
in flaxen breeze,
a flock of crows
seesaws
like obsidian scythes
in cider firmament
under harvest sun's afternoon eye....

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Quiet, but for the steady
murmur of waves along
an obsidian beach.
Remnants of an ocean storm,
somewhere between
here and Japan.
Sometime between
Passé Imparfait et
Plus-que-parfait....

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Idea concrete
Encased in platinum
Obsidian 

No persuasion
Enters in
Or can enter out

Once decided
Resolutely unchangeable
I know this man

Idea concrete
Inaccessible
Opened never...

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Obsidian velvet
Parts the leaves;
Silent paws impress
The land and in
Moonlit shadows;
A great specter hides.
In one swift flash
Of light and shadow-play,
Panther takes his prey.
...

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Let me sing my night a lullaby,

and hurry the sky. 

North, of the meadowsweet.
North, of the ash clouds.

Far into obsidian.

Too moonclad, might I be,
to mind any athame,
or whether, I might die,
in a whisp of song....

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ruby
red lips kiss
the watery sapphire depths
upon hot summer morning
sky's obsidian recesses and below
shadowy depths inky puzzle awaits light
creatures come to life when those
lips offer kisses
comforting
red lips   ...

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Wolves baying at old
Mother Moon as she sits in
Obsidian sky;
Night slipped unnoticed;
Across the land, waking her;
Assigned her to work.
She and Sun will not 
Be able to retire;
They will work till death....

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Wolves baying at old
Mother Moon as she sits in
Obsidian sky;

Night slipped unnoticed;
Across the land, waking her;
And put her to work.

She and Sun will not 
Be able to retire;
They will work till death.
...

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I can hear you sigh
As you rustle the sheets,
Lost in a dream.
Sleep is evading me
So I lay 
With you
And look through my window
Not at the obsidian lake
Nor the candlelit roses
But at the luminescent moon
Beautiful in its solitude....

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Overwhelming, onset of October
            Ogling old owls
            Overjoyed with orange overgrowth
            Overtakes obsidian opulence.
 
  
            
                    
                   10/1/2020
                    7pm PST...

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There is a dragon named Darren
His scales gleaming gold and obsidian  
Lore, emotions, magic, protection
These are his specialties

He is guide, friend, and mentor
Without him I would be
One of the soulless dead
Consuming all who draw near
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Drinking from clear, gurgling streams,
catching frogs, unfolding dreams,
without iPhones, watches or clocks,
sitting high on granite rocks -
my memory is unwinding 
a young boy exploring and finding 
pumice and obsidian flakes 
in the mountains over Mammoth Lakes....

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You are my obsidian dream and I will quarry your love
In the Temples of Oblivion, reveal your secrets to me!
Let us strike a mortal bargain to smite the dull frame of night.








Michael Dom
Sijo in a temple
created 12/12/13 - resurrected 08/05/14...

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Asterisms flicker
one sleek obsidian night;
solstice slips away

Snowdrop shoots nosing
petals into bitter winds;
first whispers of spring

Sparkling laughter runs
among the pebbles and reeds;
melt-water music

Bright blue, wet green days
wash away winters lather;
vernal equinox....

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