Sinewed Poems

Aurora in the Ossuary - Broken but bold enough to bounce back

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Written: August 14, 2025, for Contest Sponsored by: Anoucheka Gangabissoon
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I writhed in the womb of a necrotic hush,
a stygian silence where barghests lurk—
My ...

Xmas Tide

...Xmas tide, 
a time for familial gatherings,
The golden chain of friendship 
…and companions
Sweet on each other,
parading arm in arm
Together to share a feast and gift giving

...Nativity sce...

Ode To The Snake

...wiry wily 
snakily snake
like a load of spaghetti
all coily not straight

roundy and writhy 
curly with flow
like stringy all knotty
and cotton to sew

a scribble of dribble
all longy in l...

Sinewed Fire

...Youth's sure, sinewed fire of limb and gait,
Reside not long not tarries late.
The unetched silk of fair Morning's face
Dons so swift a different grace,
As boastful Dawn must e'er defer
To the g...

The Only Life We Have

...Time will catch us by surprise; 
Reach out with greedy talons, 
Scratching moments from our eyes.
Bucolic broccoli lives.
Born again Christians, 
Prophets all. 
Born again and again and again.
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Kaleidoscopic Eyes

...Kaleidoscopic optic, nervous eyes;
Blinking disbelief while dropping 
Moisture-laden kisses.

Each one misses.

Sorrow such an individual thing.
Truth be said, 
There are places that it canno...

Evening Fry

...A priest once told me that the lump
on my hand was a ganglion,
a fortress of fat besieged by health.
At last it burst and the hand swelled
like an old man's,
shovel shaped and splayed.

It was...

The Only One

...Time will catch us by surprise, reach out with greedy talons 
scratching moments from our eyes. Bucolic broccoli lives. 
Born again Christians, prophets all.  Born again 
And again and again. Each...

Before the Gates of Alahsar - Version - 2 - 15

...Chapter..........1..........Part..........2..........1b.

To the right,
where God's light had shone bright,
Warrior Queen,
know your beast is come, 
all may not be lost,
he comes from his land...

King of Kings: 1-90

...1	A plume of dirt and grime envelops sky;
		The hellish slug of gas does creep along.
		It casts an orb three hundred stories high
		Over the Sun and ends his morning song.
		The birds and trees ...

Thats How Ifeel

...The tanned brown leather is stretched impossibly taut atop the battle drums.
A thousand sinewed warriors beat their war cries as one.
The thunderous pounding echoes across the African plain
That’s...

Olga Scheps Embodies Chopin's Piano Concerto No 1, E-Minor

...Olga Scheps embodies Chopin's Piano Concerto n° 1

           For a pianist who ponders her prey

The taming arms-length erect posture
The torso and pulsating violin back encased in red-rich ...

A Nook and a Story Book

...Oh come with me ye boys and girls;
And what stops, I ask, the youth and the old?
Come ye of all  age and gender,
I'll lead you to magic, wonders untold.

I lead you deep into woods, dreary and d...

Ironbar

...He just appeared to me, like wispily curling 
Chimney smoke, 
One grim and early morning in the very midst of 
Decembers briefest days, on the highest slope,
Toiling through my daily round; where...

Rex Angulus Mortis

...My veins now spill forth scarlet waters,
Rent by serrated silver teeth.
Like Her breast sinewed all life,
Fervoured my wrist, when She jilted me...
Repleted by once Her love;
Now became Death, a...

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