Submissions by DarkEnchantress
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I am a spell-spinner...a word -weaver of Darkness and Lite
I.River Rock II. Komorebi ( two pieces honoring Nature's Beauty)
Crystalline pebble
in shallows sparkles.
River's secrets polished
oval oracle divine--
fingers seek wisdom,
from palm to pocket
coveted treasure
(And)
II.
Komorebi....
with timid leaves
sly sunbeams play
hide-and-seek.
Through supple branches
breezes sigh melodies;
shadows waltz beneath...
Author's notes: Komorebi is a Japanese word that translates to: Sunlight filtering through tree branches,
Both of these...
in shallows sparkles.
River's secrets polished
oval oracle divine--
fingers seek wisdom,
from palm to pocket
coveted treasure
(And)
II.
Komorebi....
with timid leaves
sly sunbeams play
hide-and-seek.
Through supple branches
breezes sigh melodies;
shadows waltz beneath...
Author's notes: Komorebi is a Japanese word that translates to: Sunlight filtering through tree branches,
Both of these...
1398 reads
30 Comments
Solstice
Darkness over-powering--
Forces Day's surrender ;
On cobalt canvass
Stars shiver...
sing.
Between moon-rise and midnite,
snow swirls into the hush
written for the "Let It Snow" comp
Forces Day's surrender ;
On cobalt canvass
Stars shiver...
sing.
Between moon-rise and midnite,
snow swirls into the hush
written for the "Let It Snow" comp
1524 reads
19 Comments
Benumbed
ice-needles cross-stich
charcoal clouds on pewter sky--
through frayed seams snow sifts
frost bite burns blood....
to bone....
to crystalized soul
Revisited--Revised--and Inspired by the "Let it Snow....Let it Snow" comp
charcoal clouds on pewter sky--
through frayed seams snow sifts
frost bite burns blood....
to bone....
to crystalized soul
Revisited--Revised--and Inspired by the "Let it Snow....Let it Snow" comp
1105 reads
18 Comments
~~~~~~
*
*
*
Haiku X
ice-needles suture
charcoal clouds to pewter sky
Through frayed seams snow sifts
2034 reads
51 Comments
Beltane's Tree
Turns the year, season's circle,
Vibrant, verdant life returns
Beneath the fertile, fecund field
Roots anchor deep in rain-drenched soil.
Within each new leaf unfurled,
Throughout every brittle winter branch,
Joy and vitality gradually flow--
Sagacious, stretching, they reach forward.
In supplication to the Heavens
Arthritic fingers seek the sun--
Life-sustaining, heat-bathing
The gnarled and twisted, aging trunk,
Battled-scarred by lightning's rapiers
And lover's tattooed tributes.
A gentle breeze sighs and...
Vibrant, verdant life returns
Beneath the fertile, fecund field
Roots anchor deep in rain-drenched soil.
Within each new leaf unfurled,
Throughout every brittle winter branch,
Joy and vitality gradually flow--
Sagacious, stretching, they reach forward.
In supplication to the Heavens
Arthritic fingers seek the sun--
Life-sustaining, heat-bathing
The gnarled and twisted, aging trunk,
Battled-scarred by lightning's rapiers
And lover's tattooed tributes.
A gentle breeze sighs and...
2059 reads
39 Comments
Wretched
Your mica eyes
Thrust their sinister gaze--
Grim and glowering--
Gouging into gaping heart-wounds
To commence continuous fresh ooze,
Dripping from festering unhealed cores.
Your darkened desires
Derive insidious pleasures...
You watch the writhing and wasting--
The squirming of my weakening spirit,
Gazing at the gruesome handi-work
Of your impaled butterfly.
The brilliant brevity
Of my soul's prismatic patterns,
Exsanguinates in frantic futile beatings
With shredded ineffectual wings.
Faint...
Thrust their sinister gaze--
Grim and glowering--
Gouging into gaping heart-wounds
To commence continuous fresh ooze,
Dripping from festering unhealed cores.
Your darkened desires
Derive insidious pleasures...
You watch the writhing and wasting--
The squirming of my weakening spirit,
Gazing at the gruesome handi-work
Of your impaled butterfly.
The brilliant brevity
Of my soul's prismatic patterns,
Exsanguinates in frantic futile beatings
With shredded ineffectual wings.
Faint...
1634 reads
48 Comments
The First Time
We sat in quiet whispers--resigned and frozen
To the wrought-iron slats--
Shoulders touching, knees barely bumping,
Shivering in the sojourn of our anxious intentions...
We were in default 'wait-mode'
And it was the waiting that tinged the tension.
You referred to me as your 'Jaded Juliet'--
Impulsive innocence of perfect porcelain,
Protected within my world of privilege and power...
All feigned sophistication at fourteen.
I regarded you as a renegade--
A rogue in Romeo's guise aloof, un-attainable;
I longed for your street-smart savvy...
To the wrought-iron slats--
Shoulders touching, knees barely bumping,
Shivering in the sojourn of our anxious intentions...
We were in default 'wait-mode'
And it was the waiting that tinged the tension.
You referred to me as your 'Jaded Juliet'--
Impulsive innocence of perfect porcelain,
Protected within my world of privilege and power...
All feigned sophistication at fourteen.
I regarded you as a renegade--
A rogue in Romeo's guise aloof, un-attainable;
I longed for your street-smart savvy...
1343 reads
31 Comments
INFINITY
Someday, death will take us to another star."
~Vincent Van Gogh
Painter paint star-spattered paths--purple passion patterns;
Grant me glimpses of immortality in indigo inspirations,
Guide me through galaxies glued inside translucent eyelids,
With pulsating ivory globes.
Ascending into your azure aspirations,
Fractured atoms crumbling into cerulean strings,
Unimpeded by crawling speed of light,
Suspended--momentarily held by grasping moon's golden blood.
Hurtling through...
~Vincent Van Gogh
Painter paint star-spattered paths--purple passion patterns;
Grant me glimpses of immortality in indigo inspirations,
Guide me through galaxies glued inside translucent eyelids,
With pulsating ivory globes.
Ascending into your azure aspirations,
Fractured atoms crumbling into cerulean strings,
Unimpeded by crawling speed of light,
Suspended--momentarily held by grasping moon's golden blood.
Hurtling through...
1619 reads
44 Comments
Haiku IX
spun-glass branches bend
i hear cold crack and shatter
on pond gems glisten
entered in "Haiku Magic" comp.
i hear cold crack and shatter
on pond gems glisten
entered in "Haiku Magic" comp.
1164 reads
30 Comments
Haiku Vlll
through night fierce winds wail
horizontal snow steals sight
white death shroud wraps all
entered in "Haiku Magic" comp.
horizontal snow steals sight
white death shroud wraps all
entered in "Haiku Magic" comp.
1055 reads
16 Comments
WHEN ANGELS WEPT
( En Memorium~~12-14-12 )
Within our nation's heart this day,
Death cast its insidious shadow.
In morning's sacred sanctuary of bliss,
The Devil daringly defiled the sanctity of Light.
Into a fragile, fragmented mind,he transported a demon--
To release the reaper's rampage, to execute his will.
In the youthful face of evil incarnate,
Eyes of molten flame glazed...sanity shifted.
From within this vacuous shell,
It demanded purity of righteous blood...
One perfect tender soul exacted--one for each decade doubled.
...
Within our nation's heart this day,
Death cast its insidious shadow.
In morning's sacred sanctuary of bliss,
The Devil daringly defiled the sanctity of Light.
Into a fragile, fragmented mind,he transported a demon--
To release the reaper's rampage, to execute his will.
In the youthful face of evil incarnate,
Eyes of molten flame glazed...sanity shifted.
From within this vacuous shell,
It demanded purity of righteous blood...
One perfect tender soul exacted--one for each decade doubled.
...
1473 reads
26 Comments
Haiku Vll
(Samhain Hymns)
Twisted tree joints creak
With wind's wailing moon cackles
Dirges for souls damned
Twisted tree joints creak
With wind's wailing moon cackles
Dirges for souls damned
1433 reads
29 Comments
DU Poetry : Submissions by DarkEnchantress