Submissions by Grace (IDryad)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.
Beaufort Blues: Limericks
There was an old lady of Beaufort
who ran around with her cat
she slipped and fell
and squashed her cat
that poor old lady of Beaufort!
There was a boy from Gartford
who had a tricycle
ran over his dad
who was having a tinkle
that bad boy of Gartford!
There was a girl with many curls
who did not know what to do
took a match to the hair
and singed her head
the silly girl with many curls!
There was a man who thought he was bad
ran around with a bag over his head
ran into a bus
that turned him...
who ran around with her cat
she slipped and fell
and squashed her cat
that poor old lady of Beaufort!
There was a boy from Gartford
who had a tricycle
ran over his dad
who was having a tinkle
that bad boy of Gartford!
There was a girl with many curls
who did not know what to do
took a match to the hair
and singed her head
the silly girl with many curls!
There was a man who thought he was bad
ran around with a bag over his head
ran into a bus
that turned him...
697 reads
12 Comments
My Wedding Dress
I am sorry for the grey shades
On this fabulous dress
They are made of memories
This here is when
I sat on the bench
Where my merry cousin
Had deposited his lunch
These are footsteps he smeared
On this long train
When Dad accidently got left behind
And tried to catch up
My disapproving father stepped on
A huge patch of cow dung
As he helped me along the way
This here grey smudge
Is of my new husband’s
Sweaty hand, clutching me hard
So nervous and so handsome
Leading me towards
life’s...
On this fabulous dress
They are made of memories
This here is when
I sat on the bench
Where my merry cousin
Had deposited his lunch
These are footsteps he smeared
On this long train
When Dad accidently got left behind
And tried to catch up
My disapproving father stepped on
A huge patch of cow dung
As he helped me along the way
This here grey smudge
Is of my new husband’s
Sweaty hand, clutching me hard
So nervous and so handsome
Leading me towards
life’s...
626 reads
11 Comments
The Celestial War
Flash of lightning
Roars of thunder
Titans clash
Over the thundery clouds
Beyond the blue
Beneath the light
Flashing through Eons past
They fight still
Warriors in wings
Over the sky they fly
Anti-them fly up
From the world beneath
They clash on mid-sky
Steels of silver
Flashing blue
with fiery flames
Swishes and cuts
Parry and thrusts
War among the stars
Between the invincible
Heralding the coming
Of the white
And the conquest
Of the dark
...
Roars of thunder
Titans clash
Over the thundery clouds
Beyond the blue
Beneath the light
Flashing through Eons past
They fight still
Warriors in wings
Over the sky they fly
Anti-them fly up
From the world beneath
They clash on mid-sky
Steels of silver
Flashing blue
with fiery flames
Swishes and cuts
Parry and thrusts
War among the stars
Between the invincible
Heralding the coming
Of the white
And the conquest
Of the dark
...
750 reads
7 Comments
A Tale from a Twilight Past
Grasping shadows in darkness walk
skulking under canopies of despair
buzz of repulsion and utmost terror
fair was fleeing the night in distress
within swirling mists of screaming harpies
skies blackened on world-end realms
a Soul traverse in a dark quest
to bring Fair to the perfect light
against the shrieking winds
drag him the fearful heart
Fair went forth into sombre terrain
hearing not seeing the shrieks
of love sent by shields of fire
unto the darkness, gloom she fed
with her fear and sorrow gleaned ...
skulking under canopies of despair
buzz of repulsion and utmost terror
fair was fleeing the night in distress
within swirling mists of screaming harpies
skies blackened on world-end realms
a Soul traverse in a dark quest
to bring Fair to the perfect light
against the shrieking winds
drag him the fearful heart
Fair went forth into sombre terrain
hearing not seeing the shrieks
of love sent by shields of fire
unto the darkness, gloom she fed
with her fear and sorrow gleaned ...
711 reads
12 Comments
Soothed Tears
Torrents of
tears soothed
the heaving chest
the pumping heart
Hold me in the sway
in its sad disquieting
rhythm of hiccups
Sad sadness in
loneliness
Elsewhere
In answering
voices soothed
by reaching out in
kind comforting words
“Fear not for the time is
near, when the end comes
It will be for you, in your arms
the haven, a comfort, a real safe
place, a sanctuary for one who cares
about your wants your needs,” it
whispers…
The tears will fall no more
Like the raindrops from
High up the...
tears soothed
the heaving chest
the pumping heart
Hold me in the sway
in its sad disquieting
rhythm of hiccups
Sad sadness in
loneliness
Elsewhere
In answering
voices soothed
by reaching out in
kind comforting words
“Fear not for the time is
near, when the end comes
It will be for you, in your arms
the haven, a comfort, a real safe
place, a sanctuary for one who cares
about your wants your needs,” it
whispers…
The tears will fall no more
Like the raindrops from
High up the...
631 reads
12 Comments
Heart Strings
Twangs
A little ping
A curly little bing
He starts strumming
His fingers, they fly fast
Across the strings, passion
Imbued in his guitar strings
He closes his eyes and he
Fly himself to the moon
With his inner melody
He sings love poetry
Not with his voice
With his fingers
And each tune
That he strums
It resonates
in His soul
in his
Heart
too.
A little ping
A curly little bing
He starts strumming
His fingers, they fly fast
Across the strings, passion
Imbued in his guitar strings
He closes his eyes and he
Fly himself to the moon
With his inner melody
He sings love poetry
Not with his voice
With his fingers
And each tune
That he strums
It resonates
in His soul
in his
Heart
too.
996 reads
18 Comments
The Fireflies
He showed me the fireflies
Outside, in the garden
They flickered finely
Their bright sparks
Like dancing fire
On darkening
day, curtain
Floating
Softly on air
He said to me
“I will show to you
These lovely lights of
my hope in symbolic fire
Of all awesome needy want”
His strong commitment to fulfil
a promise he made ever long ago
to adhere to belief, unwavering quest
to bring the torch home, within his
family, all his domain, a kingdom
To rule within his spirit, a queen
I watched the fireflies flicker...
Outside, in the garden
They flickered finely
Their bright sparks
Like dancing fire
On darkening
day, curtain
Floating
Softly on air
He said to me
“I will show to you
These lovely lights of
my hope in symbolic fire
Of all awesome needy want”
His strong commitment to fulfil
a promise he made ever long ago
to adhere to belief, unwavering quest
to bring the torch home, within his
family, all his domain, a kingdom
To rule within his spirit, a queen
I watched the fireflies flicker...
1425 reads
18 Comments
Shadows on Dark Roads
Footsteps drag along roads
Wide in dreams
Ever so narrow in life
Lighted by the gangrenous moon
Silver stars away so far
Towards a light
A promise of home
Whispers of spectres
How goes the dark, stranger
The perpetual darkness
Are you comforted
by the nothingness
They whisper gleefully
Horror and sorrow reigns
What led me to this road
promises broken
or promises unfulfilled
a gift promised ungiven…
golden circle broken…
who led me to this path
where am I bound
haunted haunting
craving...
Wide in dreams
Ever so narrow in life
Lighted by the gangrenous moon
Silver stars away so far
Towards a light
A promise of home
Whispers of spectres
How goes the dark, stranger
The perpetual darkness
Are you comforted
by the nothingness
They whisper gleefully
Horror and sorrow reigns
What led me to this road
promises broken
or promises unfulfilled
a gift promised ungiven…
golden circle broken…
who led me to this path
where am I bound
haunted haunting
craving...
803 reads
16 Comments
Below the Wind
Raindrops one by one
Forming circles
On water-lilied ponds
Purple flowers perk
Face up towards the sky
Washed by wet cascades
From above
Rainbow shines
On little curves
Blended prism
By struggling rays
Of brave sun
Haloes on singing frogs
Bass on treble sound
Harmonious drums
Of thunder calls
Explosions of light
The lightning flashes
Like smiles of a beloved
On sky peeping
Through green leaves
Sleep I in peace
Hugged by love
A million miles away
Eons in promises.
Forming circles
On water-lilied ponds
Purple flowers perk
Face up towards the sky
Washed by wet cascades
From above
Rainbow shines
On little curves
Blended prism
By struggling rays
Of brave sun
Haloes on singing frogs
Bass on treble sound
Harmonious drums
Of thunder calls
Explosions of light
The lightning flashes
Like smiles of a beloved
On sky peeping
Through green leaves
Sleep I in peace
Hugged by love
A million miles away
Eons in promises.
760 reads
16 Comments
In Our Memories
Frays on edges of memories
Feel the urge to tell of them
Torn ragged and worn
Maybe, but there
It stretches through imaginations
its spitefulness half there
to oblivion,
but spoken of all the same
rising sombre clouds of then
Tell me then
What lies within
Your heart, in the threads
Of all your remembered
kisses and touches
How was your spoken word
Of love,
for you have loved then
and hard
Do you feel the lingering
want of desire’s caresses
Do you remember
the sweetness
of answered...
Feel the urge to tell of them
Torn ragged and worn
Maybe, but there
It stretches through imaginations
its spitefulness half there
to oblivion,
but spoken of all the same
rising sombre clouds of then
Tell me then
What lies within
Your heart, in the threads
Of all your remembered
kisses and touches
How was your spoken word
Of love,
for you have loved then
and hard
Do you feel the lingering
want of desire’s caresses
Do you remember
the sweetness
of answered...
794 reads
9 Comments
Simply Yes
The flickers of the candle
Blown by the wind
From outside the window
Tonight we wed
Only you and I together
The I do’s in the church
Has come and gone
Families and friends
Have gone home
Tonight we shall truly wed
I take your heart
To beat with mine
I take your love
to answer with adoration
your body my temple
I wed you now
As you take me
One and the same
We will ever be
Bound by these rings
The fusion of mind
The meeting of bodies
The bonding of souls
They become our pledge...
Blown by the wind
From outside the window
Tonight we wed
Only you and I together
The I do’s in the church
Has come and gone
Families and friends
Have gone home
Tonight we shall truly wed
I take your heart
To beat with mine
I take your love
to answer with adoration
your body my temple
I wed you now
As you take me
One and the same
We will ever be
Bound by these rings
The fusion of mind
The meeting of bodies
The bonding of souls
They become our pledge...
681 reads
15 Comments
Onward to a Beginning
when finally, I can say
let’s move onward
to a new beginning
I want to hear a silence
except for the chirps
of the cricket
on warm hearth
and shift pearly curtains
to never ever-land
I want to hear your smile
through the words
you say even ever so faint
in scribbled words
you will say
I will meet you
among the fairy rings
where flowers bloom
behind our home
when I finally can say
this day today I traverse
the midnight-to-dawn sky
the hands entwine will be
of I, aurora...
let’s move onward
to a new beginning
I want to hear a silence
except for the chirps
of the cricket
on warm hearth
and shift pearly curtains
to never ever-land
I want to hear your smile
through the words
you say even ever so faint
in scribbled words
you will say
I will meet you
among the fairy rings
where flowers bloom
behind our home
when I finally can say
this day today I traverse
the midnight-to-dawn sky
the hands entwine will be
of I, aurora...
806 reads
7 Comments
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