Submissions by Shinobi (Randall Reedy)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
My work is a bit more on the surreal side of poetry, I love the abstract darker side of nature, and show that in my work I feel I am underrated but I think all poets feel they underrated, I enjoy Haiku, English Haiku, Triolets, Acrostic, and Lai structure
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Dec 2021 4:28pm
20th Dec 2021 4:28pm
See the light of day
fleeting footsteps
crunching snow and ice
yellowed pages smeared
words left unsaid...flittering
in the darkness, beyond sight
step lively through catacombs
the fetid bloom of deadwood
black cat yowling in the corner
leather clad boots stomping
kindling for the bonfire
without books we are reduced
to imbeciles who drool, fools
without the intellect to come in
from the driving rain...droplets
cutting the shade of night
It saddens me, to think the manuscripts
that burned, they will never see ...
crunching snow and ice
yellowed pages smeared
words left unsaid...flittering
in the darkness, beyond sight
step lively through catacombs
the fetid bloom of deadwood
black cat yowling in the corner
leather clad boots stomping
kindling for the bonfire
without books we are reduced
to imbeciles who drool, fools
without the intellect to come in
from the driving rain...droplets
cutting the shade of night
It saddens me, to think the manuscripts
that burned, they will never see ...
#politics
#FreeVerse
#art
#culture
#morality
239 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
5th Dec 2021 8:22pm
5th Dec 2021 8:22pm
Boys Don't Cry
bitter teardrops dance
on the brim of my coffee cup
as steam greets my lips
my bloodstone has cracked
leaving the kitchen floor soaked
with sickly crimson liqueur
sitting at the kitchen table
I notice my cat
his fur grey and white, he's called Thomas
head stuck in a bowl of kibble
I could of called him Kinkade
after the poet of the same name
but he was named by my youngest son
he's named after that train...
bittersweet coffee stirred
with a tarnished silver spoon
animatronic motions,...
on the brim of my coffee cup
as steam greets my lips
my bloodstone has cracked
leaving the kitchen floor soaked
with sickly crimson liqueur
sitting at the kitchen table
I notice my cat
his fur grey and white, he's called Thomas
head stuck in a bowl of kibble
I could of called him Kinkade
after the poet of the same name
but he was named by my youngest son
he's named after that train...
bittersweet coffee stirred
with a tarnished silver spoon
animatronic motions,...
#strength
#secrets
#emotional
#meditation
#bittersweet
289 reads
1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
16th Nov 2021 3:16am
16th Nov 2021 3:16am
My Mana
hear the bells; chiming at midnight...
sounds muffled by veils of twilight...
shuttering under a kodachrome light
as my shadows dances; hidden from sight.
I face the demon: the succubus,
hiding behind the camera lens...
clicking the button; my soul
leaving me an abstract
of the man I once had been
yes..making me cower
for the photo speaks in tongues
as flash powder grasps
the dragon by his spiky tail
muzzle placed on his gaping jaws
while I'm her prisoner
lost inside her photographers
draining......
sounds muffled by veils of twilight...
shuttering under a kodachrome light
as my shadows dances; hidden from sight.
I face the demon: the succubus,
hiding behind the camera lens...
clicking the button; my soul
leaving me an abstract
of the man I once had been
yes..making me cower
for the photo speaks in tongues
as flash powder grasps
the dragon by his spiky tail
muzzle placed on his gaping jaws
while I'm her prisoner
lost inside her photographers
draining......
#sadness
#dark
#romantic
#learning
#surreal
327 reads
1 Comment
DARK POEM
Published
30th Oct 2021 5:10am
30th Oct 2021 5:10am
A Gothic Poem
man made rust, and diamond dust
broken vessels of the arcane
spell spoken from ruby lips
rhyming like a poetic refrain
how my pulse races...
haunted remnants of the wilting rose
blows through argent winds
scarlet sunburst, crimson petals
electric blue avenues, welcoming
the highway man's smoking barrel
the colors snap poloroids...
I'm not sub-human
my roots are buried deep
as the moon dangles wafer-thin
and the river calls to me
coiling on the forest floor
there is a...
broken vessels of the arcane
spell spoken from ruby lips
rhyming like a poetic refrain
how my pulse races...
haunted remnants of the wilting rose
blows through argent winds
scarlet sunburst, crimson petals
electric blue avenues, welcoming
the highway man's smoking barrel
the colors snap poloroids...
I'm not sub-human
my roots are buried deep
as the moon dangles wafer-thin
and the river calls to me
coiling on the forest floor
there is a...
#SylviaPlath
#sensual
#witches
#symbolism
#fear
382 reads
1 Comment
DARK POEM
Published
30th Oct 2021 3:15am
30th Oct 2021 3:15am
The Corpse Bride
shriek of a violet
as the sunset cracks violently
cascading light dances
on her tomb...
she slips from her casket
her dress tattered and worn
empty eyes, tear soaked veil
where a scorch of scarlet
draws the smell rare earth,
and blood drenched after birth
she swam to deep into
the lake of Muertos
her fury is volcanic
bosom bleeds, from a frilly bodice
as her scorpion tongue,
leaves it's poisonous sting
He waits like an Irish wolfhound
scrapping...
as the sunset cracks violently
cascading light dances
on her tomb...
she slips from her casket
her dress tattered and worn
empty eyes, tear soaked veil
where a scorch of scarlet
draws the smell rare earth,
and blood drenched after birth
she swam to deep into
the lake of Muertos
her fury is volcanic
bosom bleeds, from a frilly bodice
as her scorpion tongue,
leaves it's poisonous sting
He waits like an Irish wolfhound
scrapping...
#dark
#marriage
#death
#vampires
#nightmares
265 reads
0 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
27th Oct 2021 2:31pm
27th Oct 2021 2:31pm
The Firefly Crashes
shattering the cosmos
firefly lands on a monitor
looking for intelligent life
blink lights, big city nights
jet engines sputtering out
cracks on the of the moon
can't be found
rustling leaves twisting
in the vacuum of space
listen, there thunder underground
as we tip our hats
firefly dives, goes splat
God's fly swatter
snaps
firefly lands on a monitor
looking for intelligent life
blink lights, big city nights
jet engines sputtering out
cracks on the of the moon
can't be found
rustling leaves twisting
in the vacuum of space
listen, there thunder underground
as we tip our hats
firefly dives, goes splat
God's fly swatter
snaps
#inspirational
#moon
#shadows
#nature
#scifi
254 reads
1 Comment
STORY POEM
Published
27th Oct 2021 4:44am
27th Oct 2021 4:44am
Another Tale of Woe
the smell of her perfume, it still lingers
an unpleasant fragrance that reminds
of a multitude of memories...invading
the senses with their stench of the past
I look up in the technicolor sky, blinking
my curious eyes, as eagles swoop down
their plumage of black-n-white...beautiful
yet I am frightened by the spectres beyond
their marble stare...it shoots arrows into me
so flow on waters, from those ivory towers
erupting from...
an unpleasant fragrance that reminds
of a multitude of memories...invading
the senses with their stench of the past
I look up in the technicolor sky, blinking
my curious eyes, as eagles swoop down
their plumage of black-n-white...beautiful
yet I am frightened by the spectres beyond
their marble stare...it shoots arrows into me
so flow on waters, from those ivory towers
erupting from...
#sadness
#loneliness
#heartbroken
#ghosts
#bittersweet
230 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
24th Oct 2021 4:22pm
24th Oct 2021 4:22pm
Standing Alone in a Field of Trampled Tulips
Once a year...
I'm selected by my peers
to stand in a field
of brutally trampled tulips
a smell of death...decay
of the blossoms is putrid
the acrid scent of their perfume
rises from their flowerbed
where I am left to stand..sentry
like a scarecrow, gazing wide-eyed
while on fallow grounds, slumbering
petals yawn beneath my feet...a somber tone
O'the sound of a harp, O' the melody
how it drifts in, as I stand motionless
amongst their brutal colors,
and maskless faces, tracing my mouth ...
I'm selected by my peers
to stand in a field
of brutally trampled tulips
a smell of death...decay
of the blossoms is putrid
the acrid scent of their perfume
rises from their flowerbed
where I am left to stand..sentry
like a scarecrow, gazing wide-eyed
while on fallow grounds, slumbering
petals yawn beneath my feet...a somber tone
O'the sound of a harp, O' the melody
how it drifts in, as I stand motionless
amongst their brutal colors,
and maskless faces, tracing my mouth ...
#Halloween
#ghosts
#EdgarAllanPoe
#curse
#zombies
241 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
24th Oct 2021 3:14pm
24th Oct 2021 3:14pm
Blood On The Bricks
quickly the crimson blade
slices through the skin
spraying from his arteries
physical graffiti of society
from brick walls it drips
with burnt offerings...
arrows peirce the sores
as the moon collides
smashing into their faces
in the age of reason there is
madness...
a broken cycle of colors and elements
tossed from a moving transport
sanguine diamonds splattering
across the pavement, as we
curl into fetal positions waiting
for the sun to rise...
slices through the skin
spraying from his arteries
physical graffiti of society
from brick walls it drips
with burnt offerings...
arrows peirce the sores
as the moon collides
smashing into their faces
in the age of reason there is
madness...
a broken cycle of colors and elements
tossed from a moving transport
sanguine diamonds splattering
across the pavement, as we
curl into fetal positions waiting
for the sun to rise...
#death
#nightmares
#steampunk
#surreal
#dystopian
229 reads
0 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Oct 2021 3:12pm
23rd Oct 2021 3:12pm
Only Smoke and Mirrors...
reflecting on yesterday,
through a clouded haze
smoke wafts like spectres
water colors flow down
from raindrops falling
dripping from fingertips, bleeding
memories
papier mache' angels
with kaleidoscope eyes
looking through picture frames
mirrors of the mind, and carousel
rides
hear the melody of pianos
and woodwinds greeting
sunshine, through smoke and mirrors
...
through a clouded haze
smoke wafts like spectres
water colors flow down
from raindrops falling
dripping from fingertips, bleeding
memories
papier mache' angels
with kaleidoscope eyes
looking through picture frames
mirrors of the mind, and carousel
rides
hear the melody of pianos
and woodwinds greeting
sunshine, through smoke and mirrors
...
#love
#motivational
#sky
#clouds
#rain
259 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
22nd Oct 2021 2:59pm
22nd Oct 2021 2:59pm
Invisible to Beautiful Lies
I've become invisible
to those beautiful lies
shades of grey that dance
across the silver screen
we get lost, but stay motionless
arrows peirce my side,
but still I soar in indigo skies
our souls are captured by flashbacks
of days of the future past
as we remain unseen, invisible
to those beautiful lies, that cloud
the wandering eye...
diving into the shallow end
of a pool, wishing for tomorrow
but we're crashing headlong
into today...as swords cut
through the mists...
...
to those beautiful lies
shades of grey that dance
across the silver screen
we get lost, but stay motionless
arrows peirce my side,
but still I soar in indigo skies
our souls are captured by flashbacks
of days of the future past
as we remain unseen, invisible
to those beautiful lies, that cloud
the wandering eye...
diving into the shallow end
of a pool, wishing for tomorrow
but we're crashing headlong
into today...as swords cut
through the mists...
...
#gothic
#universe
#shadows
#music
#dance
204 reads
1 Comment
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
17th Oct 2021 7:39pm
17th Oct 2021 7:39pm
Megitsune
hidden behind a lotus blossom
her eyes glare, with mischief
a vixen in a silver fur coat
as her tail flows behind...
Megitsune, what kind of tricks
are inside your silken bag?
what surprise do you have in store
for mankind?
sitting unnoticed to the stork
as he balances on one leg in the river
you shiver as summerland breezes
blow through the bamboo trees
Megitsune, where have you been?
like a harlequin dancing in the valley
you're a devil plotting...
...
her eyes glare, with mischief
a vixen in a silver fur coat
as her tail flows behind...
Megitsune, what kind of tricks
are inside your silken bag?
what surprise do you have in store
for mankind?
sitting unnoticed to the stork
as he balances on one leg in the river
you shiver as summerland breezes
blow through the bamboo trees
Megitsune, where have you been?
like a harlequin dancing in the valley
you're a devil plotting...
...
#universe
#animals
#fall
#fire
#nature
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2 Comments
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