Sisters
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published 2nd April 2017 1:32am
It's getting late
Let's play a game
Last night here, sister dear
Don't be sad
It's only fate
Nothing ever stays the same
©Tanzen Lilly 4/1/17
I started working on a new painting today and was inspired to write this little poem. The painting will be based on this photograph.
Let's play a game
Last night here, sister dear
Don't be sad
It's only fate
Nothing ever stays the same
©Tanzen Lilly 4/1/17
I started working on a new painting today and was inspired to write this little poem. The painting will be based on this photograph.
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Blessed Season
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published 2nd April 2017 1:01am
Dead leaves and strong coffee
Mingle in the chilling breeze
Spices of this blessed season
Possessing with unnatural ease
Outside an eerie wind is blowing
Voices screaming in the trees
Sweet aromas cloak and warm us
On this dark and thrilling eve
Death has never seemed so cheerful
As when the leaves all fade and fall
Listen for crisp crunch underfoot
And the mysterious pull of the raven’s call
©Tanzen Lilly 4/1/17
I am very late in publishing this poem (it's about autumn), but it has taken a...
Mingle in the chilling breeze
Spices of this blessed season
Possessing with unnatural ease
Outside an eerie wind is blowing
Voices screaming in the trees
Sweet aromas cloak and warm us
On this dark and thrilling eve
Death has never seemed so cheerful
As when the leaves all fade and fall
Listen for crisp crunch underfoot
And the mysterious pull of the raven’s call
©Tanzen Lilly 4/1/17
I am very late in publishing this poem (it's about autumn), but it has taken a...
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S'mores Club
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published 24th June 2016 9:56pm
It could happen
Any lazy summer day
Usual suspects, and a few strays
Gather all into the backyard
Crucial ingredients under arm:
Marshmallows
Graham crackers
Chocolate bars
Who's the best at making fires?
There's enough chairs, come, sit here!
It's been a hard day's night
Now we're singing under the stars.
What a fantastic way to spend
Any old lazy summer day.
©Tanzen Lilly 6/24/16
Any lazy summer day
Usual suspects, and a few strays
Gather all into the backyard
Crucial ingredients under arm:
Marshmallows
Graham crackers
Chocolate bars
Who's the best at making fires?
There's enough chairs, come, sit here!
It's been a hard day's night
Now we're singing under the stars.
What a fantastic way to spend
Any old lazy summer day.
©Tanzen Lilly 6/24/16
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Graveyard Picnic
STORY POEM
Published 15th June 2016 2:26am
Come with me to the graveyard in Spring
With lost souls we will linger until day gives way to evening.
We'll lay our picnic blanket under a wise old tree,
Share a basket of fruit, and recite poetry.
Our declarations of timeless verse
Will rouse the ghosts from their ancient tombs
Delighted, we will witness
As they dance in the pale of the moon.
Spot each shooting star with me,
Trace the twilight sky
Recite the deepest truth with me,
Indeed, we too shall die.
©Tanzen Lilly 6/14/16
With lost souls we will linger until day gives way to evening.
We'll lay our picnic blanket under a wise old tree,
Share a basket of fruit, and recite poetry.
Our declarations of timeless verse
Will rouse the ghosts from their ancient tombs
Delighted, we will witness
As they dance in the pale of the moon.
Spot each shooting star with me,
Trace the twilight sky
Recite the deepest truth with me,
Indeed, we too shall die.
©Tanzen Lilly 6/14/16
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Walking a Dog in Spring
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published 6th April 2016 11:06pm
Little paws click clack on dry pavement
And rustle through freshly thawed leaves
A Robin hopped across the way
Chirping happily
I mimicked his call as he stood and stared at me
Little nose sniffing, sensing the awakening
As I walked, I whistled
The Robin following
I spoke a language he understood
The cheerful tongue of Spring
©Tanzen Lilly 4/6/16
And rustle through freshly thawed leaves
A Robin hopped across the way
Chirping happily
I mimicked his call as he stood and stared at me
Little nose sniffing, sensing the awakening
As I walked, I whistled
The Robin following
I spoke a language he understood
The cheerful tongue of Spring
©Tanzen Lilly 4/6/16
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Burial Shroud
SONG LYRICS
Published 24th February 2016 1:33am
What’s going to happen,
And how will it feel?
All of a sudden it seems so real.
A fear takes hold
I’m shrouded in dirt
Here lies my body,
But where is my soul?
There’s no one here,
I feel so cold
There's no one here,
I feel so cold
What matters now,
While I'm here?
As the darkness surrounds,
only one thing's clear.
I'm getting old
My possessions are few
What little I have
Will die with me too.
And so will you,
My darling blue
And so will you,
My darling blue
2/23/16
©Tanzen Lilly
And how will it feel?
All of a sudden it seems so real.
A fear takes hold
I’m shrouded in dirt
Here lies my body,
But where is my soul?
There’s no one here,
I feel so cold
There's no one here,
I feel so cold
What matters now,
While I'm here?
As the darkness surrounds,
only one thing's clear.
I'm getting old
My possessions are few
What little I have
Will die with me too.
And so will you,
My darling blue
And so will you,
My darling blue
2/23/16
©Tanzen Lilly
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My Favorite Color
SELF POEM
Published 2nd January 2016 7:38am
You're dripping yellow all over the floor"
Sunflower petals that led through the door...
Back to a March that went in like a lion
That lion persisted, the March was quite sullen
The words of dead poets pervaded my soul
My senses awakened, I heeded their call
Life is a bitter sweet and melancholy song
Akin to a lemon-drop melting on the tongue
I was dismissive at first of my love for this color
The more I gazed upon it, I succumbed to its vigor
Determined and radiant through the harshest of showers
So happy in my raincoat the color of...
Sunflower petals that led through the door...
Back to a March that went in like a lion
That lion persisted, the March was quite sullen
The words of dead poets pervaded my soul
My senses awakened, I heeded their call
Life is a bitter sweet and melancholy song
Akin to a lemon-drop melting on the tongue
I was dismissive at first of my love for this color
The more I gazed upon it, I succumbed to its vigor
Determined and radiant through the harshest of showers
So happy in my raincoat the color of...
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Nothing Matters Anyhow
DARK POEM
Published 30th December 2015 11:20pm
What happened to my energy?
My zest for life, my joie de vivre?
All the hours in each day
Seem to slip and fade away
One day bleeds into the next
I've lost a year under this hex
My search for purpose turns up cold
When good things happen, they don't hold
There's nothing I can do, it seems,
And little comfort comes in dreams.
I think I should just end it now
Since nothing matters anyhow.
©Tanzen Lilly
My zest for life, my joie de vivre?
All the hours in each day
Seem to slip and fade away
One day bleeds into the next
I've lost a year under this hex
My search for purpose turns up cold
When good things happen, they don't hold
There's nothing I can do, it seems,
And little comfort comes in dreams.
I think I should just end it now
Since nothing matters anyhow.
©Tanzen Lilly
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Midnight Snowfall
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published 21st November 2015 6:41am
Gentle snowfall, midnight wonder
Small white flakes in silent free fall
Once green meadow, painted over
Soft white canvas o' fallen snow
Critter footprints lay in spirals
The sole trace of their midnight sprint
©Tanzen Lilly 2015
Small white flakes in silent free fall
Once green meadow, painted over
Soft white canvas o' fallen snow
Critter footprints lay in spirals
The sole trace of their midnight sprint
©Tanzen Lilly 2015
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The Night Sky Dims
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published 11th November 2015 5:57pm
The night sky dims
As stars fade
and then die
Never reaching their full potential.
With their last breath
The Earth is slowly drained of its
brilliance.
Their face may have smiled
But it was a mask
Each day growing heavier
With Earth's gravitational pull
Until they could not take it
anymore.
And now I look around me,
and I wonder what went wrong?
Where have all the brave ones gone?
Why do only fools live long?
I am left with too many questions
When a good soul
passes on.
©Tanzen...
As stars fade
and then die
Never reaching their full potential.
With their last breath
The Earth is slowly drained of its
brilliance.
Their face may have smiled
But it was a mask
Each day growing heavier
With Earth's gravitational pull
Until they could not take it
anymore.
And now I look around me,
and I wonder what went wrong?
Where have all the brave ones gone?
Why do only fools live long?
I am left with too many questions
When a good soul
passes on.
©Tanzen...
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Autumn
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published 10th November 2015 6:01am
Autumn is spreading, rearing its head
The trees are each turning to yellow and red
Rainbow leaves whisper, they rustle and crack
The wind smells of chimneys with smoke in their stacks
Pumpkins make faces on every doorstep
Sweaters buttoned and boots all strapped
Small children frolic in costume and mask
To gather up candy and fill up their sacks
The daylight shrinks and night takes its hold
The ghouls play tricks and you may get trolled
No matter how old or what mask you wear,
There's magic alive in the crisp autumn air!
...
The trees are each turning to yellow and red
Rainbow leaves whisper, they rustle and crack
The wind smells of chimneys with smoke in their stacks
Pumpkins make faces on every doorstep
Sweaters buttoned and boots all strapped
Small children frolic in costume and mask
To gather up candy and fill up their sacks
The daylight shrinks and night takes its hold
The ghouls play tricks and you may get trolled
No matter how old or what mask you wear,
There's magic alive in the crisp autumn air!
...
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Centurion
STORY POEM
Published 3rd August 2015 8:03pm
A loyal soldier of Rome
Only wants to get home
When a surprise attack
Leaves them stranded, wrecked.
Gathering survivors
He formulates a plan
Rescue their commander,
Then find the nearest garrison.
The Picts will not rest
Until each soldier is lifeless!
Neither side will relinquish,
All those who oppose must be extinguished!
Born to be a leader
Quintus will fight until the grave
Because everybody knows,
Being a legend gets you laid!
©Tanzen Lilly
Wrote this for the movie poems competition...Centurion is one of my...
Only wants to get home
When a surprise attack
Leaves them stranded, wrecked.
Gathering survivors
He formulates a plan
Rescue their commander,
Then find the nearest garrison.
The Picts will not rest
Until each soldier is lifeless!
Neither side will relinquish,
All those who oppose must be extinguished!
Born to be a leader
Quintus will fight until the grave
Because everybody knows,
Being a legend gets you laid!
©Tanzen Lilly
Wrote this for the movie poems competition...Centurion is one of my...
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