Submissions by TCLilly (Tanzen Lilly)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Tanzen Lilly graduated SAIC in 2013 with a BFA. Tanzen is a visual artist, poet, and jewelry maker. Her work focusses on interpreting and illustrating the subconscious mind, as well as occult imagery and topics. Her poetry often explores gothic themes.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
10th Nov 2015 6:01am
10th Nov 2015 6:01am
Autumn
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...
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...
#childhood
#fall
#magic
#narrative
#nostalgia
673 reads
6 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
3rd Aug 2015 8:03pm
3rd Aug 2015 8:03pm
Centurion
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!
ŠTanzen Lilly
Wrote this for the movie poems competition...Centurion is one of...
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!
ŠTanzen Lilly
Wrote this for the movie poems competition...Centurion is one of...
#love
#soldiers
#narrative
#PopCulture
#historical
668 reads
3 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
17th Jul 2015 00:05am
17th Jul 2015 00:05am
One More Before Dinner
Silence stirs
While
Churning verse,
Symphony of living.
Flow disturbed
By broken chords,
The rhyming faucet
Dripping.
Submerged in sound
The poet drowns,
Her rhythm fainting
Weaker.
A hunger groans
In drifting tones
The spigot spouting
Laughter.
ŠTanzen Lilly 7/12/15
While
Churning verse,
Symphony of living.
Flow disturbed
By broken chords,
The rhyming faucet
Dripping.
Submerged in sound
The poet drowns,
Her rhythm fainting
Weaker.
A hunger groans
In drifting tones
The spigot spouting
Laughter.
ŠTanzen Lilly 7/12/15
#WritersBlock
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
#family
#memories
646 reads
6 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
15th Jul 2015 11:19pm
15th Jul 2015 11:19pm
Somewhere, Hiding
Somewhere, Sliding,
Wind Crawls,
Hiding.
Weather Weeps,
Creatures Seek,
Hiding.
Hollow Hills,
Sliding, Chills,
Weeping.
Creatures Crawl,
Howling,
Small,
Weeping.
ŠTanzen Lilly 7/12/15
Wind Crawls,
Hiding.
Weather Weeps,
Creatures Seek,
Hiding.
Hollow Hills,
Sliding, Chills,
Weeping.
Creatures Crawl,
Howling,
Small,
Weeping.
ŠTanzen Lilly 7/12/15
#animals
#nature
#gothic
#scary
#monsters
666 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
15th Jul 2015 00:58am
15th Jul 2015 00:58am
Summer Bouquet
Purple tufts
Arranged in clumps
Bristle sharply
In the evening sun.
Tangled and climbing
In harmonic disarray
They rustle and glitter
Hitting the wind.
ŠTanzen Lilly 7/12/15
Arranged in clumps
Bristle sharply
In the evening sun.
Tangled and climbing
In harmonic disarray
They rustle and glitter
Hitting the wind.
ŠTanzen Lilly 7/12/15
#flowers
#spring
#nature #summer
#nature #summer
699 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
29th Jun 2015 3:08am
29th Jun 2015 3:08am
The Silent Fellow Wanderer
I am the molten candle wax
Surrounding your firm blaze
Your passion liquifies me
I am powerless to your gaze
You are the lighthouse beacon
Guiding my ship to port
I look to you for safety
I trust in you to lend support
I am a lonely traveller
And you the man in the moon
A silent fellow wanderer
In the all too morbid gloom
You are the light of all my life
My most beloved companion
Illuminate a path for me
And be my bravest champion!
ŠTanzen Lilly 2015
Surrounding your firm blaze
Your passion liquifies me
I am powerless to your gaze
You are the lighthouse beacon
Guiding my ship to port
I look to you for safety
I trust in you to lend support
I am a lonely traveller
And you the man in the moon
A silent fellow wanderer
In the all too morbid gloom
You are the light of all my life
My most beloved companion
Illuminate a path for me
And be my bravest champion!
ŠTanzen Lilly 2015
#love
#marriage
#friendship #support
#friendship #support
792 reads
9 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
28th Jun 2015 3:09am
28th Jun 2015 3:09am
One Whole Year Ago
I'm sore, like the day after
I hit the ground, searching for
All the things and people I haven't found
I'm looking for the guy
But I like you my clementine
You are the question mark in my life so clearly,
Just pick up the phone and call me!
I smell, like the day before
I'm still not sure, running toward
A future familiar but insecure
I'm looking in the sky
If there's an answer I can find
I'm a deer in headlights, you are speeding toward me
Give me a little warning!
You stole, one whole year ago
You changed...
I hit the ground, searching for
All the things and people I haven't found
I'm looking for the guy
But I like you my clementine
You are the question mark in my life so clearly,
Just pick up the phone and call me!
I smell, like the day before
I'm still not sure, running toward
A future familiar but insecure
I'm looking in the sky
If there's an answer I can find
I'm a deer in headlights, you are speeding toward me
Give me a little warning!
You stole, one whole year ago
You changed...
#narrative
#lyrics
#memories
#love
#teens
690 reads
2 Comments
STORY POEM
Published
8th May 2015 2:59am
8th May 2015 2:59am
I want to keep a garden
I want to keep a garden
Full of nourishment and beauty
A piece of it will always stay
Evergreen and fruity
Hunger, I shall know it not
Nor want for entertaining
I shall have all at my finger's reach,
The product of my toiling!
If a neighbor in distress
Should ask me for a blossom,
I will gladly grant his wish indeed
A bloom or two, and then some!
It shall be a garden sanctuary
A place of peace resplendent
Where I will spend so many days
Healthy, wealthy, and content!
ŠTanzen...
Full of nourishment and beauty
A piece of it will always stay
Evergreen and fruity
Hunger, I shall know it not
Nor want for entertaining
I shall have all at my finger's reach,
The product of my toiling!
If a neighbor in distress
Should ask me for a blossom,
I will gladly grant his wish indeed
A bloom or two, and then some!
It shall be a garden sanctuary
A place of peace resplendent
Where I will spend so many days
Healthy, wealthy, and content!
ŠTanzen...
#flowers
#nature
#summer
#spring
#SelfReflection
743 reads
7 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
11th Mar 2015 7:56pm
11th Mar 2015 7:56pm
To be opened in the event of...
I have a feeling I'll go out
As quiet as the day I was born
And in the morning when you wake up
Oh, Dear, I'll be home.
Oh, Don't waste all your crying
Cuz I won't be there to see
Just remember that I told you
This was how it's gonna be.
You'll find that you don't need me
I'm not sure anyone does.
I was trying hard to make it up
And it all fell apart.
Well
Why the hell I waited
So long,
I don't know.
I guess I was just a dreamer,
But now I'm dust.
Š Tanzen Lilly 2014 ...
As quiet as the day I was born
And in the morning when you wake up
Oh, Dear, I'll be home.
Oh, Don't waste all your crying
Cuz I won't be there to see
Just remember that I told you
This was how it's gonna be.
You'll find that you don't need me
I'm not sure anyone does.
I was trying hard to make it up
And it all fell apart.
Well
Why the hell I waited
So long,
I don't know.
I guess I was just a dreamer,
But now I'm dust.
Š Tanzen Lilly 2014 ...
#depression
#dark
#death
#suicide
#lyrics
682 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Mar 2015 6:06pm
11th Mar 2015 6:06pm
Moth Haiku
A busy flutter
Attracted to my window
Spread your wings for me
Tanzen Lilly
Attached is a photo of a necklace that I made, find me at DeadPoetAccessories on Etsy!
Attracted to my window
Spread your wings for me
Tanzen Lilly
Attached is a photo of a necklace that I made, find me at DeadPoetAccessories on Etsy!
#butterfly
#nature
#haiku
722 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
14th May 2014 8:14pm
14th May 2014 8:14pm
No-f**king-Where In Particular
I'm contemplating the veins in my wrist.
And cold metal in my mouth,
And grabbing the wheel out of his hand.
And swimming so far out in the ocean
I don't have the strength to make it back.
I'm riding a train
Headed southwest
Never planning on getting off.
Just looking out the window,
Endless sky and mountains and wheat fields and telephone wire.
Bouncing gently to the beat of the wheels gripping the tracks beneath,
Speeding into oblivion.
I'm tending the counter
Of a coffee shop with no customers. ...
And cold metal in my mouth,
And grabbing the wheel out of his hand.
And swimming so far out in the ocean
I don't have the strength to make it back.
I'm riding a train
Headed southwest
Never planning on getting off.
Just looking out the window,
Endless sky and mountains and wheat fields and telephone wire.
Bouncing gently to the beat of the wheels gripping the tracks beneath,
Speeding into oblivion.
I'm tending the counter
Of a coffee shop with no customers. ...
#anxiety
#depression
#suicide
#freedom
#escape
1354 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
8th May 2014 9:56pm
8th May 2014 9:56pm
Philosophers
As we sat in the silence and talked,
No, wait, that's impossible.
The moonlight arrested our house
And you became a vessel.
"How can death be a part of life,
If it's the end of it?" You said.
"Once you finish something, it's done.
Once a moment passes, it's gone.
Death is only a part of life for
those who believe in rebirth.
Some say we only live once,
Yet they don't try to make the most of it."
Sing these bittersweet thoughts to me and
Pour me a little more coffee.
Yesterday we were clipping news papers. ...
No, wait, that's impossible.
The moonlight arrested our house
And you became a vessel.
"How can death be a part of life,
If it's the end of it?" You said.
"Once you finish something, it's done.
Once a moment passes, it's gone.
Death is only a part of life for
those who believe in rebirth.
Some say we only live once,
Yet they don't try to make the most of it."
Sing these bittersweet thoughts to me and
Pour me a little more coffee.
Yesterday we were clipping news papers. ...
#death
#coffee
#philosophical
#spiritual
#LifeCycle
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1 Comment
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