Submissions by Viddax (Lord Viddax)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
In my spare time I have been known to end pointless threads with a quick kill. And rarer than that is when I write poetry.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Apr 2024 8:44pm
18th Apr 2024 8:44pm
Nil Decorum Lingua - NaPoWriMo 18
Upon looking back to the vaunted past
wherein language beheld itself
in a stiffly formal manner
stringent in such chastising structure
to approach a matter by complex manoeuvre
in order to maintain sensibilities.
lest such wording offends.
And then compared
to modern lazy trite
rushing to mere grunts
and primal sounds
so unbothered by form
and just shit scrawls
compared to using a varied palette of the past
May the gods make sure this doesn't last.
wherein language beheld itself
in a stiffly formal manner
stringent in such chastising structure
to approach a matter by complex manoeuvre
in order to maintain sensibilities.
lest such wording offends.
And then compared
to modern lazy trite
rushing to mere grunts
and primal sounds
so unbothered by form
and just shit scrawls
compared to using a varied palette of the past
May the gods make sure this doesn't last.
#NaPoWriMo2024
#PowerOfWords
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Apr 2024 8:09pm
17th Apr 2024 8:09pm
Cutting it fine - NaPoWriMo 13
Why exactly do we cut the grass?
This,
and other such musings
run through my head
as I push the lawnmower around.
Doing a two step back shuffle
to avoid cutting the electric cable
and thereby cutting my lifeline.
Well,
it cant be for the earthy smell,
a nicely trimmed lawn looks nice
but it is somewhat short
on the natural enjoyment.
At least it is an excuse
to catch some Sun
and feel like a hard-working manual labourer for once.
This,
and other such musings
run through my head
as I push the lawnmower around.
Doing a two step back shuffle
to avoid cutting the electric cable
and thereby cutting my lifeline.
Well,
it cant be for the earthy smell,
a nicely trimmed lawn looks nice
but it is somewhat short
on the natural enjoyment.
At least it is an excuse
to catch some Sun
and feel like a hard-working manual labourer for once.
#NaPoWriMo2024
#nature
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
17th Apr 2024 8:06pm
17th Apr 2024 8:06pm
If found, Goes by the name of wry - NaPoWriMo 17
I have lost my sense of rhyme
have you seen it anywhere?
The light bouncing bundle of joy
riding along each vowel
holding happiness in its caress
the bright side
that is footloose and fancy free
on heels of rapture.
I am sure I had it somewhere
around here
last I looked
but I cannot find it for the
looming clouds
Oh, huzzah
there you are.
have you seen it anywhere?
The light bouncing bundle of joy
riding along each vowel
holding happiness in its caress
the bright side
that is footloose and fancy free
on heels of rapture.
I am sure I had it somewhere
around here
last I looked
but I cannot find it for the
looming clouds
Oh, huzzah
there you are.
#NaPoWriMo2024
#rhyming
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
16th Apr 2024 7:27pm
16th Apr 2024 7:27pm
Stained glory: only Mori - NaPoWriMo 16
Who really wins in war?
Who will be left
To raise the proud banners high
as crimson blood of innocent bystanders flows
turning all flags red
now that more, many more
are gone and dead.
The dead care not
for who boldly won
Their tragedy is in being robbed
of a life to see a future
where all is done,
Or at least
until the next time round
around and around
Who it'll hit nobody knows
only that when pettiness grows
soon too the sorrowed blood flows.
Who will be left
To raise the proud banners high
as crimson blood of innocent bystanders flows
turning all flags red
now that more, many more
are gone and dead.
The dead care not
for who boldly won
Their tragedy is in being robbed
of a life to see a future
where all is done,
Or at least
until the next time round
around and around
Who it'll hit nobody knows
only that when pettiness grows
soon too the sorrowed blood flows.
#grief
#war
#death #NaPoWriMo2024
#death #NaPoWriMo2024
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SELF POEM
Published
15th Apr 2024 10:20pm
15th Apr 2024 10:20pm
And the next day - NaPoWriMo 15
I did not
want to wake up today,
yet the alarm called anyway
and only so much can be
put off today
before it creeps into being
tomorrow
and the next day
and the next day.
For just as the Sun shines
bright
but a chill hangs in the air,
so too is my mood
happy
but tinged with coldness
as work is too much work
to do today
and the next day
and the next day.
Surely not forever?
want to wake up today,
yet the alarm called anyway
and only so much can be
put off today
before it creeps into being
tomorrow
and the next day
and the next day.
For just as the Sun shines
bright
but a chill hangs in the air,
so too is my mood
happy
but tinged with coldness
as work is too much work
to do today
and the next day
and the next day.
Surely not forever?
#job
#NaPoWriMo2024
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SELF POEM
Published
14th Apr 2024 4:29pm
14th Apr 2024 4:29pm
With the flow - NaPoWriMo 14
I do not know what drives me,
I am but a fish
carried by the current
Towards the inevitable waterfall and end
of which no fish knows of the beyond.
Yet despite the torrent around me,
all to often
I appear to be stuck and slow
the lack of progress only punctuated by time
as each moment drops away,
So I am but a fish
in a stream
somewhat awkwardly flailing
in the temporary stream.
I am but a fish
carried by the current
Towards the inevitable waterfall and end
of which no fish knows of the beyond.
Yet despite the torrent around me,
all to often
I appear to be stuck and slow
the lack of progress only punctuated by time
as each moment drops away,
So I am but a fish
in a stream
somewhat awkwardly flailing
in the temporary stream.
#identity
#fish
#NaPoWriMo2024
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
12th Apr 2024 6:54pm
12th Apr 2024 6:54pm
M'haps the plague? - NaPoWriMo 12
A little tickle on the tonsils,
a slight dry gust in the mouth,
and a heavy ball in the throat,
Gods I hope its not a blasted cold.
I hope it is just the need
to drink more water
and not pestilence's fetid fingers
tickling in testing out my defences
before squatting
as uninvited pest in my head,
Either way,
Summon the forges for a brew
and raise a mug to good health,
Cheers.
a slight dry gust in the mouth,
and a heavy ball in the throat,
Gods I hope its not a blasted cold.
I hope it is just the need
to drink more water
and not pestilence's fetid fingers
tickling in testing out my defences
before squatting
as uninvited pest in my head,
Either way,
Summon the forges for a brew
and raise a mug to good health,
Cheers.
#anxiety
#illness
#NaPoWriMo2024
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
11th Apr 2024 10:18pm
11th Apr 2024 10:18pm
If: Dyed, Then: Wool - NaPoWriMo 11
Do electric sheep dream of beeps?
Or does the hub
dub all the hubbub
in binary beeps and boops.
And what of the four amp ion
lying with the email spam?
Is there a silicone heaven
for such things,
or are there no
ghosts in the machines,
so toasters just burn out
to a crummy end
unknowing
their recycled
descendants
might be a microchip off the old block.
Or does the hub
dub all the hubbub
in binary beeps and boops.
And what of the four amp ion
lying with the email spam?
Is there a silicone heaven
for such things,
or are there no
ghosts in the machines,
so toasters just burn out
to a crummy end
unknowing
their recycled
descendants
might be a microchip off the old block.
#dreams
#technology
#NaPoWriMo2024
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SELF POEM
Published
10th Apr 2024 8:41pm
10th Apr 2024 8:41pm
One fish, Two Fish - NaPoWriMo 10
Inside me are
one fish, two fish
at the least,
The dreamiest goldfish
daydreaming away
into obliviousness
you have ever known
so out of touch
they forget the previous moment
in favour of naive fondness
eager to look on the positive
and the golden lining.
And a surprise Shark
snarling and snapping away
in sudden savage attack
with a grinning quip
of deepest blue
to flush blood into the water
and a sharp erect fin
that will hardly finish anytime soon,
slapping some colour into...
one fish, two fish
at the least,
The dreamiest goldfish
daydreaming away
into obliviousness
you have ever known
so out of touch
they forget the previous moment
in favour of naive fondness
eager to look on the positive
and the golden lining.
And a surprise Shark
snarling and snapping away
in sudden savage attack
with a grinning quip
of deepest blue
to flush blood into the water
and a sharp erect fin
that will hardly finish anytime soon,
slapping some colour into...
#identity
#water
#fish
#SelfReflection
#NaPoWriMo2024
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
9th Apr 2024 7:12pm
9th Apr 2024 7:12pm
Cogito Ergo Zero Sum - NaPoWriMo 9 2024 Official DUP Stomp the Prompt Comp 9)
Turn your thinking over to the machines
let them do the thinking
for you and me
let them work
to set you free
Said the snake oil seller
through a megaphone
as they jangled an iron collar
to enslave all of every colour
Trust the machines they can do no wrong
but they know no right either
and ignorantly follow coding
focussed on productivity
blind to their insensitivity
A machine's hard work will set you free
to starve and worry in poverty
and they only create more problems ...
let them do the thinking
for you and me
let them work
to set you free
Said the snake oil seller
through a megaphone
as they jangled an iron collar
to enslave all of every colour
Trust the machines they can do no wrong
but they know no right either
and ignorantly follow coding
focussed on productivity
blind to their insensitivity
A machine's hard work will set you free
to starve and worry in poverty
and they only create more problems ...
#technology
#NaPoWriMo2024
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LOVE POEM
Published
8th Apr 2024 6:33pm
8th Apr 2024 6:33pm
(Surge - NaPoWriMo 8 (2024 Official DUP Stomp the Prompt Comp 8)
He who controls the Love
controls the universe.
It is the shield
that withstands all,
the innovator
that overcomes
every mountain,
the water of life
that all can drink,
the font of inspiration
that touches everyone.
Hate is too unwieldy
A path only towards
closed eyes
and the large death.
The Love Must Flow
as without it
there is nothing to Life
and the universe is empty,
but Love can fill it
as an ocean
to a desert world.
The Love
Must
Flow.
controls the universe.
It is the shield
that withstands all,
the innovator
that overcomes
every mountain,
the water of life
that all can drink,
the font of inspiration
that touches everyone.
Hate is too unwieldy
A path only towards
closed eyes
and the large death.
The Love Must Flow
as without it
there is nothing to Life
and the universe is empty,
but Love can fill it
as an ocean
to a desert world.
The Love
Must
Flow.
#love
#power
#universe #NaPoWriMo2024
#universe #NaPoWriMo2024
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ANGER POEM
Published
7th Apr 2024 9:52pm
7th Apr 2024 9:52pm
Of Irritation - NaPoWriMo 7
When I hate,
it drowns me.
To the pointed point
where only irritation remains
seeking the death of the day
blind to the light.
Eager to cut
to
the quick,
and frustratingly slow
in cooling off to calmness.
Each pulse of fury
feeds the loop
a hang noose of hatred
angrily gripped around
my neck,
suffocating in its sincerity.
Frankly
Damn it all
I cannot care for hatred;
too basic for my tastes
But still it feeds on me.
it drowns me.
To the pointed point
where only irritation remains
seeking the death of the day
blind to the light.
Eager to cut
to
the quick,
and frustratingly slow
in cooling off to calmness.
Each pulse of fury
feeds the loop
a hang noose of hatred
angrily gripped around
my neck,
suffocating in its sincerity.
Frankly
Damn it all
I cannot care for hatred;
too basic for my tastes
But still it feeds on me.
#anger
#hate
#frustration
#disappointment
#NaPoWriMo2024
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