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.
SELF POEM
Published
14th Apr 2023 8:30pm
14th Apr 2023 8:30pm
Off the road to Maddened-lay - NaPoWriMo2023 #14
When I am tired
I phase out
and daydream,
imagining myself
going off my head
and laughing along
merrily down the road
with brain as back-seat passenger
too fatigued
or past it
to care.
Deep in madness's
embrace
bosom,
a happy place
snuggled from worry
Because padding keeps the world out
while the party within
my mind's eye
is in full swing.
Then I jerk back to
waking reality
and find things
just a bit stale.
There's...
I phase out
and daydream,
imagining myself
going off my head
and laughing along
merrily down the road
with brain as back-seat passenger
too fatigued
or past it
to care.
Deep in madness's
embrace
bosom,
a happy place
snuggled from worry
Because padding keeps the world out
while the party within
my mind's eye
is in full swing.
Then I jerk back to
waking reality
and find things
just a bit stale.
There's...
#dreams
#sleep
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SELF POEM
Published
13th Apr 2023 8:54pm
13th Apr 2023 8:54pm
Placeholder - NaPoWriMo2023 #13
No great metaphor today,
or pithy line
as a nexus for
the expanding poem.
My mind is slipping,
being eroded
by the many things
that grind for attention,
and instead my
thoughts
wander.
In one ear
and out the other;
on automatic
while the soul pupates
because focus today
is expensive
but my daydreams are free
and a little too inviting.
or pithy line
as a nexus for
the expanding poem.
My mind is slipping,
being eroded
by the many things
that grind for attention,
and instead my
thoughts
wander.
In one ear
and out the other;
on automatic
while the soul pupates
because focus today
is expensive
but my daydreams are free
and a little too inviting.
#SelfReflection
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
12th Apr 2023 9:34pm
12th Apr 2023 9:34pm
Its All Greek To Me - NaPoWriMo2023 #12
What lessons can the Ancients
say to us
now that they are but memories
of ash and dust?
What can be said
of Athenian Wisdom
or Spartan Glory,
now that time has sailed past
their sun kissed islands.
And yet,
such tales
of the frailty of mortality
and it's flaws
echo down the ages still
as true now
as it was then,
and still to be true
into eternity.
say to us
now that they are but memories
of ash and dust?
What can be said
of Athenian Wisdom
or Spartan Glory,
now that time has sailed past
their sun kissed islands.
And yet,
such tales
of the frailty of mortality
and it's flaws
echo down the ages still
as true now
as it was then,
and still to be true
into eternity.
#historical
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STORY POEM
Published
11th Apr 2023 11:24pm
11th Apr 2023 11:24pm
That which see-eth not/ Can always Smell the Flowers - NaPoWriMo2023 #11
It is said that
In the land of the Blind
the One-eyed
man is King.
Yet how depressing
it must be
to have no one else
to watch the sky with.
Yet by luck
there may be
a companion
to feel
the Sun's rising rays,
as dawn
crests the hills.
Some semblance
of shared sensation,
despite
the differences
of valleys
and gulfs
in abilities
between them.
In the land of the Blind
the One-eyed
man is King.
Yet how depressing
it must be
to have no one else
to watch the sky with.
Yet by luck
there may be
a companion
to feel
the Sun's rising rays,
as dawn
crests the hills.
Some semblance
of shared sensation,
despite
the differences
of valleys
and gulfs
in abilities
between them.
#emotions
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
10th Apr 2023 5:57pm
10th Apr 2023 5:57pm
Why Should I Care About Evans? - NaPoWriMo2023 #10
I never particularly
cared
for the supposed
English obsession
with death and murder,
featuring stuck up
posh pricks
and
working class scoundrels.
All orgasming about death
and defiance of their
boring ordered lives.
And other class struggles,
I neither cared for
or was catered for.
I always preferred
the slow introduction
of the Outsider,
the overlooked investigator
with quirks and foibles,
fumbling their way ...
cared
for the supposed
English obsession
with death and murder,
featuring stuck up
posh pricks
and
working class scoundrels.
All orgasming about death
and defiance of their
boring ordered lives.
And other class struggles,
I neither cared for
or was catered for.
I always preferred
the slow introduction
of the Outsider,
the overlooked investigator
with quirks and foibles,
fumbling their way ...
#murder
#mystery
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
9th Apr 2023 8:01pm
9th Apr 2023 8:01pm
Solar Ode - NaPoWriMo2023 #9
Oh how I have missed the wonderful Sun,
that shines above
and around
that shines above
and warms all around
and you and me
and for all to see.
The joy within my heart
for the Sun and shine has returned
with elation at the sensation
as if Beethoven's 'Pastoral'
is merrily plucking at my heart strings.
What more can I say?
For I embrace the day
for the Sun has returned
and Spring truly feels to have sprung,
that oh so wonderful Sun.
that shines above
and around
that shines above
and warms all around
and you and me
and for all to see.
The joy within my heart
for the Sun and shine has returned
with elation at the sensation
as if Beethoven's 'Pastoral'
is merrily plucking at my heart strings.
What more can I say?
For I embrace the day
for the Sun has returned
and Spring truly feels to have sprung,
that oh so wonderful Sun.
#sun
#spring
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
8th Apr 2023 10:36pm
8th Apr 2023 10:36pm
Silence with stillness - NaPoWriMo2023 #8
Silence with stillness;
appreciated,
amongst numerous attentions,
holidayed respite
from rat raced demands.
Momentary,
as a wind rustled leaf
on the tree,
caressed
and not forced,
such joy can fade
yet these moments
needn't be held
forever
brief junctures
fronting junctions to next steps
before once more
into life's breached peace.
appreciated,
amongst numerous attentions,
holidayed respite
from rat raced demands.
Momentary,
as a wind rustled leaf
on the tree,
caressed
and not forced,
such joy can fade
yet these moments
needn't be held
forever
brief junctures
fronting junctions to next steps
before once more
into life's breached peace.
#silence
#patience
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ANGER POEM
Published
7th Apr 2023 7:37pm
7th Apr 2023 7:37pm
Anger's outrage - NaPoWriMo2023 #7
When Ares summons me
and Khaine surges within
the red rage rises
and I become
volatile as volcanoes.
The fire within my nature
flash boiling the seas
in sudden assaulting
violent onslaught,
and I forget
the sanctuary of seas.
Anger arrives
to cut tempers short
bellowing words
thumping
unchained annoyance
crashing and killing
all politeness
for boiled blood and water
have such a power
that bely
the once soft-skin of a little fishy,
that...
and Khaine surges within
the red rage rises
and I become
volatile as volcanoes.
The fire within my nature
flash boiling the seas
in sudden assaulting
violent onslaught,
and I forget
the sanctuary of seas.
Anger arrives
to cut tempers short
bellowing words
thumping
unchained annoyance
crashing and killing
all politeness
for boiled blood and water
have such a power
that bely
the once soft-skin of a little fishy,
that...
#anger
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STORY POEM
Published
6th Apr 2023 11:59pm
6th Apr 2023 11:59pm
The machines came for me one day - NaPoWriMo2023 #6
The machines came for me one day,
but they couldn't figure me out,
so left with illogical disappointment.
Sad beeps and boops
and shaking of logic circuits
beneath smooth black cases
and frustrated whirring of wires
shielded within long trench-coat-like housing.
All I had to do
to make them leave
was say a few words
and grin idiotically
at their pointed taser barrels
while offering them tea
out of politeness.
Quite a hopeless case
quite, quite, mad
and simply illogical. ...
but they couldn't figure me out,
so left with illogical disappointment.
Sad beeps and boops
and shaking of logic circuits
beneath smooth black cases
and frustrated whirring of wires
shielded within long trench-coat-like housing.
All I had to do
to make them leave
was say a few words
and grin idiotically
at their pointed taser barrels
while offering them tea
out of politeness.
Quite a hopeless case
quite, quite, mad
and simply illogical. ...
#technology
#dystopian
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
5th Apr 2023 7:56pm
5th Apr 2023 7:56pm
Play it Again... - NaPoWriMo2023 #5
Earworms are at it again
chirping away in my head
long
long
after the song stopped,
still,
not a bad tune
come to think of it
and only it.
But loses a
bit of the charm
the tenth time
round
even with
fallible memory altering the tune
and adding notes
that were not there before.
Once more round the head
to see it out,
until the next earworm
whispers in my ears
to echo in my mind for aeons to come.
chirping away in my head
long
long
after the song stopped,
still,
not a bad tune
come to think of it
and only it.
But loses a
bit of the charm
the tenth time
round
even with
fallible memory altering the tune
and adding notes
that were not there before.
Once more round the head
to see it out,
until the next earworm
whispers in my ears
to echo in my mind for aeons to come.
#music
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SELF POEM
Published
4th Apr 2023 11:35pm
4th Apr 2023 11:35pm
Solely - NaPoWriMo2023 #4
Alone,
solitary,
Is not such a bad thing really,
gives some
personal
space to think and reflect.
Rather than rushing
to join the rat race of requirements.
Because if things
do go all pear shaped
and trouble's in paradise
over a few wrong unsweet words,
there is always
square one
waiting
because you can't take
your loved ones with you,
or so I've heard;
citation needed,
lesson unheeded and heart still open.
solitary,
Is not such a bad thing really,
gives some
personal
space to think and reflect.
Rather than rushing
to join the rat race of requirements.
Because if things
do go all pear shaped
and trouble's in paradise
over a few wrong unsweet words,
there is always
square one
waiting
because you can't take
your loved ones with you,
or so I've heard;
citation needed,
lesson unheeded and heart still open.
#SelfReflection
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
3rd Apr 2023 8:53pm
3rd Apr 2023 8:53pm
Daedric Dualism - NaPoWriMo2023 #3
One being with two parts;
the light
bright
giggling delight
alright
with heels of flight
spring step
summer-summoner-smile
maddening
gladdening
fields of joy
babbling brook-look
layered joke book
Mad God side,
and
the logical
organised
efficient aspect
categorising
rationalising
ascertained
information
regulated
arranged
appropriate
weighed
measured ...
the light
bright
giggling delight
alright
with heels of flight
spring step
summer-summoner-smile
maddening
gladdening
fields of joy
babbling brook-look
layered joke book
Mad God side,
and
the logical
organised
efficient aspect
categorising
rationalising
ascertained
information
regulated
arranged
appropriate
weighed
measured ...
#identity
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