Submissions by atarliss
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I wish I had the strength of a tiger, but in truth I'm as fragile as glass.
SELF POEM
Published
30th Apr 2015 5:52pm
30th Apr 2015 5:52pm
Mechanical Hearts
Mechanical hearts rust over too soon
Though robotic bodies can withstand the strife
The wires in my eyes gaze up at the moon
I long for a breath of real honest life
Though robotic bodies can withstand the strife
My cogs and my springs grind in my ears
I long for a breath of real honest life
My metallic face with tarnish with tears
My cogs and my springs grind in my ears
No pain can pierce a titanium mold
My metallic face will tarnish with tears
Can feelings be better than nickel or gold?
No pain can pierce a titanium mold
The...
Though robotic bodies can withstand the strife
The wires in my eyes gaze up at the moon
I long for a breath of real honest life
Though robotic bodies can withstand the strife
My cogs and my springs grind in my ears
I long for a breath of real honest life
My metallic face with tarnish with tears
My cogs and my springs grind in my ears
No pain can pierce a titanium mold
My metallic face will tarnish with tears
Can feelings be better than nickel or gold?
No pain can pierce a titanium mold
The...
790 reads
6 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
26th Apr 2015 4:28pm
26th Apr 2015 4:28pm
Love Sonnet I
My love, you are the first pink breeze of May
Tapping lightly at my heart with gentle hands
Your tender breath now swiftly thaws the land
How beautifully you dance your merry way
Your golden hair shines like the sun's own rays
A bed for me between the sky and sand
Your eyes shine like the starry heavens grand
Great constellations glimmer in your gaze
My love, your breath upon my lips is light
The sunrise blushes in your rounded cheeks
Your kiss is better than the strongest wine
To me you are the sun, the stars, the night
You are...
Tapping lightly at my heart with gentle hands
Your tender breath now swiftly thaws the land
How beautifully you dance your merry way
Your golden hair shines like the sun's own rays
A bed for me between the sky and sand
Your eyes shine like the starry heavens grand
Great constellations glimmer in your gaze
My love, your breath upon my lips is light
The sunrise blushes in your rounded cheeks
Your kiss is better than the strongest wine
To me you are the sun, the stars, the night
You are...
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5 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
26th Apr 2015 4:30am
26th Apr 2015 4:30am
If Dreams Came True
If dreams came true
The dragons and banshees
Would scream through the sky
Along with the butterflies.
The dragons and banshees
Would scream through the sky
Along with the butterflies.
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3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
26th Apr 2015 4:24am
26th Apr 2015 4:24am
Atmosphere
The glory of the morning reveals
What dark shadows had concealed
Incredibly real
So surreal
Sky
The heart quivers in the chest to feel
The product of Night's ordeal
Incredibly real
So surreal
High
Peculiar is Atmosphere's appeal
Gleaming cerulean and teal
Incredibly real
So surreal
Why?
What dark shadows had concealed
Incredibly real
So surreal
Sky
The heart quivers in the chest to feel
The product of Night's ordeal
Incredibly real
So surreal
High
Peculiar is Atmosphere's appeal
Gleaming cerulean and teal
Incredibly real
So surreal
Why?
706 reads
4 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
24th Apr 2015 1:15am
24th Apr 2015 1:15am
Moonlight Rhapsody
Sing down to me, oh silver moon
String your gentle cobweb songs
Like milky threads amongst the stars--
Morning will melt them far too soon
But do not despair, oh pale one
Your whispered secrets
Are cradled deep in
My shivering heart--
Cry your legends till the dawn
String your gentle cobweb songs
Like milky threads amongst the stars--
Morning will melt them far too soon
But do not despair, oh pale one
Your whispered secrets
Are cradled deep in
My shivering heart--
Cry your legends till the dawn
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2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Apr 2015 6:45pm
23rd Apr 2015 6:45pm
Poem P: Percival Clemens
My cat is a piece of liquid night,
A swimmer in its chilly depths,
Yet imbued with feet of light…
When the porch-candle flickers through the frost,
Said paws drawn him near
To twin his inky length
Ropelike
‘Round my shivering ankles,
And knead his flame-sharp claws betwixt my trembling fingers,
Grumbling, mumbling all the while,
Rumbling deep in his dragon's throat
His misty breath smells of secrets
Mouldering in the dampened leaves…
But up! When the light goes out,
His fellow shadows swarm
And swallow him back again...
A swimmer in its chilly depths,
Yet imbued with feet of light…
When the porch-candle flickers through the frost,
Said paws drawn him near
To twin his inky length
Ropelike
‘Round my shivering ankles,
And knead his flame-sharp claws betwixt my trembling fingers,
Grumbling, mumbling all the while,
Rumbling deep in his dragon's throat
His misty breath smells of secrets
Mouldering in the dampened leaves…
But up! When the light goes out,
His fellow shadows swarm
And swallow him back again...
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2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
23rd Apr 2015 4:09pm
23rd Apr 2015 4:09pm
Poem N: Naupathia
Naupathia
Masticates at my ventriculus
As I gird my encephalon
For a vocabulary exam.
Note: this poem is part of a challenge I undertook to write a poem for every letter of the alphabet.
Masticates at my ventriculus
As I gird my encephalon
For a vocabulary exam.
Note: this poem is part of a challenge I undertook to write a poem for every letter of the alphabet.
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SELF POEM
Published
20th Apr 2015 4:38pm
20th Apr 2015 4:38pm
Poem M: Midsummer Eve
When fireflies flicker through the bullfrog night
And the black bats swoop in the fading light,
I dance in the shadows of Midsummer Eve;
My breath joins the tune of the rustling leaves.
When the stars croon lullabies in milk-white light
And ‘skeeters fill the air with their buzz and bite,
I dance in the shadows of Midsummer Eve;
My breath joins the tune of the rustling leaves.
When crawdaddies flee from the black-masked ‘coons,
And the river ripples with the cries of the loons,
I dance in the shadows of Midsummer Eve;
My breath join the...
And the black bats swoop in the fading light,
I dance in the shadows of Midsummer Eve;
My breath joins the tune of the rustling leaves.
When the stars croon lullabies in milk-white light
And ‘skeeters fill the air with their buzz and bite,
I dance in the shadows of Midsummer Eve;
My breath joins the tune of the rustling leaves.
When crawdaddies flee from the black-masked ‘coons,
And the river ripples with the cries of the loons,
I dance in the shadows of Midsummer Eve;
My breath join the...
741 reads
5 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
20th Apr 2015 4:31pm
20th Apr 2015 4:31pm
Poem L: Lancelot
Oh Lancelot, come back to me
Regretful chains cut off my air
Oh Lancelot, come set me free
Light I can no longer see
I seek peace I know not where
Oh Lancelot, come back to me
I'm drowning in a loveless sea
Frozen gold has stripped me bare
Oh Lancelot, come set me free
Forgive me for my treachery
I want your kisses in my hair
Oh Lancelot, come back to me
A curse has come from my beauty
I despise my face so fair
Oh Lancelot, come set me free
Oh Lancelot, now hear my plea
And fight for me if...
Regretful chains cut off my air
Oh Lancelot, come set me free
Light I can no longer see
I seek peace I know not where
Oh Lancelot, come back to me
I'm drowning in a loveless sea
Frozen gold has stripped me bare
Oh Lancelot, come set me free
Forgive me for my treachery
I want your kisses in my hair
Oh Lancelot, come back to me
A curse has come from my beauty
I despise my face so fair
Oh Lancelot, come set me free
Oh Lancelot, now hear my plea
And fight for me if...
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1 Comment
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
18th Apr 2015 7:31pm
18th Apr 2015 7:31pm
Poem K: Kyrie Eleison
Kyrie Eleison
God be with us now
Kyrie Eleison
God protect us now
Kyrie Eleison
God walk with us now
Kyrie Eleison
God sing to us now
Kyrie Eleison
God be with us now
God be with us now
Kyrie Eleison
God protect us now
Kyrie Eleison
God walk with us now
Kyrie Eleison
God sing to us now
Kyrie Eleison
God be with us now
657 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
17th Apr 2015 10:27pm
17th Apr 2015 10:27pm
Just Breathe
Take a breath.
Slowly.
Fill your lungs
With the sweet air of dew-burnished petals
As the swelling morning sun
Bulges against the bursting tethers of
A dark horizon.
Take a breath.
Quicker now.
Turn your eyes
To the newborn clouds
That gently mist the warming sky
From their lamblike lungs.
Take a breath.
Hurry up!
Spread your fingers
Wide like the screeching falcon,
Diving in the light of the
Blazing sun.
Take a breath.
Now!
Lift your voice,
Sing a wild song
To the beauty of the...
Slowly.
Fill your lungs
With the sweet air of dew-burnished petals
As the swelling morning sun
Bulges against the bursting tethers of
A dark horizon.
Take a breath.
Quicker now.
Turn your eyes
To the newborn clouds
That gently mist the warming sky
From their lamblike lungs.
Take a breath.
Hurry up!
Spread your fingers
Wide like the screeching falcon,
Diving in the light of the
Blazing sun.
Take a breath.
Now!
Lift your voice,
Sing a wild song
To the beauty of the...
850 reads
6 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
17th Apr 2015 5:45pm
17th Apr 2015 5:45pm
Summer Love
I can see the stars reflected in your eyes
Shrouded by your lashes long as twilight's shadows
Dogwood blossoms fall like rain from a leafy sky
A fragrant diadem upon our heads below
Your roselike skin now blushes like the rising sun
Your radiance as perfect as the dewy morn
Innocent as cream and lilies is my flawless one
Beauty of a thousand stars in your soul is borne
The crickets serenade us with their softest songs
Your fingers lace with mine under the summer moon
Here beneath the bowing trees is where we two...
Shrouded by your lashes long as twilight's shadows
Dogwood blossoms fall like rain from a leafy sky
A fragrant diadem upon our heads below
Your roselike skin now blushes like the rising sun
Your radiance as perfect as the dewy morn
Innocent as cream and lilies is my flawless one
Beauty of a thousand stars in your soul is borne
The crickets serenade us with their softest songs
Your fingers lace with mine under the summer moon
Here beneath the bowing trees is where we two...
736 reads
3 Comments
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