ThePalestRider
Poem Published
21st Oct 2024 1:05am
21st Oct 2024 1:05am
Reave The Sky
Beneath the night’s cold veil
A silence thick and deep
The stars begin to pale
As darkness starts to creep
From out the void it came
A flash without a light
Not fire, nor burning flame
But shadows taking flight
The tenebrous lightning rends
The heavens, black as stone
Through starless skies it bends
With power yet unknown
No thunder follows fast
No storm to howl its name
But in the void it passed
And nothing stayed the same
It splits the aether wide
Unveils the darkened seam ...
A silence thick and deep
The stars begin to pale
As darkness starts to creep
From out the void it came
A flash without a light
Not fire, nor burning flame
But shadows taking flight
The tenebrous lightning rends
The heavens, black as stone
Through starless skies it bends
With power yet unknown
No thunder follows fast
No storm to howl its name
But in the void it passed
And nothing stayed the same
It splits the aether wide
Unveils the darkened seam ...
#dark
#night
#shadows
#sky
#storm
113 reads
2 Comments
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
18th Oct 2024 7:36pm
18th Oct 2024 7:36pm
Vulnerability and Hellfire
Sometimes
Your give me your vulnerable
One moment at a time
Each syllable
Dancing
A rthymic flow
Graceful and amorous
Or a moody storm
Either way
I can't resist
The sweet sensation
Or your fiery finish
That is you
Your give me your vulnerable
One moment at a time
Each syllable
Dancing
A rthymic flow
Graceful and amorous
Or a moody storm
Either way
I can't resist
The sweet sensation
Or your fiery finish
That is you
#fire
#narrative
#storm #vulnerability
#storm #vulnerability
235 reads
44 Comments
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
10th Oct 2024 1:10pm
10th Oct 2024 1:10pm
Paradise Lost
It was Milton who said it best,
as to rule or serve,
by putting Satan to the test
with fallen angel nerve.
By now I bet that MAGA knows
the difference very well
when the Gulf of Mexico blows
their heaven into hell.
They'll blame Libruls for migrant wind
that poisons all their blood
with something not as lightly skinned
as bluebloods in a flood.
But Trump bibles don't float so good
when nature blows you down,
into your flood plain neighborhood...
when climate comes to town!
as to rule or serve,
by putting Satan to the test
with fallen angel nerve.
By now I bet that MAGA knows
the difference very well
when the Gulf of Mexico blows
their heaven into hell.
They'll blame Libruls for migrant wind
that poisons all their blood
with something not as lightly skinned
as bluebloods in a flood.
But Trump bibles don't float so good
when nature blows you down,
into your flood plain neighborhood...
when climate comes to town!
#storm
119 reads
6 Comments
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
10th Oct 2024 4:39am
10th Oct 2024 4:39am
Denial Aswhirl
Just in time to look like a dope;
MAGA...in denial,
dumping on Floridian hope
like a Jack Smith trial.
That hurricane is just a hoax;
no rainstorm ever fell
upon those Mar-a-lago jokes
in drug denial hell.
Now let's see how they drain the swamp,
in Dixie overflow,
when climate change goes for a romp
where coke-heads get their blow.
Say what you will when Davy Jones
rides out Poseidon's waves
on drugged up...conservative bones...
in watery fresh graves!
MAGA...in denial,
dumping on Floridian hope
like a Jack Smith trial.
That hurricane is just a hoax;
no rainstorm ever fell
upon those Mar-a-lago jokes
in drug denial hell.
Now let's see how they drain the swamp,
in Dixie overflow,
when climate change goes for a romp
where coke-heads get their blow.
Say what you will when Davy Jones
rides out Poseidon's waves
on drugged up...conservative bones...
in watery fresh graves!
#storm
122 reads
4 Comments
oldmanG
Poem Published
7th Oct 2024 12:04pm
7th Oct 2024 12:04pm
Sea Me
I set off into the sea
To see a real part of me
Winds start picking up
Sails are swept under and above
White crest of ocean
Mixed with jagged rocks
Think I can ride out the storm of me
But I’m crazy I’m a tidal wave
Churn through the storms
That come upon my vessel
storm picks up winds adjust
All I see is white caps diving into the black
A moment of calm before my storm
Realize this is my day of my being
Waves sing high and crash like a symphony
Of all things...
To see a real part of me
Winds start picking up
Sails are swept under and above
White crest of ocean
Mixed with jagged rocks
Think I can ride out the storm of me
But I’m crazy I’m a tidal wave
Churn through the storms
That come upon my vessel
storm picks up winds adjust
All I see is white caps diving into the black
A moment of calm before my storm
Realize this is my day of my being
Waves sing high and crash like a symphony
Of all things...
#humankind
#myself
#sea #storm
#sea #storm
82 reads
2 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
30th Sep 2024 10:29am
30th Sep 2024 10:29am
Home is where I want to be
The night came on all dismal and profound
the sea acting ever so violent
by the rapid wind howling around
I needed to vanish, to flee
Higher and higher the seas did surge
gale winds louder and louder
vessel consuming water, partly submerged
with torn and shivering sails
Up ahead bleak hills and barren sands
lighthouse flashing so bright
grateful our vessel spotted land
home is where I want to be
the sea acting ever so violent
by the rapid wind howling around
I needed to vanish, to flee
Higher and higher the seas did surge
gale winds louder and louder
vessel consuming water, partly submerged
with torn and shivering sails
Up ahead bleak hills and barren sands
lighthouse flashing so bright
grateful our vessel spotted land
home is where I want to be
#home
#rhyming
#sea #storm
#sea #storm
74 reads
6 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
20th Sep 2024 11:05am
20th Sep 2024 11:05am
Let's meet at the beach
September sun, late summer still holding on
Days grow shorter, nights become long
Let's meet at the beach, we have free reign
Crowds have disappeared, less stress, less strain
A pleasant walk, you & I on the sand
Enjoying life's finer pleasures, please take my hand
The air is cooler, the ocean quite warm
Out in the distant sky, we see a brewing storm
Were not discouraged, we faced many storms throughout our run
We learn to trust more fully, and to us that's second to none
Days grow shorter, nights become long
Let's meet at the beach, we have free reign
Crowds have disappeared, less stress, less strain
A pleasant walk, you & I on the sand
Enjoying life's finer pleasures, please take my hand
The air is cooler, the ocean quite warm
Out in the distant sky, we see a brewing storm
Were not discouraged, we faced many storms throughout our run
We learn to trust more fully, and to us that's second to none
#beach
#rhyming
#storm
#summer
#water
86 reads
6 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
20th Aug 2024 1:13am
20th Aug 2024 1:13am
Opportunity is gone
Storm washed away roads
Roads were closed, canceled my trip
My one chance for change
Roads were closed, canceled my trip
My one chance for change
#LifeChangingMoment
#senryu
#storm
#support
#travel
83 reads
12 Comments
Dreamer4ever1979
Poem Published
13th Aug 2024 7:03am
13th Aug 2024 7:03am
Trees of Mellow
Leaves fall from the trees of mellow,
with a simple blow of natures hello.
Announcing to be known,
for it was mother natures evil clone.
All alone.
Alone to itself, yet not to the rest.
Nature opens herself to the world,
to relieve some excessive stress.
Stress that plays chess with human life.
Checking many, but few to none.
Getting too near would enhance ones fear.
Lone and behold, but stay in control.
Gusty winds cometh to sendeth,
vastly stretched miles.
Rotation is evident, yet very...
with a simple blow of natures hello.
Announcing to be known,
for it was mother natures evil clone.
All alone.
Alone to itself, yet not to the rest.
Nature opens herself to the world,
to relieve some excessive stress.
Stress that plays chess with human life.
Checking many, but few to none.
Getting too near would enhance ones fear.
Lone and behold, but stay in control.
Gusty winds cometh to sendeth,
vastly stretched miles.
Rotation is evident, yet very...
#fall
#nature
#storm
#trees
#wind
73 reads
2 Comments
Villev
Poem Published
8th Aug 2024 5:20pm
8th Aug 2024 5:20pm
Evening Fright
Scarecrow
The witness of silent lightning
Hears the first crack of thunder
As the animals flee
Rain starts to fall
The sky breathes
Her whipping cool breeze
Cracks of lightning and trees
Resound admist
The rumbling angry skies
While in candlelit houses
The humbled for mercy plead
The witness of silent lightning
Hears the first crack of thunder
As the animals flee
Rain starts to fall
The sky breathes
Her whipping cool breeze
Cracks of lightning and trees
Resound admist
The rumbling angry skies
While in candlelit houses
The humbled for mercy plead
#storm
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0 Comments
PAR
Poem Published
8th Aug 2024 2:33pm
8th Aug 2024 2:33pm
Musty Wallpaper #2
In the shadows of the night, where the wind moans,
stands a dark and solemn castle.
Inside there are secrets from a dark past
and echoes of screams in a late lament.
The dark hallways stained with blood
They tell stories of unhappy love.
In the main hall a feast of horror
where death dances in macabre fervor.
Candles flicker, shadows come to life,
the full moon looks on pale and haughty.
In the broken mirror reflections of pain
reveal scenes of ancient gore.
The clock strikes, midnight has arrived.
Spirits...
stands a dark and solemn castle.
Inside there are secrets from a dark past
and echoes of screams in a late lament.
The dark hallways stained with blood
They tell stories of unhappy love.
In the main hall a feast of horror
where death dances in macabre fervor.
Candles flicker, shadows come to life,
the full moon looks on pale and haughty.
In the broken mirror reflections of pain
reveal scenes of ancient gore.
The clock strikes, midnight has arrived.
Spirits...
#horror
#mirror
#nightmares
#scary
#storm
82 reads
2 Comments
PAR
Poem Published
2nd Aug 2024 5:49pm
2nd Aug 2024 5:49pm
the wrinkles of the wind
my babuska
used to talk to the wind
used words
strange and silent
she asked favors from the wind
she blew in the ears of the wind
things the wind should do
and the wind shook the curtains
threw everything on the floor
the wind was excited
to the sound of my babuska's voice
used to talk to the wind
used words
strange and silent
she asked favors from the wind
she blew in the ears of the wind
things the wind should do
and the wind shook the curtains
threw everything on the floor
the wind was excited
to the sound of my babuska's voice
#aging
#LifeStruggles
#magic
#storm
#wind
73 reads
2 Comments
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