Hello. Obviously, I'm new here, but I'm ettic to find a poetry board (not tha I've sought any out before). I found a link on an elfwood gallery and was led here. I like what I see so far, so I thought I'd see how some of my work might be received and go from there.
Here's a few short pieces showing some aspects of my style, I guess:
The Immortal
I have wandered through time and space
Seen a thousand ages, yet no change,
A thousand lives saved at my expence,
And die at the edge of my sword.
And I have wandered the world over
Under grey skies and over stormy seas
Through lands torn by strife and disaster
Searching for an answer, a sign, an end
To bring satisfaction to my fate
And set me free from the chains
Of a life not my own.
So that I may return to the garden
Lay by the water's edge
Wrapped in your arms
In Heaven's sunlight forever
And be forever free to die.
- December 18, 2002
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I won’t be taken
by your cunning smiles
that cut the air between us
and scream out your lies.
I pity you, knowing
that you believe to tell the truth.
- June 5, 2003
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Wasted Effort
As I am running through my mind
I pause to think:
Where is it that I am going
In all this confusion and shadowed darkness?
Am I trying too hard to fulfill myself,
To make something beautiful from a blank page
And find insight in every stroke of the pen
That flows out of me, bleeds onto the page
Like spilt ink?
Until all inspiration is gone and I am left
To drift again through these dim realities.
- June 12, 2003
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Well, there's a sample. comment away. I'm always open to construtive critism and insight. (Sometimes there are element to your work that even you can't notice yourself)
Tell me if you want to see more, or whether I should go ahead and apply.
Thankies!