Category: 2017 Poetry

Soul Forsaken, Poetry by M. Arundel

Category/Genre – Death / Vampire

 
To tread death, eternal ages, forever lost the path of life,
Untouched by Heavens Angels, unscathed by Death’s dark scythe.
No welcome at the Gates of Hell, to walk alone, all hope forsaken,
No mercy given, a lifeless shell, suspended by damnation.
Complexion pale like driven snow, frozen touch as cold as ice,
Soulless wanderer full of woe, eyes fixed, in search of sacrifice.
Upon the lips a crimson stain, redder than the flowering rose,
A desolate heart filled with pain, where silence now forever flows.
Denied the new dawns rising sun, compelled to quench the burning thirst,
What’s done may never be undone, to walk the night forever cursed.
In solitude, fallen from grace, in death for century’s untold,
No comfort found, no resting place, no forgiveness to behold,
Powers of darkness diminish light, in a trance like state, no thought,
Damned into twilight by a curse bestowed, but rarely ever sought.
No escape, the soul is taken, no resistance, no redeem,
Never to awaken; ever trapped within this nightmare dream.
 

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Legendary, Poetry by Clara Pohlman

 Genre: Family, Love

 For my Brother Zachary

There he is
Mr president
Sitting in a wood stained chair with a coffee mug
From his trip to Colorado.
The tie he wears
Erupts with ivory, it is ironed
He too has ironed his thoughts into emails,
And the responses from philosophers
Cascade from the inbox of an envelope.

Aspiring to God’s plan he thinks,
His thoughts always turn
Into an examination of
Courage to stand up for his beliefs.

No feat
Is too scary for a legend.
Speed bumps are not
In his vocabulary.
New questions squirt answers
Into his K-cups
Every morning.

A girl he admires
Creeps her way
Into every loving gesture.
He puts faith
Into love and stocks love
In siblings and God.
Somehow God is always
Mentioned.

His prayers are sincere and words crunch of authenticity.

I want
To be my brother.
Someone who loves
Carelessly and acts
With humility
Winning is his
Hobby and losing
Is his strength.
To the future
President

This poem
Is dedicated.
Happy
Birthday Zachary,
I love
You!

 

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After the War, Poetry by Miriam Beza

 Genre: Family, Love, War

Sunday, April 27, 2014 MVB

After the war

He was six when he arrived- a refugee among the many.

At least he had his mother

A London grey, wet, full of blasts

Like old man’s teeth with empty gaps

At least he went to school.

A Church of England girl’s school.

The boys’ school lie there in a pile of rabble.

At least he made a friend

And found a cat.

It looked so hungry and he took it home

His mother said it was a she, her coat was black

The paws were white He called her ‘Socks.

At least she had a name now.

The war was over, the party had died down.

At least the mother’s lover went.

And dad, he only knew from stories came.

A stranger troubled by bad dreams

He said they had to go and start afresh.

Go home and leave the cat and friends

 

 

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Half pint’s, Poetry by Edward Michaels

Genre: Love, Family

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Imperatives, Poetry by Divina Sobrepeña

 Genre: Romance, Relationship, Love

You will love me and I will not​
understand how you can see worth​
in eighty pounds of cuts and scars​
engraved like small, secret tattoos.​
wrong art hidden even from you,​
like that picture you took of me,​
my polystyrene face and hair,​
a plastic gaze and rubber smile:​
the painting of an amateur,​
a sad, empty imitation.

So, forget about morning texts.​
Do not flinch if I break away.​
Never you mind to wait for me.​
Forget and go about your day.

 

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Boamorte, Poetry by Juan Antonio García

Genre: Relationship, Life

So long locked in words

And this sky?

Doesn´t this sky deserve

a serene death?

And it´s these words

that I long for

They glow as hidden lilies

delicacy in her petals

ray of sun

to her splendor

Thus I languish

across grey valleys

howling, tears

Doesn´t this sky deserve

a serene death?

 

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Watch the February 2017 Poetry Readings

Performed by Geoff Mays

Dark Poetry Reading: YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW by Eve Noel

Dark Poetry Reading: The Waiting Room by Richard Rensberry

Dark Poetry Reading: The One eyed Child by Phil Boiarski

Dark Poetry Reading: The Dark Stranger by Billie Myers

Paralysis – Poetry Reading by Mara Prose

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Watch the March 2017 Poetry Readings

Performed by Val Cole

Poetry Reading: Vanquished by Melissa R Mendelson

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN – Poetry Reading by Derek Stephen McPhail

Ordinary Time – Poetry Reading by Robert Drusetta

Futurist I am – Poetry Reading by Stephen Karnaghan

Poetry Reading: Encounter in Santa Chiara by LindaAnn Lo Schiavo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poetry Reading: Vanquished by Melissa R Mendelson

Performed by Val Cole

POETRY 7 questions:

What is the theme of your poem?

I try not to make a habit on writing about war, but sometimes I can’t turn a blind eye on what it does to us, inspiring me then to create poems such as Vanquished.

What motivated you to write this poem?

I have a drawer filled with old, either printed out or handwritten poems, and Vanquished was one of them. Most of the poems in this drawer have a date on them, but Vanquished does not. I know that I wrote this poem after 9/11, maybe even after Desert Storm, and I also know that something on the news triggered something deep within me to write it.

How long have you been writing poetry?

The thought of writing poetry never crossed my mind until the seventh grade, where two creative writing teachers encouraged me to start doing so, and in the beginning, they were small. But over the years, they have become a voice that brings out all that I have buried deep inside.

If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?

Edgar Allan Poe

What influenced you to submit to have your poetry performed by a professional actor?

My poetry speaks to me when I write it, but once written, its voice might go unheard unless captured by someone, who can echo those words.

Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?

I recently finished writing my first Horror/Sci-Fi Novel, Lizardian, which can be found as an E-book on Amazon Kindle, and I have begun drafting my next novel, Darkness Dreams, which will be Mystery/Suspense.

What is your passion in life?

Writing.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN – Poetry Reading by Derek Stephen McPhail

Performed by Val Cole

POETRY 7 questions:

What is the theme of your poem?

Anguish caused by the perception of separation from the promise of abundance.

What motivated you to write this poem?

Compassion for the unnecessary suffering in the world.

How long have you been writing poetry?

since an Ojibwa healing ceremony cured me of autism, as a young lad.

If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?

would love to have a full course meal with Mary Magdalene.

What influenced you to submit to have your poetry performed by a professional actor?

always fascinated to hear my work interpreted by someone else.

Do you write other works? scripts? Short Stories? Etc..?

am also a screenwriter. last year, my supernatural western, “Outlaw Trail”, set in Texas and Oklahoma in 1858, was published by a company in New Mexico. currently developing a time-travel romantic thriller, “Dreaming Together”, set primarily in the area of Georgian Bay, between 1649 and the present.

What is your passion in life?

intimacy with Nature and kinship with those who walk a path with heart.

for the record, my previous recording of “To Whom It May Concern”, released on my “uncle Steve” CD, “Story Book Blues”, is online at: https://soundcloud.com/spunkyuncle-1/to-whom.