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in the deep

drums in the cavern
our soul is stone
we hear a warning
of coming doom

a runner we'll send
the house of durin
will live forever
even may we fall

was not greed
though that the say
but pride
formed balin's tomb

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  • Passion

    Burning hot
    passion
    undirected
    a lust
    but for what?
    is it love
    is it hate
    is it to build
    or to destroy
    all I know
    is it burns

  • Sweeping Streets

    it's peacetime

    the blue and red
    sweeping the streets
    strapped with peaces
    and a street sweeper

    who are they come for
    it's peacetime
    so whoever they come for
    they come for you

  • Lessons

    I met a shopper in the grocer's
    Xe was a perfect specimen
    of masculinity

    I told xem so
    how I envied xem
    and asked xem how to be more
    of a man

    Xe told me
    'a man is one who believes
    in their own masculinity'
    and if I was confident …

  • on purpose

    have you stared into the void
    a night sky, a million stars twinkling
    where the grand designs of the universe play out
    leaving us stranded on a little blue ball of dirt

    what does the universe care for us
    nothing at all
    we are beneath the notice of such a …

  • wine women song

    they've told us every generation
    since at least Greco-Roman days
    the our nation is doomed
    by the youth of today
    with their taste in
    wine, women, and song
    yet, they've never told us
    that their grandparents said
    the same about them
    themselves

  • astrology

    let no man tell you
    the stars have writ a plan
    for your material wealth
    or love life

    the stars do not care for us
    for we are but motes of dust
    to an uncaring void
    wondering what larger dramas
    in the sky unfolds

    i looked to the stars for …

  • Poetry Games

    Poetic Games from Writer's Digest. The rules are:
    • Write a poem using exactly 30 letters
    • Each line should have the same number of letters
    • Each line should use one word

    Three by ten was the hardest for me. Decided to skip any deeper meaning and go for pure fun. Fifteen …

  • seeds

    In the ground the seeds are stirring
    waiting Spring's clarion call
    cease your rest, disturb your comfort

    Will you sit idle until the drops
    reach your bed deep in the soil
    content to let another bloom in your place

    or has your garden been kept
    meticulously, carefully, dutifully
    awaiting your …

  • Drink Deeply

    Conventional wisdom says
    Ignore your sorrows
    be grateful and force joy
    This is wrong

    Sorrows denied metastasize
    becoming despair
    or anger
    or worse

    Bathe in your sorrows
    Let them wash over you
    They desire only
    to be acknowledged

    Allow yourself to cry
    so that you may move on
    without a …