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1 Lieutenant Dan's Battle with the Sea
A tale from the great Hurricane, Milton, of the year 2024. Told in verse.
Poetry: Humor, T, English, Humor & Supernatural, words: 553, favs: 1, 10/9
The Chronicle of Negarsbane
"Negarsbane" is a Epic and Poetic allegory mirroring ideas of Ethnic Identity lost and found, and the due Retribution unleashed upon that subsequent Awakening. This is the first part of two, or perhaps more, in a series.
Poetry: Fantasy, T, English, Fantasy & Spiritual, words: 983, favs: 1, 9/26
Prayer to a Venerated Ancestor
I shall allow this piece, which I am quite proud of, to speak in it's entirety for itself.
Poetry: Politics, T, English, Tragedy & Spiritual, words: 280, 9/26
Carolinian Son
A poem to my estranged sibling, currently living by choice in some bright city far away. Quite a personal work.
Poetry: Family, T, English, Poetry & Spiritual, words: 200, 9/8
The Coyote
Intended to be set during the height of a Trump presidency, here is a modern, epic Poem which relates the tale of a tragic and passionate love affair between a Migrant Smuggler along the South Texas border and a rich Texas ranch-owner's most beautiful daughter.
Poetry: Love, T, English, Tragedy & Poetry, words: 1k+, 9/7
Lament for the Eleventh
A grim, annual Poetic excersize in radical Geopolitical Empathy and perspective-shifting.
Poetry: War, T, English, Poetry & Drama, words: 553, 9/5
My Kate
I shall let this work of Romantic Poetry speak for itself.
Poetry: Love, T, English, Poetry & Romance, words: 231, 9/4
A Prayer for the Motherland
A pained, Geopolitical and Spiritual Poem of Lamentation for my ancestral homeland's current predicament, and my own Country's heavy part in her martial harrowing. Slava Ruski!
Poetry: Religion, T, English, Poetry & Hurt/Comfort, words: 258, favs: 1, 8/31
1 To an Eagle above a Jailyard
This Poem was penned upon a stray sheet of commisary paper while I was incarcerated over the Winter of 2022. It concerns a bald eagle which I witnessed flying impossibly high over the yard.
Poetry: Life, T, English, Drama & Tragedy, words: 215, 8/31
The Greatest Thing Man Has Ever Done
A Poetic take on the American story... Our great Nation's past, present and her future.
Poetry: Politics, T, English, Poetry & Spiritual, words: 497, 8/31
1 Hyperborea
A brief piece of poetry inspired by genetic memory, and by the calling deep within the bones of me, a Floridian, for snow and winter.
Poetry: Fantasy, T, English, Adventure & Spiritual, words: 158, favs: 1, 8/30
Dying Letter of a Hezbollah Insurgent
The title and picture tell all in conjunction.
Poetry: War, T, English, Poetry & Angst, words: 380, 8/19
The Kraken
A short, descriptive poem about a mythical Seabeast. The cadence could also work as a Sea-Shanty if put to music.
Poetry: Fantasy, T, English, Horror & Suspense, words: 203, 10/4/2023
1 The Christmas Truce
A Spiritual Narrative Poem about the Christmas Day and Eve ceasefire of 1914, during the height of World War I along the Western Front. I draw from the Book of Job and Machiavelli's "The Prince", for inspiration. I hope you all enjoy reading this.
Poetry: Religion, T, English, Poetry & Supernatural, words: 592, 9/12/2023
The Iron Prayer
A Poem, or Prayer, for success in the gym, or as I have taken pleasure in naming the place, the Great Temple of Iron. A plea to the Lord in Heaven for wild strength, unwavering perseverance and stoic fortitude intended only for the Heroic athlete and bodybuilder.
Poetry: Life, T, English, Spiritual & Angst, words: 174, 9/7/2023
The CO
A poem about a prisoner's forgiveness and understanding of his captors.
Poetry: Religion, K+, English, Poetry & Spiritual, words: 111, 8/16/2023
The Answer
A spiritual poem about the gift and meaning of life. I did my best and gave my all to write it beautifully enough to honor the creativity granted to me by God.
Poetry: Religion, K, English, Poetry & Spiritual, words: 79, 8/16/2023
1 A Prisoner's Poem
A poem about a prisoner having a spiritual experience, which leads him to repent and be saved, while locked away in solitary confinement.
Poetry: Politics, K+, English, Spiritual & Drama, words: 188, 8/16/2023
An Addict's Prayer
A humble poem of recovery and awe at the wondrous love of God. Thank You, O Lord.
Poetry: Life, T, English, Spiritual & Hurt/Comfort, words: 220, 8/16/2023
1 God in the City
If the wind that whistles between the mighty skyscrapers of Chicago and hugs the avenues of the New York Islands could speak the will of heaven, as the forest wind that the shakes the limbs of oaks... If it could be understood in the same way by Men, this is what it would say.
Poetry: Life, T, English, Poetry & Romance, words: 184, 9/20/2022