More poetry

Hey, it's me again. I've got some more poetry to share with you.

Today I have three three poems along with their visual counterparts. Let's get to it then...


The Key to Happiness

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Love

Powerful, Blinding

Strengthen, Subdue, Destroy

The key to happiness

Fantasy

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That was a fairly simple one. Next ...

Kiss Me Again

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a kiss

light and tender embrace

of lips

blood heated, warms my face

the fire

of passions deep within

desire

for you to kiss me again.

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I remember writing that years ago. I've noticed it posted on a few websites with someone else's nake attached to it. Maybe someone else found it somewhere and claimed it, or it could be an old alias of mine that I've forgetten.

The Masque of Fear

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My pain.

I carry it with me ... always.

Some days hurt more than others,

But the pain, it's always there.

My pain.

It feels like a knife in my chest,

Piercing my heart.

I can't take it much longer.

My pain.

I think about it all day.

I try to tell myself it's not there.

But that just makes it worse,

makes it stronger.

My pain.

It is making me weak.

Some days I can't get out of bed.

I know what I must do ...

... but I am afraid.

Alright kids, that's it for today. I'll be back again soon.

A bit of visual poetry

I've been playing around with visual poetry for years now. Eventually, I'll scan my older stuff to the computer so you can see that. For now, here's a few that I put together in Photoshop.

Remember to click the thumbnails to see a larger image.

This first one is called "Inspiration"



It's inspired by Citizen Cope's song, "Let the Drummer Kick It"


This is "Red"



Inspired by a poem that I wrote YEARS ago. I haven't been able to find the book where it's written. I could only remember the first lines ...

Red,

My heart and blood.

Feelings flood.

Finally, this is "Hope"

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There's bits from another lost poem here. Translated to Chinese characters, because I just think it's beautiful.

There are a few more that I was going to post here, but I'm going to save them for another time.

Seven

Ok, I know I said I was going to try to do this more often. As you can see, it's been a while. I'm going to start reposting my art and poetry. I won't be posting in order of creation, but I'm going to try to keep it pretty close.

Some of you may remember this series. I posted these a few years ago, and I made them a few years before that. This was in my early years with Photoshop.

I call this series Seven. Click on images to see them larger. Here we go ...


Seven



Lust



Gluttony



Greed



Sloth



Wrath



Envy



Pride





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So that's it. I'll try to be more interesting next time.