Showing posts with label creatures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label creatures. Show all posts

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Acidic Beasts From Way Beyond The Self


A fire anthem preens
Amidst a canticle of paralysis

Troubled thunder unleashing
The misplaced claws of disease,
Where desire at its core, becomes
The key to a spiritual unraveling

Force-field weak, worthless even,
When the debris scattering towards,
Are disemboweled shrapnel fragments
Originating from within some unclassifiable fiend,
An abomination of the worst kind…an acidic alien beast….

Yet stand we can and stand we do
Against all odds, amidst a severe state of
Uncertainty…we must ignore the realities

Sorrow holds no wisdom here…not in this world,
Only perseverance and courageous acts of vandal,
Can offer absolution to this type of scourge

Saturday, May 4, 2013

The Nickel


Deep in the mines
Where copper can’t be found
Lives a breed of Goblin

Deep in the mines
The color of the rocks confuse
A mischievous breed of Goblin

Deep in the mines
The Nickel won’t find
Any bits of copper

Deep in the mines
Without copper to claim
The nickel creates its mischief

Deep in the mines
Miners may find
Misfortunes, sometimes-deadly misfortunes

Even though no copper could be found
Townsfolk blame the miner’s woes
Upon Goblins, Goblins called the Nickel


According to German Folklore, the Nickel is a Goblin that inhabit the mines where copper was thought to be in abundance.  Yet once they realize the've been duped by the color of the rocks, the Nickel is said to cause misfortune to the miners there.

Stop on by Poetics over at D'Verse, where I'll be hosting an evening of Creatures from Mythology, Folklore and Fairy Tales. Stop by to read or even better, share in on the fun by composing your own poem about creatures.

Thursday, April 5, 2012

Caustic Effect


I am Incubus; I am eternal
Your depletion is my revival
A king with no idols
I am Incubus; I am eternal

I am Phoenix; I live to die this night
Through death I survive
A flame without fire
I am Phoenix; I die to live once more