#eloquencenet

[inkstained]

- (j)

[theinfinitedivides]

— also entitled: this is not a gospel worth the telling

— inspired by: S.T. Gibson’s ( @stgibsonofficial )  Lamentation of Mary Magdalene (from the Aramaic: they have taken away my lord) and Lamentation of John (alternately titled Some Manuscripts Read: The Prophet does Not Come)

also inspired by: @notbecauseofvictories’  mary magdalene, at the tomb

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[therebepoems]

Eyes meet and

Time slows

In a moment of laughter.

I think one day I'll

Put this into a poem,

So I could

Remember this forever.

Alex Delorme

[yoursdelilah]

@eloquencenet event: nature

I am tired of being a skyscraper, ONLY WILD THINGS OUTLIVE THEIR BONES

[imperial-poetry-prompts]

September Prompts 2020

#imperialseptember

The Fall of man.

The rise of Autumn

Wait!

Valid Rage

Tomb of a storm

Quaint arrogance

Overgrown

Potent principles

Purple fingers

The reacquainting with shadows

[leftiswhatgodmademe]

Heavy is the head that dawns a false crown. Emptied-eyed and hearted and souled. We come together to mourn this royal waste of time and space. Wither and perish. Let thin heavy head wilt and tilt and snap and fall.

“Betrayal”

[donotgogentlyy]

however many times you roll that dice,

i’ll still come up with snake eyes.

i see it staring back--

beady, relentlessly

taunting me, mocking how

 i thought it would turn out different.

no, the card table isn’t slanted.

the die aren’t shaven or puckered

in some unfair way. it isn’t

just chance

 that you keep screwing up, either.

you just keep rolling that die

the 

same

damn

way

and never changing your behavior.

you have no effort. no drive.

no motivation to better yourself

for us.

i just keep getting snake eyes

and you don’t care.

-- playing games

[hohneyed]

— paper chains | (m.s.h)

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