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Poems by VeneVidiVici, by newest first

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  • Song of Styx
    Across the river Styx, once you’ve died, / To walk with the shades on the other side. / Faces of the murdered, shadows of the dead, / Will
    by VeneVidiVici 3 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 17 10:05 PM 2007. In Dark, Sad, Weird, Thoughts, just bizarre, myth
  • Graystorm
    Graystorm, / A white shadow / With a mask of gold, / Came without a thought. / Graystorm, / A silent firework / Draped in golden willows, / Saw a goddess. / Graystorm, / With steel-gray eyes / An
    by VeneVidiVici 13 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 6 1:22 PM 2007
  • Canes Venatici
    Paws strike over the forest floor, / A rolling thunder of claws and teeth. / Tails whip into the leaves, / And the baying of the hounds gro
    by VeneVidiVici 19 lines, on Jul 2 6:22 PM 2007. In Stars, Nature, Series
  • Riddled
    EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO ENTER THE CONTEST "ANSWER ME RIDDLE AND RELATE", DO - NOT - READ. ALSO, KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS MY TAKE ON THE ANSWER AND IS NOT NECESSARILY CORRECT. THANK YOU. AGAIN, STILL DON'T READ IF YOU'RE THINKI
    by VeneVidiVici 15 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 2 6:19 PM 2007. In Personal, Thoughts, Contest, Riddle
  • Untitled Due to General Incomptetence
    I walk amongst the people by night, the sky / Raging overhead, black, torn by clouds, / Yet no rain pours to my face, no water; / Only the lightning and the thunder / On this night when the thunder booms. / A f
    by VeneVidiVici 46 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 28 12:44 PM 2007
  • Tessa
    Quit your blathering! / I'm a tiny slight bit busy, / In case you haven't guessed, / So please leave me alone. / Uninvited nuisance. / Good lord, can you be quiet? / What part of "go away" / Is to
    by VeneVidiVici 40 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 26 7:15 PM 2007. In Humor, Weird, Contest
  • Serena
    Serena / Pedaling her bike along her street, / Skidding casually on the faded pavement, / Never thinking for a moment / That in a bang and
    by VeneVidiVici 27 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 25 12:53 AM 2007
  • Time Flies - Acrostic
    Two years old, / Happy and naïve, / Everything seems bright.... / In a flash like sun on a single wave, I am / Nine years old, / Never a day younger, never a day / Older, but still I am... / Childlike, not
    by VeneVidiVici 43 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 11 6:20 PM 2007. In Sad, Loss, My life, Acrostic
  • Stars - Cancer
    Pulled by the tide, / He flails his bony legs / And snaps his serrated claws, / Useless against the ceaseless waves. / The jagged edge of his shell catches strands of emerald weeds, / As he struggles to latch onto a
    by VeneVidiVici 12 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 10 3:27 PM 2007. In Stars, Series
  • Vanished Into Thin Air - Acrostic
    Vacant eyes caress the night, / Auras of stars reflecting in them; but / Nothing penetrates to my mind, / Inside there is only blank shock, / Saber-toothed shock that cuts through me, / Hesitant to believe, / Eati
    by VeneVidiVici 21 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 10 2:49 PM 2007. In Goodbyes, Acrostic, Sadness, Escape, Loss
  • Kelp World
    My life was dark and gloomy, / Streaked with shadow, dead, / My face as drawn as curtains, / My heart was filled with lead. / Then you came walking along, / And a new viewpoint unfurled, / As you told me the
    by VeneVidiVici 38 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 9 7:16 PM 2007. In Humor, Emo, Random, Weird
  • Silver-Tongued Twins
    Words flow from your smooth lips, / Your tongue twining confidently around the words, / And neither slip of the tongue nor loss for words / Will hinder your river of speech, / Gemini, Gemini. / As steady as rai
    by VeneVidiVici 19 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 9 2:14 PM 2007. In Personal, My own style, Contest, Zodiac
  • Stars - Camelopardalis
    He stretches to the leaves, / His neck long and limber, / Painted spots of brown / Flecking the golden throat. / Ears flicking, he curves his neck, / His height warning away / Even the cats of the night, /
    by VeneVidiVici 13 lines, on Jun 9 11:20 AM 2007. In Stars, Series
  • Stars - Caelum
    Chip, chip, chip. / Day after day, / The light sounds, / Short, impatient sounds, / Of the chisel, / Scratching at granite / Or white marble. / Flecks of stone / And rock dust / Choke the air, / As leather
    by VeneVidiVici 18 lines, on Jun 9 11:17 AM 2007. In Stars, Series
  • Stars - Boötes
    He pushes the plough forward, / The steel grating against rocky soil, / But he does not yield, / His dogs lunging forward, / Driving his oxen. / The sun beats down as he pushes forth, / As his plough pushes t
    by VeneVidiVici 16 lines, on Jun 9 10:42 AM 2007. In Stars, Series
  • Angela and Mike
    All the joy and grief of time flying, / Never standing still, / Going by ruthlessly, unmercifully, / Ever changing you, / Loving you through these years, / Always; / And / Now until / Death. / Marr
    by VeneVidiVici 14 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 9 10:22 AM 2007. In Time, Marriage, Contest
  • Stars - Auriga
    Your horse’s hooves thunder over the track, / Raising a cloud of vermillion dust. / Wheels rattle beneath your golden chariot / And bump over the rough ground. / The scent of sweat cloys in the humid air, / As
    by VeneVidiVici 23 lines, on Jun 9 12:23 AM 2007. In Stars, Secret
  • Stars - Ares
    You lower your head, / Your ridged horns exposed, / Pawing the ground and raising a cloud of dust, / Snorting viciously for emphasis. / Unpredictable, we don’t know when / You will charge, or if you will; / Y
    by VeneVidiVici 18 lines, on Jun 9 12:18 AM 2007. In Stars, Series
  • Stars - Ara
    Kneel before her, / Say your prayers, / Say your vows. / Pray to God, / Forgive my sin / In your mercy. / Pray to her, / To the altar, / Lest lightning strikes you. / This altar of stars, /
    by VeneVidiVici 18 lines, on Jun 9 12:12 AM 2007. In Stars, Series
  • Stars - Aquila
    The wings spread out, / A flinty eye fixed on the target, / As black talons clench / In deep anticipation. / Silently, she swoops, / A steep dive with the wind whistling / Through her feathers, / Wings tuck
    by VeneVidiVici 20 lines, on Jun 9 12:08 AM 2007. In Stars, Series
  • Stars - Aquarius
    A burden so light for a man, / Filled with shimmering, flowing water, / As he stumbles along his path / With the gourd balanced on his head. / A drop of water flicks from the rim / And lands on t he ground;
    by VeneVidiVici 18 lines, on Jun 9 12:03 AM 2007. In Stars, Series
  • Stars - Apus
    Radiant feathers trailing out / Bejewel the green forest, / The tropical colors / Painting a rainbow. / A golden eye surveys the trees, / G
    by VeneVidiVici 18 lines, on Jun 8 11:58 PM 2007. In Stars, Series
  • Stars - Andromeda
    The chains are her death sentence, / Iron fate binding her to the power of stone, / To let the tide claim her / And for her to tame the jaw
    by VeneVidiVici 13 lines, on Jun 8 11:50 PM 2007. In Stars, Series
  • Night Serenity
    A lithe body fashioned / All of flowery light, / Hanging in the sky / Is the lotus of the night. / Indigo skies draped in ropes of pearls,
    by VeneVidiVici 28 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 8 11:14 PM 2007
  • Broken
    by VeneVidiVici 51 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 8 10:50 PM 2007. In Abuse, Angst, Dark, Love, Pain, Sad, Thoughts, Lost love, Depressed, Message, Angry
  • Light on the Savannah
    Light on the Savannah / Streaks my dappled coat, / A beacon of gold / Spattered with charcoal paint. / My legs stretch out before me / As I run and run... and run... / Chasing my evasive prey, / My claws di
    by VeneVidiVici 28 lines, 4 comments, on May 26 9:07 AM 2007. In Thoughts, nature
  • I Don't Write Poetry
    I don't write poetry. / I have no pen / And I have no ink. / My paper is insubstantial. / I don't write poetry / Because my soul is dead. /
    by VeneVidiVici 53 lines, 9 comments, on May 25 8:48 PM 2007. In Longing, Sadness, Anger, Lost love, Personal., Loss, Message, Escape, Beat
  • The Storm
    As the grasses wave and whip / And the sun beholds the West, / The clouds take hold with vicelike grip, / With dusk they draw abreast. / The wind begins its ceaseless cry, / Lamenting keening wails, / As back
    by VeneVidiVici 33 lines, on May 22 7:27 PM 2007. In Nature, Life, Personal
  • Why Do You Fear?
    Why do you fear?
    Where you walk,
    by VeneVidiVici 33 lines, on May 22 5:57 PM 2007. In Spiritual, Thoughts
  • The Shadow Hunt
    Eyes stare palely in the dark:
    Within the gloom a ruby spark...
    by VeneVidiVici 38 lines, 3 comments, on May 19 8:39 PM 2007. In Dark, Sadness, Anger
  • Serendipity
    See the Angels on the clouds,
    Draped in silvery fraying shrouds,
    by VeneVidiVici 23 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 25 12:05 PM 2007
  • Prologue to a Dark Life
    Death was just death. Going to sleep and not waking up. Everything going black. Fade-out. Good-bye.
    by VeneVidiVici 12 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 25 11:22 AM 2007. In Bitter, sad, thoughts, death, sarcasm
  • What I Want to Be
    Lying beneath the stars,
    Watching the sky turn
    by VeneVidiVici 138 lines, on Feb 4 6:13 PM 2007. In Hope, Sad, Happiness, Thoughts, Life, Spiritual
  • Were You There
    Were you there?
    I did not see your face
    by VeneVidiVici 27 lines, on Feb 4 6:08 PM 2007. In Sad, Thoughts, Love, Despair
  • Watch the Stars Fall
    Watch the stars fall.
    Watch them beat a silver pattern on the sky.
    by VeneVidiVici 28 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 4 6:05 PM 2007. In Life, World End, Sad, Lost in thought, Escape, Goodbyes, Happiness
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