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Poems by porphyry, by newest first

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  • Arborescence
    fevered autumn intertwining limbs
    by porphyry 15 lines, 10 comments, on Oct 31 3:46 PM 2007
  • werewolf
    pale huntress moon sharpen my senses
    by porphyry 13 lines, on Aug 6 3:27 PM 2007
  • vampyre
    iron filings and decay
    in my mouth
    by porphyry 13 lines, 3 comments, on Aug 6 3:24 PM 2007
  • shades of prey
    millenary falcon / flies against the sun / eyes of crystal flame / the world beneath / reflected in myriad / shades of prey /
    by porphyry 7 lines, on Jul 22 5:53 PM 2007
  • Masha Matryoshka
    catching my eye from a distance / capriciously / she sheds her first skin / and Russian winter turns to spring / scattered words / charming
    by porphyry 27 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 16 2:16 PM 2007
  • alchemist
    secret labyrinth of grottoes: / in rapture and enchantment / he still whispers a forbidden name, / breath left on the air / projecting her
    by porphyry 19 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 13 1:27 PM 2007
  • seventeen less four
    grievance bleeds black / this arcane anniversary / marks the day you left me / paralyzed in the / silent catacomb / of a streetlight / rainwater emptying into / the gutter / i fold your words into / a paper
    by porphyry 14 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 13 12:12 PM 2007
  • Nijika
    enter waking dream / incense fingers draw the blinds / she walks uncensored / whispering silk-drawn promises / velvet porphyry delight / iv
    by porphyry 12 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 12 1:15 AM 2007
  • mind's eye
    no more than a glance / three words and / a kiss just out of reach / and she's gone / chained in mind's eye / with no hope of ransom / he e
    by porphyry 8 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 11 11:27 PM 2007
  • time as a vacuum cleaner
    by porphyry 12 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 11 6:16 PM 2007
  • black cormorant
    Corsair of the sky / ocean dwellers' / waking nightmare / fleeting monarch, / the coveted treasure / shall soon be found / Forget the years of servitude / Cathay no longer ties you down / nor can anyone
    by porphyry 17 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 10 5:01 PM 2007
  • a votre sante
    count me in on this one
    by porphyry 10 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 10 4:43 PM 2007
  • winter wolf
    agate shards of solstice / dancing phantoms in my eyes / bird cries pierce the crisp silence / and i understand / reading the light reflected / between trees / senses heightened / instinct alive / sc
    by porphyry 15 lines, on Jul 10 2:31 PM 2007. In totemic
  • Chimaera
    Chimaera, / Just wanted you to know- / you were always my favorite / and I have finally realized: / you do not exist.
    by porphyry 5 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 10 1:04 PM 2007
  • vortex
    maelstrom of memory / whirling unchecked in the bosom of night / tear the longing from my soul / purge me of her touch / carry me beyond the crystal shards / of these familiar shores / to the catacombs of oblivion
    by porphyry 9 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 9 10:37 PM 2007
  • born of the foam
    oceans deep stilled as / she comes forth / fresh born of the foam / droplets falling from her skin / become precious stones / shining in the sand / what wonder is this? / feathers glistening in / the
    by porphyry 15 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 9 10:17 PM 2007
  • to phurba
    by the last spring of hope / in nightshade vale / she sings undaunted / by fear or cold / a clear voice stilling / the wind's fury / no mortal melody fairer / than these cascading caresses / brushed by me
    by porphyry 22 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 9 3:06 PM 2007
  • Selene
    Selene / discover thy visage / I await thee here / like a thousand nights before / I have followed thee / as a reflection in the sea / dolp
    by porphyry 40 lines, 11 comments, on Jul 9 1:22 PM 2007. In Fantasy
  • Labyrinth
    A spiral staircase leads to a garden / Night air betrays the scent of jasmine / A hedge of ivy cloaks a dominion / Twisting blindly, maze of oblivion / Here, in a lacquered teak chest my heart of hearts / Safe
    by porphyry 20 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 9 12:58 PM 2007
  • taikobashi
    evanescent, trembling figure / ghost of Japan behind bamboo fencing / dark nymphs swimming amidst colored fish / off the tortoise-shell island / mistcleaver, iridescent dragonfly / skill and bravado in your fli
    by porphyry 13 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 9 12:47 PM 2007
  • Jimi
    she comes to me now / shaman blood quickening / sonic rainbows bursting / into porphyry cascade / droning ancestral rhythm / firing my soul / leading my hands / i will ascend the / sacred mountain / and le
    by porphyry 10 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 9 12:19 PM 2007
  • Mother
    It's warm inside / I feel you breathing / feel your heart beating / so much a part of you / floating weightless / I hear friendly voices /
    by porphyry 35 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 9 12:04 PM 2007
  • Saul of Tarsus
    another shipwreck / another shore / if Thou wouldst take me / take me now / but if not / tell me where I shall go / and what I shall say
    by porphyry 6 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 9 11:36 AM 2007
  • midnight rain
    weeping willow sanctuary / no solace in this god-forsaken night / pale slate effigies crying in pools / torment to drive even demons into the / secret depths of the sea / no one to witness my last thread / of
    by porphyry 10 lines, on Jul 9 11:14 AM 2007
  • Kali
    Favorite of kings and poets, untimely mistress / coquette with a kiss that kills laughter / thy touch smooths the brow, dissipating distress / no pretense to please, no morning after / Keeper of the seven veils,
    by porphyry 28 lines, on Jul 9 10:54 AM 2007
  • Arthur (as sung by Morgana)
    In the mists of morning I still see your face / The swansong but an echo of your voice / The shady mere sends ripples to the shore / A black stone sinking lost forever more / The fire in the west, our last burnin
    by porphyry 23 lines, on Jul 9 10:28 AM 2007
  • swan maiden
    As swans arrayed in day flight / her raiment gently flows / loved by radiant sunlight / breathing calm repose / Bright beryl upon her finger / white heather in her hair / memory now doth linger / forever in
    by porphyry 18 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 8 4:03 PM 2007
  • mia
    by porphyry 20 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 7 11:44 PM 2007. In Erotica
  • Fare thee well
    I can't sleep / the sheet rises and falls / in time with your breathing / and I know you're dreaming / but not about me / I'll be going now / but before that I'd like / to leave what I already gave you:
    by porphyry 12 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 7 11:09 PM 2007
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