CAMELOT FANTASIES

On swift raven wings they fly
Bearers of omens across the sky
While far far below where no one can see
An elf plays a fiddle in a moonshine melody
No forested illusion surely can this be
No love harvest reaped in a Tolkien fantasy

#BardBits 207
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Lowering clouds consumed in grief
Thunderous promise to shatter the peace
While weeping willows hang their heads
In mourning of those who are now dead
Epitaphs carved by skilled caring hands
For those long passed from these cruel lands

#SenseWrds 400
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Hot sultry nights rich with sensual scents
Lingering looks betraying decadent desires
Night falls and all inihibitions burst free
Unleashed and unchained without a care
We blend as one in seductive carnal sexuality
 
#CarnalVerse 207

Conrad Photography / Aesthetics
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Sentiments and sand castles
Upon dreams are they built
One grain upon the other
I watch with orbs of wonder
The universe spins ever onward
Things are set in place
My hopes become reality
Destiny becomes my fate

#BardBits 210
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Come, come follow me
Through the forest and on
Can you see it now?
Up ahead... the lonely tree?
Where wild hearts lay down
Mourning what they’ve lost
Enshrouded in dark memories
Remembering the heavy cost

(🎨Shawna Erback)

#PoemTrail 342
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Gleaming gold
Mined from the depths
Delivered unto sunlight
Precious in my eyes
Worshipped by some
Desired by many
Riches beyond dreaming
Revered by the gods
You surround my finger
And beautify my neck
Forever gleaming softly
In pristine luminescence

#worthywritings
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Dancing shadows
They hypnotise
Twisting and turning
Confusing my eyes

Wherever I look
There they are
Looming before me
Never too far

I try to run
I try to flee
But there’s no escape
They always find me

#CuriousPoetry
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Dust to dust
Whisper soft
Upon my knees
For all that is lost
A beloved book
Well thumbed indeed
Now forlorn
Cast wearily aside
Overgrown by weeds
Faded blooms
Scent long gone
Adorn your tomb
Beneath a dying sun

#ThrillMeThursday
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We were victorious
Into glory did we ride
The enemy vast before us
Brothers in arms by our side
The martial face of Mars
Did we turn upon our foes
That day of brutal savagery
No gentle mercy did we show

#curiouspoetry
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Once upon a dream
A long long time ago
Ethereal voices called to me
Conjuring wondrous images
In indigo ecstasy
Illuminated from within
I lay spellbound
Wrapped in a cool burn
Of bliss this had I found

🎨1) DQ Dinh 2) Quotes
#Madverse
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Ride the lightning
Embrace the fear
Take hold of your life
Everything you hold dear
On wings of Pegasus
Let your dreams take flight
Without negative inhibition
Brightly shine your light

#PoemTrail 343

(🎨Nick Gaetano)
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Shades of twilight
Violet through indigo
Through sensual purple
To soothe my soul
And calm my mind
In the quiet time
When all is still
My poet arises
Awakening inspiration
And from my poised pen
Eloquent verse begins to spill

#DimpleVerse
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Never saw it coming
Lured to my doom
At the very brink
Face of an angel
Voice of a siren
A dame without heart
Emotionally dead
She played my hand
& all she desired
Was to fill me with lead
Barrel of a gun
Now all I can see
Are those cold eyes
Trained down upon me

#VerseAngel
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Nine steps to death
Why so few?
One sip of poison
That’ll be two
Beaten by Fate
I had no choice
My last hand played
Even taken my voice
Redacted innuendo
Not on my watch
I’ll go to my doom
Not even that
Can they botch

#BardBits 215
🎨JMB
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Unique in beauty
Unique in style
No one before her
No one came after
Always remembered
None can replace her

#HintFiction 6
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First taste was intriguing
But the #second was divine
By the third I was hooked
And on the fourth he was mine

 #vss365
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Bewitching enticement
Consuming my mind
Until too late
I was to find
A beautiful lie
Blinding my eyes
I couldn’t see through
So well did they tantalise
Too far did I fall
Succumb to their spell
No way back
Deep in hell
#BecomingFragile
{🎨1 Depositphotos.com 🎨2 Pinterest}
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Soft flowing time does bear no judgement
How a man lives or how a man dies
At the sinking of the sun & dying of the day
Down upon our knees do we all pray for redemption
While the sins of our heart are bared for all to see
Down upon our knees begging for salvation

#SenseWrds 401
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Spinning words as if of the finest yarn
Weaving tales that grow to become legend
A #poet casts verse out far into the world
For those ears that listen they are the finest of pearls

#Vss365
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Against hellhounds we hadn’t a prayer
Each night they kept coming in our nightmares
Scenting our fear they hungered for more
Ravenous for blood through our minds they tore

#Ashverse 21
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In the darkening hours
As light slowly fades
Death calls our name
The hand dealt by Fate played

🎨Maxine Tacardi

#DarkLines 343
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A spirit running wild can be a dangerous thing
A soul breaking free caged too long inside this skin
Dreaming in red called to the animal within
Unleashed desires that now lead me to sin

🎨1) MT Yildiz 2) Quotes & Notes
#MadVerse
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Horizons unlimited promise endless opportunities
A railway track stretching until far out of sight
Memories left behind in the melancholy past
While my wondering gaze stares far ahead
Piercing the yellow haze that lingers but won’t last

#Quillverse 116
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Though the thunder roars
And the lightning strikes
Let your #voice be heard
Through the day and night

#vss365
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Always looking backward
To the circles of the past
Never-ending spirals
Spinning down the years
Never seeming to learn
Viewing mistakes thru tears
Verdigris tinted memories
Spinning thru my mind
Inflaming my conscience
Of all I left behind
(🎨Susan Maxwell Schmidt)
#PoemTrail 345
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As sharp as a razor
Such a #vicious tongue
Each word a deep slice
That cuts to the bone

Blood flows like wine
Crimson and red
To pool on the ground
Coagulate about my head

#vss365
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A seeping chill
I cannot deny
Lingers in the air
My time is nigh

Pulling me under
Murmuring softly
A deathly lullaby
To my dark surrender

344 #DarkLines

🎨Gerbie Pabiliona
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On a moonlit night in some far off place
Two strangers met, coming face to face
The cafe was crowded yet they faded away
We talked and we laughed and for me, you stayed

 #SlamWords R1

A strange connection
Mysterious thread
Drew us together
Want to see where it led
What’s this between us?
This weird destiny
Fate brought us together
Now just you and me
Am I going too fast?
Do you feel it too?
Is this for real?
Can this be true?

 #SlamWords R2


I don’t want your apology
Just your time
Words spill all too easily
Snatched away in a breeze
Yet time is so precious
Spare me a moment, please

 #SlamWords R3


How do I mould what I feel into words?
You know I have feelings for you
I know I shouldn’t yet cannot deny
No hear me out first before you decry

 #SlamWords R4

What have I done?
What did I do?
I should’ve known
When I met you
No promises made
Hard to believe
Yeah, I remember the drill
I was so naive

 #SlamWords R5

You’ve never hurt me, ever
Tis I who held the knife
Sliced so deep it cut my soul
Too late did I know
Finally understand
Twas all in my head
Hurt by my own hand

 #SlamWords R6

Just a few more minutes and then I’ll go
You’re looking angry, hurt and confused
But I have to say this so that you’ll know
Or I’ll always regret not telling you so

 #SlamWords R7


I don’t believe it
Your eyes tell me the truth
Though your lips spill the words
It’s all a sham concealing you

 #SlamWords R8

This is breaking my heart
Shattering my very soul
To sit here in front of you
In the pouring rain and cold
Hearing the end in each slicing word
More devastating than I’ve ever heard

 #SlamWords R9

You met me a strange time in my life
When all seemed possible and I felt alive
You awakened my heart, my very soul
You put me back together - made me whole
I’ll never regret ever meeting you
I know it was love and I know it was true

 #SlamWords R10

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Without a word, nor even a sound
Just an eloquent gaze that drew you in
Falling endlessly, tumbling helplessly
Those slumbrous depths of seduction
Promised a gentle landing upon velvet
Such was the nature of the beast you craved

#image credit: 1) Rebeca Saray
#MadVerse

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A #vacant sign hung above my bed
Highlights the pain ever since you left
A cold empty space where once there was heat
Maybe Tinder will find me some hot man to meet

#vss365
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Follow the cries of the whippoorwill
Through blooming meadows
Beneath cloud scattered skies
To where you can run amidst open spaces
You soul set free to sing once again

{🎨 1 lovethispic.com Tim Brunson}

#BecomingFragile
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What keeps you up at night?
Is it memories of us?
Of what could have been?
Do you pace the floor
In the cold moonlight
With a whiskey in hand
Or is that just me?

#slamwords #encore R1

On nights like this when the cold winds moan
I wish you were here to hold me close
Your heart beat in my ear soothing and strong
What happened to us, just where did it go wrong?

#SlamWords #encore R2

Did I let you down when you needed me most?
Did I walk on by without looking back?
Was I so consumed by life I didn’t look deeper?
Brought to the here and now by your silent attack

#SlamWords #encore R3

Call it Kismet, Destiny or Fate
Something strange happened here
We just couldn’t ignore
Blood turned to fire
The night held its breath
Two worlds collided
A hunger we explored

#SlamWords #encore R4


My heart whispers “you’re not safe here”
Stripped emotionally bare before your feral gaze
Pinned in place unable to leave
Feeling the weight of cruel judgement
Crushing my soul, I just want you to believe

#SlamWords #encore R5

I just wasn’t ready to say goodbye
You were a part of my soul, flesh to flesh
But by bit a little bit died when you left
I stood alone and knew the mistake
That night I had made as I watched you leave

#SlamWords #encore R6

Those words you spilled from bourbon laced lips
“We are not the same and never will be”
Cut deeper than you knew, the harsh reality
Twas then I saw us for truly what we are
Two souls in orbit around some emotional Death Star

#SlamWords #encore R7


We may be looking at the same stars
But we’re still on different sides of the world
One in the light, the other in darkness
So far are we apart yet almost in sight
The dawn of a new day, the demise in twilight

#SlamWords #encore R8

Falling for you wasn’t in the game plan
It wasn’t in mine and it wasn’t in yours
From the moment we met that night in Paris
It became all about you and all about me
There was nothing else, couldn’t you see?
It was written in the stars, meant to be

#SlamWords #encore R9

Mysterious alchemy lost in time
I do not question it’s manner or rhyme
On the night we met things fell into place
The world aligned as I gazed at yr face
Such perfect chemistry yet bad timing
I cannot regret what we once had
I’ll hold it dear & won’t be sad
#SlamWords #encore R10