Poetry & Prose

I cringe at the word 'poetry'.  I only really liked one poet, Henry Lawson.  He was a story teller like I try to be.

I prefer prose, and I'm not sure I use the word in its true academic sense.  My prose pieces are stories that flow like a song.  I guess that's the best way to describe them.

What's special about this page though, is that it contains four of the best pieces of writing I've ever done.  The pieces are Midnight Silhouettes, The Day We Went Away, Valkyrie's Hand, and Dance of the Damned.

A Candlelit Room (Poem 1997) is crap.  I wrote it trying to impress a chick, and hey it got me laid.  Feel free to bounce it off a bird and try your luck.

Dance of the Damned (Prose 1998) is a nicely depressing piece.  I still like it and I love the imagery and metaphors.
"And all I feel is indifference towards this indifferent world, that neither wishes me drowned nor saved."

Midnight Silhouettes (Poem 1998, Song 2000) is my favourite poem.  It was recorded by a German singer in 2000 and later translated to Swedish for a stage production.  All that aside though, I love this poem.  I really, really love it.
"I watch the midnight silhouettes, Of stars up in the skies, I close my eyes and think of you, Those dancing chocolate eyes."

Night Sprite (Poem 2001) is painful and ludicrous.  How pissed was I when I wrote this festering pile of horse shit?

Pretty Girl (Poem 1999) I don't mind this.  I'd like to hate it but I don't.
"She runs her fingers through the rainbows made of gold dust in the wind."

The Day We Went Away (Prose 2000-2005) This should probably be in the Narrative section but it lacks the required humour to qualify.  I took five years to write it.  I'm so glad I did but it triggers my depression every time I look at it.  Make of it what you will.
"I hear someone crying, maybe it's me, I'll never know."

Valkyrie's Hand (Poem 1997) A large mythical poem from The Edge.
"You tempt my mind with passions past and love beyond true bliss, Euphoria's blood still stains my tongue, yet I still thee resist ..."