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Hope is fickle. it's undeniable. Read More

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Nothing but blabbering of a useless, cynical person. Read More

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So long ago -- and still the sounds and smells and pain wake me in the middle of the night. It is the quiet of despair that that I hear, and f eel, and fear. Read More

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Written upon reading T.S. Eliot's "The Wastelands." Read More

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Poem / Fantasy

October 22, 2024

Reads: 88

Comments: 1

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ABSENCE AND SILENCE Read More

Tags: despair, silence, absence, rust-and-dust, fear-and-dread-dreams

Tags: love, poetry, air, despair, sky

Poem / Poetry

September 25, 2024

Reads: 51

Comments: 1

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"Crucified by Injustice" is a powerful outcry against the death penalty, capturing the final moments of a man named Marcellus Williams condemned to die for a crime he likely didn’t commit. Through raw, urgent language, the poem tries to explore the agony of innocence ignored, the despair of a system… Read More

Tags: despair, injustice, retribution, powerlessness, outcry

A young man besieged by the absence of life's rare opportunities and harangued by inaction. The consequence is far reaching. Read More

Tags: hope, life, despair, dreams, failing

Poem / Poetry

August 30, 2024

Reads: 73

Shelves: 1

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An introspective free verse poem exploring modern society around the globe, reflecting on the challenges of contemporary society, emphasizing the struggle between hope and despair and the uncertainties of the future for mankind. From my earliest works. Epitaph for Society by James Anthony Kenny (poetry.com) Read More

Tags: society, despair, leaders, morals, ethics

Born under a black cloud that follows Nathan Gribel until his guardian angel confronts him. He resists the angel until a last straw finally shows him what he’s been missing. He enables the angel to get his wings. Read More

Tags: despair, angels, guardian-angels

"Echoes in Stone" is a poignant poem that explores themes of longing, despair, and the search for redemption. The narrator waits in a desolate landscape, surrounded by splintered bones and death's cold embrace, yearning for the warmth of forgiving grace. As they climb an unyielding stone and bleed their sins… Read More

Tags: despair, longingforgrace, silentprayer-hope, spiritualwaiting

"Dead Writer in Winter" explores the haunting experience of a writer trapped in a psychological and physical winter. The narrator, masked by a porcelain facade of joy, endures a desolate landscape's biting cold and oppressive isolation. As the writer grapples with intense emotional turmoil, their true self is gradually erased,… Read More

Tags: despair, winter, isolation

Proverbs 7: 6-27 Read More

Tags: death, despair, suffering, emptiness, unhinged

Wait no longer for a Miracle.... Read More

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He was everything I wanted. Read More

Tags: love, loss, hope, despair, unrequited

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The poem is a dark and emotional elegy for a shattered soul, who feels hopeless and lost in life. The speaker expresses their feelings of despair, surrender, and longing for death, as they wander in a desolate forest. The poem also hints at some possible causes of their pain, such… Read More

Tags: despair, sadness, fatigue, hoplessness, suicidal-thoughts

Tags: depression, despair, loneliness

The colonialism of North America and resulting impact. Read More

Tags: despair, canada, aboriginal, colonialism, firstnations

A woman hopes for love. Read More

Tags: romance, despair, lonliness

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In a land called Obscuria, there is a war going on. The country is defenceless against a powerful enemy who's got many followers, but despite all of that, its civilians refuse to lose hope. The greatest reason for that is the existence of Melinda Grey, a legendary warrior whose skill… Read More

Tags: war, hope, despair, shadows, goodvsevil

Tags: death, war, hope, life, despair

Poem / Poetry

June 11, 2023

Reads: 184

Comments: 1

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This is my first attempt to write a Terza Rima Open Sonnet. Although each line consists of eleven syllables, there is no real meter because I can't hear (and can't figure out) where the word stresses are. It is traditional in the sense that it follows the Terza Rima rhyming… Read More

Tags: love, romance, despair, breakup, break-up

Tags: love, fantasy, despair, reality, humanity

A grim adventure set in an alternate reality where Dragons are to be feared as much as the Tyrant in the neighbouring Kingdom. Dark whispers are carried across the winds, and Khain, a grizzled Dragonslayer, answers them as best he can....with Bone, and tempered Steel. His story will be updated… Read More

Tags: fantasy, despair, adventure, grimdark, fatalist

A poem born of despaired musings at what the US has continued to be. Read More

Tags: despair, politics, observations, cynical, musings

There is no pit too deep... Read More

Tags: dark, despair, night, darkness, christian

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