Thursday, 31 July 2025

Empires Fall

 


There's a moat, that's dry, but full and deep 
Beneath crumbling ramparts, of a castles keep
A standard was raised, twas a white flag flying 
To mark the place, that wasn't death defying

Did a swarm, of flies, over corpses, crawl?
For they'll always feed, when empires fall
And this empire fell, when it failed the test
Yielding meekly, they inevitably lost the West

Some invited those, who were god's marauders
'Come to us' they said 'across our open borders'
And on their knees, hailed 'Our King is yours'
But were brutally mocked, like virgin whores

It was a natural re-ordering, to cede, or kill
In the invisible presence, of some higher will
And the domino's fell, long before the liars
As did cities and states and country shires

They purged the leaders, the pathetic weak
But it was, too little, too late, to avoid defeat
For empires fall, when the virtuous pander
To the ludicrous elite and their propaganda

Now, the winter's here, of the forever night
A moat's covered in snow, rot stained, white
A standard's raised, but it's a new flag flying 
To mark the place, where the old guard's lying

Monday, 21 April 2025

Our Flat Earth

 


Old gods of yore, a sky wizard, and the serfs of flerf
Unicorns, dragons, and the centaurs of our flat Earth 
Reside as one, but not united, as the doubters probe
Fabricating, their absurd reality, based upon a globe
Let them not fool us all, with ancient pseudoscience 
As they lead us, like sheep, let us show our defiance 
They'll drip feed, the insanity, of an alternative home
Even though, that the truth is, we exist under a dome
Albeit, we're as sane as Dionysus and talking snakes
Remember there're malicious agents, if god forsakes
They're fake, but of their doctrines, there is no dearth
Heretical globists, are forever coveting, our flat Earth 

Saturday, 29 March 2025

Flesh Hovel Lane

 

They once rode out, for the fox hunting, Quorn
Over the hedges and fields, with passengers borne
But the old, the unfit, the weary and the lame
They'd all be butchered, down Flesh Hovel Lane 

Spent, they were knackered and given no quarter 
Led down the lane and sent to their slaughter 
It's a gruesome story and it's a terrible tale to tell 
For the hounds of the hunt, were always fed well

The butchery's long lost in the macabreness of yore
And the abattoir's gone, by Pillings Lock on the Soar
But it's still a dead end, still narrow, once rutted
It's Flesh Hovel Lane, where horses, were gutted

Sunday, 23 February 2025

Autumn Crocus

 


When the heart is empty, the mind might focus
To find, a fiery fate, with the Autumn Crocus 
Although the thought is toxic, like an acid kiss
Nothing else will matter, if not being, is bliss

A clock stops ticking, when there's a broken cog
And reality's a phantom, when it's milling fog
For if the eyes cannot see, a course, to guide 
There's no way ahead, that's not death defied

If there's no aroma, when the flowers bloom
The only time that is left, is a time, too soon
For to feed on a harvest, that's poison laced
Is bitter, though sweet, in it's burning haste

When those, apparitions, were never there
The soul is lost, like an unanswered prayer 
And without reason, the mind, won't focus
As the body gorges, on the Autumn Crocus 


Wednesday, 5 February 2025

Poetry From The Darkside

 


Evil monsters lurk within and they lurk to reap
They're in my mind and they're mine to keep 
They'll hide from light, but when darkness grows 
They'll whisper incantations, in lines of prose

They're always there, but not well defined
But the spells they cast, are to blow my mind 
They're cloak and dagger, unreal, but stark
And so grotesque, they'll manifest the dark 

They feed off nightmares, they feed off fear
I can hear their vile verses, for they are here
Their poetry from the darkside, is meant for me
For in my direst reveries, there's a hanging tree

Tuesday, 28 January 2025

Dunkelflaute

 


Doom laden skies held, not one breath, of wind
Under the, achromatic mantle, torpidity binged
No turbine turned, there was no sunlight power
Kismet ordained, to drain, every megawatt hour
Eerie evenings, turned countrysides, into tundra
Lights burned bright, until the blackout's umbra
From the murk, came night and the cloying cold
Listlessly lingering, from the valley, to the wold
And dawn would seep, then creep, into each day
Unfolding itself into the simplicity, of bitter grey
Though time inexorably passed, beneath the veil
Enveloped, by a nothingness, the grid would fail 

Friday, 27 December 2024

Nihilism




Nothing, of terminable being, will ever make sense 
Illusions, of meaning, are just a delusional defence 
Humanity's dysfunctional and will lie, to keep sane
It needs order from chaos and something to blame 
Life is a mistake, for it's where the ghosts, are alive 
Infused with corporeality and an ambition to thrive 
Sooner, than later though, all will return, to the end
Merely traces of ex-entities, with nowhere to wend