1. traditional format
2. free verse
3. rhyming
4. non-rhyming
5. personal, emotional
6. abstract, experimental
7. mythological, narrative
8. I don't read
pick as many as you see fit, please and thank you.


astronomer's anatomy i.astronomer's anatomy by ~skerd22
seen, undoubtedly
so gracefully stepped;
exhalation of debt
owed to none
a miniature trek
of the tongue
laden with melodies
sung to the back
of the sun
there's a wonder in hearts,
a pull to the stars
from the oceans,
a flight
from the moorings
ii.
there's a wander to hearts
as sure as the stars
fill the oceans
with light
till the morning
iii.
all held breaths
do expire
and all heroes
turn liar
inevitably
can you tell
is the fire
worth the burn,
the dive
worth the struggle
to breathe
iv.
if you can
tell me
if you're able
trick the words
into stable forms
shapes ripped from wavers
torn straight out of


V. 03 winetongue his lips spit wordsV. 03 winetongue by ~skerd22
drunk by subject ears;
his description slurred
but his object clear.
"We're nearly those we're nearest. Bundled muscles scale the outer.
Slow the surface, choke the oxy. Slurp a shiver for appearance."
and they were wondered.
"Wont to inhale supplemented. A snip of ribbons twice rebound.
An acid carefully fallen. A scene of singular amount.
Resource the current. Teach a cell to magnify.
Keep the deep afar with silhouette. Behold us in its eye."
and they were fearful.


V. 02 new abzu from the plainsV. 02 new abzu by ~skerd22
golden arcs
displace;
terra firma
in a space
without rays
in a sea
that obeys
only force.
none could name
the first source,
but the light
never ceases
despite
the sharp crush.
it divides
the great rush
and defines
all systems
in line
with the glow.
the court
lets them know
the direction
of life,
binds the sections
with rule.
from the king's
footstool
the decrees
are dribbled,
for he
took the throne
too soon.
left alone
when his father
passed into
the water;
the crown
of the realm
passed down
to a drunk
whose cup
stays sunk
with illusions.
he finds
a delusion
submerged
so he gurgl


V. 01 deep the silent sheenV. 01 deep by ~skerd22
of a submerged sphere
the violent gleam
of a giant near
ultraviolet beams
at the surface sear
'neath trident sea
are the spinning gears
the ages past
lost to glittered tide
the pages splashed
caused the ink to glide
the ancient vast
with a tome inside
an impatient cast
will attempt to bind
