a storm be brewin, the crewboy spies a black abyss, formin in the skies icy waves churn against me hull the roar of the lightning, it be yet dull swing her round to starboard, me mates before the heaven's open their gates think and pray of lasses back home and know that soon we might all be gone so sail away, there be hope ahead don't let ye souls be filled with dread for with me at the wheel, me boys we'll sail away from the deathly noise "but cap'n what be yonder?" "lad that'...

Simple soldiers marching to war They throw their bodies as weapons Down against our homes We yield no pain Front by front they hurl themselves on Smashed, shredded, slaughtered The carcasses flow into a river of death Strewn by the roadside A septic puddle of loss Our cold eyes glare on remorselessly We ignore the warriors lain to waste Churn them into mist in our tracks So that on this stormy night The air is thick with death

Chapter Two Voco Anihilo Morrus Cruroranhel held onto the splintering rung tightly with one hand as he caught his breath, his taught muscles barely visible beneath the layers that had come with middle age. He hooked his elbow around the rung, passed his torch from one hand to the other and lifted his un-hooked arm to wipe the sweat off of his brow. He had not climbed this ladder in a long time and he didn’t remember it being so tall. Holding the flaming torch in his left hand he pulled himsel...

Simple soldiers marching to war They throw their bodies as weapons Down against our homes We yield no pain Front by front they hurl themselves on Smashed and torn and shredded The carcasses melt into a sea of death Strewn by the roadside A septic puddle of loss As our glaring eyes look on remorselessly And we ignore the battlers lain to waste Churn them into mist in our tracks So that on this stormy night The air is thick with death

Chapter One Expectations always ran low for Everto, his parents had pushed his eldest brother, Malum, to attend a medical college and it was assumed that his second eldest brother, Torqueo, would inherit the family business; a large and profitable coal mine that extended deep into the mountain range on the eastern border where Lyrrea met Azhendor. Nothing was planned for Everto, he was left to his own devices and when he, on the rare occasions that he did, spoke to his parents or his brothers...

Simple soldiers marching to war They throw themselves as weapons Down against our homes We yield no pain Front by front they hurl themselves on beaded limbs fly senselessly Slaughtered, wounded and shamed the sky is awash with blood the ground is awash with bodies Strewn by the roadside A septic puddle of loss As our glaring eyes look on remorselessly And we ignore the battlers lain to waste Churn them into mist in our tracks So that on this stormy night The air is thick with death

BLUE That echo of the sea as the sky washes over me. Of the joy blue can bring, And the sadness of longing. GREEN Poison and lime, bottle and jade, Every grassy, slimy shade. calms the mind puts it at ease, fills the world with fervent trees. YELLOW Shade of happiness, well of life. Oh how i’ll miss you come the night. Ball of fire – heaven glow, to light my life... yellow. ORANGE The coloured flame, so sweet and untamed. The juice drips – sticky and strange. from the orange orange RED A red ...

Dear metahaiku, haikudo and sweet jaiku: So long and farewell. You left in silence, no syllables to depart in the dark of night. Now I see your names, your heart beating with the earth and I miss you so. You were so unique, the Urbis haiku master(s). All the memories fade softly tonight. To see that you have left us with no final thought. I ask, "where are you?" and why have you left us now? Without a haiku. But you'll always be held close and safe by my heart, You - Inspiration

dear metahaiku haikudo and sweet jaiku so long and farewell you left in silence no syllables to depart in the dark of night now i see your names your heart beating with the earth and i miss you so you were so unique the Urbis haiku masters(s) all the memories fade softly tonight to see that you have left us with no final thought i ask, "where are you?" and why have you left us, now without a haiku But you'll always be Held close and safe by my heart You - Inspiration

She sat in the dark, her warm blanket wrapped around her shoulders. As her bottom lip quivered, her heart held onto the lump in her throat. She would not cry. "I am stronger than this." she whispered, to no-one in particular. The loud music blasting from the stereo was lost on her deaf ears. She couldn't understand where they had gone. She thought they were her friends. How could she be so wrong? She had given so much and gotten nothing in return. She tried to tell herself that her friends st...