Poisoned is the Chalice of Love – a villanelle

Stay your hand, touch not the silverpoisoned is this chalice of lovethat stains with death each drinkerBe unfazed, undazzled by the treasurea gleaming cup cursed from aboveStay your hand, touch not the silverPay no heed to temptation's whispersits promise of passion in every dropthat stains with death each drinkerThe price one pays for sweet pleasureisn't…

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Tanka #10- Musician

I'm no musician yet I can play syllablesupon my fingers and write a lyric for you with rhyme and meter and tune

Closed Doors

By the temple stepsthe lone devotee, waits for a glimpseof the chosen deity One who'd showered blessingsin abundance before, has turned his gazebeyond all entreaty What test of devotion, O Most Adoredbefore the closed gates of your abode what pain in pure love's piety Trampled like the flowers in your pathcrushed 'neath the feet of…

If I wrote by a forgotten riverside…

If I wrote by a forgotten riversidewould you stop a moment to read me,while you walked by a strangerwould I still charm you with my poetry?Would you sit by the steps at my sideas I sang a song of us softly,would you let me hold you if you criedat my heart's versified apology?Would you grant…

Happy Halloween from Ishaisms

Sea shanty Since Halloween is a time for the quirky and the shenanigans, I'm breaking a wordpress norm (I assume), and instead of my usual creepy poem, am posting this creepy little song I recorded last year. Happy Halloween, all! xo