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Among the Desolate

May 21, 2020May 20, 2020 Mitchel David Ring3 Comments

Somewhere along the way, without even realizing it, I learned to love the corruption...

Posted in PoemsTagged city, corruption, love, poetry, war, writing

A Sun that Still Rises

March 19, 2020March 18, 2020 Mitchel David Ring15 Comments

This forest knows me It knows me better than I know myself Its roots reach deeper into my thoughts than I can go or than I’ve tried to go...

Posted in PoemsTagged abandoned, city, ghosts, poetry, sunrise, writing

Variation on a Theme

March 7, 2020March 7, 2020 Mitchel David Ring8 Comments

When we came into the ballroom it was all ablaze Bells ringing overhead and echoing through the hall where a symphony once played variations on a theme...

Posted in PoemsTagged city, movies, music, ocean, poetry, writing

Memory of a Stranger

February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 Mitchel David Ring7 Comments

This is why I can’t forget your face because I see it everywhere. Everywhere...

Posted in PoemsTagged city, key, memory, poetry, truth, writing

Honey Drunk

February 22, 2020February 22, 2020 Mitchel David Ring7 Comments

Honey drunk on the way this city moves lost in the morning crowd I wander....

Posted in PoemsTagged afterlife, city, life, poetry, wander, writing

Alabaster

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 Mitchel David Ring8 Comments

I looked around at the fallen snow that lay over the city and saw beneath it to hidden grime, the sludge of years accumulated in unseen places...

Posted in StoriesTagged city, footprints, home, short story, snow, writing

Into Wild Country

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 Mitchel David Ring9 Comments

Against a wall in this city of broken light while a million eyes sweep the darkness and pass over him...

Posted in PoemsTagged city, journey, night, poetry, reflection, writing

City Lights

February 2, 2020February 2, 2020 Mitchel David Ring5 Comments

City lights out to the freefall edge down to the blackwater and an eternity of silence wandering across the salted fields and planting seeds with high hopes for the harvest...

Posted in PoemsTagged city, forest, life, poetry, stars, writing

A City Made From Ashes

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 Mitchel David Ring6 Comments

Scars cut deep by the witching blade spell out the rites of sacrifice made to what beast may watch from the shadows...

Posted in PoemsTagged city, fire, free verse, poetry, sacrifice, writing

City of Secret Lights

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 Mitchel David Ring9 Comments

We descended upon the city of secret lights With a hunger for the world in our hearts Chasing the taste of a dream we once had For a moment passing through catatonia to new sight...

Posted in PoemsTagged city, dream, hidden, poetry, search, wander

View From the Highest Tower

October 29, 2019October 28, 2019 Mitchel David Ring7 Comments

From atop the highest tower in the city You can imagine that, far off on the horizon, The fires of the battlefield are just visible As reflections of stars uncaring on the world below...

Posted in PoemsTagged city, fantasy, free verse, poetry, starlight, war

Visions Over the Sea

October 23, 2019October 23, 2019 Mitchel David Ring5 Comments

Where the moon’s reflection meets the city’s edge I boarded a ferry to cross over with the rest To a place that has always waited for us This, the final passage of dreamers...

Posted in PoemsTagged captain, city, dreamers, ocean, poetry, visions

The Cobbler’s Workshop

October 18, 2019October 18, 2019 Mitchel David Ring13 Comments

The cobbler stands out front of his shop Smoking a cigarette on the street corner And I’m thinking how close he is to a storybook character Maybe he is one...

Posted in PoemsTagged candlelight, city, poetry, story, storybook, workshop

Skin Over Iron Bones

October 12, 2019October 12, 2019 Mitchel David RingLeave a comment

A cold city speaks of storybooks Cracks in the pavement spell out the final chapters Footsteps in the snow dotting i’s and crossing t’s A saga complete with no voice to read it aloud Yet heard by all who stop to listen.

Posted in PoemsTagged bones, city, music, poetry, pulse, storybook

Streets We Knew Together

September 13, 2019September 13, 2019 Mitchel David Ring5 Comments

I thought I could forget the day you slipped The day I lost you and so much more Truth is, there’s so many things now I want to forget It’s impossible to make it through them all.

Posted in PoemsTagged city, friendship, glory, kingdom, memory, poetry

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