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Baptism

January 11, 2021January 13, 2021 Mitchel David Ring13 Comments

Over the eastern plains a storm is born, herald of the shadowed morning at the beginning of the darkest days...

Posted in PoemsTagged horror, poetry, storm, story, war, writing

After the War

December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 Mitchel David Ring4 Comments

There is one who stayed after the war behind enemy lines, walking scorched earth...

Posted in PoemsTagged poetry, searching, Stories, story, war, writing

War Past and Present

September 9, 2020September 9, 2020 Mitchel David Ring2 Comments

The wild kings live breathing as one, and the final escape seems unreachable...

Posted in PoemsTagged broken, hellfire, poetry, war, welcome, writing

Dogs of War

September 6, 2020September 5, 2020 Mitchel David Ring3 Comments

We found no peace under a broken sky...

Posted in PoemsTagged home, poetry, war, writing

After the Wave

September 3, 2020September 2, 2020 Mitchel David Ring6 Comments

After the wave broke and rolled back we came to the beach to see what had washed ashore...

Posted in PoemsTagged broken, desert, poetry, story, war, writing

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

Empire of the Sky

March 12, 2020March 11, 2020 Mitchel David Ring10 Comments

When the sky fell it swallowed me and spit me out into a rugged world where the hills are painted the color of broken bones...

Posted in PoemsTagged adventure, fantasy, poetry, rugged, war, writing

Something More Beautiful

March 4, 2020March 4, 2020 Mitchel David Ring6 Comments

I was walking in the street when the first bombs fell. The sky became ash and fire. Explosions turned into screams which turned into sirens which became all a maelstrom of noise...

Posted in PoemsTagged beauty, discover, flash fiction, short story, war, writing

The Burden of the Sky

February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 Mitchel David Ring2 Comments

A low droning cry cuts through the morning still silence shattered by the call to prayer...

Posted in PoemsTagged desert, faith, morning, poetry, war, writing

This Mournful Day

February 20, 2020February 19, 2020 Mitchel David Ring14 Comments

Out of the morning comes screaming light columns of fire fallen upon an empty land aching to consume, desperate for absolution...

Posted in PoemsTagged harvest, kingdom, music, poetry, war, writing

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

Send Out Your Thousands

October 20, 2019October 20, 2019 Mitchel David Ring7 Comments

Send out your thousands to tear the world apart Bring down fire from above and blur the front lines Erased as they’re drawn in shifting sands So that tomorrow might seem different from today

Posted in PoemsTagged desert, message, poetry, sand, tomorrow, war

Fire in the Sky

July 28, 2019July 27, 2019 Mitchel David RingLeave a comment

A mind lost beneath fire in the sky Stands ready to rave against the coming The stars drone and fall to Earth And the moon cannot bear to watch

Posted in PoemsTagged Earth, fire, home, poetry, stars, war
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