A. Gee Where words collide

Poems

The Hunt

another day, another drake
the warriors grumble but go on
chimeric spawn of bat and snake,
we’ll hunt you till the break of dawn
your days of butchering our sheep
are at an end, we do not sleep

oh mighty warrior, don’t kill!
the last descendants of our breed
deny yourself this sordid thrill
for when you cut us, don’t we bleed?
endangered species act, rejoice!
and now it seems, you have no choice

Author notes: lc 12 https://allpoetry.com/contest/2784239-Picture-Prompt-Poetry-Contest---English-Ses-noguest

Heavy Is the Metal

the veterans of psychic wars
are terrified of bending spoons
the memories of deadly tours
the strumming of familiar tunes

the mysteries unlocked by brains
so wholly focused on the id
and interlocked, their bulging veins
the universe doing their bid

but not without a price, alas
and now the veterans do pay
mind energy converts to mass
unconscious nightmares have their way

the veteran’s staring at the spoon
as if it is a poisonous snake
and suddenly, it starts to swoon
his hands, unbound, begin to shake

not without price, those psychic wars
mind weapons, refuge of old fools
and if you listen, then of course
the end result is, the mob rules

Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2784758-Veteran-of-the-psychic-wars--song-prompt image from youtube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Metal_(film) The song... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGKNaIXtBZQ Mob Rules from same soundtrack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO6uBQJ35N0

Thunderstorm [adult]

raindrops beating on the roofs
lightning charges the night air
the dogs barking with their woofs
thunder’s giving them a scare

sleep escapes, I turn to you
lips electric blue in shade
eyes wide shut, as if you knew
the impending masquerade

quietly at first, we move
urgency soon overtakes
there is nothing left to prove
and too late to hit the brakes

lightning lights our starry end
pale blue glow invades the room
we fall back together, spent
rain will make the flowers bloom

Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2784074-Love-in-the-rain image from Unsplash

The Concubine

Who doesn't like Queen Esther?
I doubt many would best her
Beguiling bad old Xerxes
(Achashverosh in verses)
saving the people of the Book
from a corrupt and dangerous crook

some reexamine the old story
finding some parts of it too gory
applying modern morals
to old historic quarrels

what fools they be
to live, to thrive!
the moral is
the Book's alive!

be drunk and merry on her day
(that's if the Bible has its way)
and don't forget, for her parade
it's costumes and a masquerade!

Author notes: image from the NY Times https://allpoetry.com/contest/2784680-Favorite-Book-or-Character-of-the-Bible

The Aten

only a melancholy fool
whose day is turning into night
does not appreciate this jewel
and its extraordinary might

your worship once a punished cult
old Akhenaten's parting gift
with Tutankhamun's failed revolt
and your demotion, sharp and swift

but Moses likely understood
the value of the one true god
in driving his unruly brood
the Levites were his trusted squad

it's not for naught that your bright rays
continue symbolizing Him
the light you give, split our by phase
a sign for every hope and dream

the fool that said there's nothing new
under your blessed warming rays
each day you labor, that is true
but all are precious, seize all days

Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2783637---PHOTO-PROMPT---Photograph-taken-by-Robert