I wrote a lot of poetry back during my undergrad days, but once I found that I enjoyed doing fiction more, I never picked it back up (despite filling a huge notebook with well-transcribed versions along with accompanying images). Since Steemit seems to have a thriving (and growing) poetry community, I thought I'd add a little fuel to that particular fire. I hope you enjoy :)
He beat angels
in a sacrilicious
way that told God
he was interested
more in fornication
than salvation
and then used their hair
to restring each harp
to ring discordant
at the gates,
a Symphony for Peter in D.
He stroked their wings
in derision, licked his lips
to break their faith
and started plucking feathers
one by one
as if to tempt a slow damnation.
Blood beading up on withered wings,
forgiveness fresh upon the lips,
God looked down, amused,
and restrung every harp
inciting sunshowers
and absolution
as the armada of angels
spread new sets of wings.
His hand recoiled at the vision,
eyes squinted at the sight
as the armada of angels
responded in kind.
“You are always welcomed back,
no questions will be asked.”
"Arizona"
"Lasso the Moon, George Bailey"
"Sphinx Song"
"Purgatory's Visiting Hours"
"When Atlas Shrugged"
"Christmas in Viet Nam"
"Apocalypsis"
"New Novel, Issue 2, Vol. I"
"Star God (My Final Thread)"
"The Universe is Right on Schedule"
"Absence of God & Time"
"Hale-Bopp"
"I Want Out"
"Good Morning, Creation!"
"Reflected through the Looking Glass"
"Symbiosis"
"Dream of a Dream"
"Azure Interlude"
"Hubris, My Love"
"Sin"
"So Many People, So Little Time"
"Deafening, Shameless Horror of War"
"Weary Traveler"
"Dead Poet Society"
"Untitled, 12.13.05"
"Untitled, 01.17.06"
"Untitled, 01.25.06"
"Untitled, 04.17.06"
"Tongue Painting"
"The Orator of S(kin)"
"Insert A into B"
"Mornings"
"Wake-Up Call"
"As If Hanging in Dreams on the Back of a Tiger"
"Mano Viejo (An Old Hand)"
"...And on the 8th Day"
"Choir of Anvils"
"Paris"
"Epilogue"
"Accident in C Minor"
"Scaring the Stars into Submission"
"Raising Hell in the Garden of Eden"
"The Push"
"Thong Decision"
"Kline in Love"
"Un-"
"Hollow Points, Anonymous Tips"
"Poke, Process, Repeat"
"Healthy Living"
"Natural Selection"
"Icarus"
"The Religion of Ink"
"The Chaos of Thought and Passion"
"Attempting Patience"
"Tongue-Twisted and Blistered"
"Ice Drift"
"Once Every Forever"
"Nude Unbending a Stare-Case"
"No One Smokes Here Anymore"
"First Memories"
"A Lifetime in Tijuana"
"When the World Ends"
"Deaf Market, Blind Speaker"
"The Blackout Tenor"