Pre code poetry.. huh what? Grab a beer, sit, we'll chat and play bongos 1 1

[Jayman]

Very nice Pat!

This thread has been out of commission for far too long!

[retrocomics]

Agreed! Great job, Pat. Also, a big get well soon to one of our contest champs, Porcupine. Hope he gets back to us soon! If anyone has any interest in another contest please let me know.

[frozentundraguy]

Excellent sir Pat!

 

Good to see most of the "regulars" assembled. Best wishes to the porcupine, hope he's back slinging quills shortly.

[retrocomics]

 

It's oh so quite

 

 

It's oh so quite

No need to fight

No need to riot

 

The time has come

No need to run

Soon it will be done

 

Heads crane towards the sky

Watching the fireball fly

Clasping of hands replace goodbye

 

No birds in flight

No time to make things right

The orb gets ever bright

 

The heat tears in

The melting of skin

The end begins

 

I had heard it was sang

A whimper not a bang

But it was both dear gang

 

It's oh so quite

[Jayman]

Nicely done Retro!

[Pat Calhoun]

Yeah, retro, some nice mysterioso in there…

 

And if the end of the world must come,

Cosmic blaze or bombs falling in swarms,

I will breathe my last in ecstasy --

When Miss Venus takes me in her arms.

 

[frozentundraguy]

Powerful, yet succinct!

 

 

 

The oncoming orb ignites Earths crust

setting forests ablaze it surely must

blasting viciously through the core

Earth is split and is no more.

[retrocomics]

Thanks guys! I jotted that down while on the toilet after watching These Final Hours' on Netflix! Crazy movie.

Inspiration strikes when the moment is right

While sitting on the porcelain throne of white

Wasting time while doing the deed

Plants more than just an inspirational seed!

[frozentundraguy]

 

Out of the Deeps

 

From out of the utter black voids of deep space

traveled an ancient alien seagoing race

their cargo hold full of bulging eggs

waiting to be planted among the dregs

 

Their ships fuel exhausted they could travel no more

in desperation the eggs were launched out the door

to a quadrant of space on the edge of a black hole

where they entered then shot out directly towards Sol

 

Out of the sky they appeared, and headed straight for the sea

the people were aghast and emboldened to flee

as giant red balls splashed into the ocean

they were not long inert and sprang into motion

 

Soon from neath the ocean and out of the deeps

silent slavering aliens personified the creeps

and those observers who'd caught a brief glance

from horrified ship decks now frozen in trance

 

They fed on whales, careless dolphins, and giant squid

those scaly aliens unbowed they silently slid

beneath the waves down to fathoms unknown

sowing havoc in deep trenches and leaving nary a bone

 

From the edge of the seas to stark mountains peaks

lonely vigils that endured for bleary long weeks

where the hope of man was kept faintly alive

by a foolhardy few who would now dare to dive

 

Under the waves they searched in atomic submarines

down to the depths inhabited by dreadnought baleen's

targeting those scaly beasts with unerring intent

they exploded those monsters, until all were terminally rent

[retrocomics]

Great job, Dale. It always amazes me how you weave poetry and storytelling together so fluidly. Very nice!

[frozentundraguy]

Great job, Dale. It always amazes me how you weave poetry and storytelling together so fluidly. Very nice!

 

Thanks Retro. This one was a while in the making compared to most of them that I post.

[Pat Calhoun]

 

Out of the Deeps

 

From out of the utter black voids of deep space

traveled an ancient alien seagoing race

their cargo hold full of bulging eggs

waiting to be planted among the dregs

 

Their ships fuel exhausted they could travel no more

in desperation the eggs were launched out the door

to a quadrant of space on the edge of a black hole

where they entered then shot out directly towards Sol

 

Out of the sky they appeared, and headed straight for the sea

the people were aghast and emboldened to flee

as giant red balls splashed into the ocean

they were not long inert and sprang into motion

 

Soon from neath the ocean and out of the deeps

silent slavering aliens personified the creeps

and those observers who'd caught a brief glance

from horrified ship decks now frozen in trance

 

They fed on whales, careless dolphins, and giant squid

those scaly aliens unbowed they silently slid

beneath the waves down to fathoms unknown

sowing havoc in deep trenches and leaving nary a bone

 

From the edge of the seas to stark mountains peaks

lonely vigils that endured for bleary long weeks

where the hope of man was kept faintly alive

by a foolhardy few who would now dare to dive

 

Under the waves they searched in atomic submarines

down to the depths inhabited by dreadnought baleen's

targeting those scaly beasts with unerring intent

they exploded those monsters, until all were terminally rent

 

Some nifty narrative: the beginning 8 line trip from deep space to Earth is particularly enjoyable. Bravo!

[Jayman]

From out of the Frozen Tundra

Comes another verse of daring and wonder!

 

Great stuff!

[frozentundraguy]

Pat & Jay, thanks for those kind words.

[Pat Calhoun]

 

 

 

[frozentundraguy]

 

 

 

Congrats, another classic verse sir Pat.

 

 

[porcupine48]

[retrocomics]

Thanks for the bump! 

Here's yours from the sales thread 

Brought to you by Mr Porcupine 

cold yet hot

shaky shivery too

I need a hit to fix

this junky jonesing flu

my will is a shot

physical need bleeds

comes out top and bottom

hear me beg hear me

moan and plead

wave of horror

wretched abhorrent thrills

give me my horse to ride

cook me up some pills

just one more dose 

to make me well!

deliver me from this

rotten shell

[Pat Calhoun]

 

Edited June 15, 2017 by Pat Calhoun

[porcupine48]

34 minutes ago, Pat Calhoun said:

That's a Foxy jive!