war of life peace of death-- poetry reply space

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[tanith88]

Like the images in both your poems

#gives little bow#

i did have one massive poetry section here a loooooong time ago lol

but there all gone #sniff#

the one in my sig is from my books (the only thing keeping me alive in ATR)

[tanith88]

Like your new poems too, love the imagery, and emotion that they evoke.

Love your signature too

changed it soz

[tanith88]

Love your last poem, you have just posted, wow!!!

#takes a bow#

Wow they are really good, have you ever tried getting published on the small poetry scene... It can lead on to other things...

here come the rest;

Death amongst Life,
Peace amongst Death


Only heroes die young of honour,
Only sage’s die old in wisdom,
All others between,
Dare Fates wrath

The eagle soars for ever more,
Its wings spanning the world,
Eternally hunting the skies,
It’s care of its seed over life

Amongst the night,
The morning dawns,
The wives fear,
The morning sky gone red

The warriors fight,
Blood would scatter,
Politics at war,
Nations scattered

In life there is only death,
In death there is only peace,
A true hero fights for country,
For death and retribution

He who lives for others,
Shall die for another,
He who lives for himself,
Dies nameless

Time amongst life
Death amongst War

Through life,
Only time shall tell,
Who rises and who falls,
Who runs and who crawls

Where the eagle soars,
The falcons dive,
And lions prowl,
Such is life

Where the sword strikes,
The arrows whisper,
And skulls shatter,
Such is death

Where the mountains fall,
The lands sink,
And oceans dry,
Such is time

Where men fall,
The lands drowned
And heroes rise,
Such is war’s cry




Peace of the Night,
Love of the Day

Amongst the forest of heather,
Sounds of the wind,
Forever sighing of relief,
In natures heaven

The mountains call,
The bagpipes echo,
The feel of merriness,
Taking over the soul

The falcons cry,
Piercing clear blue skies,
A hunter’s call,
For peace forever more

The silence of night,
Lasting an eternity,
Forbearing sages,
Born forever more

Waters forever frozen,
Lochs forever glistening,
The air stopped,
Without beginning or end

In darkness of time,
All things end,
Through the sword and the wind,
All things begin


My Unchanging Lady

An aura of grace,
A Face of love,
A body of compassion,
Forever thoughtful

Words like wine,
A laugh of the glens,
A smile of the dawn,
I shall care forever more

Soft lips,
Hungry eyes,
Smooth tongued,
A soul of life

A feral grace,
A soul poised,
The motion swung,
This way to stay

A dice of fate,
Deals made and done,
But for all this alas,
There is now only one

From ancient heights,
Where the soul becomes free,
It is there you shall see,
The soul within thee




For Times Undone

For times unchanging,
Fate unyielding,
We shall rise,
The darkness shall pass,

Cast down the false apostle,
Its name struck from history,
Soon the others shall follow,
And the veil of ignorance shall be shook off

For in times of strife,
Heroes rise and heroes fall,
People will die and people will crawl,
But ideals shall live forever more

When death, comes,
It shall strike from shadows,
At any given time,
A scythe amongst the rye

Through darkness,
Through despair,
Heroes conquer nations,
Sages conquer belief

In peace there can be no love,
In war there can be no hate,
In time there can be no relief,
In death there can be no pain





A Nation of War

United through hate,
Unconquered and undivided,
It shall stalk the bloody fields again,
The roar of the lion rampant

Risen though banishment,
It never gave up hope,
Forever knowing,
That it’s people shall take it to war again

The voice of the many over the few,
Reversed through out patriotism,
Go against a nation’s belief,
You must give them back another

Now all that quietly lays in wait,
For the moment clans rise,
Were once again it shall roar,
And freedom shall be there’s

Its banner rose proud,
For all to see clear,
It’s voiceless cry heard by all,
Its enemies wail in fear

Blood shall fall,
Cities will burn,
And nations will run,
As the heart of Scotland returns





Truth of Love

In love there can only be curiosity,
In truth there can only be pain,
First come curiosity,
Then come life

Through love we can strive,
Through truth we can conquer,
Through curiosity we can understand,
Through pain comes all that we wish

In war there can be no hate,
In peace there can be no love,
In knowledge there can be no rest,
In all that we gain we can only want more

Through truth and love,
All doors lay open,
All paths are unbarred,
And forever shall they soar

The worlds based on lies,
There foundations rotted with doubt,
Only the strongest truths will stand,
And through it they shall be immortalised

No war is forged of hate,
No peace is forged of love,
One is forged from fear,
The other… of regret




Passions of chaos

From our cries in the night,
Where fears become real,
Our souls unbarred,
Our hearts unguarded

The darkness become,
To lie of love,
Shall prove its worth,
Of being the greatest burden

So forever you shall see,
Of what you’ve done,
And what you’ve missed,
Filled with eternal remorse

Passions is the key,
To the chaos within all,
Through which all lies unbarred,
And all truths are known,

So take not rejection,
For it shall not be given,
All that you fear,
Shall become undone












Unforgiving
Dishonour

A mark like no other,
Like coal on marble,
Forever burning the soul,
Knowing they won’t be forgiven

A heart gone cold,
A soul gone bitter,
A mind gone to war,
To relieve the darkest stain of all,

Ancestral honour,
Gone with the wind,
Forever hunting,
The eternal quest,

In the darkness it shall shine,
In the light it shall shield,
In fear it comforts,
In war it gives valour,

No longer shall they crave,
No longer shall they lust,
No longer shall they rage,
No longer shall they care

Oaths disclosed,
Deals undone,
Loves forgotten,
Honour as one


Unforgiving till all time,
Hung like an iron collar,
The dishonour forever known,
But never to become fallen

To rise from shackled chains,
Casting down all that be wished,
Discarding all of the cares,
Only the quest is left

One more soul,
One more nation,
For in the end we are all,
One nation, one soul,

Where the field beckons,
Where the measure of all lies,
Unyielding in their wrath,
Honour echoing through time















Keys to the
Chaos

In the darkness there lie four,
Answers to all the riddles,
First you must know,
To then understand them,

Hate beckons all who love,
The cold show no remorse,
Love shines through all shadows,
Pain shows itself to all that share it

In pain there is hate,
In hate comes bitterness,
Through which all remorse,
For another has fallen

Those who become cold-hearted,
Are seen by all whom dare their wrath,
For they are all encompassing,
Looking to be forgiven

Bitterness shares a bed with time,
And with each passing moon it shall grow,
Until there can be no more,
And it is from then we shall know

For shadowed pools to lay,
Where oceans dry,
There shall be the world,
Forever pale and grey




Forestalled
Shadows

Where chaos breeds,
A virus uncontrolled,
Only in time shall we see,
The damage it did to the world,

No longer does time tell,
No longer does Fate know,
Only fortune shines,
For death favours the bold,

Like oil in the soul,
Blood running cold,
Where love falls,
Then we see the toll,

Like a great pyre,
Their love burns away,
Showing the night,
Within the day,

Your fears unanswered,
You dreams undone,
But death goes on,
Scything deals done,

Where hallowed halls lay,
Evergreen mass,
Hiding our past,
And trackless the ground lies


Forgiven
But unforgotten

When burdens grow,
Beyond compassion,
Where words a switched,
Like knives

In the truth of caring,
One can always forgive,
But under all souls,
We cannot forget

Night of the day,
Love of hate,
One can only embrace both,
Like lepers and gods

Where shallows drown,
And oceans dry,
It is here you shall see,
The ignorance within life

Where once grace had kissed,
Death had raped,
Roaming grasslands forever more,
Where deserts roar

Forever damning,
Forever repenting,
Forever forgiving,
Forever unforgotten

Twilight
Dawns

Where suns kiss the ground,
Where moons dance with the stars,
It is where time sleeps,
And love dawns

When suns rise from the night,
When then moon dances into the light,
Where time begins,
And wars come forth,

Where life shines,
And love grows bold,
Where the sun lines the ground,
The time of twilight

We show awe at such sights,
Which never seem to end?
Yet when they do,
It was only there for a moment

Dusk and dawn,
Short yet long,
Where it shines out,
And tears fall down

Where souls go in flight
The gads denied their right
As blood begins to flow,
So the morning dawns

Love of Death,
Hate of Fear

Where the soul ends,
Another begins,
Where one love fails,
There is no more

When truth is shown,
And hopes are shared,
And faiths become done,
Then pain is to follow

Where peace begins,
Love ends,
When wars end,
Remorse is shown

When light burns,
We retreat to darkness,
When darkness enshrouds,
We burn with passion

Where love was shown,
And peace ensured,
Only pain has grown,
Here lies the path of the misbegotten





Fallow and full

In lines drawn bold,
Through which our blood flows,
Where life is seen first hand,
Where only the sun glows,

Where lands lie barren,
Yet full of life,
A paradox of time,
But not of mine

Where soft hands touch,
In darkness it shows,
That we thought so much,
To become the souls, love grows

Whence once the blade fell,
The poppy comes,
When we see hell,
We see buttons undone

Inside hallowed halls,
It is here that we see,
Remembrance of a warriors fall,
Where all souls walk with thee

Where we see all that lies fallow,
Where we set the tool,
Is only that, which is hallowed,
To become full


In life but death

In the pain of the night,
My heart cries,
For in peace of the day,
My eternal flight,

Where your hate shows,
And time grows,
My soul breaks,
And tears flow

As like comes,
Death goes,
My soul entombed,
Forever grows bold

Where your eyes look,
Flowers blossom,
And the light of stars shines,
And my loves roars

As the falcon soars,
So does my feelings,
Pain shines,
And crimes die

Where can it end?
As it never slows,
Where can it start?
As my loves stands out of time











Falcon’s tears


Where fear rained,
And pain roared,
Where cares die,
Stoically bored

Where pain calls,
And misery soars,
To end a lifetime,
This makes the heart grow more,

Defiance by love,
Uprising from pain,
As time shows,
Happiness makes the heart grow fond

To live again,
After so many years,
To defeat the curse,
Of the falcons tears










Fur Tysé Mánuí

To times of life,
From the lands of death,
Life in reverse,
The time of rest

Where pain is naught,
And peace is always,
Where love is gold,
And hate is gone

As waters glisten,
And hills lay vast,
As silence echoes,
And love shines down

When voices cry,
Like an angels song,
Such it is to be,
Where it belongs

Where the heart soars,
And eyes pierce the clouds,
Where debts are repaid,
And the world grows rich in happiness


For this is life,
For this is love,
For this is peace,
For this is repaying fate


























Grassland and Moors

Where the sunshine flows,
Over roving grasslands,
Across heather covered moors,
Where time stops,

Standing amongst the trees,
A broad horned stag stood guard,
Its stance forever proud,
Its eyes challenging all who dare

Roaming mountains call,
Snow tops glistening bright,
Bagpipes echoing the valleys,
Making merry the souls

The eagle soaring high,
Its cry piercing shadows,
Its eyes burning bright,
Lighting the depths of the soul

Across the fields eternal,
A sea of golden light,
Watched over by clear skies,
Where ones soul walks alone

Over the hills and far away,
Where we still the beauty of nature,
Where love shines in every leaf,
And winters bite is still comforting

Where every moment is a blessing,
And every day a miracle,
From dusk till dawn,
The sun shines bright with love








Over and Under


Lightning cracks,
Thunder roars,
Time stands still,
For love is born

Pain like a dying breath,
Longing within solitude,
Awe in light of life,
Forever my heart burns

As my heart cries,
And tears flow far,
Its voice heard by all,
As the pain roars,

One kiss,
One hug,
One night,
One love















One nation, One Soul


Over the hills and far away,
Across the seas and long gone,
How can I stand to this?
One land amongst the world

Through time and space,
But my heart beats still,
Distances gone vast,
Yours forever until

No matter the time,
No matter the distance,
No matter the pain,
The love shines bright

No distance is too vast,
No time is to long,
For in the end,
Were all one nation, one soul


























Accused and betrayed


Where Love goes blind,
The heart to mind,
We see what we can’t,
Gone to return,

No matter where,
No matter how,
The truth lies hidden,
Screaming to be found

Every breath of pain,
Every beat of despair,
Brings us closer still,
Knowing the end is wrong

But closer still I see,
The truth behind me,
My life lay bare,
After which you’d done,
Accused and betrayed





Times Undone

Where time flows,
Waters glare,
As time shows,
Mountains see

Where eagles soar,
Clouded mountains whisper,
The ground sliding past,
Its cry piercing the soul,

A lone wolf standing,
Its jaws distended,
Swallowing the night,
Its lamentation bare for all to hear

The lands drenched in time,
The roars of battles done,
The cry of births came and gone,
Such makes the soul take flight


there is quite a few

[tanith88]

there is quite a few

No kidding!

Nice imagery as always and very revealing!

as you may tell i was drunk when posting this thus i posted it in the reply space

[tanith88]

I'd noticed that - just wanted to be polite and not point it out!

lol

[Dark Raivenn]

wheewww I see that I got alot of reading to do.

well comments.........



Death amongst Life,

-its is nice to see you contributing to this section.
a poem with an advice hidden between verses is unique.That is what this
one does.Nice approach. Again like pete you might want to delete the "'" after
each line since its unnecessary if you are doing a free verse.
Have the last lines in the first few stanzas be shorter and with fewer syllables for more impact.


Peace of the Night,
Love of the Day

-you managed to paint a lovely picture in my head with this one.
Try not to use the same words in each line on a stanza unless you are prepared to do that style
through all the stanzas in the entire poem



My Unchanging Lady

-I enjoyed this one alot. Nothing in it that I can see that needs improving aside from not using a
a "'" after every line

i liked this line



"Forever thoughtful

Words like wine, "




I will go and post the rest of my comments on your other works including the one posted on this reply page


Keep contributing, for all of your pieces are appreciated

#gives a bow# thats my style of writing DR i won't change my ways to fit the general belief in i merely write whatever keys my fngers hit