Category: poems

December 27, 2019 / Curses

A Song Of The Blighted Branch

“We stand now together, a forest of trees struggling in the darkness and shadow cast…

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December 25, 2019 / I assert reality

The Past Is Not What It Was

(An excerpt from my Steampunk Rock Opera, “Absinthe Heroes”. It begins with a dialogue between…

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December 3, 2019 / dark lord

Dungeon Doggerel

Plausible Deniability (An Apology For Non-Accountability in Fantasy Poetry) There’s something about us fantasy writers…

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November 26, 2019 / I assert reality

Time To Wind The Moon

And now, it’s dusk And time to wind the moon! Time to ignite the filaments…

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November 25, 2019 / Jeff's Writing

Minion Mentations

Who has to do all the dirtiest deeds? The minions! The minions! Who’s often forgotten…

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November 19, 2019 / I assert reality

The Tin Man’s Lament

I’m sure that someone out there is well-acquainted with the details of the love affair…

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November 7, 2019 / I assert reality

The Monster Beneath

Such horrible things live under the bed (Keep handy that funeral wreath) But I am…

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November 5, 2019 / dark lord

A Villainly Alphabet

(This is from my other book, “The Big Bad Wolf’s Villainly Alphabet“. But that’s a…

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November 2, 2019 / Jeff's Writing

In Praise Of Unspeakable Insanities

Now of my never-been home I sing; Ah, how I miss you, Plains of Leng…

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November 1, 2019 / Jeff's Writing

A Halloween Monster Mash-Up

(On October 30th, my Twitter account, @darklordjournal, posted unto the world the following boast: https://twitter.com/darklordjournal/status/1189397497439047685:…

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