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Homecoming
The frost covers my cloak and the wind bites at my face. I embarked in the Springtime on this… Endeavor. This fool’s errand. Through treacherous mountains, Creatures most foul, And men even more so. More wounds and scars than I care to count. Companions came and went. Most died. Some by misadventure, Most by my…
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Your Best Interest
We truly are your friends. There really is no need to fear. Just move about your day. There’s really nothing to see here. “Surveillance” is so harsh. Let’s call it “vigilance.” Just watching out for you. We want to keep you safe, after all. No, we’re not looking for control. Just go back to your…
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No Theme Thursday: 06.27.24
Welcome back one and all to another week of NTT. Last week’s posts were killer, so hats off to y’all! Outstanding, as always! I don’t really have a ton to say, so I’ll cut the chit chat and get down to it! Please have your entries posted by Tuesday, 07.02.24 if possible, and please pingback…
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NTT Showcase: 06.20.24 Edition
Good day, everyone! It’s time to round up all the awesome entries from this past week’s NTT! Nice to be back, and I hope everyone else is as happy as I am about it! I decided to call this a “showcase” instead of a “challenge”, because really, at the end of the day, that’s what…
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Bluesman
Play, Bluesman, play. From the smoky gin joints in sweet home Chicago. To the city limits of Austin. Or the grand stages of Montreux. Deep down in the Delta. At the crossroads. Or Memphis. Wherever you are. Make her sing. Make her cry. Play one for Stevie. For Johnny. For Albert. For B.B. For Roy.…
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Commuter’s Blues
I’m on the road, I go to work I sit in traffic like a jerk I hate the cars, the people too I feel like I am getting screwed I want to sit at home and play I have to show up every day I owe the man who cuts my check I work from…
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Lone Conqueror
In the distance, foreboding, a castle in black So far I have come, there is no turning back Through the trials and tortures, I have conquered them all As I stand at the cusp, they are destined to fall Overlords evil, spreading hatred and fear My heart’s beating faster, destination draws near Allies I found,…
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No Theme Thursday: The Return
Like a shot from a cannon! Like a bolt from the blue! Here’s your NTT weekly! It’s come back home… To YOU. So tell me…Did ya miss us? 😄 I’m kind of hoping so, to be honest. 😉 Anyhow, enough silliness. Hi, everyone. After a brief break, we’re back to resume our regularly scheduled No…
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A Chance Meeting: Face to Face
Hey all! Here’s the continuation of the story that Laura from Black Moon Lilith and I have been working on. It’s been beyond fantastic working with Laura, and I couldn’t ask for a better partner. She’s done an incredible job of making this into a fun, cohesive read! Thank you, Laura! She’s able to tolerate…
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Set Up For The Kill
Dropped me in the dark and you left me here for dead Can you please explain what was going through your head? Perfectly you set me, set me right up for the kill Tell me, was it worth it? Tell me, did you get a thrill? Didn’t see it coming and I really don’t know…
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The Reaper’s Song
Out upon the field of dreams Nothing’s ever as it seems Nothing out here makes much sense Restlessness, it won’t relent Promised treasures made of gold All I found was barren cold Out here on the empty plains A hellish acre filled with pain The wind is frigid, ripping skin Down to my soul, so…
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This Day Is Yours!
To the battle, to the fields The cause is just, we will not yield Thick with doom, such acrid smoke Hard to breathe, our lungs are choked Pressing on, and still we push Past falling trees and burning brush In our wake, destruction left Raise your sword and feel the heft With gleaming blade we…
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Stand Tall, Stand Alone
Standing tall, I stand alone Too many times cut to the bone Too quick to trust, mistake I made Deep in my back, a shiny blade Was left for dead too many times I paid for all your petty crimes In no one I can trust but me Within this knowledge I am free From…
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Pick It Up
As you walk right out the door Please pick my heart up off the floor Toss it in the corner, please Right next to all the broken dreams The dreams we had, the dreams that died It can sit next to the tears we cried The tears like not so gentle rain A few of…
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Father’s Day ’24
Amidst the pain, amidst the strife When the world has cut me like a knife Amidst the doubts, amidst the fear I am ever grateful you are here We almost lost you long ago The tears I cried you’ll never know So many nights of restless sleep So many nights I’d lay and weep So…
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Another Day
Another day down in the trenchAmidst the dirt, amidst the stenchAnother day of cursed warSleeping on an earthen floorO’er the top we go againA war that no one’s bound to winNo man’s land, no land for meWe fight for all that’s good and freeThe sound of mines, the wretched gasIt billows on down through the…
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Wolf By The River
You’re dressed up like a sheep But I can see the wolf within The tenderness displayed A veneer atop the sin You came to me a friend But you leave me as a foe You’re a river running deep Blackened water, evil flow Once I fell into this river And I very nearly drowned You…
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The Eternal War
The battlefield within my mind Where claret flows, a bitter wine I’ve fought it seems a thousand years A futile war amidst the tears I’ve known the rage and known the pain I’ve suffered ‘neath your tainted reign Through Hell and back and there again I fight the war one cannot win A fool’s crusade,…
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Sorceress Of The Night
Sorceress of the Night, you transfix me with your gaze Sorceress of the Night, how you set my heart ablaze You bewitch and you beguile, in a daze and feeling blind In the dark you’re all I think of, you confuse my mortal mind I see you in my nightmares and I see you in…
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The Wait For Freedom
You think this cage can hold me? Do you think these shackles bind? Do you think I cannot see it? Do you really think I’m blind? Your lips speak self-assurance I can see within your eyes I can see the fear you carry Filled with fear that I will rise That I will rise up…
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Drifter In Black
AKA: Ode to the Spaghetti Western As the church bells toll twelve Hush falls over the street The crowd gathers around In the hot summer heat How the hell it began No one really quite knows There’s a wind from the east As the tumbleweeds blow The drifter in black Six-gun slung at his side…
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Upon Mountain High
A darkened night on mountain high A raven’s view of Hell I’ve seen this view a thousand times Indeed I know it well I watch the battles far below They seem to never change Crusades are launched in name of love Sometimes in name of rage Some battles I have taken up Sometimes I’ve walked…
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Creator’s Lament
Another thought has come and passed Another bourbon in the glass An empty page stares at my face Mocking with it’s endless space A purest magic at the start Who knew my muse would soon depart? The gaslights flicker in the street My hidden muse I ache to meet She’s a fickle one, I’ve learned…
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Highway Parchment Blues
I’ve been on this road forever For damnation and a day It’s a road that’s too familiar And it only leads one way At a rest stop met a devil In his eyes a wicked gleam He was selling me a promise Everything of which I dreamed No downpayment he required Said we’d settle up…
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A Chance Meeting
Good day to all! I hope this post finds everyone well. I wanted to take a moment to share the above post with you all. It is a collaborative effort between myself and Laura from Black Moon Lilith. It is a fantasy tale/poem, and sort of a prologue to what may become a short story.…
The Beginning At Last 