http://slow.writerscafe.org/The%20Raven%20King The original writings of author The Raven King en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1775979900 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 I was born inside a boxIn a world devoid of clocksWith one key but seven locksBelieve meEverything I've ever seenSaid I was ugly and obsceneAll my people cruel and meanBelieve meCome from nothing come from trashBe thankful you escaped the lashJump too high and you will crash.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/1424692/ I live in AmericaWhere hoodies are death shrouds And toy guns clatterIn the blood spatterAnd boys don’t reachOr they get shotAnd spend their whole livesnot reaching a lotIn this great nation This seat of democracyThis land of the free and braveyou get choked for selling smokesif your.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/1424690/ The Inheritance: in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility… http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/1383283/ celestial spirit wrapped in flesh and blood and boneonce you knew the answers to the great mysteries and somewhere inside you know them stillyour eternal spirit vibrates within your transient fleshand rebels against the labels and importance placed on mirages in the desert, on empty bottle.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/1383280/ first half of an early chapter i just wrote http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/658636/ An ode to The Game of Thrones http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/645295/ TR - Eulogy In time every sculptor will look at his hands and curse the skill that greatness demands. Every painter will curseher lack of vision.The surgeon will curse his crude incision. And today I will curse the limits of speechmy tongue too slow to show.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/641231/ Boots of red cream amble soft and sweetfleet across battlefields sprinkled with fatblack ravens with unbuckled belts, bursting with human, Consuming the brave, the yellow, the hero, the enemy, the friend.Thin Fingers. Strong and dark close around roots of leaddead dreams heavy with .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/634964/ a love poem assignment for poetry class http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/625798/ A villainelle assignment for poetry class http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/625796/ an instruction poem assignment for creative writing class http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/620297/ An assignment for a creative writing class http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/620295/ there are those in life who knowto look behind the veilthey know that there is more in life than hope for heaven and fear of hellthey poke and they prod and they stand out in the crowdtheir findings are their own tormentsto share is not allowedtheir eyes look right through you their words .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/604365/ Yet another ancient poem of mine http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/604363/ embracing the dark when others shunignoring the human choir and singing your own songwe are outcast chi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/604362/ One of my old poems I happened to stumble across. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/604360/ Thor is in construction nowOdin's doing fineChasing ambulances paysbetter than the crimesOsiris is a stand up comic morbid bitter funnyAnubis is a stock broker"I get more for your money"Zeus a local aldermancorrupt as day is longSomeday he might be president if he stops thinking with his donguseless.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/594523/ Elorah, stilllonged for that companionship.  She desired children to live upon her surface and delight her.  They would not be mere animals. They wouldnot be mere servants. They would be in her image. They would be intelligent,sentient, and capable of thought and feeling and .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/593983/ hallowed ground hallowed groundthe beasts come here to praysacred earth sacred earththe children come and playmake-a pi-le make-a pi-lethey all chant as onethe branch drips dewthe moon drips new the earth drips you make-a pi-le make-a pi-lered and brown and goldgather up the sc.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/593139/ She began experimenting by imitating each life form in turn. Each brought theirown unique sensations and perspective. She found it invigorating and exciting.She did not become the life form so completely that she forgot herself, but shecame to understand each one in turn, and in so.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/591484/ To help in hermany works Elorah created dragons. They were her servants and tied to theelements. Each dragon could control and manipulate the element of its kind. Thisbecame their strength as well as their weakness. As Elorah observedthe workings and interactions of life.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/591010/  She brought forthbasic creatures, primal building blocks of life and she moved up through thecomplexity of structure and function. Each new creation was linked to her. Shecould sense their life force and they in turn could sense hers. She was slowlybuilding a family, surrou.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/590313/  …sadness came over her in a wave of loneliness. She was alone. She knew of no other like her. She stretched her consciousness outward, trying to feel for others like her, and while she felt the presence of other orbs, none replied with any sentient thought. She drew back with.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/587028/ http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/587026/ Dark High Fantasy http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/587024/ Strambotto Romagnuolo poetic form for the Poetry in-FORM-ation Challenge http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/560314/ Epileptic orgasms are all I recallof the lying girl locked in the closetNever had I run so swiftly to a cliffs edgeNever had I veered away with such deftness My spine aligned with the cold metal of the dense anvilas a hammer caved my chest and stomach inAll my parts mixed with eac.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/548390/  She shined her light down on meI looked up at her She was full and rounda perfect circleHer scarred cratered surface like a tattoo of a bird's headI imagine a Raven's head for Ravensand I are fond of each otherHer silver light radiatesa cleansing aurawashing the world off my soulShe is magic.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/515415/ Seems I'm in love again http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/491085/ A Metal song in homage to the Greatest Shakesperean Villian of All Time. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/474490/  Do the mad know they are mad? Do they feel a slow slip into insanityor is it immediate?  I think it is a slow thing. Nothing immediately noticeable,slight changes in how you see things,slight changes in behavior, dress, attitudes, social interactions,reality.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/473676/ Hope is the most vulgar of all four letter wordsOnly in the most dire of situatuations is it utteredThe Jews of Germany had HopeThe men and Women burned aive as witches had HopeChildren being molested and abused have Hope Hope is the last refuge of the hopelessIt's were you t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/456281/ A vivid dream of from the mind of Alex (DeLarge) of Alex (ander the Great). http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/455471/ My soul mate is the sweetest thingshe always holds me tightshe keeps the nightmares far awayand brings me to the lightshe whispers softly in my earand gives my cheek a peckand then she scratches up my backand bites into my neck My soul mate is a wicked thingshe smokes a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/447724/ my pain is so little and not to be noticedagain I sit with my back bent over pen and papertrying to contemplate my way out of my paper bag fatebut contemplation is just a reflection of lifeand all I do is scratch the mirrormy solitude is a godand I am notWhat can I do against one so gr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/447717/ This is a quick poem I wrote for a dear friend who is an avid activist and is having her first child. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/437570/ She spit when she talked like some drugged oraclespouting riddle riddled prophesiesshe was a woman with more opinions than senseand she obviously learned to breathe and talk simultaneously The club was hot or I was hot from the tequilaShe was hot tooand her slurred but rapid fire .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/437564/ When walking in a field one day I found a man half deadand the condition of his beaten body filled my mind with dreadHis face was red and swollen his lips were split and bloodyHis clothes no longer a color were filthy and foul and muddyHis limbs were wracked with pain splayed across the gr.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/434905/ Her hair was all fire and bloodHer eyes like an ivy covered ruinin appearance and demeanorI stumbled upon her like Actaeon upon ArtemisAnd like the goddess she made of me what she fanciedThough it was not she that cut the thread of my lifeIt is certai.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/434903/ Daddy http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/434902/ Life observations and conclusions...so far http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/434897/ A Blue's song http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/434751/ Metal or Rock Lyrics http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/434750/ You and I go together likeSoft flesh and sharp razorsrunning and cliffsbare feet and hot coalseight year olds and loaded gunsso what are you afraid of honeywhat can possibly go wrongDon't you wanna outrun this ravenous lionjump over this volcanopunch this grizzly in his hone.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/434737/ Hope has lost its youthful gaiteternal spring departed Once it would paceeager on the side stagewaiting for that damnedPrima Donna, Despair, to fall ill But now Hope is a pessimistIt leans against the brick wallin the back alley of the opera housetugging nicoti.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/434736/ she waivers in my mindmy own personal mirageshifting sandi need sea legs for this dancei've looked forthat mischevious smilehiding imperfectly perfect teethand large soul sucking eyesfor so longI can't live for dreams forevergive me something realhips to caressa mouth to ki.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/434734/ Truth!Truth pours from my hands!These thin scarred fingersThese brittle jagged nailsThese cuts and burnson my palms...TRUTH! If it is your soul you wish to seeI will sculpt it in stoneCarve it from woodMold it from waxDress it in eagle's feathersforge it in fire&nb.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/434733/ My blood and bone is not my ownMy soul a gift for youMy heart and mind were never mineNo goals here to pursueI need to bleed to make you smileI'll never let you downand when dark waters beg for you I'll be the one to drownSo never fear and never cryI'll give all of your dreams li.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/434732/ An oracle is the most unlucky of all creatures to walk across the earthNo one will ever be as misunderstood, ridiculed, or lonelyNo one welcomes death like the oracleEvery one strives for purposefor without it we are babes in a dark forestlost and blindAs for oracles they do have pur.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/434731/ I am tired of the misery of the beautiful and giftedsave your rants and world observationstales of your cruel cruel life I've heard them all before and if I hear them again I will mouth them as you speak them and where would that put us my dearest friendsMy intellectuals, my artists, my de.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/The-Raven-King/434730/