A Soul Perplexed
A soul perplexed by sin, sets out seeking answers
Traveling secret paths, through haunts so very strange
And trackless wilderness, and far beyond they range
But gurus are liars, incurious chancers
A soul perplexed by sin, feels cruelly tormented
Bound by chains of ennui, weighted down by their grief
Unable to escape, lacking any relief
Trapped by darkening thoughts, becoming demented
A soul perplexed by sin, deeper into night falls
Sinks into dark despair, a deep slough of despond
Seeks to exile itself, cast itself far beyond
Refusing to repent, ignores the angels’ calls
Originally published in VerbalArt, volume 5, issue 2 (July 2022)
All The Ugly Bugs
When you hear them talk about flowers
It’s always the beautiful ones
Sometimes a bit of exotic foliage
Never any love for the humble plants
That have a beauty less ostentatious
The beauty of nature embraced
Only the beautiful creatures get the love
Sharks get the hatred
And nobody seems to care a whit
For all the ugly bugs —
Yet what would the world be without them?
Originally published in earth love #40 (2011)
DJ Tyrer is the person behind Atlantean Publishing, editor of View From Atlantis and 5-7-5 Haiku Journal webzines, and has been published in Genre: Urban Arts, Haiku Journal, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, and Poetry Quarterly, and online with A New Ulster, Enchanted Conversation: A Fairytale Magazine, Library Love Letter magazine, morphrog, Plato’s Caves, and Poetry Pacific. The 2018 e-chapbook One Vision is available online at Tigershark Publishing.
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