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This is an old collaborations I wrote with Ink Empress, back in July 2023.

Ink had lost her previous account on Instagram, because of jealous haters.

This was her comeback poem, after taking a break from writing.  Sorely missed in the virtual poetry world.

 

 

 

"You can never kill a poet, their words are engraved for eternity." Silent One
To the one who personifies my poetic heartbeats, every time you abandon me, silence is my nemesis. I'm like an inkless quill reciting a chorus of sorrow, but my analogy of tears appears invisible, in an anthology with a misconceived vocabulary, hidden behind false colours on a blank canvas. I'm seeking sentimental rainbows in cloudy skies, but all I see are a spectrum of rays on shattered shards. In this pit of pity, I tell the wind to bless me with air, before I suffocate, surrounded by lonely spirits. I've explored every metaphor in this portfolio of poetry, but I've become an innocent hostage to twilight's demise, hoping the moon will remember me in its light and if constellational flowers will inspire my words to blossom once more to portray a portrait of porcelain verses, before dusks rose and gold prelude to sunset. I'm lost in a nocturnal nightingale's melancholy reflecting the demise of a forgotten butterfly, drowning in melodies of past seashell whispers, where we were once like ripples on waves of nirvana. We once floated like wild dandelion florets, lost in a meadow of sunflowers, like immortal flames in a mortal mind, but since the death of dahlias, you summoned winter's garden and I've been left with rows of thorns and thistles. But even in the devastation of these crescent times when dusty dreams are lost within a summer haze of scorching fears, whilst hawks soar above with their serpentine eyes, I'll keep carving synthetic smiles ignoring illuminated lies across an endless ocean of monochromatic planktons. I'll always be a humble poet with a homesick heart, swathed in bleached calendula, longing for a legacy of love, where polished words resemble spilled sunsets and soulful sonnets, engraved in letters that sparkle like fireflies. In virtual emancipation I tumbled upon your forgotten promises glowing like crystals. I heard your silent roar in a crumbling fortress, waltzing in the wisps of cedar moors. You were absorbed in leaving sandcastles behind, upon white beaches embalmed in crimson hues, so, why must I follow your shadows etched in silver mist? I'll sacrifice my happiness, soothing the scars of your heart, if you would remember our sepia peach romance that destiny has forsaken. Perhaps, between the ruined music of starlight and silence, this poetic secrecy flows to the rhythm of unspoken truth. Maybe this is the last tango with the Grim Reaper, as I'm tired from dancing on fire. A life not lived only offers a fragile freedom, in this seraphine and whipped moonlight. My shattered heart reflects the moon, as you illuminate like the last lighthouse - guiding me in this eternal eclipse of cautious chaos.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2024




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Date: 2/1/2025 3:17:00 PM
What a beautiful and amazing collaboration. "Maybe this is the last tango with the Grim Reaper, as I'm tired from dancing on fire." A beautiful imagery on a tango dance with a reaper. Feels like a last dance to ones death. A cool breeze before a spike or the cheer before a fall.. great.
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Date: 12/4/2024 4:10:00 AM
What a brilliant collaboration. I have no words! You and Inky are like moon and star --perfectly blended when collaborating. Stay creative. ^__^ JCB
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Date: 11/19/2024 10:26:00 AM
Silent, beautiful, excellent !
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Date: 11/13/2024 5:30:00 AM
Wow what a wonderful collaboration with Ink Empress whilst she was on Instagram last year, Jealousy is a virus, and I'm so sorry that happened to her. I applaud you both. Blessings to both you Silent One and to Ink Empress. Jennifer.
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Silent One
Date: 11/13/2024 10:24:00 PM
Thank Jennifer. Not sure if you saw my reply to your comment on another poem, but i can't access your soupmail
Date: 11/10/2024 4:06:00 AM
Jealous haters over poetry, aren't words so powerful. Great colab, and going from strength to strength.
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Date: 10/31/2024 1:23:00 PM
SO and IE, it's hard to know what will remain after we depart. However, this expression of emotion is creating an internal smile inside my head. It's some kind of a strange happiness shot. I like the "...last lighthouse guiding..." Both of you are phenomenal poets who operate on a higher plane than many of us (particularly yours truly). I am just thrilled that I can appreciate you two and that I can have the opportunity to praise you!
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Date: 10/27/2024 1:22:00 AM
A seamless collaboration, SO and IE:) awesome work:)
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Date: 10/25/2024 4:00:00 PM
"you illuminate like the last lighthouse - guiding me in this eternal eclipse of cautious chaos" what an ending! You both did well together... beautiful writing
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Date: 10/24/2024 6:34:00 PM
A dreamy and lovely collaboration, by two fantastic writers-Silent One and Ink Empress! I love both the poem, and the awesome quote. I'm so happy that Ink Empress is with us. I enjoy her poetry more than I can say. :)
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Date: 10/24/2024 10:50:00 AM
The dynamic duo of poetic artistry strikes in a legendary poem, SO! What an amazing collaboration birthing a majestic and magnificent result! The images are crisp and fresh. Each line leaves me in breathless awe of "serpentine eyes," "crystals," "tangos," and "porcelain verses." Superb imagery and delightful alliteration! Thank you, SO, for this poetic gift written in exquisite ink! Sending you blessings. Inspiring, indeed!
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Date: 10/24/2024 8:03:00 AM
"Perhaps, between the ruined music of starlight and silence, this poetic secrecy flows to the rhythm of unspoken truth.", Great collaboration Ink and Silent
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Date: 10/24/2024 5:17:00 AM
Wow.... a wonderful collaboration. Each time you wield your quill, you both create magic with every stroke. Two poet masters with exceptional writing skills when come together, wonders happen. Your use of metaphors, alliterations and all sorts of poetic techniques keep your poems at a level higher. "I'm seeking sentimental rainbows in cloudy skies, but all I see are a spectrum of rays on shattered shards." Unfortunately each of your poem is a lament, a soulful cry of love's despair. But both of you are literary alchemists changing words into shimmering gold. So no fraudsters can kill your poems or blot out the light they shed. Congratulations to you both dear Silent One and Ink Empress
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Date: 10/23/2024 3:20:00 PM
We once floated like wild dandelion florets, lost in a meadow of sunflowers, like immortal flames in a mortal mind… Maybe this is the last tango with the Grim Reaper, as I'm tired from dancing on fire…emotive writing!
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Date: 10/23/2024 2:30:00 PM
wow that is truly amazing, you are both such brilliant writers, they always seem to pick on the talented ones don't they. I'm glad she's back, and they didn't win, nicely penned S, way to go Ink, xo
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Date: 10/23/2024 1:02:00 PM
I can't really tell where one poet begins and ends and then the next takes up pen. You are so close in writing style to each other. Were the bolded parts meant to signify just your own writing, Silent One? Beautiful work, both of you.
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Silent One
Date: 10/23/2024 1:05:00 PM
No, they were not.... Thank you
Date: 10/23/2024 11:02:00 AM
nice collaboration poe.
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Date: 10/23/2024 5:58:00 AM
A great collaboration and I do remember this poem well from last year. You write so well together, seamlessly as they say. A great poem to resurrect, as it was well worth another read...Hugs
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Date: 10/23/2024 2:51:00 AM
beautiful symphony.
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Date: 10/23/2024 1:21:00 AM
There are many beautiful thought provoking lines but I love this, “ We once floated like wild dandelion florets, lost in a meadow of sunflowers, like immortal flames in a mortal mind,” This is brilliant Silent One! Potw perhaps?
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Silent One
Date: 10/23/2024 1:04:00 PM
Thank you Karen.. I dont get POTW anymore.. I asked admin not to give it to me...
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Silent One
Date: 10/23/2024 12:41:00 PM
Thank you Karen.. I dont get POTW anymore.. I asked admin not to give it to me...
Date: 10/22/2024 11:12:00 PM
Don't know about killing poets, but poetry is eternal from beginning of time to forever after. Creation is the nascent poetic act. Gonna be POTD??? ;o))
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Silent One
Date: 10/23/2024 12:41:00 PM
Naah... you dont get it twice in few days....
Date: 10/22/2024 4:27:00 PM
this grating sense of temporary loss of a friend is conveyed in a most devastating parlay of jagged emotions, almost catatonic in collab mood if I may say...a poetic feast!
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Date: 10/22/2024 2:10:00 PM
What a wonderful collaboration between the two of you. "Love It" Yes, a poet can die but their words will live on forever. One can Not kill a poets words. You both are Amazing Writers. We should Never give up in life or in writing. Write On..... Be blessed as you write away for your readers..............
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Date: 10/22/2024 1:06:00 PM
A beautifully written seamless collaboration SI and IE. You work well together. Sorry to hear you suffered from trolls IE, they are scum. Tom
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Date: 10/22/2024 10:55:00 AM
Silent One and Ink, this is a wonderful collaboration between two exquisite poets. Ink don’t ever let anyone put you down, you’re one of the greatest poets around. Well done both of you… Beryl
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Date: 10/22/2024 10:21:00 AM
Dear silent one, not a good day to be reminded of this, sigh reading this made me cry! Ugh! A bit senstive! And yes thank you for always encouraging me to never give up in the realm of poetry and more! You are an amazing friend and mentor and i appreciate your support and guidance! I really cant remember which ones were my lines in this! Seriously! It flows very well! I guess thats how i sound a little like you! Thank you for sharing! Its a beautiful and emotive one. I will fave this for now. Sending you light alwYz. Sorry for the short comment but in a lot of pain and yes I remember all that i went thru cus of some haters but i also appreciate the hundreds and more that appreciated me and supported me. Including you! Thank you again!
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Silent One
Date: 10/23/2024 12:39:00 PM
You dont need to apologise for a short comment.. a comment is a comment... there is no quality is a longer one... Thanks for your feedback..

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