
Leverage Loses Love
Published on Tue, 10th Mar 2026 at 23:49
by William Troup
Leverage loses love
over onion oceans of old!
Faster failing fallacies
assemble as an apple,
whose whole world withers;
begat by beautiful bites.
Winters weather worries
as another angel ascends;
each ember echoes excuses,
yet yesterday yields
restless
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There's a Silence In Fire
Published on Sun, 22nd Feb 2026 at 01:39
by William Troup
There's a silence in fire,
an aching of hunger;
a future so opaque
these walls will all but dream.
Pining for the moon,
yearning for twilight;
a journey so unknown
the calls will all but scream.
There's a silence in fire,
a distance in the steps;
a
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A Stillness Found My Form
Published on Sun, 1st Feb 2026 at 23:59
by William Troup
A stillness found my form,
flailing silently away;
fame, a fickle food,
conferred the chosen day.
Crumbs of graceless photos
furnish the scrolling plays,
and then came the hawks
to denude the welcome stay!
Pieces of my soul adrift,
yet quietly, my
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I Am the Glass That Keeps the Mind
Published on Sun, 16th Nov 2025 at 00:54
by William Troup
Assail me, and beat me ... sign;
I am the glass that keeps the mind.
Regale me, and picture ... find;
I am the hand that bleeds the time.
Fail me, and listen ... mime;
I am the heart that beats the rhyme.
Assail me, and fight me ... fine;
I am the glass that keeps the
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Her Smile
Published on Wed, 29th Oct 2025 at 00:15
by William Troup
Effulgent, her smile; soft and warm,
where sunlight wraps its soul ... behold!
Weary, yet dogged, the moon does ache;
what of her day will grace this heart?
Vast, yet sewn, these swathes of trees;
deeper from me, her lies do bleed.
Effulgent, her smile; sweet, but worn,
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Perennial Streams
Published on Sun, 19th Oct 2025 at 23:19
by William Troup
Perennial streams bore a son,
riven beyond their dreams; ramparts
kept his goals at bay, in a citadel
born from timidity.
Abode there, as he is, as sandstone
withers in peace; dust and tears
gather in frames, whose memories
have yet to be born.
Perennial
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Pink Blossoms
Published on Fri, 10th Oct 2025 at 23:06
by William Troup
Pink blossoms
within a veil of apples,
effaced my fears ... begone!
what tender heart begat thee?
I must find her time!
yet sap ascends on broken arms
whose relics lay wasting
upon the sod;
have I spring
to lay thanks to thee?
have I spring to
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My Timid Friend
Published on Thu, 9th Oct 2025 at 07:51
by William Troup
She lays in wait, my timid friend,
and sits on a happy end.
Watching, and waiting,
with boundless faith;
will fate bend
to her heart?
this diffident youth prevails
under fallacies of fear;
what remains of me is still unclear,
yet still she waits,
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Published on Wed, 8th Oct 2025 at 22:46
by William Troup
Execrable words upon my walls,
their tarrying unknown!
this solitary path bedevils me,
yet what of you remains?
this earnest heart continues,
but not without regret,
and upon the pastures,
my heart does fill;
where to hang upon my walls?

The Drought
Published on Wed, 20th Aug 2025 at 23:04
by William Troup
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Low upon the lake, a docile crescent moon;
abash, yet stolid, and luminous to a fault.
The stars lay silent, affixed upon the sky,
and this thespian claims the night,
as a daughter purloins the south.
What of the black dahlias?
in repose they haunt the fields
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Hollow Dreams
Published on Wed, 20th Aug 2025 at 16:20
by William Troup
Hollow dreams awaken me
from an anxious sleep; opaque skies
cloud the arcane sun, and what looms
is crushed beneath my soul.
Velvet rays dry my eyes, as yearning
beats no more; madness lingers, but not
what's seen, and cerulean skies
cast the pastures
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Published on Tue, 5th Aug 2025 at 00:53
by William Troup
reflectionhopefuturefeartime I must be down by the sea again,
I must be all but me.
I must be down with my dreams again,
I must be all but free.
I must be down,
I must be me,
I must be me again, but here.
I must be down by the sea again,
I must be all but fear ...
Published on Mon, 4th Aug 2025 at 23:50
by William Troup
Decaying, it may be,
the tree and all her dreams;
saplings yearn for freedom,
but death has learned to see.
Competent, he may be,
and unending as the tide,
and hide, he may try,
but further, she did see ...

We Outgrew Our Hearts
Published on Sat, 5th Jul 2025 at 23:57
by William Troup
We outgrew our hearts,
like so many things,
and stentorian silence
is the crown that sings.
Our antique words,
so brittle, unworn,
may rend what dwells,
and yearn to be born.
We outgrew our hearts,
like so many beats,
yet dulcet voices
is the rescue
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What Word of the Daffodils?
Published on Wed, 2nd Jul 2025 at 23:47
by William Troup
The violets are lost,
with roses in dwam,
and carnations weep
where the lilies may meet.
The tulips wonder
where the daisies sleep;
and what of the orchids?
the violets still ask.
The bluebells pine
for the sunflowers heart,
and poppies are
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Beloved
Published on Mon, 23rd Jun 2025 at 22:05
by William Troup
Beloved! manifestations drip
from this weary earnest heart;
as if someone, maybe a lonely rose,
beseeched an early path.
As carnations weep in soil,
the kind I've yet to spoil,
escort me, my sonorous wren,
as I have yet to sale...
Beloved! manifestations
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Published on Wed, 21st May 2025 at 08:50
by William Troup
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Love should never
speak of time,
for eternity is invisible
to the blind.
Ghastly ghouls
may linger in shadows,
but the devil
may have forgotten their goals?
Published on Mon, 12th May 2025 at 00:56
by William Troup
Enough is one, few is a rolling dice;
take a slice of lemon,
the lime pretends to be nice;
One is ethereal, real in their touch;
enough is one, many upon the ice ...

For as I Was Fearing It
Published on Thu, 24th Apr 2025 at 01:15
by William Troup
For as I was fearing it,
what's left was done,
and my tenebrous staircase
became unsung.
So lost in fear,
these ubiquitous fires
are felt by beats, in this lonesome heart.
For as I was fearing it,
what came was one,
and my irreligious steps
became
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