
Death and All Her Games
Published on Tue, 27th Jan 2026 at 13:02
by William Troup
All but left is ashamed;
death and all her games
leaves life a cherished play,
in anguish ... yet decayed.
This labyrinth of time
yields plenty to enclasp;
but death and all her games
comes crawling with a tax.
All but left is ashamed;
death and all her
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Published on Tue, 27th Jan 2026 at 00:19
by William Troup
Death is sick; a silhouette sprig of life
begets a shield; what more of thee?
Drunk on blood, their sins forgiven?
ghosts shalt not see the trees.
Empty thrones forget the truce;
therein lies the innocence of youth.
Death is sick; what hand is left to play?

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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Falling Leaves
Published on Sun, 5th Oct 2025 at 23:31
by William Troup
Falling leaves
under a mundane sky;
their time will come again ...
this veil of rain becomes me,
in a maudlin sort of way,
as summer departs in triumph,
with a haven still unknown.
Fallen leaves
under good tidings feet;
their heart prevails again ...
much
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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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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?

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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