Land of The Dead, the poetry...

By Gadralneure

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The end? The beginning? The great drama, the great conflict. It is the culmination of our lives, it is the de... More

Introduction (Kingdom of Ice, Canto #10)
Eruption, a haiku chain
The Inquisitor
Scott of the Antarctic (Robert Falcon Scott)
Celtic Dreams
Ragnarök
The Climber
For Edith Metzget
The Death-Song of John Wilkes Booth
The Monk Who Smiled
Glory, a sestina
A Bullet Came A Calling
The Ballad of Auguste Ciparis
The Death of Galahad
Kingdom of Ice, Canto #3
Kingdom of Ice, Canto #4
Minotaur
Beyond the Great Below
The Crusader
The Execution of Anne Boleyn
The Slow Death of Dutch Schultz
The Death of Medusa
I Am the Tin-man (a cyberpoem)
Journey to the Land of Darkness
Shiloh
Cowboy Blues
A Pirate's Feast (a song)
The Hell of the Blue Lotus
The Hanging Tree
Banshee
A Farewell from the Poet

The Hanging Man

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By Gadralneure

They call me "Stretch",
it makes me laugh,
for I am known
as Death's Giraffe.

I tie and check
my rope each day,
so it won't snap
when death jigs play.

It matters not what sex you are,
what class,
what race,
what guiding star.
You'll dance
your final dance real soon,
beneath the fickle crescent moon.

I feel no bitterness towards man,
no disappointment in God's plan.
I am my work,
that's who I am.
I'm Deaths Giraffe,
the Hanging Man.

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