JohnsMusings's Saved Poems

It first appeared a wisp of winding darkness in the air,
A blemish in the blue of morning otherwise so fair.
I thought it was a snake arising from the forest top,
Then through the breeze it billowed like a roaring mountaintop.

 
Alarmed to see...

Young Timothy Dellman was cut at the neck
As the pirates with cutlasses boarded the deck.
The battle went poorly for HMS Fraught
For her sails were all torn and her rudder was shot.

 
Poor Timothy swam while the ship sank behind
With a flag...

The dust that lined the desert floor was cracking from the heat,
Where rats and toads were scared to go and lizards burnt their feet,
A thousand leagues from blade of grass or cloud to block the sun,
The outlaw walked relentless with a hand...