D. J. Reddall

Joined June 2022

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I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.

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Just imagine, purely for fun That you are a greedy, cynical, powerful human Who believes that most “content” is just Fashionable nonsense and slick bullshit
By D. J. Reddall2 years ago in Poets
Selene Eileithyia
Every shadow is a stygian field Concealing our sins from a judging eye Leering Helios scorns weakness, revealed Insipid are our antics from on high
By D. J. Reddall2 years ago in Poets
Screening Process
Simply by virtue Of the fact that you’re human You deserve better
By D. J. Reddall2 years ago in Poets
Blind Rage
Tending my flock was I, some years ago When a ship appeared, with strange men aboard One man led the lot, and I wished to know
By D. J. Reddall2 years ago in Poets
Dawn
I could be struck blind at noon, but I will Have seen you teach music itself to dance And all of movement's secret dreams fulfill
By D. J. Reddall2 years ago in Poets
Eternal Rehearsal
Make art of the preparation of art Turn a rehearsal to a performance Of line and pigment make a living heart Ignore grim time’s obstinate remonstrance
By D. J. Reddall2 years ago in Poets
The Masquerade Ball
Masks have always been Political, because They hide—publicly
By D. J. Reddall2 years ago in Poets
The Illusion of Opacity
The misunderstood Might simply be in need of More able readers
By D. J. Reddall2 years ago in Poets
Finding Meaning
Where does meaning dwell? Beginning, middle, end; where? Endings make meaning
By D. J. Reddall2 years ago in Poets
Lethal Luxury
"In a banqueting-room with a reversible ceiling he once buried his guests in violets and other flowers, so that some were actually smothered to death, being unable to crawl out to the top." -- Scriptores Historiae Augustae, “The Life of Elagabalus,” in Historia Augusta
By D. J. Reddall2 years ago in Poets
Peerless Persephone
Daughter of Demeter and Hades’ bride To a winter wearied world, you bring spring By snow and ice have our spirits been tried;
By D. J. Reddall2 years ago in Poets
User Feedback. Top Story - March 2024.
Where is it written That we must be grateful for What we must accept?
By D. J. Reddall2 years ago in Poets