Rudolph Lingens

Joined May 2022

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A Quietude That Whispers. Runner-Up in Frosted Verse Challenge.
I wake to the calm of a silver-lit dawn A quietude that whispers, “The past is gone” The trees now glimmer In the first light of morn
By Rudolph Lingensabout a year ago in Poets
Drone Eyes in the Sky
Silent shadows drift Metal wings slice the grey dawn Watchful, unblinking
By Rudolph Lingensabout a year ago in Poets
Silver Iodide. Runner-Up Sky-ku Challenge.
Silver threads unfurl, rain coaxed from whispering skies, thirsty earth sighs, full?
By Rudolph Lingensabout a year ago in Poets
Holodomor
Scarred mothers remember babies dying in their arms, Innocence ethnically cleansed, an engineered famine – the weapon of mass destruction
By Rudolph Lingensabout a year ago in Poets
Facing Your Own Mortality Alone
Sometimes In facing death Life becomes clearer Every moment precious Nothing but love remains Casting aside distractions
By Rudolph Lingensabout a year ago in Poets
Lessons of a Faded Love
Shadowed thoughts whisper in my mind, In the absence of your voice, I fall behind. Loneliness wraps me, cold and tight,
By Rudolph Lingensabout a year ago in Poets
The Rise of Lazy-Boy: Nap Time's New Hero
On a day much like all the others in the bustling metropolis of Prompton, lived Larry Bumford, the laziest man around. Unlike the city's busy residents, Larry had a special gift: an unparalleled ability to be lazy. He could nap anywhere, anytime, and found ingenious ways to avoid doing anything remotely constructive.
By Rudolph Lingensabout a year ago in Fiction
The Cage You Built For Me. Content Warning.
Denial, Sadness, Confusion, Pain Realisation, Heartbreak, Pain Acceptance, Hopelessness, Pain Alone, Broken, Empty
By Rudolph Lingens2 years ago in Poets
It Hit Me Suddenly...
It hit me suddenly. A million thoughts swirling inside me, minute after minute, day after day. I’ve analysed all of my feelings, all of the events of a shared past, from every conceivable angle. Every conceivable conclusion has been reached at some point by my mind. The word "ruminating" does not do justice to this seemingly never-ending stream of consciousness.
By Rudolph Lingens2 years ago in Fiction
You Don't Need To Be Whole To Shine. Top Story - May 2024.
The waning crescent moon whispers so low, "You need not be complete to cast your light," In fragments, still you glow, still you bestow.
By Rudolph Lingens2 years ago in Poets
Once Were Lovers
Enchantment in silence, our souls intertwined, Conversations unspoken, yet deeply defined. Lost in the quiet, where emotions would peak,
By Rudolph Lingens2 years ago in Poets
Eclipsed
Every moment spent, I used to wonder, Could anything this good possibly endure? Love's tender plea, you made me promise,
By Rudolph Lingens2 years ago in Poets