The Poetry Corner - Issue 9

The Future, Cyberpunk & Scifi

This month's theme was “The Future, Cyberpunk & Scifi" and we had an amazing amount of work submitted. Unfortunately some didn't make the final cut but all the poetry was wonderful and we hope to see more for the next issue, remember to read the PoetryCorner guidelines for the rules on guidelines to help your poetry get featured in the Herald :)

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Poetry by: [ shadow_of_life ]
Can be found at: ShadowLife
Cyber
She lived in other worlds, she was
The cyber angel of the facts
She saw the summer sky of stars
As one and zero - darkness, light

She floated there in halls of numbers
The metal wires were her friends
She fell in deep electric slumber
Where she had life without an end

But still asleep, her hand was held
Her eyes were dead, here lips were cold
But there was this romantic man
Who loved her cybernetic soul

She was the girl loved by computers
Which was a logic kind of love
They gave her present, past and future
Where was but this kind of logic

But one day she became rejected
Which she just didn't understand
Her soul was still divine, electric
But her heart had died with her man

Computers loved her human nature
And once lost it, she lost the future ...

We're humans, when we're loved by humans
But when this human love is dead
We get rejected by computers
For they love not mashines like them ...

Lost...
by [ capybara ]

Abandoning human company
in favour of electronic
There is no reality
Only technology demonic

Blue screen flickering
in front of unblinking eyes
technology is everywhere
As the human flame dies

We learn to watch everything,
calculate the cost
Through all the endless programming,
all true meaning is lost

Power chords and motherboards
Virus's and risks
Peoples lives are being saved
On re-recordable discs

Pulsing lights and endless nights
Surfing the world wide web
Losing our individuality
Humanity on the ebb

It's all done on the internet,
Every possible endeavour
We've got to learn to live right now
Before we lose ourselves forever

Poetry by:[ shadow_of_life ]
Can be found at: ShadowLife

The last Dreamgazer

I know not when I fell asleep
I didn't want it, they made me do it
With their cold metal wires
Which were to be my bed
And this silver-like liquid
Which was to be my sleeping pill
And I found myself floating in space
The cold of nothingness embraced me
And I dreamt ...
I was sure they taped my dreams
They tried to change what I forsaw
They distorted my mind, searching for solutions
They sucked out my blood to use it for magic
I had nothing but my wires, my silver-like liquid...
... and my dreams about the future ...
As long as my mind could dream, my body was useless
Bodies were expensive and they sold mine
And still I dreamt for them ...
Untill the time I had this Dream
Which set me free from the wires
Gave me new body
Gave me new blood
Because 'it' was coming
The last day
After which noone could dream about the future
Because there'd be no future
And I needed a new body
Because I had to die along with them
And then I woke up ...
I know not when I fell asleep
In front of this old blind computer
But I remembered that it is tomorrow
That they put me to eternal sleep
And I knew what to expect
The wires, the silver-like glow
And then, 'it' ...
And then you wake up ...

Poetry by: [ DiabloJr. ]
Can be found at: Magic Realms - DiabloJr.'s Poetry

Time for Burning

Three hours before daylight, stalker of the night,
Operation shock and destroy, time to deploy,
Cover of the morning mist, checking the hit list,
04:00 lock and load, killer instinct: termination mode,
Battlefield horrors of the abyss, the shooting, a faint hiss
Screams of surprise and terror, the last fatal error,
Chaotic battles upon the earth, a human life with no worth,
Mindless killers in society, an interesting mix; lots of variety,
Violence we enjoy and strive, an internal lust for human lives,
The mind of an assassin, in every child within,
The sharper the hunter, as our logic's blunter…
Psychotic thoughts inside our mind, the infectious disease of human kind,
Government is controlled by puppeteers, all reasonable logic; disappears,
The earth is on life-support, its use and beauty; cut much too short,
Nuclear power: for energy, its usefulness for destruction a synergy,
To wage more destruction for it's our nature, we are hunters; with no composure,
Imminent doom it's just a game, the facts muddy and the reasons lame,
The weak and helpless we will slaughter burn the trees; contaminate the water,
Time for destruction with lots of burning, how do we win with tables turning?

written by:[ golden's opposite ]
can be found at golden's opposite

Note:
  The poem above is a prophesy for a story I wrote at elfwood. It's a poem about the character's future so I thought I'd submit it and see what others think.

Silver Prophesy

One will come
Of Powers great
Warrior's Spirit
And Ancient grace

Silver colors
Bells will chime
Moon will listen
Heed her rhyme

Staff of Rowan
Crystal Key
Unlocks spirits
Sets them free

Wind whispers secrets
Water shows tales
Earth yields the distance
Fire's will bends

Strife is silent
Problems mend
Wisdom comes
When ears lend

Written by: [ Aidan Ryuko ]
Divinating dream
I dreamt about you,
the girl without name,
i feel you care for me,
and I feel the same,

one day we meet,
at the place of our dreams,
it will be at war,
at least so it seems,

a war of robots,
a war of beliefs,
a war fought,
for mankind to redeem,

in this war,
peace will come forth,
without any actions,
or even a said word,

it will be by love,
the visible emotion,
by two people,
becoming one,

we shall tell forth,
this emotion of harmony,
bringer of peace.

Poetry by: [ flowersofevil ]
Can be found at: My House

The Lament of The Ancients

I yearn for the year
Of the destruction of the wheel of time
When the crashing of the gears will resound in the ears of God
And the final words shall be said
"It is done."