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Twisted tongue

Ryan Blackborough 1984 (Adelaide)

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Melancholy melody of mania and madness.
Ceaseless Swan song a symphony of sadness.
Counter to composure comes cacophony of chorus.
Oscillating operatic overture of Opus.

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Submitted by RyanBlackborough on April 08, 2024

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Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 169
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Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
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Ryan Blackborough

For years he lived in a secret government facility. One day they found him and were like "what the fuck are you doing here?", and they shot him. Now he wanders the earth as a ghost, a poet ghost (not a ghost writer, he's way cooler than that). For some reason he can wear hats but if he walks through a wall or something (not like tables or small stuff) the hat falls off. He's lost a lot of nice hats. more…

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  • daddymagic
    daddymagic
    I can hear the negative words and boredom driving one to madness and I can almost feel your grief. I'm glad that you listen to music to quiet the voices
    LikeReply 126 days ago
    • RyanBlackborough
      RyanBlackborough
      I'm glad you felt something from it. Music is always there and has helped me a lot. My poetry style is probably more lyrical because of the influence music has had on me.
      LikeReply24 days ago
  • Abbykesington
    Abbykesington
    "Melancholy melody of mania and madness" are very strong words to express the complexities of human emotion. You make me see how unexplained sadness can feel like a melody that dances between the realms of mania and madness 
    LikeReply 129 days ago
    • RyanBlackborough
      RyanBlackborough
      that is a really good way to describe it. It's a rather frenetic transition. I'll be content, then out of nowhere a sudden low engulfs me.
      LikeReply29 days ago

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