Devil's wrath

I'd beg your pardon, for I haven't written poems in English in a long time, having switched to Spanish (which I can hardly speak), so my 'friends' wouldn't attack me. Hope to get defogged in time.

He was enraged,

and his rage bodes ill

to the world that

causes him to kill.

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He lashed his tail

horny green with spikes

a trident with venom

to pierce whom he ikes.

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He was furious

his eyes storm and thunder

the mankind the pain in his back

to be now torn asunder.

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'Hear ye!' he yelled, 'All shall be my slave, all here who blunder.

I declare hereunder,'

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He roared, he growled

up he stood on his hair,

up he woke, he was me

asleep on the chair.

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

I enjoyed the twist at the end of your stanzas. Amusing. FIrst of yours I have read. Welcome here Namus.

Chris

[Ana B.]

What a plot twist at the end)))) usually people dream about battling monsters, not being one themselves. I like the idea though, lovely write, and welcome to Writer's café :)

[Namus]

:) thank you. And thanks for the welcome too (and as long as we're on that subject, look at the troll below. I caught him giving crap to a new poet. Now he's intent on "ruining my career" or whatever. 😉)

[JayG]

• to pierce whom he ikes.
• up he stood on his hair,
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"He ikes?" He stood on his hair?.

• horny green with spikes

I give up, what color is horn?y green? And how can a tail be both spiked AND be a trident?

Did you edit this before posting? Show only your best work, edited well. Anything else disrespects the reader

[jacob erin-cilberto]

oh there is that creature in all of us we would rather not wake...
hopefully for us poets, we can channel it through our poetry before it physically hurts someone.
I am my own nightmare...and sure have had some strange ones...
j.

[Namus]

Hi! Thanks for visiting me. About channeling.. well, :) one can do with it ‘awake’! For instance, I can channel my greed so enormously for a piece of chocolate or a toy aeroplane, that I'm hardly left any space for what adults might call _greed_. And the little devil is happy too.

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

A very enjoyable and funny poem to read Namus. I wish I could have dreams like this instead I'm always the ant being crushed by a huge foot. Thank you for sharing your poem with us.

[Namus]

Thanks Carlos! I might steal the ant idea for future projects (may be a short story?). In the mean time, may I assume you read Spanish? Then I could share some stuff in Spanish too...

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

No mas predo habla porquito porque mi madre quería que solo habláramos inglés cuando creciéramos. Such assimilation can lead to a loss of culture and an essence of self as well. In a way she thought she meant good but it only conveyed a sense of shame to our roots. Thank you again my friend for sharing your art with us.

[Namus]

Lo poquito que hablas lo hablas muy bien. I wouldn't try to judge your mother, who knows what she went through...? But hey, there's always time, if I could pick up the little bit _I know_, with no other access to it than internet, then anyone can. Cheers! have a nice day.

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

Thank you my friend you do the same. Looking forward to reading more newer poetry from you.

[Namus]

😞 can't post! I put an entire short story in the forms--I mean, I had it written, but I had to go through the entire thing to remove any unwanted hyphen or newline--and the recaptcha doesn't load! Something about firefox and some other things about those captcha sites. The gist is, this is highly irritating!!! 👿

There's something wrong with this site too. Why do I have to prove, what is it... `I'm not a robot', every time I post, while I am logged in, authenticated?? I'm really lashing my tail now.

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

It could be the browser. If you want you can try on Chrome to see if it does the same thing. I'm on an android tablet using a pop up blocker browser and it doesn't seem to give me any issues. I know in the past a new user had told me of similar issues like yours that they were having. Not sure how they resolved it though.

[Namus]

I tried to customize firefox, tried the falcon browser, trying to install chrome... phew!

[Namus]

Nope, chrome doesn't work either. May be time will heal.

How does one raise the issue, though? I mean, is any of the administrators listening in? How does one get to tell them, hey, asking for captcha in the publish page is simply nasty, okay? I mean, c'mon dude! Why would a robot publish stories on your website? and if it does, why would you stop it?? Think of the revenue man! ‘Writer's Cafe—the first ever host to robot literature’, gives you goose bumps, hey?

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

You can try sending a message to an administrator but I don't think you will get an answer. I have tried reaching them in the past but never got a response. Maybe a couple of days it will resolve itself.

[Namus]

Apparently it already did. :) But this indicates it might recur any time again.