Poetry and Prose for any season

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Evil, Many Shapes!


Serpents lie in cold silent wait
sporting cold life taking bites
just one of evil dark fates
waiting to destroy man's earthly delight

Enemy hides in cover just out of view
gun locked ,loaded and aiming at you
just one of many evil dark fates
waiting to destroy life true

Spirit hides there in silent glow
timing your very next fateful deed
just one of more evil dark fates
waiting to destroy your last earthly need...Tyr 05-03-2014

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Changed my entry into the imagination contest, sat here and created a much shorter
write to enter.. Here it is...

Imagination Soars, Reality Fades



Imagination engulfs my tortured and half-hearted soul
flying with eagles, slaying dragons and away I go
No restraints to destroy my spirited and fantasy mind
talking with spirits and they replying back in kind!

Stepping lightly into magical and dangerous dark realms
loving in public , sailing ships with myself at the helm
Fighting mighty beasts that bite, slash and eat brave men
winning out against all odds , pride and glory at the end!

Piloting great , powerful starships deep into outer space
always a hero regardless of courage, size, power or race
Remaking stories as quick as my mind can think of more
counting treasure, saving lives and always keeping score!

Imagination saves my uneventful and lonesome boring life
saving the world, bringing peace, destroying every strife
Sing me a song and I can dream it's vibrant color and tale
needing no Aladdin's lamp or well used wishing well !

Tyr-- 05-18-2014

[gabosaurus]

You got gold in your mouth
We ain't see no gold since the priests left
You got silver on your wrists
We ain't seen no silver since the airplane crash last year

You got blue shining skies we got the sun in our eyes
And we're going blind
We don't want your money we want mine

You got shoes on your feet
We ain't seen no shoes since the soldiers came
You got food in your mouth
And that ain't even funny

You got blue shining skies we got the sun in our eyes
And we're going blind
We don't want your money we want mine

If we should threaten you we're wasting our time
If we appeal to you we're wasting our time
But if we ask you very nicely please be kind
We don't want your money we want mine

"We Want Mine" by John Palumbo

[gabosaurus]

If anyone wonders, the above is among my all-time favorite song lyrics.

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[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Undying Love



For you I would drain the ocean blue
fight it's fearsome monsters too
Sail the stormy ship smashing seas
buy the bank giving you the keys

For you I would slap a tiger in it's cage
dance bare naked upon a public stage
Knock mighty mountains down to gravel
across barren deserts swiftly travel

For you I would change my life
cut my own throat with a knife
Dive into a bottomless dark pit
do anything but , but commit!

For you baby, anything but commit!

Tyr-- 05-28-2014

Travelled that road for 7 years as a young man between marraiges...
Greatly fear to committ because it meant opening my heart to
unbearable pain again. It took a miracle for me to overcome
and right on time 21 years later I got blind-sided again.
Live and learn...

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Give Thanks and Stand Firm

Should your high hopes be so cruelly lost
smashed so savagely by that very fickle fate
Do not give up your precious life to be tossed
upon heaps and dark mounds of festering hate

When your heart feels the thrust of such shame
steel your resolve to a defiant, heroic stand
Defend life and the honor of your family name
with every step taken upon this earthy land

If your spirit gets low think of a mountain tall
send your soul to rest upon it's highest peak
Ignore the slurs and taunts of those so very small
consider the evil for which they so proudly speak

In great triumph soon you will so richly turn
as that wicked vermin flee back to their master
Consider now the reward in which they will burn
thanking God's grace you avoided such a disaster

Should your high hopes so faithfuly be restored
give eternal blessed thanks to our sweet Lord!

Robert J. Lindley 06-28-2014

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Power speaks and justice be damned to hell

ban the ringing of the world's churchbells

Injustice brings fruits that rot the heart

black with evil from the start

The righteous smugness of injustice's ardent fan

affirms the evil always in the heart of man

Demand truth for its saving grace

insist on justice for the human race.......tzs

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Forsaken Is A Choice Made


I'd walk a mile of fire to save you
into blazing gasoline defending those I love
Nothing heroic or amazing I choose to do
simply obeying duty and the Lord above.

Measure a man's courage by sacrifices made
not by planned actions and words alone
But by the hands he fearlessly played
Soul eternal survives mere flesh and bone

Last great and full measure faithfully faced
pain , agony and heartache cometh to us all
Love accepted and ever so firmly placed
Fearing not that last great and saddening fall.............................. Tyr- 03-26--2014

I once lived to exact revenge on those that wrong the world. Soon I found myself punishing me far more than others. O' I was so good at dishing it out that I gave myself ever greater scars! One must never forget lessons learned for to do so is to repeat them. I fight a vengeful spirit that seeks to devour me for my rebuke. I do so not alone but aided by a greater power. Temptation to return ever bids. I shall slay it everyday as I've been doing for so long.. That which it groomed has now been turned against it. I swear my blade to pierce its black heart . And so I shall, one day, one day.. -Tyr

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Dark forbidden eyes sit above those venomous lips
harboring storms to dash down a thousand ships
When your lightning strikes and wicked winds fiercely blow
awestruck and fearful man does watch the magic show


You that make the tigers cower in fear
send shadows of death ever so near
Often you dare to send better days
blue clear skies and sunshine rays


As you trick us into happy bliss
hidden dangers we foolishly miss
Then suddenly you grow dark
lightning begins its burning spark


Man begs for you to be fine
as sweet as heaven made wine
Yet nature holds you by the tail
suffering calamities straight from hell


Tomorrow promises even greater gifts
sending sunshine that so uplifts
Clouds announce your coming parade
earth awaits the gift you just made........Tyr-- 04-08 -2014

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

rewriting...

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Inner Spirit


A true and fighting spirit within us all surely must lay
beneath this weak armor made of water and clay
Has it been destroyed in your life and soul
by seeking comfort, pleasure and another goal?


Waken it if it still remains to be used for greater good
stop playing the excuse of , if only I ever could !
Renew that gifted spirit to stiffen the weakened spine
take strong stands and draw many a hard line


Truly sad that we get only one weak human life to live
copy virtue , kindness and learn to sacrifice and give
Be noble in courageous thought as well as in all your deeds
courage often springs from smallest of little seeds...............Tyr-04-26-2014




The Darkling Thrush

Written by: Thomas Hardy

I leant upon a coppice gate
When Frost was spectre-gray,
And Winter's dregs made desolate
The weakening eye of day.
The tangled bine-stems scored the sky
Like strings of broken lyres,
And all mankind that haunted nigh
Had sought their household fires.

The land's sharp features seemed to be
The Century's corpse outleant,
His crypt the cloudy canopy,
The wind his death-lament.
The ancient pulse of germ and birth
Was shrunken hard and dry,
And every spirit upon earth
Seemed fevourless as I.

At once a voice arose among
The bleak twigs overhead
In a full-hearted evensong
Of joy illimited;
An aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small,
In blast-beruffled plume,
Had chosen thus to fling his soul
Upon the growing gloom.

So little cause for carolings
Of such ecstatic sound
Was written on terrestrial things
Afar or nigh around,
That I could think there trembled through
His happy good-night air
Some blessed Hope, whereof he knew
And I was unaware.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Outdoor Prose for All Seasons

Postby Tyr-Ziu Saxnot » Sat May 07, 2011 2:42 am



Southern Tornadoes, Rain and Mississippi flood



Wind and rain O' what a pain,

havoc and destruction brought

Endurance and hope again,

overcomes what nature has wrought



Second wave brings a slow river flood

coursing its way down

Spilling out like hot ,dripping red blood

staining precious fertile ground



Stand your ground against it all

nature must be fought

Rise again to stand proud and tall

victory earned not bought............--Z. Tyr



Although we had a bad spell here I thank God for our blessings. So many others around the South had it so much worse and the coming flooding of Memphis remains to be seen how bad it will be. That 'ole mighty Mississippi river takes no prisoners.-Tyr

This was from three years ago . I had just started regaining my strength after my heart attack. And part of my recovery was in writing my thoughts down. --Tyr

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Duty Served.

I hold shield, sword and oath to keep
prices paid in red frothy blood
Pains so deep the angels weep
dry bones roasting in sunburnt mud

Retrieve my shield to work someday
my sword to cut vengeance down
Seek not where I chose to lay
tis' sweet in this cold hard ground.

Dew quenches my thirst at break of morn
sun warms my bones like a bonfire
I sought not glory and yielded not to scorn
courage and honor were my only desire.....Tyr- 03-27-2014

Life steps up everyday to beg me to cease to play. I stubbornly laugh at my many youthful follies.
Best not to mourn the lost of those precious youthful jollies.- --Tyr

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Valor Never Diminished


A few old men do still live to tell
the brave deeds their brothers did
Noting the battle where they finally fell
shedding tears for their lives and kids

Holy ground were in laid to eternal rest
a path many fear to ever tread
Our nation ever gives its very best
to the beast that forever eats its dead

Should you ever chance to read
tales of valor fantastic and true
Remember it in your time of need
pray God gives such courage to you.......Tyr 04-08-2014

Inspired by the video posted here. And the sacrifice we all hope to never have to make.. In appreciation of the heroes that gave their all--to keep us safe.--Tyr

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Sweet Sounds



Sweetest sounds I ever heard
were sweet notes of a mockingbird
Sitting in a dead oak tree
far above that hive of bees


April is here with its hard rains
hitting us like many wrecking trains
Warm winds start replacing the cold
as we long for happy days of old


Joy sounds in the notes of the mockingbirds
like sweet whispers of a lover's words
Listen today if you think you can
will cheer the soul of any lonely man.............Tyr-04-17-2014