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Dec 09, 2010
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Fallen Soul ( updated)
Angelic perversion
fall from grace
banished into the wilderness
He wanders a solitary road
a desolate soul,
the abandoned one.
Hades and the bowels of hell,
behind soulless eyes
the stench of death upon his ragged clothes.
Creeping through the urban undergrowth
ashen heart, so brittle and cold,
Godforsaken, rejected.
Immortality his cross to bear
condemned to exist in purgatory,
A deviant fiend.
Vile transgressor
contrition his eternal torture,
redemption his goal.
About This Poem
Last Few Words: UPDATED VERSION 23/12/2010
Style/Type: Free verse
Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back
Editing Stage: Not actively editing
Comments
Kailashana2
14 years 7 months ago
I wondered how you would end
I wondered how you would end this poem.
"Contrition his eternal torture." Befitting, quite befitting, Lou.
~
lou
14 years 7 months ago
Anna
Thank you
Lou
Geezer
14 years 7 months ago
I would...
like to see you expand on this one. You lead us on with a description of a tormented soul, but we never have a clue as to why. The word you want is spelled bear. Unless you meant that he bared his immortality to the world. Love to see more of this, ~ Love ya, ~ Gee
lou
14 years 7 months ago
Gee
i take your point and i will look at expanding it.
love lou
scribbler
14 years 7 months ago
soul
Don't take this wrong but as the writer of tormented souls you are the best...............scribbler
lou
14 years 7 months ago
Stan
Thank you that is very kind.
lou
Candlewitch
14 years 7 months ago
ooh Lou!
I would love to see this piece expanded! My favorite lines:
He wanders a solitary road,
a desolate soul,
the abandoned one
I think that at sometime in all of our lives we all can relate to this! Brilliant write!
love, Cat
lou
14 years 7 months ago
Cat
I'm pleased you like it, its based on a character in the book i'm writing. I'm working on adding an extra stanza or two at the moment.
love lou x
lou
14 years 7 months ago
Xena
thank you
Hooded Stranger
14 years 7 months ago
Lou
Lou,
I thought I recognised this from your book. Since I am aware of the story and the characters, I don't need it expanded upon, but I guess others unaware of your story need a little more information to make it work.
I think you should include this in your [prologue]...would make an excellent addition to it. Actually, thinking about it, I would leave this version you've written as the prologue, and then use the whole piece (assuming you are writing some more stanza's) in the [epilogue]...would kind of round off the story in one. All you have to do now is write the novel!
Good poem, great introduction to the book.
Good job indeed,
HS
lou
14 years 7 months ago
HS
HS
I like the idea of using the poem in the epilogue.
The novel will get written, just might take a while. lol
Lou
Psyve
14 years 7 months ago
Lou,
I liked this one.
Didn't realise it is about a character from a book you are writing, but the poem has almost a "Lord of the Rings"-ian sort of fantasy fiction feel to it. The protagonist could well be a fallen character from that.
Nicely done.... dark... and grey ash everywhere...
Psyve
lou
14 years 7 months ago
Thank you
The character is actually a fallen angel, i didn't make that clear. Im glad you enjoyed it .
lou