Rowan Riley

Joined September 2023

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I've been writing since I was very young and am trying to put myself out there by sharing some of my works, both new and old.

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Prayer of Devotion
Between my thighs Under some cover of night I spill some fresh blood /// Slash with unseen blades Call your men to arms
By Rowan Rileyabout 20 hours ago in Poets
Lavender Fields/Stone Peaks
Delicate lavender blooms a field We weep and wail and come again Tender and pure hearts find a home To dine on the sorrows of the past
By Rowan Rileyabout 21 hours ago in Poets
Orders From God
God whispered in my ear And told me the part I had to play Both of us are sacred and holy You the innocent lamb, martyr
By Rowan Riley30 days ago in Poets
Love/Desperation
Let's go somewhere Mirrors reflect your list image to me Creeping in with some divine foreboding I have you now, and yet I don't
By Rowan Rileyabout a month ago in Poets
Dead Poets
This prose will always be derivative of something else I'm always etching into someone else's stone Laying my claim to famous tombs
By Rowan Rileyabout a month ago in Poets
Mud Pies
Rustle around in the dirt Cool and clean and bathe in the sweet mineral The wooden playground is soft and rotten I fall to my knees before you, scraped and smiling
By Rowan Rileyabout a month ago in Poets
Father/Son/Holy Spirit
You were reborn today But I only remember you as a babe Flesh of my flesh, blood of my blood I only see you as the child I never met
By Rowan Rileyabout a month ago in Poets
Leviathan
Who am I to God? I am Leviathan The babe he incubated Nimbus womb, encircled by the gilded and pearlescent firmament
By Rowan Rileyabout a month ago in Poets
The Way Things Are
The young sparrow alights upon the branch If I could save it from its fate I would I never see the hawk in time If I could break off one of the spokes
By Rowan Riley2 months ago in Poets
Gestation
I was a little worm in your body once I germinated, ate you out from the inside It was warm mucus membranes back then Gestational diabetes, the first way I swore vengeance upon you
By Rowan Riley2 months ago in Poets
The Final Resting Place
Here we are at your funeral, gray clouds hanging overhead It's always overcast now Tears stream down our faces We perform the mourning wails
By Rowan Riley2 months ago in Poets
Swear Fealty
The knight that bends the knee The valiant wind that whistles Each an act and another act of constant and consistent devotion
By Rowan Riley2 months ago in Poets

Rowan Riley

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Prayer of Devotion

Lavender Fields/Stone Peaks

Orders From God

Love/Desperation

Dead Poets

Mud Pies

Father/Son/Holy Spirit

Leviathan

The Way Things Are

Gestation

The Final Resting Place

Swear Fealty

Stories (25/0)