#somethingtsunami

Feeling very inspired tonight...putting the finishing touches on the editing process for the first part of my upcoming book of poetry. Last step is to write the forward many, many years after the poetry was written. This should be interesting for sure...it always is. #somethingtsunami #poetry #poet #author #poetrycommunity #selfpublishing #chaunceydandridge #houseofdandridge #chaunceythepoet #dianaphoto #artstagram #doubleexposure #twochaunceys #marinolnights

. . . The only thing I forgot About you All the things you should have known About me I fell down your stairs and begged you To meet me at the bottom But you were already there You were already there Do we help each other up? Or do we say goodbye? I've never been savvy with salutations And my memory is a broken clock I hope you find your footing For I have new keys To a new home Just down the block Day 3/365 A poem a day in 2018 #365daysofchauncey #365poems365days #houseofdandridge #chaunceydandridge #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetryofig #originalwriting #somethingtsunami #poetry #poet #author #dandridgepoemproject2018 (at The House of Dandridge)

i put your shoes on so now i can judge you i’ve worn your crown it’s heavy and it hurts is this the reason for your pain? is this the reason you bitch? is this the reason you moan? i bet you didn’t like it up there as pretty as it looked from down here it’s because you didn’t listen you had to do it yourself to believe and i don’t blame you but once you got there you waved your wand at the wrong man you made me sick of feeling this way so consume yourself and let the dogs run free you have no more power in this kingdom you have no more to get so you have no more to give by Chauncey Dandridge (circa 2000) #somethingtsunami #poetry #wordporn #deepthoughts #originalwriting #chaunceydandridge #outspirational #poem #poet #fromthevaults #poetrycommunity #poetsofig #poetsofinstagram #instapoetry (at The House of Dandridge)

You stepped in a puddle And slipped down down down Into a forgotten world Into a missing world Once you sank all the way down You began to rise And when you reached the surface You found yourself in paradise My reflection is always my favourite audience The one who listens to all my tales Since youth was my shield And now as my stinger develops And my horns find their place Curling around my skull Protecting my mind Find religion in my blasphemy And darkness in the sunlight A smile A touch A cocoon Documenting the metamorphosis #somethingtsunami #poetry #wordporn #deepthoughts #originalwriting #chaunceydandridge #outspirational #wordporn #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #poetsofig #creativity #authorsofinstagram #spokenword

The guillotine of time Oh the guillotine of time Everyone watches As the man in the hood Cuts free the rope And down goes the blade Another moment gone The guillotine of time Oh the guillotine of time Have you been watching? How I have changed (With each moment Decapitated Another moment gone Timeless is lifeless The sun pulls The planet turns The day closes The night ends It has all been cut up It has all been divided Years into months into weeks into days Compiling and piling higher and higher Later and later and later and later The guillotine of time Oh the guillotine of time Everyone watches The guillotine of time) . . - Chauncey Dandridge #poetry #wordporn #deepthoughts #originalwriting #chaunceydandridge #outspirational #poem #poet #fromthevaults #chaunceydandridge #poetsofinstagram #poetrycommunity #poetryslam #authorsofinstagram #spokenword #somethingtsunami (at The House of Dandridge)

We lay stranded in our perpendicular Determining our direction Paralyzed Consuming Thrusting Inward Instead of Outward The rhythms of our blood Yearning to synchronize We put our blindfolds back on Touching Not Seeing Flickering like candle flame Instead of Steady The light of the sun Burning in the sky And the ocean of energy drowns us Revitalizing us As we are circumnavigated By the power of love: All the diseases and cure It possesses All the vanity and fear It undresses All the sins It confesses All the failures All the successes - Chauncey Dandridge #outspirational #wordporn #deepthoughts #originalwriting #somethingtsunami #poetry #poet #author #fromthevaults #chaunceydandridge #poetsofinsta #poetrycommunity #queerart #homoerotic #gaystagram #queerpower #poetsofinstagram #doubleexposure #graphicart #homosensible (at The House of Dandridge)

I have been writing poetry as long as i can remember. Wonderful to have another outlet to share it publicly. Now it's time to finally get a full collection of my work published! Thank you Nathaniel and @rainbowbookfair! Thanks for the photo @j_roman_torres #somethingtsunami #chaunceythepoet #poetryreading #lgbtq #rainbowbookfair