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Richard Auriga
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he/him • bard • believer • blogger

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courage chiming in
a samurai’s shamisen
Astu’s melody

#GhostofYōtei #senryu
October 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Burn bright beyond limits!
No more cosmic than the things
forged from desert rocks.
Tears, heavy and invisible…
Joy of new born principles
bending wills—to justice.

#fantasticfour #marvel #poetry #timely
July 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Minor cadence played with lonely fingers
Duets reverb between lovers—linger

#DragonAge #iambicpentameter
July 4, 2025 at 5:29 AM
O crow, diving into treacherous veils
Ancient spirits meet you at the crossroads

#MorriganMonday #DragonAge
June 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A bard takes his bow
the sky’s thunderous applause
an imminent blight

#DragonAge #SenryuSunday
June 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Mirror mirror in a fade of longing,
Take me to the place that I belong in.

#DragonAge #iambicpentameter
June 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
West Coast sheriff’s only daughter
Shot point-blank for crime’s revenge.
Cousin of Jennifer Walters,
Hulk’s transfusion—gamma bends.
Objection!
Let the jury rest their case.
Where comics start, reality ends.

#Marvel #poetry #WIPSnips
June 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Teens who watched their heroes fall
Into mortal coil withdrawal.
Sought to shoulder waves to come,
Cannon fire beats the drum.
Call of Champions!
Leave the future to the youth,
Who pay the cost to bring us truth.

#Champions #Marvel #poetry
May 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Maryden most merry melody play,
Soothing songs in Ferelden and Orlais.

Image credit- Dragon Age: Magekiller (written by Greg Rucka, with artwork by Carmen Carnero and Terry Pallot) Published by @darkhorse.com

#DragonAge #iambicpentameter
May 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Terrigen awakening!
Kamala’s heart embiggening.
Higher, further, faster, stronger.
Now her limbs stretch even longer!
Marvelous Jersey mutant.
Every day she works with Bruno,
Growing into a humble hero.

#Marvel #poetry
May 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Brain soap consequences—
A jealous genius gave no chances.
Bombing young promising minds,
and Cho’s nuclear family line.
Orphans on the run!
Adopting a lone coyote pup,
Missiles miss thanks to the Hulk.

#Marvel #poetry
May 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Born of synthetic brain waves,
Instincts of the world she saves.
Virginia signs—Viv’s motherland.
Unafraid of the Grim Reaper’s plan.
Twin miracles!
Progeny of benevolent vision,
Strong as light with network precision.

#Marvel #poetry #WIPSnips
May 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Father that he seldom had.
Cosmic heir of luggage bags,
And the Alexander name—
Shameful junk or secret fame?
Alien Invasion!
Guardians answer the call.
Samuel champions us all.

#Marvel #poetry #WIPSnips
May 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Loki’s mischief schemes remote,
Plans to capsize Banner’s float.
Tony arms his iron dome.
Thor solves the problem back home.
Assemble!
Hank believes their team should stay,
Avengers—Hope coins the name!

#Avengers #Marvel #poetry
May 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Van Dyne senior pierced the veil,
but correspondence proved fatal.
His daughter Hope did avenge,
Pym tech helped fulfill her pledge.
Avengers!
Villains, beware the Wasp’s sting.
Hope—a new horizon brings!

#Marvel #poetry
May 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Made to think his first wife dead—
His daughter raised in a room of red.
Henry mourned and turned his eyes,
Chemistry cut down to size.
Microscopic!
Shrunken down but saved by ants,
Particles of precedent.

#Marvel #poetry
May 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
So begins the Norse story,
A worthy man seeks former glory.
Thor, Siegmund, Donald Blake—
One true name among the fakes.
Humility.
To a cave he flees his blunder,
Mjolnir wakes the god of thunder!

#Marvel #poetry
May 22, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Son of an abusive man,
Bruce feared none would understand.
Prodigy with bills to pay.
Military money swayed.
Radiation!
To save the life of young Rick Jones,
Gamma painted Bruce alone.

#Marvel #poetry
May 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Exuberant intellect in his youth,
A shark with bullets—a corporate tooth.
Haughty in the highest class,
His heart unshielded from the blast!
Mortality.
Too close for comfort, shrapnel piece.
Iron armor geared for peace.

#Marvel #poetry
May 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
A super genius gets her start;
A super hero, Ironheart.
First M.I.T, then the moon.
NASA bound, but not too soon.
Tragedy strikes!
Bullets strike a minor chord,
Hope guides her to the forge.
May 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Dawn scatters dreams in waking.
Already his heart is breaking.
Dark valleys and ocean floors,
She will walk forevermore.
Midday—
Salt of the sea and your eyes,
Wash away fears and lies.
May 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I remember now
how he drove darkness away
thanks to Naminé

#KingdomHearts #senryu
May 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Lunar ancestry
kindness to young dinosaurs
is in short supply

#Marvel #senryu
May 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Isle of destiny
once the ancient door opens
two hearts—one paopu

#KingdomHearts #senryu
May 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Miles in mere moments
swinging high and low without
plummeting morale

#Marvel #senryu
May 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM