Category Archives: Poetry

What You’ve Done For Me

Posted on May 18, 2013 by thevenerablecorvex

I must reacquaint myself with silence Now that I can’t depend Upon the noisome, anti-tranquil violence Of you, my dearest friend. And in those years of sheer frustration When your din brought such vexation Never once did I imagine I’d … Continue reading →

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The Culling of the Future

Posted on January 23, 2013 by thevenerablecorvex

Every second is mass murder as vig’rously we kill all that which will never be in cause of that which will. [And this is why I sometimes find it so difficult to make life decisions.]

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The Perils of Loving While Asexual

Posted on January 6, 2013 by thevenerablecorvex

(This one starts out rather disgustingly sappy, but don’t worry, it redeems itself by the end) If you were here, my dear I’d give you a rose, Kiss your red lips And suck on your toes, Massage your back And … Continue reading →

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Rhyme out of Emptiness

Posted on November 14, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

All of this old rubbish Goes floating by unmarked Gently they flow, Those waters below, Made rank by my rotting heart.­­ Once you said you loved me And once I thought it true— In all of time, No love as … Continue reading →

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Cowardly Theoretical Perseus

Posted on November 12, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

Cowardly Theoretical Perseus On paper, I create mathematical models, which describe fluid flows, which look like black holes, which are dual to field theories, which are kind of like QCD. I am, in essence, Looking at a shadow of a … Continue reading →

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“That Sucks.”

Posted on July 25, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

It might come as a shock to you to learn that, by and large, I actually talk in real life in exactly the same way that I write upon this blog. Needless to say then, I don’t talk like a … Continue reading →

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A Sonnet on Transgenderism

Posted on July 8, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

A Sonnet on Transgenderism Are there not some truths which even Nature Herself often slyly fails to make plain? Who among us would have guessed that pleasure Would be so nestled tightly up with pain? Who would ever have supposed … Continue reading →

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Landlady Troubles

Posted on June 2, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

Landlady Troubles If ever you come my way, and are searching for a place, stay away from dear old Avril and her stupid pudgy face For she’s as mad as she is ugly (though that’s saying quite alot) And will … Continue reading →

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The Aspects

Posted on May 18, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

The Aspects A man is born with all he is And all he’ll ever be But with passing years Some things will fall And some rise in ascendency Some fallen things will rise again Whilst some risen things decline And … Continue reading →

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Dead Bunnies

Posted on April 20, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

Dead Bunnies I thought it was sweet there were bunnies; but now they’re deported or gassed And I thought you were wise on your website but now that impression has passed I thought I was making a good deal; two … Continue reading →

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