Brandon Nobles / Poems

  • The Glass Cathedral (The Courier's Keep) draft2

    Rating:
    G
    Type:
    Ballad
    Author:
    Brandon Nobles

    A myth of the deliverer of messages in bottles, beneath the waves, and the communication between the living and the lost

    November 11th, 2016 at 04:12am

  • What Could Have Been

    Rating:
    PG-13
    Type:
    Elegy
    Author:
    Brandon Nobles

    Final Draft (2013-2015) - for Benett Dalton | Only 9 years old: This poem is dedicated to the memory of my nephew Benett Dalton, who was tragically killed in a traffic accident September 23rd, 2013, a day before his mother (my sister) celebrated her

    April 9th, 2015 at 04:32pm

  • Necromancy 2015

    Rating:
    PG-13
    Type:
    Ballad
    Author:
    Brandon Nobles

    Give it a shot: A poem about the nature of inevitability, loss and memory, the catharsis which is to be found in writing, the magic of what writing lets us do | Brandon K. Nobles

    April 1st, 2015 at 03:49pm

  • All Tomorrow's Parties

    Rating:
    PG
    Type:
    Epic
    Author:
    Brandon Nobles

    This will probably be the longest poem you've ever read. It's separated into seasons and is based on myth of Sisyphus, who was sentenced to forever roll a rock up a hill all day only to see it roll back down. It was made popular by Albert Camus in hi

    November 2nd, 2014 at 05:31pm

  • The Blind Composer (Disappearing Ink)

    Rating:
    PG-13
    Type:
    Elegy
    Author:
    Brandon Nobles

    This poem was written as an elegy / eulogy for a seventeen year old friend named Diane, from New Jersey, a drug addict and a gambler, she committed suicide by taking a bottle of oxycontin and walking into the shore. | Brandon K. Nobles - 2014

    April 15th, 2014 at 01:29am

  • The Living Memory

    Rating:
    PG
    Type:
    Elegy
    Author:
    Brandon Nobles

    This was a poem written following the death of a 26 year old friend of mine, who was killed in a car crash on March 24th. This poem is dedicated to her memory, and hopefully as beautiful as she was.

    March 28th, 2014 at 03:42pm

  • The Ballerina's Rose

    Rating:
    PG-13
    Type:
    Elegy
    Author:
    Brandon Nobles

    YOU WILL NOT READ A BETTER POEM TODAY: This is leviathan, composed as an elegy / eulogy for some friends of mine. This is a poem composed of 7 cantos of 7 stanzas. It will take an attention span, but it is worth it.

    December 3rd, 2013 at 02:27am

  • What Could Have Been, the Black Notebook

    Rating:
    PG-13
    Type:
    Ode
    Author:
    Brandon Nobles

    (An elegy) | The best poem I've ever written. It was written for my nephew's eulogy. He was killed in a car accident on the 23rd of September and I've finally managed to capture something wonderful. I guarantee you, read it all, and you'll be hard pr

    October 17th, 2013 at 08:39pm

  • The Black Notebook: What Could Have Ben

    Rating:
    PG-13
    Type:
    Sonnet
    Author:
    Brandon Nobles

    This is something I wrote for the eulogy of my sister's son, Ben, who was killed in a car crash on September the 23rd. It's been hard for me and our family to carry on, hopefully this proves poignant and of literary merit. | a eulogy.

    October 12th, 2013 at 05:01pm

  • Graffiti (Remember Me)

    Rating:
    G
    Type:
    Ballad
    Author:
    Brandon Nobles

    An improvisation trying to get back into writing--one of the best poems you'll read on mibba today--guaranteed!

    November 4th, 2012 at 12:12am