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    Thanks. Surprised no one else wrote. : /

    "Eros Turannos" by Edwin Arlington Robinson begins:
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    She fears him, and will always ask
    What fated her to choose him;

    full poem: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/eros-turannos/
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    Until early January I guess.

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    Walking on Thin Ice

    She fears him, and will always ask
    What fated her to choose him;
    She wonders whether to take him to task
    Yet she fears that she will lose him

    What is it that makes women stay
    With men that are abusive?
    To endure torment day after day
    Is true love that all elusive?

    She tries hard to deal with painful days
    Making excuses for the bumps and bruises
    Ignoring all the many ways
    He hurts her with his abuses

    We hope one day that she wakes up
    Before his mistreating leads to dread
    Before he makes her drink of that bitter cup
    And someone weeps because she's dead

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    Some of us laugh
    Some of us cry
    Some of us smoke
    Some of us lie
    But it's all just the way
    that we cope with our lives...

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    Choosing Then Losing

    She fears him and will always ask
    What fated her to choose him.

    What Bill has had has made him mad
    And now she fears she'll lose him.

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    Good. Hope there's more. Pen, did you mean "lose"?
    Last edited by jajdude; 12-19-2010 at 07:10 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jajdude View Post
    Good. Hope there's more. Pen, did you mean "lose"?
    Yes. Sorry.
    Some of us laugh
    Some of us cry
    Some of us smoke
    Some of us lie
    But it's all just the way
    that we cope with our lives...

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    AN ETCHING

    She fears him, and will always ask
    What fated her to choose him;
    Perhaps that button on her blouse
    Marked ‘self-destruct’ amused him.
    Her father beat her mother
    Like a dog when she was younger;
    She vowed that she would never take
    Such treatment from another.

    But once she spies the flame
    Behind his eyes, and feels his ardour,
    His longing grafted to her soul
    Makes every heartbeat louder.
    She knows what love might lead to:
    “Yes, I’d die for this much passion”
    So wretchedly she now prepares
    For lust to etch her gravestone.

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    Sad stuff. I'd say I like hill's best. Go ahead.

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    Thanks jajdude - and everyone else who took part.

    So something slightly different for the new year - a complete poem is the starting point (entitled 'Cake' by Roger McGough) - please continue.....

    i wanted one life
    you wanted another
    we couldn't have our cake
    so we ate each other.


    Good luck - all entries will be judged after midnight (GMT) Saturday 29th January

    H

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    i wanted one life
    you wanted another
    we couldn't have our cake
    so we ate each other
    the undead love not the undead
    one of us has to be living
    but both of us walk in shadows it seems
    who's blood are we supposed to be giving
    in four hundred years of life
    you think we would learn
    not to give into temptation
    until both of us turn
    lusting for warm, rich blood
    it just makes me shudder
    neither of us had it to give
    so we just ate each other

    Pendragon
    Some of us laugh
    Some of us cry
    Some of us smoke
    Some of us lie
    But it's all just the way
    that we cope with our lives...

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    Dracula's Bride

    She trembled
    with anticipation,
    how pale and pleading
    her blue eyes as she watched
    from behind her veil of fright,
    and yet, within, her heart beat
    faster for the desire of the cold touch
    of his fingers against her supple fair flesh.

    She was captivated
    and yet imprisoned,
    wondering, wanting,
    like a gravitational pull
    drawn by indivisible force
    towards him, always propelled,
    and still it seemed repulsed,
    a rabbit within a snare
    panic infused wanting to flee,
    but yielding to the ruby red
    of his lips.

    Always regretting
    that world of warmth
    and life, of which she walked away,
    and ever knowing
    that death forever was calling her name,
    she fears him and will always ask
    what fated her to choose him,
    when he smiles she shivers
    from the inside vibrating out along
    her spine, and when he touches her
    she melts into his embrace

    Enthroned, enraptured
    hypnotized she will take his hand,
    willingly, thrillingly, deliriously
    she follows into his afterlife
    and her heart bleeds
    into his darkness.

    Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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    Crumbs

    I wanted one life
    you wanted another
    we couldn't have our cake
    so we ate each other.

    "You taste like regret"
    you said to me,
    "And you taste like bitterness"
    I replied, bitterly.

    In the end there were crumbs
    all over the floor,
    Then the cat came into the room,
    Ate them all and wanted more.

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    Just Dessert

    i wanted one life
    you wanted another
    we couldn't have our cake
    so we ate each other.

    i in your belly
    and with you in my gut
    we were full of ourselves
    so we each made a cut.

    we severed all ties
    for a monstrous unbirth
    spread out on the tiles
    to be measured for worth.

    i weighed out your pulp,
    sifted through each past meal.
    you picked through my entrails
    and you learned what was real.

    the cake was a lie
    and we gnawed ourselves out
    to our component points
    to remove every doubt.

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    Aplogies for a delay in the judgement - and thanks to all who entered.

    @DarkMuse - no surprise in your choice of topic. You created the atmosphere with some marvellous writing - 'wanting,/like a gravitational pull' was particularly effective.
    The only problem is that you've included the FQL from the previous month's comp - but it was worth the read and more deserving of the prize than my efforts I feel.

    @Pendragon - it was great to see someone entering into the spirit of the absurd - a loose love poem from one vampire to another. Great fun to read.

    @jajdude - that darned cat. This one put a huge grin on my face.

    @krymsonkyng - rather macabre; a self-administered autopsy performed by cannibals. There were some clever, punning lines balancing the corporeal with the spiritual or emotional - 'we severed all ties' for example. But I did feel the ending was unfortunately a little weak.

    So after much (in)digestion I declare jajdude the winner for maintaining so neatly the whimsicality and absurdity of the original.

    Congratulations jaj - and well done to the other competitors for doing such a good job.

    H

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    Quote Originally Posted by hillwalker View Post
    Aplogies for a delay in the judgement - and thanks to all who entered.

    @DarkMuse - no surprise in your choice of topic. You created the atmosphere with some marvellous writing - 'wanting,/like a gravitational pull' was particularly effective.
    The only problem is that you've included the FQL from the previous month's comp - but it was worth the read and more deserving of the prize than my efforts I feel.
    Thank you for your kind remarks, clearly my eyes skipped over your post in the thread and I presumed the previous comp was in fact the one that was still ongoing, and I did not realize since a new quote had been posted.

    Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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    Thanks Hill and well done all. Will find something to quote from soon.

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