There tapped a raven on my door
Who told me that my sweet Lenore
Was dead and I said, “Yeah, I know.”
The raven shrugged, but would not go.
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There tapped a raven on my door
Who told me that my sweet Lenore
Was dead and I said, “Yeah, I know.”
The raven shrugged, but would not go.
The Lady Without Mercy
Fair knight befell upon a dark beauty,
her eyes shone with the moon,
when she smiled his heart was devoured,
she led him to her bower bed,
when he woke like a phantom she was gone,
he was driven mad by his desire.
No purple cow
So I can't see one
Whole lot better
To see than be one
Every morning my heart wakes to see,
The powers of Love and Life combined,
By the eavesdrops of a Life's cracked-open door.
Thanks for the entries, everyone.
I'm afraid I'll have to be brief, so the winner is...
Dark Muse for her take on Keats's 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci'.
Well done, and thanks again, b|v.
Thank you, I will have the next subject soon.
Sorry for the delay, I have been busy.
Next subject: Harvest
Deadline Dec. 10
Oxford
Visit the city of dreaming spires
Balliol soft in Oxford sunlight
Walk in the footsteps of the learned
Look upon these sacred walls
and read a higher standard of Graffiti
Will this harvest get us by?
Starvation doesn’t need a thing.
When we’re cold we won’t care why,
But others will move on and try
To cleanup when it’s warm and spring.
harvest
come again
fastest
every year last us
not a day past us
plentiful must us
A figure with a scythe
Stalks through the night
Souls for the reaping
This hooded skull is seeking
Harvest moon shining
Is it time for dying?
I know I have been behind but I have been busy. But I am here now. Great entries everyone.
Carousel: There was some beautiful imagery in your poem. I particularly enjoyed the opening line. And I thought the ending was interesting and amusing. But maybe I am missing something I had trouble deciphering how the poem related to the subject of "Harvest"
YesNo: A bleak, but also realistic portrayal. It took me back to the days in which the harvest time really was celebrated and truly a question of life and death. A good job of telling a story within a few short words.
cacian: Clever use of words like usual. It was a unique little poem and I do like the way in which it caputred the feel of the passage of a seaon within a few words.
And the winner is
Pendragon: I very much enjoyed your take upon the themse. Lovely haunting imagery.
Thanks, Dark Muse!
Next subject: Sleep
Deadline December 31.
Good luck!
Bracing for the next big thing,
I worry it away
Prepared in case it comes tonight
When sleep adds dreams to help me fight
Or face it during day.
Awake, many things divide us,
Many layers deep,
Fears and desires that guide us,
Made quieter in sleep.
Cocoon of silences deep,
O king of possibilities, Sleep.
asleep upon the beach
tanned tums and sandy bums
popsicle anyone?
in purple dark
yellow eyes
hungry or cruel
my partner
my predator
shades of blight
so erudite
Twilight's fan
Heh heh.
contrarian
tomorrow's antiquarian
yesterday's carrion
this afternoon's delight
midnight dreamer's insight
Apologies my dearest friends,
I carried on too long
So as I do, to make amends
I'll re-post where it belongs
O brontosaurus!
You had your day, like Doris.
Now you just bore us.
this is well beyond deadline i think
can someone take over? :)
Cacian, I vote for you to provide another topic for the contest. I promise to write something for it.
YesNo and why not. :)
Ok here is the next topic for this round:
confidante
good luck :)
Confidante
Imaginary friends are best
With secrets one would share.
Come heaven, hell, they will not tell.
They listen and they care.
The Nymph's Apparition
As silhouette
you appear then go
as smoke
leaving me whispering
my secret
to the lingering air
still
keeping the scent
of a muse.
unarmored
before confidants
who know our secrets
hiding in plain sight
Confidante: I'm Batman
a confidante
would suit me better
than a love seat,
fauteuil, or divan.
couches i oft
eschew when sitting
with my minions.
3/11/2015
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidante
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY
one more day I reckon and will deliberate.
keep them coming :)
YesNo
a superb piece well expressed
i loved the last line!
miyako73
a great piece with a great flow
a joy to read
Melanie
a well said piece so true
perfect!
tailror STATELY a fun piece to read with some amusing lines
and
i ''oft
eschew when sitting
with my minions''
what a great lien to end on!! :)
and the winner is tailor STATELY
just because it is that slightly different i think the inclusion of fauteuil/divan did it for me
Thank you cacian !
I thought to utilize a random word generator this time from http://creativitygames.net/random-wo.../randomwords/8 and chose -
Next: whistle
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor STATELY
Alice will be on this train
That’s whistling through the freezing rain.
The whistle’s warning: take it slow.
She’s come from miles where you can’t go.
whistle wet
a kettle rattling
her little hat
and you prattling
our tongues at last
embrace the thing
we brave the blast
and let her sing
Sweet Gums
Whistle through the gristle,
that holds those ivory's tight.
Should one fall out, from sweet excess,
the pitch will change as will the bite!
jumping through the breezy spring day
she was
almost levitating
lifting her ample amaranth dress
high and higher
white polka dots gleaming like aftersmiles
shaking her auburn hair
she was
and whistling
itsy bitsy spider
TRENCH
deathdread - fearbled - prayersaid
whistle
wiretread - gunshred - bloodshed
white
to a bird a whistle
to hear it
little
grizzle
or sound
prickle
when something
thickle
Heard through the rain,
It rang my brain,
Was it a cop?
Should i just stop?
No, just a train!!