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Luna Decay
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 Poem: Untiitled (Help me with a title?)
Constructive critisism is appreciated!
Long black hair like the feathers of a raven A darkened brown were her eyes A deathly pallor, skin oh-so clear Each feature of immaculate size
A Gothic beauty from hair to boots Intelligence at its best Manners towards everyone, she had Even kind toward a many pest
Yet the beautiful lady was killed so young She was stabbed three times in the heart Of her blood she was eviscerated With her body her soul did part
The lifeless corpse was placed in a tomb Tomb placed in the ground On top went the stone, a dark gray grave With flat sides and a top round
On it her name was inscribed so deep Her date of birth and date of death And those she loved threw flowers for her From amaranth to baby's breath
This stone began polished and new Was catered to every day The bushes were trimmed every month It was loved in every way
But after years the stone was forgotten The age began to show No more flowers were placed at its foot The bushes would grow and grow
Pieces were braking off the top And cracks were forming too It was barely visible beneath the leaves It certainly was no longer new
One night a young woman visited the graveyard Sat among the shrubs to read She felt something cool upon her back 'Twas a grave among the weed!
Within this old stone she found immense beauty She loved it with all her might The crumbling, the cracks, the eclipsed location She oathed to visit it every night
And visit it she always did Whether rain or moonshine Trim the shrubs she did not For to her it looked fine, just fine...
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| Fri Nov 25, 2011 3:28 pm |
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DanteDiavolo
Avernus
Joined: December 2011 Posts: 6 Location: USA Gender:
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 Re: Poem: Untiitled (Help me with a title?)
Forgotten Tomb Graveyard Oath Not sure what else. Not good at names here.
"Pieces were braking off the top And cracks were forming too It was barely visible beneath the leaves It certainly was no longer new"
I think this bit could use some work. I'm not really a poet, so I'm not sure what you could do to it, but it doesn't seem up to the quality of the rest of it.
Good work though.
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| Fri Dec 02, 2011 2:57 pm |
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HopelessRomantic
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Joined: November 2011 Posts: 378 Location: Hiding behind livestock Gender:
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 Re: Poem: Untiitled (Help me with a title?)
Very good!  Does the girl have a name? That would work nicely for a title.
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| Fri Dec 02, 2011 4:29 pm |
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Luna Decay
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 Re: Poem: Untiitled (Help me with a title?)
HopelessRomantic wrote: Very good!  Does the girl have a name? That would work nicely for a title. Thank you! No, she does not... But you are right! Though I came up with "Eclipsed Beauty"... How does that sound? DanteDiavolo wrote:
"Pieces were braking off the top And cracks were forming too It was barely visible beneath the leaves It certainly was no longer new"
I think this bit could use some work. I'm not really a poet, so I'm not sure what you could do to it, but it doesn't seem up to the quality of the rest of it.
Good work though.
I indeed agree, I thought this part sounded a bit funny as well. Thank you for the constructive critisism!
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| Sun Dec 04, 2011 7:26 am |
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HopelessRomantic
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 Re: Poem: Untiitled (Help me with a title?)
I still think you should put a girl's name in there someplace. Eclipsed Beauty reminds me too much of Twilight... *shudder*
Is this going to be continued?
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| Sun Dec 04, 2011 2:02 pm |
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Lachrymose
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Joined: July 2009 Posts: 1089 Location: Zombietown, PA. Gender:
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 Re: Poem: Untiitled (Help me with a title?)
This is good so far, I think. I have 3 things for you:
1. "Eviscerated" means to remove the viscera, that is, to disembowel someone. Blood isn't eviscerated, it's drained. You might replace "eviscerated" with "exsanguinated" or work along those lines.
2. I agree with Dante on working with the stanza that begins, "Pieces were braking off the top." Maybe throw us a clearer picture of the untended gravestone.
You also want to spell "braking" as "breaking" unless she's slowing her truck down on the interstate. Those pesky homonyms!
3. For a title, and this is my approach to giving people information in a way that seems cryptic but really isn't, if this is an actual grave somewhere, find the co-ordinates on the cemetery map (like A-200) and have that be the name of the poem. Or you might look at the words on the tombstone and use part of a word that isn't covered by foliage....something that can be made into another word, like "Zardoz" is "Wizard of Oz" with some letters obscured.
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| Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:43 am |
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Luna Decay
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 Re: Poem: Untiitled (Help me with a title?)
HopelessRomantic wrote: I still think you should put a girl's name in there someplace. Eclipsed Beauty reminds me too much of Twilight... *shudder*
Is this going to be continued? Hm, alright... Though I must think of a name for her! And true... *shudders as well* And thank you very much, Lachrymose!
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| Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:33 pm |
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Kat Scratch
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 Re: Poem: Untiitled (Help me with a title?)
What about "Gone, but Not Forgotten" ?
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| Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:02 pm |
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Luna Decay
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 Re: Poem: Untiitled (Help me with a title?)
Kat Scratch wrote: What about "Gone, but Not Forgotten" ? Hm, I like that... Maybe! Thank you.
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| Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:46 pm |
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Luna Decay
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 Re: Poem: Untiitled (Help me with a title?)
MistressOfTheDecay wrote: Kat Scratch wrote: What about "Gone, but Not Forgotten" ? Hm, I like that... Maybe! Thank you. HopelessRomantic wrote: I still think you should put a girl's name in there someplace. Eclipsed Beauty reminds me too much of Twilight... *shudder*
Is this going to be continued? How about "The Grave of Elizabeth"? That is what I decided to call it. 
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| Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:19 am |
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AngelOfTheFallen
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Joined: November 2011 Posts: 245 Location: The Tardis Gender:
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 Re: Poem: Untiitled (Help me with a title?)
How about "One girl's trash is another girl's treasure" ?
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| Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:26 am |
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Luna Decay
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 Re: Poem: The Grave of Elizabeth
AngelOfTheFallen wrote: How about "One girl's trash is another girl's treasure" ? Hm... Nice concept, but I think I'll stick with "The Grave of Elizabeth". But thank you very much! (You were just a tad late..  )
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| Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:51 am |
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AngelOfTheFallen
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 Re: Poem: The Grave of Elizabeth
MistressOfTheDecay wrote: AngelOfTheFallen wrote: How about "One girl's trash is another girl's treasure" ? Hm... Nice concept, but I think I'll stick with "The Grave of Elizabeth". But thank you very much! (You were just a tad late..  ) Damn it! Lol XD
_________________ Rowanna de Bat = My name from the dark side. Rowena N. Weatherblade = My Steampunk Name Diana Brontea = My Roman Name
Goth Card Balance: +26 1/2
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| Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:58 am |
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