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Daily Lit Deviations for January 4th, 2013
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Poetry
Suggested by *nightshade-keyblade
Featured by: =LadyofGaerdon
I am not summer personifiedDo not compare me to a summers day,
I'm an autumn baby, with fallen leaves,
Printed in gold and amber across my skin,
With the deepest red sunset lips,
Offset by snowy skin.
I am the crisp breath of wind,
On oxygen starved lungs.
Forget the call of the heat,
And fall into my mist embrace.
I am not summer personified by ~blood-red-ribbons
Suggester says "It's a simple
but nimble little poem." I quite
agree: the metaphor is lovely.
Suggested by: *doodlerTM
Featured by: =DrippingWords
stop me if you've heard this one beforei.
there is a man on the corner of my street
who gave me a bottle of bleach
and told me if i drank it, i'd finally feel clean.
but i gave it back to him, and went home to take a shower.
because i am almost happy,
and i do not want to mess that up by
chugging bleach or fingering knives or thinking too much
about that man who turned my insides cold
from inside of his car.
because this has to be happy.
this has to be what happy feels like.
it feels like god gave me a vodka bottle
filled with nature and people and oceans and deserts and seas,
cause see, it feels like i'm drunk on life.
ii.
i have this nervous habit of scratching
"stop me if you've heard this one before" by ~MisfitableGrae
Suggester says: "A poem that takes
a stunning glance into existential crises,
pain, and brokenness."
Featured by: =SilverInkblot
BlessingMy father strangled a bird
quietly, calm as gravity,
there in the garden. He bent
as if praying to the torqued wing
reddening his hand.
The night hunkered down on the screaming
wildness, on the kicking legs, the abrupt
and awe-filled silence. I watched him
watch the beak open, close,
like rippling lake water.
I loved him, the mercy
of his heavy knuckles, the kindly
indifferent expression.
He closed the beak like a priest
closes the eyes.
Blessing by ~saartha
Morbid, yet beautiful; sometimes the cruel
thing is the merciful thing.
Prose
Featured by *xlntwtch
Music Can Have a Great Influence on the Weak-Mi...Music Can Have a Great Influence on the Weak-Minded
I know bards who have literally sold their souls for fame and talent. It's not really even very hard to do in Cheliax, where devils and diabolists are found in every major city, and the red-robed priests of Asmodeus stand outside their smoky temples, promising all the wealth and power of Hell in exchange for something most mortals never use—in this life. But when I was a child, my family was invited to one of those temples for a high service, a reward for generous tithing, and I saw a gate open unto Hell and the suffering of the souls therein. I never missed a tithing again, but I deci
Music Can Have a Great Influence on the Weak Minded by *ShadowedAcolyte
This is flash fiction fantasy at its finest.
Description, dialogue and the protagonist's personality
work together to make a story one hopes will be continued soon.
Featured by *doodlerTM
Write What You Know
Once upon a time, a young woman was so in love with books that she decided she wanted to become a writer so she, too, could create loveable stories. She read everything she could about writing. Then, one day, she found herself in a book store where she bumped into an old man among the shelves. Turning to apologize, she discovered it was a venerable, much-loved author.
As soon as she could find her voice to speak, she said, "Oh, sir! I know you are very busy, and so I would just like to ask you one small question: what is the best piece of advice you have for a beginning writer?"
The old man smiled and said, "Certainly, young lady. In fact,
Write What You Know by *jamberry-song
An amusing, thoughtful and much-needed story
that all aspiring writers should read for inspiration.
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