Daily Literature Deviations for April 16th, 2012

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Daily Lit Deviations for April 16th, 2012

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Poetry

Suggested by: Exnihilo-nihil

Featured by: LadyofGaerdon

The suggester doesn't have much to say about this one,

for he thinks it makes its own point. I quite agree.

Featured by: LadyofGaerdon


Of treesDeep ghost-groves of freckled aspen
burn white beneath the winter sun,
whisper hoary adulation,
canticles for the Holy One.
And in the trees, the spirits dance
betwixt the motes of starry snow
illuminated by the lance
of lightning flash and candle glow.
All lights within this place combine,
reflect in splendour, white on white,
and mingle in a trance sublime
that breathes in peace through winter night.
The lofty heads of stately pine
rear up and brush the lowered sky
as if they could, by straightened spine,
so please the God who built them high.
Their incense needles, fragrant, fall
in silence to the chapel floor
and still above, they shade the hall
where ghosts who come by night adore.
Black on black, and brown by green,
create a hush bereft of light
where one may linger safe, unseen,
and sleep in peace through winter night.



Exquisite rhythm and stunningly evocative imagery capture
   

the reader as easily as the author captures the scene.


Prose

Featured by: doodlerTM

The Things I CarryI carry my blue scissors. Most of the time, I keep them inside my bag.  Sometimes I carry them in my pocket, just so I know they're there. People I walk by, if recognizing the outline, will give me strange looks – unless they assume I need to do last-minute work on a project for my next class. I let them believe they know why I carry my scissors.
I carry disappointment when things don't turn out the way I want. I also carry sadness when I remember there are others that have it worse, but I act like the spoiled children I so dislike. On the other hand, I carry a respect for people who can be brutally honest but talk of profound issues rather than cavils.
When I go to the events I volunteer at on the weekends, I take my small green messenger bag. I never clean it out, so it's likely less hygienic of a handbag than it should be. My mother rails on me for slothfulness, feigning concern for what the dust that clings to me will do for the allergies I carry unwillingly. She oft

An honest, down-to-earth non-fiction piece that manages

to tell a lot about the author in not too many words.

Suggested by: leakygaloshes

Featured by: doodlerTM

2: the first questionThe first thing I noticed was the fez on her lap.  I saw it as I scanned the tube for empty seats; a flash of red in the corner of my eye.  It perched delicately on her thighs like a small, unassuming puppy that stared at passerby with large eyes, silently daring them to challenge its right to be there.  I gaped at it; the train started forward with a jerk and I had to grab onto the metal pole in front of me to keep my balance.  The ungainly motion of my body lurching forward caught the eye of the fez's owner; I saw her look up at me quickly, then duck her eyes down to her hands, which were diminutive and pale and folded neatly in her lap, just behind the fez.  I sneezed loudly into the sleeve of my trench coat and she smiled.  It was for barely an instant—and, it was probably an attack on my limbs and their length and the strangeness with which they moved—but it was enough to cause an unfamiliar tug inside me, not unlike the movement of the train.  

From the suggester: 'This first time interaction between the

main characters is tenderly explored; the author makes good use of

dialogue and detail to paint the setting and the main character's

attempts to overcome his social anxieties."

Suggested by: LadyofGaerdon

Featured by: SilverInkblot

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"Writer's CPR" by RainySkyz

Says the Suggester: "Highly resonant for so few words."

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