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Haiku-3
A leaf in the stream
Twists coyly, drinking in sights,
Or waving good-bye.
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Little olive frog
Huddles scared in my garage;
The world is too big.
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A touch of Heaven:
A raindrop, gentle and small,
Makes me smaller still.
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Children at play
Break vases and your practiced
Gruff exterior.
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I envy spiders;
Eight legs and naught to do.
I'm juggling torches.
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Winter drains the oak,
And even its stubborn leaves
Tumble to the earth.
All
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Featured
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Literature
A Stillness of Lament
How deftly somber songs bestill
A heart's own beating pulse,
And in its absence promptly fill
A deepened sense of loss.
I woke with joy's soft, sprightly kiss -
My sorrow a surprise -
To fall so sharp, so low, so quick,
With dust upon my eyes.
The Formulated Word
27 deviations
Literature
to Persephone, with love
it was you who taught me to love the broken boys
the ones who wear shadows like a black fur mantle
under their crooked crowns and calloused smiles
and study the lines of my bones with lonely eyes
and, envious, trace the edges of my fire
with pale hands always reaching,
offering nothing but the dark in turn.
you who showed me how to parse out the pieces
of my hollow heart like pomegranate seeds—
steady as the seasons, strings of flower
words to warm me when the winter comes
and the sheets are stark and cold
as the white hand of snow laid
like a bridal veil across the bare earth.
you who whispered that the best things
Ink Spilled on Pages
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Literature
Sundrop
o
n
some
days I
watch you
rise and rage
with a new year
firework fervour–
untamed and glorious,
pulling the years together
with a snap of your fingers.
but some days you are languid,
stretching like the summer dusting
of freckles along your forearms, the
slumberous strands of hair shuttering
your sky-eyes from the morning light.
on these days, I think the earth spins
slower and the birds sing a little
quieter. on these days, I look
at you and I think:
sundrop.
Images by Text
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Literature
A Cup of Sun
Since dawn smells of dew
And light blends with my tea leaves,
I can taste the sun.
Wabi-Sabi
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Literature
Riches Beyond Belief (A Fairytale)
Once there was a lost world that didn’t know it was lost. It rode on the back of an elephant so large its tusks reached into another universe and its tail lingered who knew where, whilst upon its back there was a vastly decorated saddle. This saddle was rigid, yet made of the finest silks and satins stolen from the golden treasure chests of the richest sultans, embroidered with the finest gold and silver thread spun from moonshine and studded with an infinite number of gems, whose brilliance competed with the stars themselves. Thus this world dwelt upon its magical resting place whilst the behemoth trudged slowly through the sands of ti
Short Stories
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Fantasy Artworks
194 deviations
Manga Style
47 deviations
Final Fantasy Compilation
194 deviations
Creatures of DnD
136 deviations
Visions of Arda
51 deviations
Inspired by Novelists
10 deviations
Mythology
22 deviations
Photography
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Elder Scrolls
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Photomanipulation
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Environments
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Literature
8 Tips for Writing Dialogue for your Characters
8 Tips for Writing Dialogue for your Characters
Anybody Can Write a Novel
Chapter 5 “Choosing and Designing Characters” – Section 4 “Dialogue”
With Links to Supplementary Material
Dialogue is a tricky topic, and for two key reasons. The first is that creating realistic dialogue is a difficult skill to master—even in day-to-day life—without speech coming out plastic, pointless, or otherwise unconvincing. The second problem is that the proper dialogue for your story is deeply rooted within the other elements—the characters, the setting, the genre, etc... Because of this, writing dialogue tha
Writing Advice
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Literature
Haiku Tutorial
Five syllables then
You have seven syllables
You have five again
Tutorials
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Journals and Magazines looking for your work
Below is a list of magazines and journals that are accepting submissions. The ones listed here have a year-round reading period. Some may charge a small reading fee, but they are worth it if you are serious. I will be updating this list as often as I can to add more.
10x3
Main Site:http://www.10x3plus.com/
Submission page:http://www.10x3plus.com/submissions.php
Submissions are welcome any time of the year except December. Please send three or more of your strongest poems. Simultaneous submissions are not acceptable. It is not necessary to query if sending a longer work or grouping of poems.
1966 Journal
Main Site:http://1966journal.org/
Journals and Features
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The Simulacrum
According to Jean Baudrillard in Simulacra and Simulation there has been such a saturation of symbols and signs in American culture that original meaning has been lost, he called this the “precession of simulacra.” This happens in 4 stages: the copy, the counterfeit, the absence of reality and finally simulation. In the essay Sherlockian Simulacra the author Ashley Polak outlines the process of simulacra in this way:
Representation as a process is self-aware; it understands and accepts the coexistence of sign and signifier. A map that has a scale of one inch to one mile is not in danger of being mistaken for the territory it re
Historical Articles
1 deviation
Graphic Novels
1 deviation
Journal SKins
17 deviations
Decorative Brushes
9 deviations
Literature
Ilioupersis
Wogen branden
denn Schiff taucht auf.
Schiffe landen
im Schicksalslauf.
Rater tagen
weil Kämpfe toben.
Manche wagen
und Götter loben.
Leid zu Rache
zu Pest zu Tod.
Schlaf und Wache
zum Morgenrot.
Wogen wallen.
Ob Liebe hält?
Mauern fallen
und Troja fällt.
Words from other Tongues
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Literature
music of the spheres/spherical music 3
musical refrains
of nightingales compassion
for Cassiopeia
vanity redressed
in the forgiveness of time
moment forever
songs of upliftment
burn on empyrean pyres
set planets ablaze!
the music of life
igniting the soul of worlds
an upraising chorus
forever light flies
trailing commemoration
of genesis past
the whole scheme complete
existence encompassed in
a moment of light
Collaborations
3 deviations
Literature
Haiku-3
A leaf in the stream
Twists coyly, drinking in sights,
Or waving good-bye.
-
Little olive frog
Huddles scared in my garage;
The world is too big.
-
A touch of Heaven:
A raindrop, gentle and small,
Makes me smaller still.
-
Children at play
Break vases and your practiced
Gruff exterior.
-
I envy spiders;
Eight legs and naught to do.
I'm juggling torches.
-
Winter drains the oak,
And even its stubborn leaves
Tumble to the earth.
Features
4 deviations
Fractals and Abstract
8 deviations
Literary Figures
21 deviations
