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We often see the beauty of the facade; the attractive looks, the dazzling smile, the perfect figure. Enamoured by this illusion we are happy and content. But what does the mirror see that we don't? What would it really show if only we looked? What do others truly see?
Join us as we peer into this image and view the ugliness within. During this Collab we are going to try something a little different, so come and help expose and examine The Beast In The Beauty.
This month, and next, we’re trying something different again! For our May/June carry-on we will incorporate a simple format of iambic pentameter (5 metric feet per line) and six-line stanzas. There is no rhyme scheme. We ask that you affix at least 2 lines of your own, and no more than 4 in one turn. Don’t worry about submitting the odd 3 lines, if it comes to your first line being line six, finish off the stanza and create the first line of the next! If you choose to participate again, please allow one or more collaborators to add their lines. Then feel free to submit again!Iambic pentameter is used widely throughout poetry. Our verses do not have to be Shakespearean, however. All we are looking for in this piece is five feet (approximately 10 syllables) per line. The most common foot is, obviously, the iamb. The iamb is composed of one unstressed and one stressed syllable, generally illustrated as ( x / ), or “da DUM”. Examples can be found at [link]
The second most common foot is the anapest. This contains two unstressed and one stressed syllable ( x x / ), or “da da DUM.” Examples of such can be found here: [link] .
We would like you to please stick to iambs and anapests only. Also, direct any questions to *NovembreChuchote or ~RebeccaA, who will be happy to assist you.
The rest of the rules from last time are still in play:
We ask that you respond with your line in the comments section of this journal.
1. Please toggle to show newest comments first on the page.
2. Look for the last line in the most recent comment.
3. Copy/paste the last line, which you will be following, then add your line.
Once the collaboration is closed we will post it as a deviation.
Here’s to a great experiment! And now, the first lines:
Absence makes the heart grow sick and weary;
I want to see the world through golden eyes
but baited breath only hazes the hallowed dawn
with wishes unfulfilled till luna's rise.
Till Morning's son pierces the sky, sit and sulk,
No, even the prettiest of flowers will die,
You're not here, and my breathing is strained,
And Knight's moon, veins froze to ice. Shall no warmth
again grace my innocent pallor, save
for when again your breath shall graze my neck;
or your curious hands find means to venture on,
so far as to almost embrace my heart itself?
If you have any pieces in which you have collaborated with another poet here on dA, we would like you to share them here. Note SV with Collaborations or Collabs as the subject and include a link to the work so that we can feature the links to them in this journal. We felt it would be interesting to feature them here where more of our members would have the opportunity to view them.Oh she's a Thief by ~ASkitso & *Spamuel
Life’s Lessons by: ~Inconspicuous54 & ~RebeccaA
Houseparty by *Spamuel & ~ASkitso
Angels by =SorrowBurn, ~sorrowburnt, ~angelaeryn & *infernal-raynata
Drowning by ~RebeccaA & ~Sylvanashala
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through fear-filled glassy eyes
as terror stalks deep within us
trailing icy fingers along our entrails.
through fear-filled glassy eyes
as terror stalks deep within us
trailing icy fingers along our entrails.
The dark slowly entwines
Thoughts of reality and irrationality.
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You'll always be my thunder,
so bring on the rain...
~Boys Like Girls
Clubs: SV [link], p-U-n-K: [link]
through fear-filled glassy eyes
as terror stalks deep within us
trailing icy fingers along our entrails.
The dark slowly entwines
Thoughts of reality and irrationality.
Half-blind. Dull orange patterns and shades
burned through eyelids, dying sun.
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<Déesse Diabolique> maquina de matar [fleur de lys]
through fear-filled glassy eyes
as terror stalks deep within us
trailing icy fingers along our entrails.
The dark slowly entwines
Thoughts of reality and irrationality.
Half-blind. Dull orange patterns and shades
burned through eyelids, dying sun.
Falling into me, drowning, failing
to light this endless sea of Darkness.
--
". . . into the depths i looked
only to be swallowed by the darkness. . ."
Art -- ~ThroughSapphyreEyes
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The Moving Finger writes, and, having writ,
Moves on; nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears blot out a Word of it.
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"Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body". - Elizabeth Stone
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The Moving Finger writes, and, having writ,
Moves on; nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears blot out a Word of it.
--
"Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body". - Elizabeth Stone
through fear-filled glassy eyes
as terror stalks deep within us
trailing icy fingers along our entrails.
The dark slowly entwines
Thoughts of reality and irrationality.
Half-blind. Dull orange patterns and shades
burned through eyelids, dying sun.
Falling into me, drowning, failing
to light this endless sea of Darkness.
Ancient words, left and forgotten;
Pilfered endings, and my own within the mess.
Lips to dust, hand to heart
and wretched fiends, we beg.
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If death knows not fear and life knows not love, then why do people love life and fear death?
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