When you see this meme, post a poem on your LJ.

I knew I would eventually give in to this meme, since I'm a poetry addict. Here's a poem I love, about my beloved city, New York. More specifically, it's about the Staten Island ferry, which goes back and forth between Manhattan and Staten Island. This is also on my mind because I'm working on a poem ( Read more... )

Translation of works of art is an art form in itself. It's a skill I want to cultivate, so I'm posting for your delight and enjoyment my own translation of "Volver" by Estrella Morente. You can listen to it here; it's for the Pedro Almodóvar movie of the same name. Please don't steal my translation. You can quote it, but you must credit. I welcome ( Read more... )

Title: Fear No More
Rating: Teen
Genres: Dark, missing scene
Characters: Kaisa, OCs
Summary: What ever happened to the severed dæmons that Kaisa led away from Bolvangar?
Notes: The poem used as a frame for this story is "Fear No More the Heat O' The Sun" by Shakespeare.

( Fear No More )

Title: The Rites of Mourning
Rating: All ages
Genres: drabble, poetry, angst
Characters: Jack Harkness, 10th Doctor
Summary/Notes: This is a poem by Emily Dickinson that definitely shaped my thinking about Jack post-CoE ( Read more... )

(I'm sorry if I'm spamming up your f-list. There's just a lot of stuff I haven't posted here that I ought to ( Read more... )

Everybody Lives

The tombstone was set in earth,
The chisel poised to carve the names of the dead,
The freshly dug grave gaping for corpses.

Nobody died that day.
A million mausoleums stood without a neighbor.
The gates of the graveyard clanged shut within him.

Seeds took root in the empty grave; flowers began
The slow dance of growing.
The rose remembered ( Read more... )