Don’t mind this post. Just testing out a new cross-poster to LJ from WordPress. ~Amber

Mirrored from NaNoLJers. You can comment there or here.

I used one of my book heroines as my poetic inspiration. It's not exactly a diamond-shape, but close...

Mira
My Highborn girl
Dance with pale Elven blades
Silver hair swirling in the Light
Regal bearing, heart of a Paladin
Tattoo of blue across your chest
 Ice and Water call you
Healing, your art
Mira

Okay, I'll admit I'm not the best to write poetry, but I couldn't help myself on this one.

... lots of space so my LJ icon doesn't mess up formatting... XD

Research

Research-
work in the lab
cleaning all the glassware
no weekends for myself to play
wasting time, livejournal is a great thing
browsing the internet all day
My boss is watching me
graduate school ( Read more... )

Shylock
Of the county,
Lend me just one penny.
For with two crowns I cannot pay
For doctors and medicines everyday.
Look at her just wasting away.
Bag of bones, skin so grey.
She begs for your
Mercy.

As a sidenote, any rhyming was not intentional. =p It just happened to work out that way.

Pearl Jam
says to me that
escape is never the
safest bet.  I have to admit
that escaping my own head right now sounds
like a really good idea, as
i seem to be feeling
some denial.  Thanks,
Pearl Jam.

This is what happens when I'm listening to Pearl Jam while listening to myself think.

"Penny?"
He's asking me
What's on my mind right now.
I sit there in silence thinking
about what it is I'm really thinking -
I have to smile because it seems
all the thoughts that I have
cost more than a
penny.

These things are hellaciously addictive...much like Dark Chocolate Hershey's Kisses.  *win*

Sleeping
a luxury
for someone like me that
spends all night talking on the phone
trying to come down from the rafters; i
am thankful for the diversion
and thankful for the peace.
Thank you  - now, I'm
sleeping.

Dammit
Watch the world fall
Apart all around me
And all I can do is listen
To the cries of the fallen as their angst
Pelts my ears like cold fall raindrops.
Today, I am useless -
Wanting to help.
Dammit.

I tried three or four but only came up with one that worked.

The jar
gleams in the light.
The colors are vivid.
I am blinded by their brightness.
Egyptian figures encircle the lip.
It is made of painted red clay.
It is not very old.
It holds water.
The jar.