Poetry Meme (Buffy, Death Note, Harry Potter, Repo, Sailor Moon)
I saw this on lost_spooks journal and decided to give it a try :) Come and play if you feel like it ^^
Here's how it goes:
1: Pick five fandoms. List them in alphabetical order.
2: Visit this site to find your first RANDOM POEM OF POWER. Write down the 5th line (yes, even if it's an E.E. Cummings poem and you wind up with an apostrophe). Repeat five times and - you guessed it - list 'em in alphabetical order! (No cheating, mind! This is a challenge and it's always been about creativity.)
3: I think you can see where this is going. Write a very quick 50-word half-drabble for each fandom (try to do it all in one sitting - make your brain explode!), using the line from the poem as a prompt. You don't have to include it in the half-drabble - it's just inspiration.
4: Bravo! Have a cookie.
1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "and the woman died and the children grew up and"
'Jack', Carl Sandburg
Buffy and Dawn thought that after their mother’s death their life would also end. Everything seemed to be hopeless, the world was drained of its laughter. But time went by and they grew older (up) and learnt that they can honor Joyce’s remembrance best by thinking of the happy times.
2. Death Note - "It aims once - kills once - conquers once -"
'Twas fighting for his Life he was', Emily Dickinson
The person being able to gain Light’s interest can be considered anything but lucky. Once he sets his eyes on someone, he’ll do anything to conquer him. But even if you belong to him, he won’t hesitate to destroy you if you’re in his way.
(Rest in peace, L.)
3. Harry Potter - "Then we hide our brave face"
'We don't cry - Tim and I', Emily Dickinson
The desperate sobs can be heard when night settles in, when the three of them hide underneath their blankets from all the responsibilities that hunt them in the daylight. The solidary ‘We can make it’ fades away, and all that stays is the tremulous ‘How can we ever make it?’
4. Repo! The Genetic Opera - "Whose rumor's Gate was shut so tight"
'Expanse cannot be lost', Emily Dickinson
Good thing people don’t believe whispered rumors (Luigi Largo, so passionate, so smart, a murderer? Pavi Largo, so dashing, so charming, a rapist? Amber Sweet, so generous, so elegant, a junkie? Who’d believe that?!) when the ones who dare to speak them out loud are silenced in a proper way.
5. Sailor Moon - "With witness I speak this. But where I say"
'I Wake And Feel The Fell Of Dark, Not Day', Gerard Manley Hopkins
“I swear that I will always love and cherish you.” Endymion smiles down at Serenity. The audience sighs at the obvious love and devotion the couple radiates. “And I will protect you …”
His voice falters but Serenity squeezes his hand reassuringly. His smile returns and he continues his wedding-vow.
Here's how it goes:
1: Pick five fandoms. List them in alphabetical order.
2: Visit this site to find your first RANDOM POEM OF POWER. Write down the 5th line (yes, even if it's an E.E. Cummings poem and you wind up with an apostrophe). Repeat five times and - you guessed it - list 'em in alphabetical order! (No cheating, mind! This is a challenge and it's always been about creativity.)
3: I think you can see where this is going. Write a very quick 50-word half-drabble for each fandom (try to do it all in one sitting - make your brain explode!), using the line from the poem as a prompt. You don't have to include it in the half-drabble - it's just inspiration.
4: Bravo! Have a cookie.
1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "and the woman died and the children grew up and"
'Jack', Carl Sandburg
Buffy and Dawn thought that after their mother’s death their life would also end. Everything seemed to be hopeless, the world was drained of its laughter. But time went by and they grew older (up) and learnt that they can honor Joyce’s remembrance best by thinking of the happy times.
2. Death Note - "It aims once - kills once - conquers once -"
'Twas fighting for his Life he was', Emily Dickinson
The person being able to gain Light’s interest can be considered anything but lucky. Once he sets his eyes on someone, he’ll do anything to conquer him. But even if you belong to him, he won’t hesitate to destroy you if you’re in his way.
(Rest in peace, L.)
3. Harry Potter - "Then we hide our brave face"
'We don't cry - Tim and I', Emily Dickinson
The desperate sobs can be heard when night settles in, when the three of them hide underneath their blankets from all the responsibilities that hunt them in the daylight. The solidary ‘We can make it’ fades away, and all that stays is the tremulous ‘How can we ever make it?’
4. Repo! The Genetic Opera - "Whose rumor's Gate was shut so tight"
'Expanse cannot be lost', Emily Dickinson
Good thing people don’t believe whispered rumors (Luigi Largo, so passionate, so smart, a murderer? Pavi Largo, so dashing, so charming, a rapist? Amber Sweet, so generous, so elegant, a junkie? Who’d believe that?!) when the ones who dare to speak them out loud are silenced in a proper way.
5. Sailor Moon - "With witness I speak this. But where I say"
'I Wake And Feel The Fell Of Dark, Not Day', Gerard Manley Hopkins
“I swear that I will always love and cherish you.” Endymion smiles down at Serenity. The audience sighs at the obvious love and devotion the couple radiates. “And I will protect you …”
His voice falters but Serenity squeezes his hand reassuringly. His smile returns and he continues his wedding-vow.