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I'm doing a three-way collab right now, and it's so fun 
If anyone wants to do a collab with me, let me know!
British
[ ] You drink a lot of tea.
[ ] You know what a brolly is.
[ ] Deal or No Deal has taken over your life.
[ ] You wanted Ben to win X Factor.
[ ] You use the word "bugger" or the phrase "bloody hell."
[x]Fish and Chips are yummy.
[ ] You can eat a Full English Breakfast.
[ ] You dislike emos almost as much as you dislike chavs.
[]Its football...not soccer.
Total: 1
Australian
[ ] You wear flip flops all year.
[ ] You call flipflops thongs not flip flops.
[ ] You love a backyard barbie.
[ ] You know a barbie is not a doll.
[ ] You love the beach. [It's nice, but I don't love it.]
[ ] Sometimes you swear without realizing.
[ ] You're a sports fanatic.
[ ] You are tanned.
[ ] You're a bit of a bogan.
[ ] You have an australian something
Total: 0
Italian
[ ] The Sopranos is a great show.
[x] Your last name ends in a vowel.
[ ] Your grandmother makes her own sauces.
[ ] You know how a real meatball tastes.
[ ] You know Italian songs.
[x] You have dark hair and dark eye color.
[ ] You speak some italian.
[x] You are under 5'10"
[ ] You know what an Italian horn is
[x] Pizza/spaghetti is the best food in the world!
[x] You talk with your hands. [Sometimes?]
Total: 5
Mexican
[ ] You say member instead of Remember.
[ ] You speak spanish or some.
[x] You like tacos.
[ ] YoU TyPe lIkE ThIs On Da CoMpUtEr. [rofl]
[ ] You are dark skinned.
[ ] You know what a Puta is.
[x] You talk fast occasionally.
[ ] You have had highlights or have dyed your hair.
[ ]You know what platanos are.
Total: 2
Russian
[ ] You say villian as: Vee-lon.
[x] You get short tempered.
[ ] You know of somebody named Natasha.
[x] You get cold easily.
[ ] Rain is fun for you.
[ ] You get into contests all the time.
[ ] You can easily make do with the cold weather.
Total: 2
Irish
[ ] You think beer is the best.
[x] You have a bad temper.
[ ] Your last name starts with a Mc, Murph, O', Fitz or ends with a ley, on, un, an, in, ry, ly, y.
[ ] You have blue or green eyes.
[ ] You like the color green.
[ ] You have been to a st. pattys day party.
[ ] You have a family member from Ireland.
[ ] You have blonde hair.
[ ] You have/had freckles.
[ ] Your family get togethers always include drinking and singing.
Total: 1
African American
[ ] You have nappy hair.
[ ] You like rap.
[ ] You know how to shoot a gun
[ ] You think President George Walker Bush is racist.
[x] You like chicken. [Does fried chicken count?]
[x] You like watermelon.
[ ] You can dance.
[ ] You can 'sing' gospel.
Total: 2
Asian
[x] You have slanty/small eyes.
[x] you like rice alot.
[x] You are good at math.
[x] you have played the piano.
[x] you are under 5' 6".
[x] you have family from asia.
[x] You laugh sometimes covering your mouth.
[x] Most people think you're chinese.
[ ] you call hurricanes typhoons
[ ] You go to Baulko.
Total: 8. lol.
German
[x] You like bread.
[ ] You think German Chocolate is good.
[x] You Speak some German. [I learned a little German so I could scream stuff like "THAT'S A CHAIR!" and people would think I'm cursing at them.]
[ ] You know what Schnitzel is.
[ ] You hate it when stupid people call you a Nazi.
[x] You went to Pre-school.
[ ] youre over 5' 7"
Total: 3
Canadian
[ ] You like/play/played hockey.
[ ] You love beer.
[/] You say eh. [I type it, don't say it.]
[ ] You know what poutine is.
[x] You speak some french.
[ ] You love Tim Horton's.
[ ] At one point you lived in a farm house.
[ ] You watch/watched degrassi.
Total: 1.5
American
[ ] You hate foreigners.
[ ] You hate non - Christians.
[x] You're lazy.
[ ] You're fat.
[ ] You are not cultured.
[x] You hate abortion.
[/] You love the death penalty. [Better than just paying for prisoners serving life sentences, but I'd rather they do useful labor.]
[ ] You don't read.
[ ] You shop at walmart.
[ ] You think this survey is rather biased.
Total: 2.5
So apparently I'm Asian. No surprise there...
If anyone wants to do a collab with me, let me know!British
[ ] You drink a lot of tea.
[ ] You know what a brolly is.
[ ] Deal or No Deal has taken over your life.
[ ] You wanted Ben to win X Factor.
[ ] You use the word "bugger" or the phrase "bloody hell."
[x]Fish and Chips are yummy.
[ ] You can eat a Full English Breakfast.
[ ] You dislike emos almost as much as you dislike chavs.
[]Its football...not soccer.
Total: 1
Australian
[ ] You wear flip flops all year.
[ ] You call flipflops thongs not flip flops.
[ ] You love a backyard barbie.
[ ] You know a barbie is not a doll.
[ ] You love the beach. [It's nice, but I don't love it.]
[ ] Sometimes you swear without realizing.
[ ] You're a sports fanatic.
[ ] You are tanned.
[ ] You're a bit of a bogan.
[ ] You have an australian something
Total: 0
Italian
[ ] The Sopranos is a great show.
[x] Your last name ends in a vowel.
[ ] Your grandmother makes her own sauces.
[ ] You know how a real meatball tastes.
[ ] You know Italian songs.
[x] You have dark hair and dark eye color.
[ ] You speak some italian.
[x] You are under 5'10"
[ ] You know what an Italian horn is
[x] Pizza/spaghetti is the best food in the world!
[x] You talk with your hands. [Sometimes?]
Total: 5
Mexican
[ ] You say member instead of Remember.
[ ] You speak spanish or some.
[x] You like tacos.
[ ] YoU TyPe lIkE ThIs On Da CoMpUtEr. [rofl]
[ ] You are dark skinned.
[ ] You know what a Puta is.
[x] You talk fast occasionally.
[ ] You have had highlights or have dyed your hair.
[ ]You know what platanos are.
Total: 2
Russian
[ ] You say villian as: Vee-lon.
[x] You get short tempered.
[ ] You know of somebody named Natasha.
[x] You get cold easily.
[ ] Rain is fun for you.
[ ] You get into contests all the time.
[ ] You can easily make do with the cold weather.
Total: 2
Irish
[ ] You think beer is the best.
[x] You have a bad temper.
[ ] Your last name starts with a Mc, Murph, O', Fitz or ends with a ley, on, un, an, in, ry, ly, y.
[ ] You have blue or green eyes.
[ ] You like the color green.
[ ] You have been to a st. pattys day party.
[ ] You have a family member from Ireland.
[ ] You have blonde hair.
[ ] You have/had freckles.
[ ] Your family get togethers always include drinking and singing.
Total: 1
African American
[ ] You have nappy hair.
[ ] You like rap.
[ ] You know how to shoot a gun
[ ] You think President George Walker Bush is racist.
[x] You like chicken. [Does fried chicken count?]
[x] You like watermelon.
[ ] You can dance.
[ ] You can 'sing' gospel.
Total: 2
Asian
[x] You have slanty/small eyes.
[x] you like rice alot.
[x] You are good at math.
[x] you have played the piano.
[x] you are under 5' 6".
[x] you have family from asia.
[x] You laugh sometimes covering your mouth.
[x] Most people think you're chinese.
[ ] you call hurricanes typhoons
[ ] You go to Baulko.
Total: 8. lol.
German
[x] You like bread.
[ ] You think German Chocolate is good.
[x] You Speak some German. [I learned a little German so I could scream stuff like "THAT'S A CHAIR!" and people would think I'm cursing at them.]
[ ] You know what Schnitzel is.
[ ] You hate it when stupid people call you a Nazi.
[x] You went to Pre-school.
[ ] youre over 5' 7"
Total: 3
Canadian
[ ] You like/play/played hockey.
[ ] You love beer.
[/] You say eh. [I type it, don't say it.]
[ ] You know what poutine is.
[x] You speak some french.
[ ] You love Tim Horton's.
[ ] At one point you lived in a farm house.
[ ] You watch/watched degrassi.
Total: 1.5
American
[ ] You hate foreigners.
[ ] You hate non - Christians.
[x] You're lazy.
[ ] You're fat.
[ ] You are not cultured.
[x] You hate abortion.
[/] You love the death penalty. [Better than just paying for prisoners serving life sentences, but I'd rather they do useful labor.]
[ ] You don't read.
[ ] You shop at walmart.
[ ] You think this survey is rather biased.
Total: 2.5
So apparently I'm Asian. No surprise there...
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Yay, Quiz... Thing
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RULES
1. Copy and paste it
2. Erase all the answers
3. Fill in your answers
4. Spread it around
001. Real Name? Wouldn't you like to know?
002. Nickname[s]? Izzy.
004. Male Or Female? Female
005. Elementary? Not currently.
006. Middle school? Not anymore.
007. High School? Couple more weeks
008. Hair Color? Dark brown, almost black.
009. Long Or Short? Depends how you define long/short. It goes a bit past my shoulders.
010. Loud Or Quiet? Um, quiet, I guess.
011. Sweats Or Jeans? Hmm... I look better in jeans, but sweats are so nice and comfy-cozy.
012. Phone Or Camera? Camera. I almost never use my phone.
013. Health Freak? Not really.
014. Drink Or Smoke? Only on weekends. Just kidding.
015. Do You Have A Crush On Someone? Well, I just got over one.
016. Eat Or Drink? Uh... no.
017. Piercings? Nope.
018. Tattoos? Not in the foreseeable future.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN...?
019. An Airplane? Yep, bunch of times.
020. A Car Accident? Not yet. Wait until I get my license. *shifty eyes*
021. A Fist Fight? I once shoved a wrestler and he fell flat on his back. Admittedly, he was thirteen at the time. And he jumped in my face and scared the crap out of me, so it wasn't really a conscious decision. Does that count?
FIRSTS:
022. First Piercing? Nonexistent.
023. First Best Friend? First was this girl whose name I don't remember (preschool), but the first that I still, like, KNOW is KaneyKittyBear (on deviantART, fortunately that's not her real name).
025. First Award? Umm... probably that school spelling bee thing?
026. First Crush? This guy. In that place.
028. First Big Vacation? Uhh, China, I think.
LASTS:
029. Last Person You Talked To? My first crush.
030. Last Person You Texted? A friend.
031. Last Person You Watched A Movie With? My dog. Oh wait, person? Umm...
032. Last Food You Ate? Rice. Because I'm awesomely Asian like that.
033. Last Movie You Watched? Oh, that movie that was the remake of the British one... umm, the one about the deathbed and the funeral that went really wrong? ("MY HAND IS STUCK!")
034. Last Song You listened To? "A Beautiful Lie" by 30 seconds to Mars
035. Last Thing You Bought? A book.
036. Last Person You Hugged? Erm... my dog?
FAVES:
037. Food? Uhh...
038. Drinks? Dr. Pepper
039. Clothing? I dunno.
040. Book? THAT IS A HORRIBLE CRUEL QUESTION TO ASK A BOOK NERD.
041. Music? Erm... my current favorite band is 30 Seconds to Mars, but Panic! At the Disco is also really good.
042. Flower? Am I supposed to have one?
043. Colors? Blue!
044. Movies? A.I.
045. Shoes? All the shoes I know can probably be counted on one hand, but I guess those Converse things. They're pretty cool.
046. Subjects? Math.
CURRENTLY:
047. Eating? Watermelon.
048. Drinking? Nothing.
049. Getting Ready To? Waste time.
050. Listening To? My mom on the phone.
051. Plans For Tomorrow/Today? Uh... iono.
052. Waiting For? A LIFE OR DEATH EMAIL THAT JUST WON'T COME.
YOUR FUTURE:
053. Want Kids? Yeah, like 2-3.
054. Want To Get Married? OH YES.
055. Careers in mind? Writer. DUH.
WHICH IS BETTER ON A BOY/GIRL?
056. Lips Or Eyes? Eyes for both.
057. Shorter Or Taller? Taller for a boy, shorter for a girl, relative to each other.
058. Romantic Or Spontaneous? Spontaneous trumps romantic any day.
059. Nice Stomach Or Nice Arms? Stomach for a boy, arms for a girl.
060. Sensitive Or Loud? Sensitive for both.
061. Hookup Or Relationship? Relationship.
062. Troublemaker Or Hesitant? Troublemaker in a boy, hesitant in a girl.
HAVE YOU EVER:
063. Lost Glasses/Contacts? I've dropped contacts on the floor, but I've found them.
064. Ran Away From Home? I used to daydream about this when I was younger. Now I daydream about - well, you don't want to know.
065. Held A Weapon, For Self Defense? Well, once I saw this super scary movie, and I was having trouble falling asleep. There was this loud crack, so I grabbed my old teddy bear off the shelf and held it in front of me. Does that count?
066. Killed Somebody? Yeah. I mean, DEFINITELY NOT, Officer.
067. Broken Someone's Heart? Well... yeah.
068. Been Arrested? Not that I know of.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
069. Yourself? Mostly.
070. Miracles? No.
071. Love At First Sight? Um, no, unless love = lust.
072. Heaven? No.
073. Santa Claus? UM WHY WOULDN'T I, ARE YOU SAYING SANTA ISN'T REAL, HMM?!
074. Sex On The First Date? Err, not unless you live in a sitcom.
075. Kiss? Sometimes. Depends how well you know the person.
ANSWER TRUTHFULLY
074. Is There One Person You Wanna Be With, Right Now? Oh yes.
075. Are You Seriously Happy With Where You Are, In Life? Um, certain things could be greatly improved. Like my health. That could be useful. Otherwise, things are going pretty well.
1. Copy and paste it
2. Erase all the answers
3. Fill in your answers
4. Spread it around
001. Real Name? Wouldn't you like to know?
002. Nickname[s]? Izzy.
004. Male Or Female? Female
005. Elementary? Not currently.
006. Middle school? Not anymore.
007. High School? Couple more weeks
008. Hair Color? Dark brown, almost black.
009. Long Or Short? Depends how you define long/short. It goes a bit past my shoulders.
010. Loud Or Quiet? Um, quiet, I guess.
011. Sweats Or Jeans? Hmm... I look better in jeans, but sweats are so nice and comfy-cozy.
012. Phone Or Camera? Camera. I almost never use my phone.
013. Health Freak? Not really.
014. Drink Or Smoke? Only on weekends. Just kidding.
015. Do You Have A Crush On Someone? Well, I just got over one.
016. Eat Or Drink? Uh... no.
017. Piercings? Nope.
018. Tattoos? Not in the foreseeable future.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN...?
019. An Airplane? Yep, bunch of times.
020. A Car Accident? Not yet. Wait until I get my license. *shifty eyes*
021. A Fist Fight? I once shoved a wrestler and he fell flat on his back. Admittedly, he was thirteen at the time. And he jumped in my face and scared the crap out of me, so it wasn't really a conscious decision. Does that count?
FIRSTS:
022. First Piercing? Nonexistent.
023. First Best Friend? First was this girl whose name I don't remember (preschool), but the first that I still, like, KNOW is KaneyKittyBear (on deviantART, fortunately that's not her real name).
025. First Award? Umm... probably that school spelling bee thing?
026. First Crush? This guy. In that place.
028. First Big Vacation? Uhh, China, I think.
LASTS:
029. Last Person You Talked To? My first crush.
030. Last Person You Texted? A friend.
031. Last Person You Watched A Movie With? My dog. Oh wait, person? Umm...
032. Last Food You Ate? Rice. Because I'm awesomely Asian like that.
033. Last Movie You Watched? Oh, that movie that was the remake of the British one... umm, the one about the deathbed and the funeral that went really wrong? ("MY HAND IS STUCK!")
034. Last Song You listened To? "A Beautiful Lie" by 30 seconds to Mars
035. Last Thing You Bought? A book.
036. Last Person You Hugged? Erm... my dog?
FAVES:
037. Food? Uhh...
038. Drinks? Dr. Pepper
039. Clothing? I dunno.
040. Book? THAT IS A HORRIBLE CRUEL QUESTION TO ASK A BOOK NERD.
041. Music? Erm... my current favorite band is 30 Seconds to Mars, but Panic! At the Disco is also really good.
042. Flower? Am I supposed to have one?
043. Colors? Blue!
044. Movies? A.I.
045. Shoes? All the shoes I know can probably be counted on one hand, but I guess those Converse things. They're pretty cool.
046. Subjects? Math.
CURRENTLY:
047. Eating? Watermelon.
048. Drinking? Nothing.
049. Getting Ready To? Waste time.
050. Listening To? My mom on the phone.
051. Plans For Tomorrow/Today? Uh... iono.
052. Waiting For? A LIFE OR DEATH EMAIL THAT JUST WON'T COME.
YOUR FUTURE:
053. Want Kids? Yeah, like 2-3.
054. Want To Get Married? OH YES.
055. Careers in mind? Writer. DUH.
WHICH IS BETTER ON A BOY/GIRL?
056. Lips Or Eyes? Eyes for both.
057. Shorter Or Taller? Taller for a boy, shorter for a girl, relative to each other.
058. Romantic Or Spontaneous? Spontaneous trumps romantic any day.
059. Nice Stomach Or Nice Arms? Stomach for a boy, arms for a girl.
060. Sensitive Or Loud? Sensitive for both.
061. Hookup Or Relationship? Relationship.
062. Troublemaker Or Hesitant? Troublemaker in a boy, hesitant in a girl.
HAVE YOU EVER:
063. Lost Glasses/Contacts? I've dropped contacts on the floor, but I've found them.
064. Ran Away From Home? I used to daydream about this when I was younger. Now I daydream about - well, you don't want to know.
065. Held A Weapon, For Self Defense? Well, once I saw this super scary movie, and I was having trouble falling asleep. There was this loud crack, so I grabbed my old teddy bear off the shelf and held it in front of me. Does that count?
066. Killed Somebody? Yeah. I mean, DEFINITELY NOT, Officer.
067. Broken Someone's Heart? Well... yeah.
068. Been Arrested? Not that I know of.
DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
069. Yourself? Mostly.
070. Miracles? No.
071. Love At First Sight? Um, no, unless love = lust.
072. Heaven? No.
073. Santa Claus? UM WHY WOULDN'T I, ARE YOU SAYING SANTA ISN'T REAL, HMM?!
074. Sex On The First Date? Err, not unless you live in a sitcom.
075. Kiss? Sometimes. Depends how well you know the person.
ANSWER TRUTHFULLY
074. Is There One Person You Wanna Be With, Right Now? Oh yes.
075. Are You Seriously Happy With Where You Are, In Life? Um, certain things could be greatly improved. Like my health. That could be useful. Otherwise, things are going pretty well.
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Beautiful Art
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Please take the time not only to favorite these, but to view them and think about them and - best of all - comment on them. Comments are always more meaningful than favorites, even if you think you have nothing to say.
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Darkly Beautiful Literature Pieces
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Here are some darkly beautiful literature pieces, each containing a certain unidentifiable quality. Take the time to read the ones that interest you, and I hope if you fave, you comment as well. Even a short comment saying what you did/didn't like means a lot!
Excerpt from "when the stars rise again.":
I have fallen in love with comet dust and stoplights.
I have fallen in love with reading words until they
jump and dance across their own spines and my
fingertips and god, they are so beautiful.
"Dreamwhisperer" is brief but beautiful.
"Insanity" is gorgeous up to its final heart-stopping line, which I am so dearly tempted to post as an excerpt, but I will leave you to discover it on your own.
And the rawness of "Silence" is amazing beyond belief. Excerpt: and so they bide their time in
those cells, tongues lapping up the promise of
death. their words dipping into the basin of the
world's oceans and secrets
Excerpt from "that girl was me.":
she wrote poetry
on the insides of her
delicate wrists
just to remind herself that
words could still be
beautiful
Excerpt from "risque":
really you're just
another girl waiting
to be hurt by a boy
catching stardust
in his lashes.
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Oh, God, I'm running out of words to describe these poems, but let me assure you that "fall over already." is lovely, absolutely lovely.
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Doesn't the title ("her dreamy schizophrenic") say it all?
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Excerpt from "Counted Clouds in Dusk":
I can now see why silence wouldn’t kiss me.
This is "paranoia is your best friend". Too short to excerpt, but you can tell from the thumbnail how perfect it is.
Bit long and a bit different from the others, but it's well worth the read.
Excerpt from "gravity still works":
gravity always stopped us. it always worked. it worked in random ways sometimes, like that one time where she was ignoring me for a week and then one day i decided to go to the library and guess who was there. her. even if she was not into reading because
"why read someone elses story? why not just write your own?".
Excerpt from "now you know better":
so you nixed the meter and measure the gods composed
and wrote your own sonnet in time with the beat of your heart
and the shiver of your tapered spine.
Short but sweet to the point of beauty. Entitled "the balance beam."
--
If this article is popular and people enjoy it, I have many more darkly beautiful pieces that ought to be featured.
when the stars rise again.and isn't it a strange thing;
when I cannot see myself I can still feel myself.
there are a hundred days between me and the trees
but they still rain leaves in my hair and across my cheekbones,
they are my companions but they touch my face like
love-struck stars.
I have fallen in love with comet dust and stoplights.
I have fallen in love with reading words until they
jump and dance across their own spines and my
fingertips and god, they are so beautiful.
is there such a thing as love?
when I talk my tongue slips and swells
and I would like to tell you a million things
but they are all in foreign languages.
things that are meant to be scary do not scare
me anymore.
I fell asleep last night and finally realized how beautiful
the dark can be. there is no such thing as drowning
in the dark.
when you are swallowed whole by it you don't think
about the sun or his fingers or the frogs
croaking outside of your window.
you only think about the light.
Excerpt from "when the stars rise again.":
I have fallen in love with comet dust and stoplights.
I have fallen in love with reading words until they
jump and dance across their own spines and my
fingertips and god, they are so beautiful.
Dreamwhispereryou could tell me that you
whispered a dream into a reality:
and i would never believe you lied
"Dreamwhisperer" is brief but beautiful.
12. Insanity100 Themes Challenge
12. Insanity
i told them to install earphones into my veins so i could always hear my heart pumping they were wrong
the
and they edited the sound systems and now i can't hear anything deaf and dumb they've made me
key
unless to their constant babbling they put headphones on my eyes and mouth and nobody can
out
understand i try to tell them what has been done but they are all nameless shadows that barely exist
of
locked in an embrace of wires i cannot move i scream to be released; not what i wanted, not
this
what i hoped for somewhere else i know it is green and beautiful but here everything is cold cold,
place
mama, hold me in your warm embrace and make me feel complete again but i think they unscrewed
slips
some vital bolt and now i am defective like a toy cast off the shelves for being different and strange it's
away
all their fault, it's all their fault but mama i cannot do anything because
"Insanity" is gorgeous up to its final heart-stopping line, which I am so dearly tempted to post as an excerpt, but I will leave you to discover it on your own.
15. Silence100 Themes Challenge
15. Silence
yet again human nature becomes their malicious
foe. they would keep their mouths shut if the urge
to speak were to fall away like dust. they would
be still if their bodies didn't urge them otherwise.
when their liberties are locked in an even tighter
cage they can only cling to the very humanity that
would destroy them.
drip, drip.
broken symmetries
and fallen dynasties, corruption layered over the
bones of their arduous ancestors, dying in vain
and in frustration. and so they bide their time in
those cells, tongues lapping up the promise of
death. their words dipping into the basin of the
world's oceans and secrets. keys jabbing upwards
into heaven and beyond. it occurs to them their
open invitation ma
And the rawness of "Silence" is amazing beyond belief. Excerpt: and so they bide their time in
those cells, tongues lapping up the promise of
death. their words dipping into the basin of the
world's oceans and secrets
that girl was me.i once knew a girl
whose mind soared on paper
airplanes that never want to
come down.
she wrote poetry
on the insides of her
delicate wrists
just to remind herself that
words could still be
beautiful
and
she spent her afternoons
folding paper stars
because she knew it was
the closest she'd ever get
to the real things.
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i once knew a girl
whose best friends were
a goldfish, a praying
mantis, and a black cat.
she kept them
in her treehouse - away
from society and superstitions
and everything
that can hurt them.
don't worry, she said.
you're safe in here. no, you're
better off here because
you know, nowhere
is really safe.
Excerpt from "that girl was me.":
she wrote poetry
on the insides of her
delicate wrists
just to remind herself that
words could still be
beautiful
risque--
he has pain
written into his
DNA and prickly
nettle hands
that can't
be let
tooclose
but you still
managed to
get nicked by
his thorns; now
you're walking
around with a
swollen heart.
you say you love
him with his
yesterday's lips—
button mouth
red as a plastic cherry with
fruit-flesh stale from
disuse, sewn shut
by cobwebs.
--
i once asked
what the appeal
was, and you started
babbling about
silk lanterns
fireflies
cracked ice,
as well as other things
that shine before
they shatter.
--
sweet,
you think
yourself a
savior, but
really you're just
another girl waiting
to be hurt by a boy
catching stardust
in his lashes.
keep your lace-
edged love poems
to yourself; he's not
the kind who'll read
them with
tomorrow's eyes.
Excerpt from "risque":
really you're just
another girl waiting
to be hurt by a boy
catching stardust
in his lashes.
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Oh, God, I'm running out of words to describe these poems, but let me assure you that "fall over already." is lovely, absolutely lovely.
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Doesn't the title ("her dreamy schizophrenic") say it all?
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Excerpt from "Counted Clouds in Dusk":
I can now see why silence wouldn’t kiss me.
paranoia is your best friendour brush strokes are melting down into angel dust
and the wilted petals get lost in a vacuum
if we have to, then today's the best day to die, isn't it?
This is "paranoia is your best friend". Too short to excerpt, but you can tell from the thumbnail how perfect it is.
gravity still works.maybe it was the way that she was so beautiful and yet she never took advantage of it. she never used her beauty to get her way. she didn't try hard though. she let things take her where she'd go next. one day she might show up knocking on my apartment door dressed in a nightgown and then next night she'd call me at three in the morning telling me to meet her in the park and she'd be in a dress and with someone she'd never met before. it was normally some person that was wise with age and she'd never see them again. that was okay to her, she'd have soaked up all the knowledge she could the few hours she was talking to this or that wise person. maybe she'd not talk to me or call me or come knocking on my door at random hours for a week. then one day she'd show up again. maybe this time in sweats, but of course she looked as beautiful as always.
we could be watching a movie or something and the second i looked at her we'd burst into fits of laughter. she was just one of those friends. at
Bit long and a bit different from the others, but it's well worth the read.
Excerpt from "gravity still works":
gravity always stopped us. it always worked. it worked in random ways sometimes, like that one time where she was ignoring me for a week and then one day i decided to go to the library and guess who was there. her. even if she was not into reading because
"why read someone elses story? why not just write your own?".
now you know betteryou were never one for shakespeare's iambic pentameter,
so you nixed the meter and measure the gods composed
and wrote your own sonnet in time with the beat of your heart
and the shiver of your tapered spine.
instead of crisp and company issued egg shell paper,
you dragged the pen you bought yourself back in sixth grade
across the smooth canvas of tanned skin, littered with sunset bruises
and did not mind the clashing of colours.
you always wondered if it were true what the newsstands said,
that art flutters to life when misery takes shape
but you never really believed such nonsense,
until your spine shattered, your inkwell ran dry,
and tanned skin was just a distant memory you associated with the sun.
now you know better.
Excerpt from "now you know better":
so you nixed the meter and measure the gods composed
and wrote your own sonnet in time with the beat of your heart
and the shiver of your tapered spine.
the balance beam.and i hope you know
that love doesn't rise and fall;
no, it was either
there to begin with
or it was never even
truly there at all.
Short but sweet to the point of beauty. Entitled "the balance beam."
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If this article is popular and people enjoy it, I have many more darkly beautiful pieces that ought to be featured.
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100 Theme Poetry Challenge
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1. Introduction icy-moon-shadow.deviantart.com…
2. Love icy-moon-shadow.deviantart.com…
3. Light icy-moon-shadow.deviantart.com…
4. Dark icy-moon-shadow.deviantart.com…
5. Seeking Solace icy-moon-shadow.deviantart.com…
6. Break Away
7. Heaven
8. Innocence
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood
18. Rainbow
19. Gray
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking
26. Tears (X)
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers
32. Night
33. Expectations
34. Stars
35. Hold My Hand
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork
42. Standing Still
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody
68. Hero
69. Annoyance
70. 67%
71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed
73. I Can't
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me?
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement
96. In the Storm
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation
100 THEME POETRY CHALLENGE
(I'm doing it right.)
Also, I'm not going to submit them to groups or anything, 'cause, like, I do that for comments and faves and pageviews and such, and I want this to be a little more meaningful than that, you know? So if you happen to be one of the watchers that actually watches me (I love you guys), I'd love it if you checked out the ones you like.
2. Love icy-moon-shadow.deviantart.com…
3. Light icy-moon-shadow.deviantart.com…
4. Dark icy-moon-shadow.deviantart.com…
5. Seeking Solace icy-moon-shadow.deviantart.com…
6. Break Away
7. Heaven
8. Innocence
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood
18. Rainbow
19. Gray
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking
26. Tears (X)
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers
32. Night
33. Expectations
34. Stars
35. Hold My Hand
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork
42. Standing Still
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody
68. Hero
69. Annoyance
70. 67%
71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed
73. I Can't
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me?
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement
96. In the Storm
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation
100 THEME POETRY CHALLENGE
(I'm doing it right.)
Also, I'm not going to submit them to groups or anything, 'cause, like, I do that for comments and faves and pageviews and such, and I want this to be a little more meaningful than that, you know? So if you happen to be one of the watchers that actually watches me (I love you guys), I'd love it if you checked out the ones you like.
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