Poetry!

[lokifan]

First off, guys: the awesome writer Amanda Marrone is giving away books! There are five copies to win, and you get an extra name-in-the-hat if you write a supernatural poem, as well as a shot at a witch ball. I wrote one, and even though I wrote it in sixty seconds I rather like it.

Not Another Anita Blake

Supernatural romance is making its mark
These days we like our erotica dark;
Vampires: blood, sex, and resurrection
Though logically they can't keep an erection.
Werewolves, of course, symbolise animal passion,
When heroines show off their black-leather fashions.
But I am the best: I'm no incubus dreamer
Baby, this Banshee's one hell of a screamer!


I blame lavillanueva for this one! We were talking about how awesome semi-colons are (yes, we're nerds. This is the internet) and to show my love, I've written a sonnet to my favourite punctuation mark. In iambic pentameter.

Ode To A Semi-Colon

Of punctuation, you’re my favourite form,
Elegant, swish, and complicated too.
When working on a fic I’ve sometimes been torn;
A dash or semi-colon? Always you!
Colons are over-achieving bitches
Who needs them anyway? When writing hot porn –
Boysex, vampires coming in their britches –
A semicolon enhances the form.
Complex sentence structure needs your presence;
Purveyors of porn are lost without you.
Full stops are boring; commas? Just peasants!
For high emotion, we look to you too!
Eloquent, elegant...yet here’s the truth:
You want to get used! You love the abuse!