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!

Comments

[lavillanueva.livejournal.com]

Grinning. Grinning, all over my face!

You are a genius. I'm no longer worthy to be your friend, though I will bask in any attention you bestow on me because this is brilliant! (I would in fact be completely lost without the semicolon, just as you say. There is truth to your words, as well as beauty!)

I love you and I would have your babies tomorrow. Er, okay, since you don't like babies... I will buy you a cat? Does that work? I promise not to drown it!

And so what if we're nerds? I like us this way. :D

[lokifan]

Hee. Now grinning all over my face too, from reading this comment!

I'm no longer worthy to be your friend, though I will bask in any attention you bestow on me

You are very silly! But it's okay, because I felt this way on reading some of your porn.

I would in fact be completely lost without the semicolon, just as you say.

Oh God, me too.

I would love a cat! But you can have my babies if you like. I would even help. Because vomit will not stand in the way of our love! :d

Nerds ftw!