The Not-So Austen Bookclub discussion

*screams* OH MY GOSH THAT POEM IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's so beautiful!

Xandra ~read me like a book … the pages all are torn and frayed~ wrote: "*screams* OH MY GOSH THAT POEM IS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's so beautiful!"

Thank you, Xandra, I am glad that you like it. I love your poem too, it is so beautiful as well. :)

Thank you :)

@Xandra: Wow - just wow! You have a real talent for writing poetry <3

Jasmee - sorry for screaming in your face and potentially bursting your eardrums.. I just was amazed because all of your poetry is so amazing!

Thank you everyone, it is a great support, cause I have never been that confident with English things, being from Hong Kong and still in secondary school. So thank you very much. And Xandra, I don't mind your screams, I scream a lot myself, and I have strong ears.;)

I wrote this really quick, because I realized I hadn't entered this month. Hope you like it!

These feathered hopes won't last for very long
And I remember warning you
That soon I too would be gone

But you didn't believe that I believed
That that could really be true
If only you knew that I never lied to you

So I'll give you one desperate kiss
As we watch them fly away
Tugging out the words I never thought I'd say

These winter winds will someday leave
Bringing back the summer days
The feathered hopes and even me

Elevetha wrote: "I wrote this really quick, because I realized I hadn't entered this month. Hope you like it!


These feathered hopes won't last for very long
And I remember warning you
That soon I too would be go..."

Lovely (as usual!) <3

Theme for December?

The winners for October are:
- Inno (for her poem The End)
- Xandra (for her poem for the theme Feathers)

Congrats, girls! You have a choice between Unseen by Stephanie Erickson or The Book of Ivy by Amy Engel. Please let me know which you prefer by either commenting/messaging me your choice + preferred e-mail address.


The theme/s for December are:

Awakening/s
AND/OR
Snowbound

**Quick Tip**: Try researching the themes to get a better idea of what you'll be writing about. And don't forget - you don't have to actually use the word given. Just be sure to make sure the theme is obvious throughout the piece :)

Looking forward to reading lots of beautiful poems!

Thank you so much!

THANK YOU! <3

And Congratulations Xandra!!!!!!

Can I please have The Book of Ivy by Amy Engel???

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Thank you :) and congrats to you too!!

For the awakening theme

Thick and real
Darkness surrounds me
Wanting to feel
I stretch out my hand

I feel blind
In this unnatural prison
I search trying to find
A way towards the light

I scratch and I claw
Digging myself from my grave
Parting the deathly maw
My nails scratching the surface

It isn't long
Before I break free
Light streaming in
Bringing me towards my awakening

It's lovely! Wonderful job, Tia! <3

Thank you ^.^

Tia ~people fall in love in mysterious ways ~ wrote: "For the awakening theme

Thick and real
Darkness surrounds me
Wanting to feel
I stretch out my hand

I feel blind
In this unnatural prison
I search trying to find
A way towards the light

I scratc..."

Beautiful poem, Tia!

Thank you! I really like yours too :)

Awesome poetry, Tia and Elevetha :)

Thanks Xan ^.^

Wonderful poem Elevetha! <3

Hi;) Phew, thank goodness that I made it in time to turn in my poem for Snowbound.
So my idea for the poem... I was originally planning to write something super cliche when I first started toying around with the idea of Snowbound. But now, I guess I have written the poem based on a better idea?
This poem is about a warrior and a very pretty maiden. So basically the two had fallen deeply in love, but then they were separated when the warrior had to fight in the front line when a neighboring country had invaded them. And while the warrior was miles and miles away fighting, the enemy had sent a party to rob the town where the maiden was hiding in. And they didn't just robbed the town of their wealth, the leader had also captured pretty girls and raped them, well, the pretty maiden was one of them. Because she was extremely beautiful, with complexions like winter- snowy skin, blue eyes, platinum blonde hair. She was originally planning to save her first time for the warrior on their wedding night, but now it was all gone, and she was so broken inside. When the warrior returned from war, victorious and happy, planning to propose to the maiden and finally going to spend forever with her, he found everything different. Though the maiden refused to tell him about her unfortunate encounters with the enemy party, she kept shying away from him and refusing him time after time, as she had deemed herself as too unworthy and dirty for a great man like him. The maiden was poisoned with grief, not even the warrior could break down the walls she had build around herself, and in the coldest night of winter, four months after the incident, she died. Her death was sudden and suspicious, as she has been behaving strangely towards everyone, not only the warrior, her dead body was examined, and the truth was revealed that she had been deflowered. The warrior was furious and grief-stricken by her death, as her coffin was lowered to be buried forever, his soul died with her. There was nothing left in him, but just hatred and the desire to take revenge. And the warrior became such a violent and vicious man that he invaded many many towns of the neighboring country and turned into the men that once raped his lover, just to take revenge. And each time the vicious cycle repeats itself, and more and more heroes become the villains they once despised.

(angel=warrior; winter=pretty maiden; siren=the desire to take revenge; demons=the rapists)

I am so sorry if this is getting a little too complicated, but hope you guys will like it;))

Souls feather-light
Two hearts bound too tight
Deeds can't be undone
Under the midnight sun
Sapphires burning
Demons yearning
All the snowing
Kept one from knowing
Of spilled and scattered blood
Deflowered white bud
Winter is crying
Slowly dying
Down with each frozen tear
Nightmares and unspoken fear
Too broken inside
Not her secrets to hide
Not all monsters have claws
Beauty with her flaws
Icy shards, poison darts
Safeguards the hurting heart
Broken makes beautiful
The scar is immortal
Archangel returns from war
Nothing is as before
Winter is no longer white
Happy endings will never be right
But whose fault is it
Silent defeat
Winter couldn't last long
Four months and she's gone
Hero returns too late
Just a simple twist of fate
Winter's death
Buried truth
Ivory white coffin
Hurting too often
Hearts grew cold
There's no growing old
Star-crossed lovers
Secrets uncovered
Left behind a hollow shell
Demons are angels falling to hell
Angels falling
Answers to Siren's calling
Winter held hostage
Angels can cause carnage
Clock strikes twelve
No need to dig or delve
Clocks can't be turned 'round
Too long since Snowbound

Jasmee that poem was absolutely stunning! Such a beautiful poem. Fantastic work, as always

I agree with Xandra - stunning is the only word for it! You're truly talented, Jasmee :)

Thank you to both Xandra and Booknut, I am glad that you two have enjoyed the poem

Amazing poem

The winners for December are:
- Jasmee
- Tia

Congrats, girls! You have a choice between All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven or The Lotus Effect by Bridget Ladd. Please let me know which you prefer by either commenting/messaging me your choice + preferred e-mail address.


The theme/s for Jenuary are:

Reflection/s
AND/OR
Sand

**Quick Tip**: Try researching the themes to get a better idea of what you'll be writing about. And don't forget - you don't have to actually use the word given. Just be sure to make sure the theme is obvious throughout the piece :)

Looking forward to reading lots of beautiful poems!

Thx♡ I would like All the Bright Places, please. Congrats to Tia btw

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Congrats Jasmee!

I would like All the Bright Places please! [email protected]

Congrats, Jasmee, Tia :DD

So what with Fairest coming out yesterday, I've been in a Lunar Chronicles mood, even though I don't have Fairest as of yet:( Anyways, I decided to go with a short Levana-inspired poem for the theme "reflection(s)" Meaning(read after reading poem): (view spoiler)[Aside from the obvious, that she wears her glamour to appear perfect, even though it's not doing her any good...in the last two lines, I was trying to go for that each person, when they look in the mirror, is asking a question that they wish the mirror would answer, such as who they are, for our image is so tied in with our perception of who we are. And Levana's mirror lies to her, through the reflection of her glamour that she sees, hiding her true self. So I'll let you decide if I accomplished that:) (hide spoiler)]

You tried to create perfection
For every flaw a new correction
But a mask to hide your face
Is a sin to bring forth grace
We all ask our mirror a question
And yours lied with your reflection

Ooh I really like it, Elevetha!

Beautiful! <3

Thanks, Xandra! Thanks, Booknut! Glad you both like it:)

Okay so this is something for the theme of Sand.... It's (loosely) based on the original Little Mermaid story (not the disney one)


When time is up
The last grain falls
Lightning strikes
And thunder calls

You cry out
And ask for more
But she shakes her head
And points toward shore

The beach is bare
The sand is gone
The time was ticking
You were only a pawn

You know it's time
To say farewell
The hourglass sits
Upon a throne of shell

You made your choice
You bet your life
And now you failed
You didn't become a wife

He found another
Who loved him dearly
You now wish
You had seen more clearly

If only he'd known
It was you that day
You saved his life
But he gave his heart away

They are each others'
And you are now foam
All that is left
Is this simple poem

@Xandra: That was amazing - you've captured the scene(s) and emotions so vividly!

Thank you so much! :)

Amazing!

:)

Xandra ~ ρoєтяy кєєρs мє sαиє wrote: "Okay so this is something for the theme of Sand.... It's (loosely) based on the original Little Mermaid story (not the disney one)


When time is up
The last grain falls
Lightning strikes
And thund..."

BEAUTIFUL job!!!

Thank you so much :D

February? :)

It'll be up tomorrow :)

:)

Sorry for the wait, guys - I've been really busy these last few weeks :)

Winner for January: Xandra's 'Sand-themed' poem

Congrats Xandra! Please let me know which prize you prefer:
- All Fall Down (Embassy Row #1) by Ally Carter
OR
- Woven by Michael Jensen
by either commenting/messaging me your choice + preferred e-mail address.

The theme/s for February are:

Miracle(s)
AND/OR
Twisted

**Quick Tip**: Try researching the themes to get a better idea of what you'll be writing about. And don't forget - you don't have to actually use the word given. Just be sure to make sure the theme is obvious throughout the piece :)

Looking forward to reading lots of amazing poetry!

Thank you so much! :)

Is this still going on? And do we still use February's themes since they haven't been used or are there new ones? :)

Xandra ~ I wanna fly {I'm ready to burn down all the walls that I've been building up inside} wrote: "Is this still going on? And do we still use February's themes since they haven't been used or are there new ones? :)"

February's theme is still open - when it's been used, I'll be sure and replace it with a new one :)

Okay sounds good thanks! :)