David Jones's Blog, page 1318
October 25, 2012
Relfections
Darkness encompasses the whole
And even though light is non-existent
Shadows dance along the walls
Seemingly following you.
The floorboards all creek
As you stand stone still
Listening to the wind whistling through.
Whispers come from the walls
Calling your name,
Calling you forward.
Power, mystery, draws you forward
Farther into the dark space.
The corners seem to have eyes
Watching your progress
And laughing at an unknown fate.
This becomes all too apparent
But step, step, step
Your feet walk forward
Drums p...
October 24, 2012
Winter draws nearer,
My frozen life falls silent
As it waits for you:
That long gone sunlight...
Winter draws nearer,
My frozen life falls silent
As it waits for you:
That long gone sunlight
Which set over the summer
In a hazy dream.
Competetion deadline is the Sunday!
Submit your Halloween themed short stories/poems (or indeed prose poetry) for a chance to win a signed copy of the ultimate Halloween novel - the Gothic creepfest which is The Travelling Circus of Lacrimosa. Submit your work here :)
who originally wrote the 'man hunt, moon men and mania' haloween story? I would like to know - thank you DJ
Hii it was: http://zachis.tumblr.com/ - the name of the submission is on the bottom of the post, hit the read more button to see it all :)
October 23, 2012
Yup. He actually did quite a few. It's a cool writing style and definitely outside the norm.
Ah yes - I love Oscar Wilde, one my favourite writers of all time. Prose-poetry is interesting, its definitely a style I’ll experiment with in the future!
For the person who wrote the half-poem half-story: there actually is a term! It's called prose-poetry. (creative, I know) We actually just did a whole unit on the genre in my creative writing class.
Ah prose-poetry! That sounds cool! I think I might have heard of it too..for some reason I am thinking Oscar Wilde..?
