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Vampires' Night

Arise my dark children!
Kiss your slumber goodbye.
The night has returned,
let us soar across the sky!

See how mortals tremble,
their fears so fresh and alive.
Some will be our slaves,
others will scream as they die

Hunt down the faithless,
the weakest prey of them all.
The unrepentant sinners
won't escape their fall

The virgins' blood will be
so sweet on your lips
you'll drown in ecstasy
with every droplet you sip

Find your own chosen,
spawn them through lust.
Tonight we mock the heavens
as faith turns to dust

Fill the air with our laughter,
marking the reign of terror.
Hope and courage falter,
Innocence bleeds a river

Ravage this pitiful earth,
strip it bare of dreams.
Vanquish the truth of love,
paint it in shades of grim

Let despair remain
beyond the veil of night.
Never to be healed
by the grace of sunlight

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Free verse
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What did you think of my title?
How was my language use?
What did you think of the rhythm or pattern or pacing?
How does this theme appeal to you?
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this is for you. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I do.

Alid

author comment

A great write just a few minor trip ups but when you read it aloud you will find them:-
.
Taste the virgins' blood,
so sweet (ON) your lips.
There lies true ecstasy
in every droplet you sip..
.
Or something to iron out the flow,
Great write all the same,
Yours Ian.T

.
There are a million reasons to believe in yourself,
So find more reasons to believe in others..

I am going with Ian's comment. I must say you have a good vocabulary and improving remarkably with every write and going places with themes too.

drawing your attention to some small errors you ay want to correct

as faith turn [turns] into [to[ dusts [dust]

Fill the air with our laughters [laughter],

stripped [strip] it bare of dreams. or
stripped it [delete it] bare of dreams.

Let despair remains[remain]

Regards,

raj (sublime_ocean)

Glad you enjoy it.

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"Downfall doesn't sit well with your meter. I think you can easily get away with just "fall".
"won't escape their (down)fall"

I would dump the "s" in "dusts".
as faith turns to dust(s)

This is a real kick. It's almost a fanfare, call to arms. The following is my favorite stanza. "Shades of grim." Awesome. A good answer to a very weird challenge.

"Ravage this pitiful earth,
strip it bare of dreams.
Vanquish the truth of love,
paint it in shades of grim."

W. H. Snow

A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds. Percy Bysshe Shelley

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thank you for visiting. That stanza happens to be my fav too.;D

Alid

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There are a few places where rhythm and perfect rhyme falters but since I know this was written just for fun I'm gonna ignore them and just say this Was fun to read........stan

lets make it fun in learning instead. Don't ignore them. Tell me how to improve.Give me your opinions and suggestions. I'm sure it will be a better poem with everyone's aid. Its not that I don't know what you mean, I don't know how to bring it about! I REALLY want it to have a smooth flow of rhythm.

Alid

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I like this alot!!!!!! I thought your use of language and imagery was great. Vampires are a great creative source to.draw from...so many possibilities...great write.

Keep Writing,
Carrie

"Quoth said the Raven, NEVERMORE"

and the comment, Carrie. I'm glad you like it. A couple of things though.

1. What do you think if I change the "children" in the first verse if the first stanza into "brethren"? I don't know. I thought "children" doesn't really fit the description I wanted. Using "kindred" will kill the rhyme. I thought I've read somewhere in a vampire comic, newly- spawned vamps are called 'dark brethren" or "kith".I only hesitated using "brethren" because I find out that it is related to catholic group when I searched for the meaning of the word.

2. What if I changed
Taste the virgins' blood,
so sweet on your lips.
There lies true ecstasy
in every droplet you sip...

into

"The virgins' blood will be
so sweet on your lips
you'll drown in ecstasy
with every droplet you sip

3. Is "every droplet you sip" correct or should it be "each droplet you sip" instead.

Alid

author comment

Make the changes and see how it reads....vocabulary can be tricky. Try thesaurus.com for synonyms. There might be suggestions there.

Keep Writing,
Carrie

"Quoth said the Raven, NEVERMORE"

Make the changes and see how it reads....vocabulary can be tricky. Try thesaurus.com for synonyms. There might be suggestions there.

Keep Writing,
Carrie

"Quoth said the Raven, NEVERMORE"

As you requested in your comment, I stopped by to have a read. I will concur with the others that this is good poetry. However, this is not "dark" poetry as I would see it. The tale may tell itself of a dark subject, but the overall writing lends more to the "TV" vamps rather than the one that might be waiting around the corner to sink his (or her) teeth into my neck.

Good poem, though.

Thanks for the referral,

Scott

Scott

No problem. Thanks for dropping by.

Alid

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I love that you can see the summoning as if Dracula himself were ordering his hoarse. Or even recruiting the new children to his army of blood wine lovers. As if explaining to them the first night how their immortality will be spent. Instructing and inviting I suppose

Unto Oblivion, We Depart

Glad you like it. This is actually an answer to a challenge from one of the poets here. By the way, I did some changes on "Phoenix". Tell me what you think.

Alid

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