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Damien's Lie (for title ws)

The air I breathe is of the dead or dying

words spew forth from swollen cracked lips
all that is heard through the spittle and hiss
are lies cleverly phrased

These acidulous tears are shed for no one
but a love lost
energy expelled in rage

Through eyes set ablaze
by Zeus's hand
I watch the demise of woman and man
sanctioned and doled out
by my own hand

I walk through the world of the living
but live in the realm of the dead
know ye well
that Damien Stryker goes on

Awaken those sleeping, come forth and rise
cloaked by mist
hidden by fog
Damien did and still rides

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Free verse
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Re Post for Stan's workshop on titles
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"Damien", but that's too easy.
"A breath of fresh death"... too cheeky?
I'm really bad at this.

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common now you can do better than that. I know what the title that I gave it was right Damien does not have that draw to the reader
look at the body of the poem , what images are conjured up by them( if any)

Chrys
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Euthanasia or Demise.
The poem was about death to me.

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"Deathly Demise", Ditto Wesley's dement.
Mind you "Stokers Demise" is just as good lol
There seems to be a mix here where Zeus's eyes are brought in at some point, so am not sure which undead we are writing about.
Take care both, Yours, Ian..

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Damien's demise' demise
wouldn't deathly demise be redundant?
I'm playing devils advocate here

Chrys
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I was referring to "Bram Stoker", who wrote about Dracula all those years ago"Stokers Demise" was the downfall of the Dracula man lol,
Yours Ian xx

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I like that one, IMHO a little more draw

Chrys
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but the titles that came to my mind after quite a few reads were
Damien's Lie
Damien Rides
???

Can I please point out a couple of things?
Typo I think, unless 'dieing' is on purpose? - do you mean 'dying'?

In the last two stanzas you use the word 'dead' 3 times .... can I suggest you use a synonym for at least one of them?

love judy
xxx

'Each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,
shall draw the Thing as he sees It, for the God of Things as They are.'
(Rudyard Kipling)

I've made a few changes based on your suggestions thank you
this was from a series of poems I had written under the pseudonym "Damien Stryker"
it is ok if you cannot grasp it
point was to find a title ( which it already has but for the purpose of this workshop I left off)

Chrys
Let your mercy spill on all these burning hearts in hell(Leonard Cohen)

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a typo though as you missed taking the 's' off 'stills'
Can I make one more suggestion - lose the 'on' at the end...
xxx

'Each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,
shall draw the Thing as he sees It, for the God of Things as They are.'
(Rudyard Kipling)

there ya go
good suggestions

Chrys
Let your mercy spill on all these burning hearts in hell(Leonard Cohen)

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how about 'Necromancer'.

Alid

to me it would not fit Stryker is no where near it he is perhaps more vmapire than anything else
If you are a fan of one words titles which I use from time to time this would be a good title for another poem

Chrys
Let your mercy spill on all these burning hearts in hell(Leonard Cohen)

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I'll think of another.

Alid

I can feel the character in this poem..
aptly written too!
You "fleshed" him out!

Thank You!

Hi and thank you very much

Chrys
Let your mercy spill on all these burning hearts in hell(Leonard Cohen)

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It would be very unlike me not to title one of my poems and that being said this one is no different
It's title was and still is
Awaken The Dead"

Chrys
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yes, seriously. Non sequiturs can add an entirely new direction.

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Alid

"Reaper's Stroll"

like this title far more than my own

Chrys
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