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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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wesley snow
Mon, 2015-04-27 17:45
Well obviously...
"Damien", but that's too easy.
"A breath of fresh death"... too cheeky?
I'm really bad at this.
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China Blue
Tue, 2015-04-28 07:46
Wes
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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wesley snow
Thu, 2015-04-30 12:34
Alright.
Euthanasia or Demise.
The poem was about death to me.
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Sparrow
Mon, 2015-04-27 18:46
Title for this one Chrys
"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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China Blue
Tue, 2015-04-28 07:49
Ian
Damien's demise' demise
wouldn't deathly demise be redundant?
I'm playing devils advocate here
Chrys
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Sparrow
Tue, 2015-04-28 19:09
Chrys
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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Rula
Tue, 2015-04-28 04:56
Maybe
"When The Dead Speaks"
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China Blue
Tue, 2015-04-28 07:50
Rula
I like that one, IMHO a little more draw
Chrys
Let your mercy spill on all these burning hearts in hell(Leonard Cohen)
judyanne
Tue, 2015-04-28 08:41
I don't know how to read a lot of this Chrys
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
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China Blue
Tue, 2015-04-28 09:39
JudyAnne
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)
judyanne
Tue, 2015-04-28 09:57
I like the changes Chrys
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)
China Blue
Tue, 2015-04-28 11:47
done
there ya go
good suggestions
Chrys
Let your mercy spill on all these burning hearts in hell(Leonard Cohen)
alidzain
Tue, 2015-04-28 13:00
chrys
how about 'Necromancer'.
Alid
China Blue
Tue, 2015-04-28 15:40
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)
alidzain
Tue, 2015-04-28 17:50
vampire, huh?
I'll think of another.
Alid
Esker
Tue, 2015-04-28 21:14
Excellent Chrys!
I can feel the character in this poem..
aptly written too!
You "fleshed" him out!
Thank You!
China Blue
Wed, 2015-04-29 07:35
Esker
Hi and thank you very much
Chrys
Let your mercy spill on all these burning hearts in hell(Leonard Cohen)
China Blue
Wed, 2015-04-29 07:38
All
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
Let your mercy spill on all these burning hearts in hell(Leonard Cohen)
weirdelf
Thu, 2015-04-30 08:22
"The Dirty Television"
yes, seriously. Non sequiturs can add an entirely new direction.
cheers,
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alidzain
Thu, 2015-04-30 14:16
hmm
Summoning The Dark.
Alid
scribbler
Fri, 2015-05-01 18:28
Try
"Reaper's Stroll"
China Blue
Wed, 2015-05-06 20:49
I
like this title far more than my own
Chrys
Let your mercy spill on all these burning hearts in hell(Leonard Cohen)