Quoth The Raven's posts
Posted in Share poems that you love!
Posted 6 years ago
@Saeyra: I was never aware that "Not all those who wander are lost" was from a poem. A quite excellent one, at that. You definitely learn something new every day. Thank you for sharing that.
(I always catch myself reciting the following poem from time to time, so I guess it's as good as any to share.)
Antigonish
by William Hughes Mearns
Yesterday upon the stair
I met a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
I wish, I wish he’d go away
When I came home last night at three
The man was waiting there for me
But when I looked around the hall
I couldn’t see him there at all!
Go away, go away, don’t you come back any more!
Go away, go away, and please don’t slam the door
Last night I saw upon the stair
A little man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
Oh, how I wish he’d go away
Posted in What are you currently listening to?
Posted 6 years ago
"Arsenic (The Luna Sequence Remix)" by Obsidian FX
Posted in The Writer's Cafe - OPEN!
Posted 6 years ago
@Lady Luna: It's an interesting story, for sure. If you ever do revise it, I'd love to read that as well.
And I agree with your assessment. I'm never sure how to go about introducing my characters and their world. The only advice I seem to remember is to ensure to grab your reader's attention from the get go.
Posted in What are you currently listening to?
Posted 6 years ago
"Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
Posted in What are you currently listening to?
Posted 6 years ago
"From Hell (Iris Mix)" by Ghost & Writer
Posted in Looking for 1 x 1 RPs
Posted 6 years ago
Bumping this as it fell off the first page. Also went ahead and added the characters I'm most likely to roleplay as in my opening post.
Posted in The Writer's Cafe - OPEN!
Posted 6 years ago
@Lady Luna: I'm up for reading some of your works.
@sunny: Yeah, I was actually a bit surprised to learn they are more like harpies than mermaids in terms of physical appearance. Also, apparently "Sirens were fated to die if someone heard their singing and escaped them, and that after Odysseus passed by they therefore flung themselves into the water and perished." That last part further drives home the point that they are not aquatic. I'm unsure of how I want to incorporate their weakness, but I'm glad to see they have one, as I'd never heard of them having one before.
A poem on gorgons would be interesting, by the way.
@Saeyra: Ah, I have that same problem too, heh. Like with sunny's poem, I want to tell her why I like it, but it's hard to explain, so I just have to settle with saying that I do like it. As for that book, I must admit I haven't read it. I swear I find my collection of Poe and then immediately lose it. Thankfully I seem to have found the story online, so I'll be adding that to my list of things to read. Personally, one of my favorite stories of his would be The Masque of the Red Death.
Posted in Caught your eye~ || Bribe Sketch/Chibi Art Shop
Posted 6 years ago
@Hariot: Username: Quoth the Raven
Style: Fully colored chibi (I'm extremely fond of the second example in your first post); full body
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Posted in What are you currently listening to?
Posted 6 years ago
"Killer Queen" by Queen
Posted in The Writer's Cafe - OPEN!
Posted 6 years ago
@sunny: I thoroughly enjoyed your poem. What exactly is the challenge you wrote it for?
As for male sirens: "Originally, Sirens were shown to be male or female, but the male Siren disappeared from art around fifth century BC."
Posted in What are you currently listening to?
Posted 6 years ago
"You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" by The Offspring
Posted in The Writer's Cafe - OPEN!
Posted 6 years ago
@sunny: I'm currently doing research and didn't realize how entangled siren and mermaid mythology was. I'm still pretty adamant about my character being a siren, but it looks like I might have to change him some to ensure he is indeed a proper one.
@Saeyra: Out of curiosity, is poetry your preferred literature? I'm not as avid a reader as I used to be, but even when I was constantly reading I never really sought out poetry (aside from Poe).
Posted in What are you currently listening to?
Posted 6 years ago
"Who's Going Home With You Tonight?" by Trapt
Posted in What are you currently listening to?
Posted 6 years ago
"This Love, This Hate" by Hollywood Undead