What I Learned At Shakespeare Camp

Jul 25, 2010 14:24

This sonnet inspired by the unforgettable line, "Her skin was white, like the bones of his comrades, eaten by the birds", as observed by a VAMPIRE PRINCE of a BEAUTEOUS HUMAN PRINCESS.

Shall I compare thee to a raven's lunch?
Thou art more pale and more limp of wrist:
Rough molds do mar dead cheeks, and the sweet crunch
Of bones fades swiftly in ( Read more... )

poetical horrors

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clodia_metelli July 25 2010, 21:27:37 UTC
... once I have written this chapter, I should really write the necromancy story. Hm.

*goes back to throwing you into Harm's Way*

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gogollescent July 25 2010, 21:28:25 UTC
*feels INSPIRATIONAL*

*is gnawed by ravens*

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clodia_metelli July 25 2010, 21:31:11 UTC
*feels GUILTY*

*not where you are now, you're not*

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gogollescent July 25 2010, 21:32:39 UTC
*smug*

*...is cold and grave and still and draped over all with pale gold?*

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ignoblebard July 25 2010, 21:36:49 UTC
Absolutely the best sonnet written to a corpse I have ever, and shall ever, read. Two crow bitten thumbs up!

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gogollescent July 25 2010, 21:38:13 UTC
*bows flourishingly, hopes your tendons will recover eventually from the, er, friendly nips?*

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