Watcher of the Moon
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Watcher of the Moon,
on a silver crescent sat,
his gaze earthward bound.
~ ~ ~
Moon’s Watcher glared at a battlefield where
the nyctophilia army fought.
their drums beat a savage tattoo as he stared.
Tattooed arms raised axes and swords that sought
more soldiers to fell and more innocent
lives to terrorize, more power to siphon–
to rip from the green land leaving it spent,
a broken corpse unable to live on,
as destroyed as the conquered structures fall,
and towers burn from the Irregular’s
torches; for the eristic, there’s no call
not when war makes allies into liars,
leaving life to struggle on and adjust
as it lurks, waiting for peace and the just.
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Witness as it falls–
and civilization dies
shattering like glass.
~ ~ ~
Echoes in chaos–
civilization’s mem’ry–
a hungry baby’s cry.
~ ~ ~
Watcher of the Moon,
on a dark’ning crescent cried
silver tears that soothe.
~ ~ ~
For Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie’s Wordle #101 “March 14, 2016”
Based off the mythology of my fantasy world and a character who will appear in a future Quest storyline. Consider this a sneak peak 😉
Image Credit: Pixabay
This is beyond enchanting dear Mel!!! ❤
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Thank you!
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So much is fabulous in this, Melinda, but I’m particularly captured by the notion of civilization shattering like glass… man oh man, that says it.
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Thank you, anything is possible in fantasy 🙂
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And that’s why we enjoy our fantasies 🙂
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🙂 I’m glad
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Truth is, I’d have perished long ago, but for the fantasy I still live in…
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Me too! 🙂
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Thank you it’s what I’ve observed. Civilization is that fragile
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Truly blown away, Mel. This is right up my alley. Will you incorporate it into your novel? Awesome!
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Thank you and yes, this is meant to be incorporated into Quest. I took a new character for a future storyline out for a poetic test drive around part of the conflict that none of my other characters are aware of 🙂 I’m glad you like it.
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Like is an understatement, my friend.
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😀 oh wow, coming from you that is an honor indeed. Your talent knows no bounds.
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🙂
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Ooooooo…I am going to love getting to know you! Proof was in this first post I read!
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Thank you 🙂 Though I don’t always write poetry. I am a prose kind of gal. This week I had a lot of angst that needed to be exorcised.
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All forms of writing are a gift and each has value in its own merit. I love what I read!
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Thank you! I am glad to read that 🙂
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Extremely beautifully written. Haunting and sad though, all those people dying as the watcher of the moon watches. I think his tears in the end say it all.
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Thank you 🙂 it motivates him to get involved and stop the threat that army poses.
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“Silver tears that sooth.” Indeed. The moon’s gentle light is most comforting, even as she gathers all the sorrows and ills and hurts and calms them with her balms and eases the weary mind with soft sleep. A wonderful perspective!
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Thank you 🙂 He’s a new character in my fantasy series 🙂 I took him for a test drive in this poem.
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Sounds rather like a cross between the Grim Reaper (if benevolent Reapers exist) and the Guardian spirit Man in the Moon. And therefore, sounds interesting!! It was a good test drive too.
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Thank you, he’s not a reaper thankfully. What he sees man doing tears at his heart
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Yes, I see that sorrow. Thank you for explaining. 🙂
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You’re welcome 🙂
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🙂
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An epic write. Love that last stanza. It was the perfect finaly for this piece.
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Thank you! There is a huge war on magic in my fantasy series. So now you have a poetic overview 🙂
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Nice. I need to find the time to go read some of your fiction.
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Thank you 🙂 I wish the blogosphere shared your desire. I write more prose (not flash fiction but novels) than poetry but the poems get the reads. This week’s test proved it conclusively. 😦 I am not sure what to do editorially next week.
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I am a screenwriter and unpublished novelist. I want to have my stuff read, but I realize that no one has the time to read. I have blogging friends (0ther hopeful novelists) who post writing that is ten or twelve pages long. Who has the time to read it? Between work, life, family, & following other blogs no one has the time to read it. I noticed the followers they do have leave generic comments that don’t PROVE they read it. I do these little writing snippets, (trying to keep it under 300 words as much as possible) with little description & concentrated more on emotion. By many of the comments, I can tell people actually read it. I did the same with my novels. I wrote scenes of my characters that show them and their conflict (outside of the novel). This is an experiment of course. ut i seems to be working. I will read anyhting you post. And give you honest criticism. Tomorrow I will post a short story (under 200) words. Let me know what you think. When will you post ficiton?
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12 pages?!?! Holy God. No wonder no one reads. I post stories in 500 – 1000 word chunks with images and short poems to break up the text. The comments i receive always mention something the reader liked, a line a plot point, a question about a character. Since I don’t like reading long blocks of text myself I always try to break it up somehow. I get loads of comments that let me know readers appreciate that. This past week was an aberration. I do story posts every day. I have 4 ongoing novels, 7 ongoing plotlines. One book is a recasting of another book that was written entirely in sonnets. I’m tired of sonnets but I love the book and readers do too. They loved the switch to include more prose
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Good. So you are on the write track. The important thing is to get followers to read. What is the name so I make sure I follow it?
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Name of the novels? Aerials, Quest, (Re)Quest, Curse Breaker: Enchanted. The table of contents for each are stickied to my homepage. The table of contents gives an overview of the plot, characters, etc plus links to all the posts/chapters currently published. 3/4 books take place in the same fantasy country at different points in time.
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Understood. I will try to steal some time to review.
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Ok I periodically republish them
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Ok. I will have to make time for you.
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Aw don’t go to any trouble for me
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Don’t worry. I like to be a good blogging buddy.
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as long as it’s not an imposition but a pleasure… 🙂
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Laughing. I will read little by little. What’s wrong? You already have enough writing buddies.
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Yes I have many buddies to write with but no so many reading buddies
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Do I need to fill out an application? Or will you accept me as is? I will be your reading buddy.
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There is no application 🙂 Though don’t tell my characters that. They might mutiny! 😉
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Lol. Yeah, some characters are like that. What would you like me to read first?
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Curse Breaker: Enchanted – https://melindakucsera.com/2016/03/19/curse-breaker-enchanted-table-of-contents/
I’ve been developing/writing in that world all my life. It’s the reason I started this blog. My sister’s last request was that I publish it. The book (book 1) is 85% complete. Only a portion of it has been published on the blog. readers really like it.
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Not sure what day, but i will get to it this week. Thanks. Like the title.
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That’s what he is – a Curse Breaker. We get into that in detail in book two and that scene is killer. His country is 90% enchanted forest. Hence the title. 😀 Titles aren’t my forte. There’s no rush. I have a very demanding 9-5 gig. So I understand.
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Its cool. I am a Badass lite. Trust me I’m not a bad guy. I will read it.
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I’m glad to hear that 🙂 i look forward to getting to know you better 🙂
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Me too.
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😀
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Stunning poetry Melinda. Bravo👏👏
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Thank you 🙂
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