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Post by Dalton on Jul 7, 2003 16:03:35 GMT -5
Dear exalted members of what will undoubdtedly be remembered as the birthplace of universal enlightenment and the end of all worldly conflict,
I come here today with a gift of poetry. Not good poetry mind you, but poetry non-the-less. In any case, I reverently sumbit to you, Soulful Spike Society, my poem ,"Do You Know Him?", from the perspective of three women who each have a different take on His Effulgentness, William the Bloody.
Joshua Adams
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Post by Dalton on Jul 7, 2003 16:04:19 GMT -5
Then I guess you wouldn't like my favorite, "Bored now."
Diane U.
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Post by Dalton on Jul 7, 2003 16:04:54 GMT -5
Where is it, Joshua?
Diane (Bloody Awful) Poet-in-Residence
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Post by Dalton on Jul 7, 2003 16:05:28 GMT -5
*looks all around* yes? Poetry? Where?
Vlad
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Post by Dalton on Jul 7, 2003 16:06:14 GMT -5
I knew him once, in past tense, when he wore a scarlet, winter smile, But t'was no mere man that killed so well, caressing me all the while. In the darkness of his head, we'd play, from the basment to the rafters. No man ever had the architecture to sustain the ehcoes of my laughter. All was well 'til he confused cavern for cathedral, and I have not seen him since.I think, perhaps, that I may have seen him, maybe once or more. He was full of sound and fury; at men and angels he did roar. But he was never picky; twice he tried to kill me, in as many years. I can not say however that he was even an evil man, just a hunter of my peers. But then darker wildes I myself have hunted, and oddly, I have not seen him since.I've known him many, many times, in lots of different ways, That is to say, I've danced with him on many darkened days. I get the feeling it's in all the wrong ways I'm being clear: It was not a man I let sleep 'neath my chest and I held so dear. And though he made me feel, I'm glad to say, I have not seen him since.There is however a doppleganger that showed up in his place. His voice though not so snarky, is full of gravel and of lace. It was not until I could hold him up to the cherubs in my head that I could admit that there was another man among the dead. The man who was once here? I'm glad to say, I have not seen him since.
Joshua Adams
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Post by Dalton on Jul 8, 2003 10:43:32 GMT -5
Sorry it took so long after I introduced it to post it. I vastyl underestimated both my typing speed and the amount of errors I would correct before posting. Also, I cannot get proper line breaks on this board for the life of me. Hopefully it wont hurt things to much. Hope you all like it.
Joshua Adams
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Post by Dalton on Jul 8, 2003 10:44:40 GMT -5
Joshua, I took the liberty to break down the poem into what I thought your rhyme scheem was for the breaks. Did it go:
a a b b c d d e e c f f g g c h h i i c
I am going to post it to the website in the Bloody Awful Poetry Corner and you can tell me if I got it right. If not, I'll correct it. Email me at: scubiefan@yahoo.com
Vlad I
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Post by Dalton on Jul 8, 2003 10:45:27 GMT -5
Okay Josh.. it' up athe site (www.geocities.com/scubiefan ) If it's not correct send me an email for any corrections.
Vlad I
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Post by Dalton on Jul 8, 2003 10:46:03 GMT -5
It's up and it's corrected, take a ganderfolks. We've got another prodigy.
Vlad, TA, tp
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Post by Dalton on Jul 8, 2003 10:47:01 GMT -5
Joshua! Welcome A-Board! All I can say is Whoah! (as other board members can attest, that is my highest form of praise.) (and the exclamation marks continue.) Have just finished watching the episode. Can not form a coherent sentence. So many questions answered. All at once. Many before the first commercial. Who called the "chained-in-the-basement" sleeping quarters for Spike? Was that you Robert? Whatever shall I (we) do until next week? What will Buffy say? And Giles ! Gone with the Wind reference too! Oh, not making sense, must log off and watch Angel. Can't wait to hear from you all! And Joshua, nice of you to drop in, hope you plan to stay. (What with that poetry submission, I think you qualify for a position in the Faculty) (see us at our website!) Oh and flattery will get you everywhere! Watergal
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Post by Dalton on Jul 8, 2003 10:47:45 GMT -5
Josh- I just wanted to weigh in with my appreciation. Your poem made my day. I really like the idea of the voice of... ".gravel and lace"
I think that SSS site has the potential to become one of the most fascinating. And to think that it all started here on this board.
ellie jason
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Post by Dalton on Jul 8, 2003 10:49:00 GMT -5
Ok. Am I the only one is seriously annoyed by Kennedy? i mean I want to like her but she is so grating.
The storyline with Willow/Warren is so intriguing. The idea that only Willow is capable of punishing herself so completely is fascinating.
And I was glad to see Amy back- another recipient of less than stellar parenting techniques she is truly her mother's daughter.
I still have to process the rest of the episode. OH also did anyone else feel that they were kind of parodying the Spike in pain bit? I mean the inital scene was quite touching with him and Buffy in the basement but there was a touch of the farcical in the scene where he falls to the floor and everyone is too preoccupied to notice.
ellie jason
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Post by Dalton on Jul 8, 2003 10:49:37 GMT -5
I agree Ellie, why did they allow Spike to collapse unnoticed? And Kennedy. My first thought was Eeeew! I really dislike the pushy type. I miss Tara too.
I'm off to digest the episode too.
Watergal
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Post by Dalton on Jul 8, 2003 10:50:08 GMT -5
They don't call her "Amy, the Rat" for nothing.
Nan
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Post by Dalton on Jul 8, 2003 10:52:11 GMT -5
If I never see another scene of Spike in ghastly pain, it will be fine with me. Whether or not it's played for laughs (like the unobserved faling down). Has anybody at ME got a clue that he's not the comic relief anymore?
Buffy's gonna have the chip taken out--we all *know* that, right? Not spoilage, I hasten to add. It just would make no sense, and abort the redemption arc, if she decreed he should merely have a repaired chip. And I got the impression that the Spike chained in the basement was Spike's idea, with Buffy's somewhat uneasy concurrence. He trusts himself even less than she does, these days. Have to think some more about Willow turning into Warren...only not really. There's an interesting and credible psychological mechanism at work there; I'm just not quite sure what it is. William Blake's line, "You become what you behold" has some resonance here. Also the notion that love "the second time around" can be felt/perceived as a betrayal--even a murder, if the former beloved has died. One has, in a way, consented to their death by letting them go. And Willow, as we all know, is not big on letting dead people go: Tara, Buffy.... She even patiently tended Amy the rat for *years*. Maybe the apparent transformation was Willow's equivalent of turning into *her* version of Angelus at the prospect of renewed happiness rather than being endlessly miserable about Tara. There's good stuff here, besides suffering Spike (imagine Sylvester Cat's richly raspberry-laden voice exclaiming "Suffering succotash!"). I'm really looking forward to seeing what you all make of it.
Nan
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