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Through the fog I dream - A feature Step out the front door like a ghost
into the fog where no one notices
the contrast of white on white.
And in between the moon and you
the angels get a better view
of the crumbling difference between wrong and right.
I walk in the air between the rain
through myself and back again
Where? I don't know
- Counting Crows, Round here

Crimson - a featureCome what may

Le Vaisseau d'or
- par Émile Nelligan
Ce fut un grand Vaisseau taillé dans l'or massif:
Ses mâts touchaient l'azur, sur des mers inconnues;
La Cyprine d'amour, cheveux épars, chairs nues,
S'étala

STRANGER IN A MIRROR

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Published!I have taken the leap and started submitting my work to various literary magazines and journals, both electronic and traditional. I encourage every writer to do the same. There is a lot of rejection, but that is part of the artistic world. Below are a few of mine that were accepted:
Blues
http://www.everywritersresource.com/poemeveryday/2012/blues-by-brendan-sullivan/
Mark of Cain
http://themissingslate.com/2012/06/19/mark-of-cain/
Chelsea Morning
http://www.barebacklit.com/Poetry-April-2012.html
Lost Boy
http://www.redfez.net/poetry/1653
Death of Marat
(My name is on the right)
http://bardisbong.blogspot.com/
Scorch
http://www.haggardandhalloo.com/2012/09/29/scorch/
If you have had a piece accepted outside of deviantArt, please send me the link. I would like to feature you. BTW, all of the above accept previously published works.
Colors Poetry Contest!!
When I started the Wordsmiths group here at DA, I had three goals - produce a new sitehttp://word-smyths.com/

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:iconinextremiss: :iconlorelyne: :iconanhen:

:iconsuzelh: :iconptitjo: :iconpascalprevost:

bonus : short & strong
:iconseaplume: :iconriseandbe: :iconlexxii: :icondelice1941: :iconvespera:

Too much work - I'm in late - See you soon (perhaps)

Prompt with points in the fortress (words / images) / Concours avec points dans la forteresse (mots/images)

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Join and burn

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:icondesmo100::iconmagpieplz::icondesmo100:Golden Moments of Beauty:icondesmo100::iconmagpieplz::icondesmo100:

:icondesmo100::iconmagpieplz:Remembering Charlotte Brontë, 1816-1855 :iconmagpieplz::icondesmo100:
Unforgettable quote from her novel 'Jane Eyre'
"I am not an angel,' I asserted; 'and I will not be one till I

March Favourites:icon1stbutterflykiss::iconenglishrobinplz:MOMENTS OF COLOUR FOR MARCH DREAMERS:iconenglishrobinplz::icon1stbutterflykiss:

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REMEMBERING Charlotte Brontë
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"I am no bird; and no net

MAY FAVOURITES:iconbeauroseplz::iconbeauroseplz: Would like to share this beautiful gift from Jocelyne:iconbeauroseplz::iconbeauroseplz:

Moments of dramatic beauty:

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Two floral paintings for you to enjoy!
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The Beauty of Flowers

Remembering Charlotte Brontë
21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855)
Favourite quote fro

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April by :iconchristine-muraton:

ENGLISH
:iconhalcyonshores: :iconthelunalily: :icondisrhythmic:

PHOTOS
:iconmarkavgust: :iconiomasaty: :iconestruda:

FRANCO (avec un invité spécial ^^)
:iconptitjo: :iconkojiana: :icondragonschest:

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SURPRISES
:iconmoyanii:
- some fantastic haikus : japanese ideograms / phonetic / english translation.

short and strong
:icon666bruno: :iconvoiceless-song: :icondelice1941:

ARTIST OF THE WEEK
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Coming from France, a very t

INTERVIEW VIII DAVID ROGERSLes interviews de :iconnotreforteressebrule: présentent :
when :iconmonsieurwar: meets :icondragonschest:
Dear members of the Fortress, salutations! Today we received the excellent David Rogers for our first bilingual interview. David is one of my oldest friends here on DA, a person of quality, and I wanted to let you know better! Place to David now.
Note : french version below // version française plus bas
I English version
1 First of all, I would like to thank you, David, for taking the time to do this interview. Could you please introduce yourself to our readers?
Greetings to everyone, my name is David Rogers, and I am a middle aged father of two girls. I am a widower, losing my first wife to cancer some 10 years ago. I have remarried just a few months ago, and am as happy as I have ever been. I attended 4 years of university in Colorado, obtaining degrees in both Social Service and Business Management. I c

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LIT FRANCO
:iconserenepoet: :iconoctocolombus: :iconthe-mirrorball-man:

LIT ENG
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VISUAL
:iconpsychasthenique: :iconnaikki: :icon11thdimensionphoto:

SURPRISES
:iconscarlettletters: une maîtrise impeccable du rondelet, forme héritée du rondeau, par l'un des maîtres anglophones sur DA

:iconfigueline: elle revient avec de sublimes abstractions

:iconhalcyonshores: & :iconwordeea: a beautiful collaboration
&
:iconamanda-graham: a beautiful journal in poetry, russian and english

Them by You by Me - A Public's Choice FeatureA while ago, I had the idea of making a "Public's Choice' Feature. I created a poll and asked my watchers to link me to one of their own or someone else's deviation they thought was under represented and needed more exposure. Here are their/your choices! I hope you'll enjoy and get to know new talents in the process. Thank you to all who participated. As a thank you, I am featuring one of YOUR piece I particularly like or one that I think should be more known.
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."
- Calvin Coolidge
by :iconsilvernium:

by :iconrayon2lune:

by :iconlombregrise:

by :iconoctocolombus:
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FEATURES AND ARTIST OF THE WEEK #15 (special)Choose - carefully - your ambiance
A masterpiece of Italian Renaissance
A masterpiece of Pagan Finnish Metal

FORTRESS CONTEST WINNERS
All category & special prize from the public
:iconnaikki:

First place : english / french poetry / french prose / visual
:iconlabruyere: :iconthe-mirrorball-man: :iconankerstilte:

:iconlndfrance:

Second place : english / french poetry / french prose / visual
:icondelice1941: :iconpascalprevost: :iconsilver786:

All the works and prizes here:

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ENGLISH golden neptune kneel(s)<

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The ultimate pianist...
Intro : after a hard battle...

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Project Educate: Free Verse`KathrynODriscoll's interview of `thetaoofchaos and =AzizrianDaoXrak in regards to Free Verse Poetry. Held on March 6th at 8:28 at Project Educate Studios, L.A.
[ begin transmission ]
`KathrynODriscoll: *taps the microphone* is this thing on?
`thetaoofchaos: I can hear you, loud and clear!
=AzizrianDaoXrak:

`KathrynODriscoll: Oh. We’re on. Okay. Hello and welcome to Project Educate’s exclusive interview with Free-Verse brainiacs `thetaoofchaos and =AzizrianDaoXrak! Today we are going to discuss free verse poetry, what that means and some great examples of it, and some of the issues it creates. We are also going to finally hear the latest news on Shane’s upcoming album “I never touched her” and talk about what it’s like backstage with One Direction and find out the exclusive gossip on Azi’s infamous Vegas wedding to Richard Armitage!
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primordial existencei remember the day we vesseled our miscarriage
into the banner of rest.

we struck your fossilized eyes
at the core of our nuclear winter, buried in the brotherhood
of a thousand industrialized, crawling suns-

but these tomorrows only trialed
the inconsistency of young communication, of
replacing weeping angels by grave with

plastic roses. of clocking the reversed stature
and foregone insistence of raising left hands
to dead gods. and when we meter

cursor lights with its waking blinks
compounded by millenniums and eons and times
before the fallout, before the indolent hereafter,

our war of thin metal and curious mistrust
will sure

ONE DAY IN DECEMBEROne day in December, everything changed,
and no one will ever be the same again.
It was a day that made a president cry,
leaving the whole of a nation in mourning.

One day in December, the shots rang out,
and with them the specter of death would follow;
within the walls of a New England school,
twenty small children lay dead on the floor.

One day in December, the parents came.
Some found their children and others did not.
So many Christmas trees laden with gifts,
for angels that cannot open them now.

One day in December, answers were sought,
and so far there’s only one man to blame;
by his own hand he is silenced forever,
but his cri

Imagination Is Not ImaginationAll things we create or write are not from imagination
When our eyes become hands whose sly Hermes fist
Steals and twists reality on Nature's lands, when taken,
Arms us with thoughts, ambiances, scents and sounds;
And you can deny, argue this or seriously get pissed,
But these words burnt their image in nation to nation
By no man, demon or the foulest beast can be shaken.

The Faceless ManHe throws me a crown
The thumb, birdie, and index finger
Forming a 'C' turned up

He knows me
Though it's too dark to see his face
From behind the windshield

Perhaps it's my car he recognizes
Everyone knows what I drive
A mechanical wonder
Maybe it's determined to die hard
Just like its owner

As for the faceless man
He's probably one of my own
And means no harm

Just trying to show respect
And I always return it
Because that's how the world works

We put out what we get back
Nothing more
And nothing less

Vengeance (suicide-meurtre)Une parcelle d'Éternité dans ce moment...
Un geste lent.
Insolent.

Qui va renvoyer à leurs chères études
Cette vanité sinistre des dorures.

Une sombre méditation à cet instant...
Un doigt crispé.
Et méchant.

Qui va diriger vers la sombre galère
Ce pantin et ses cent kilos de poussières.

La male (Poetry)

Il est dans ses yeux comme un éclat de pire.

Un corps de rien, goguenard – un zeste enclin au mâle.
Erotisme badin qui aspire et avale
– hommes et femmes la cavalent.
Y a quelque chose empreint d’un geste de thym,
Pendu entre ses seins.
Impétueuse impertinence d’un roulis de hanches, gris rivage d’un regard
Franc. Oui, la mâle
A cet air qui prend le tien ;
Elle n’est pas vraiment belle – ni vraiment elle. Ambigu
Soupçon de garçon, timbre bringuebalant dans les graves veloutés
Voix de femme à l’orée
De mue.

Elle n’est pas ange,

L'Ether 1.2.1.L'ETHER

Las
Ensorcelle
Ton
Horizon
Et
Rêve

L'ETHER

BirthBirth

I.
La lune gardienne fantôme immaculée des ombres s'évapore dans le halo gigantesque du soleil levant.

II.
Les lampadaires sont encore allumés.
Avec le soleil qui se lève, ça donne
un air féerique à la seine.

III.
Les trainées roses caressent l'azur
comme la trace d'un doigt divin
et la sirène dans le ciel
s'efface vers des horizons plus purs
pour retrouver le cœur
qui manque à sa poitrine

IV.
Ca y est, l'enfantement du jour
est terminé. Les humains pressés
peuvent aller travailler.

Epiloguetes pupilles profondes
bordées de cils en larmes
naviguent –
comme des sous-marins noirs

jusqu'à ma berge
elles s'ancrent, humides
familières –
sur la peau de mon doigt

je ne verrai plus
tes pupilles profondes
je le sais –
à l'ombre de nos draps

: german friends

Der Name der Rosedu blühtest im namen der rose
vereinzelt im fallenden schnee...

wie sich ein eisstern schmiegte
an deine blutige stirn
du gingst in die knie vor soviel weiß
[ das berge und täler miteinander verschweißt ]

liebes, im stillsein liegt doch das glück !
eisbehaucht der pfad und mit christrosen bestückt.

aus dem schnee grub ich
deine heiligen glieder
[ eines neben das andere- ein seidiger schaum ]
daraufhin kamen schneewind und eisregen wieder.

wie ich nach dir rief im hohen bett
welke silberblüten im haar
das vogelgefieder gefangen im eistalar.

in mund und augen fällt schweigender schnee
schwarz licht wie ein vorhang
bald tut nic

Die LeereSo sei das Leben, sagen sie,
und dabei geben sie doch nie
die Leere dieses Lebens zu.

Zu Schlägen lächeln sie verlogen,
als sei das Schwächeln anerzogen,
doch was sie schwach macht, bleibt Tabu.

4 artists, 4 versions

Sorry for the bad presentation, I'm sick and the screen "dance" before my eyes

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~Nahuask Feb 14, 2013

Avec beaucoup de retard,mille mercis beaucoup pour tout ça!

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*lombregrise Feb 14, 2013 Professional Writer

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*halcyonshores Jan 15, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Incredible choices... I am deeply grateful to be included.

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*lombregrise Jan 15, 2013 Professional Writer

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*SylveryFox Dec 28, 2012 Hobbyist Photographer

Cool, l'idée d'avoir les 4 cote-à-cote

Belle sélection ouane maure taillemeu

(bon, j'avoue, j'ai fait l'impasse sur les textes

)
Merci l'Ombre

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*lombregrise Dec 28, 2012 Professional Writer

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*ArwenGernak Dec 28, 2012

Oups: bon rétablissement !!!!!!!!!!!! (je parie que tu es guéri ! )

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*lombregrise Dec 28, 2012 Professional Writer

presque!

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*ArwenGernak Dec 28, 2012

Merde et re-merde ! Je passe pour un tour d'horizon de fin 2012 et .................: plus de monsieurwar mais l'ombre grise (très joli ce dit en passant) et... et... et le Victimae Paschali laudes ! Y aurait-il d'étranges hasards ? Ce chant, mon père (qui ne me parle plus) le fredonnait souvent tant il l'aimait (pour des raisons propres à lui seul). J'eus beau, jusqu'à peu d'années en arrière, fréquenter quelques offices à Pâques, jamais je ne l'ai entendu. Et le voilà, ici, dans toute sa splendeur. Je ne sais s'il te touche ou pas; moi il me frappe de plein fouet, ramenant tant de souvenirs à la surface au point que j'allais en oublier de féliciter les artistes que tu as choisis de porter haut.

Alors chère Ombre Grise, toujours fidèle à elle-même, je te remets mes meilleurs voeux pour 2013: une production littéraire riche, des jours emplis de découvertes et des nuits où tu gagneras un peu plus de repos qu'à l'habitude même si dormir est un peu mourir et perte de temps sur la vie .

Merci infiniment pour ces quelques minutes de pur délice.

P.S.: Pourrais-tu me dire comment tu as fait pour introduire cette vidéo sur la page de ton journal (j'aimerais te la piquer afin de ne jamais la plus la perdre)

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*lombregrise Dec 28, 2012 Professional Writer

je t'envoie une note dans la journée

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