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Nightmares by the Sea by `arctoa:iconarctoa:

Categories Literature > Poetry > Human Nature > Haiku & Eastern


I.

Dark horizons host
An obsidian temple
To this mortal coil.

As the sun descends,
Shadows climb like ivy
Over jet-black flanks

And storm the chapel
Of solitude and Autumn;
A black altar to

Stone-hearted pathos
In the last remaining light:
Frozen affection.


II.

Cold infinity,
Torturous humanity:
Sacrifice of all

For the fervour of
One. Sink to perdition, a
Dark malediction;

Hope cast asunder
As the Sun. Comes. Undone.
Spiral down, through this

Anathema rite
In the last remaining light:
Brazen aversion.


III.

Caught
amid calm
and chaos; the

Cyclic
repitition of
a prophetic perdition:


IV.

The
Jagged rocks
Break my fall.
©2006-2009 `arctoa
:iconarctoa:

Author's Comments

Updated 29/11/2007 @ 01:12

Haiku and Haynaku.

Another set of words pulled out of cold storage here on deviantART due to the re-structuring of my gallery. I'm not sure how or why this, Processional Soliloquy and Welcome Home survived the mass literature cull in late 2006, but they did.

These words are from July 2006. The original version was written as part of a challenge; thirty minutes to come up with anything so long as it was inspired by the word 'smooth'; My start-word was Obsidian. Part I is the original, while parts II and III are elaborations. I realise that there's a break in the syllable pattern at one point and it's intentional - a suitable compromise for the stuttering flow at that moment. However, if anyone should have a miraculous way to keep the dead-flow and incorporate the right syllable-count for a Haiku, let me know.

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~realitymap Jul 27, 2006, 5:25:57 AM
:clap:

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Possessing all the features I've predetermined to objectify;
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~MarinaCascade Jul 27, 2006, 7:53:38 AM
Nice :D Cool use of the repeated haiku. It blending in very nicely. :)

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Feel the calm cascade...
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`arctoa Jul 27, 2006, 9:47:32 AM
Thankyou muchly.
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=StrayedMusician Jul 27, 2006, 10:58:46 AM
I really love the photo that goes along with this composition. I really enjoyed all three parts. I remember you sharing the first part in the chatroom. (: "Obsidian" is a fab. word. Anyhow, this is a definite fave.

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Wiring every step.

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`arctoa Jul 29, 2006, 3:14:52 PM
Thankyou and thankyou! Yeah, I've only recently started putting images with the words-- some pieces still don't have one, but I'll get to that. Good to know you like this one. And the words themselves. Means a lot. : )
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=StrayedMusician Jul 29, 2006, 9:20:52 PM
I'm glad. You definitely deserved the read. (:

It was worth my time.


Cheers,

_k

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Wiring every step.

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~l0stwhispers Aug 20, 2006, 6:59:33 AM
Awesome. ^^ I love how you separated them all out and this was my favourite part.

Hope cast asunder
As the Sun. Comes. Undone.
Spiral down, through this

:heart:

--
You don't know me.
So don't act like you do.
Don't ask me either,
'Cause I too don't have a clue.

... Evelyn ...
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