Poetry Meme - Round 2

[elen_nare]

(Had another go at this - It's really fun, you get such odd prompts, and you're writing for five different fandoms at the same time!)

1: Pick five fandoms.
2: Visit this site to find your first RANDOM POEM OF POWER. Write down the 5th line (yes, even if it's an E.E. Cummings poem and you wind up with an apostrophe). Repeat five times and - you guessed it - list 'em in alphabetical order! (No cheating, mind! This is a challenge and it's always been about creativity.)
3: I think you can see where this is going. Write a very quick 50-word half-drabble for each fandom (try to do it all in one sitting - make your brain explode!), using the line from the poem as a prompt. You don't have to include it in the half-drabble - it's just inspiration.
4: Bravo! Have a cookie.


The Mentalist: Instead of Passive Creatures (Endow the Living - With the Tears, Emily Dickinson)

Even as a child, Grace knows what she wants. She wants adventure; she wants to make a difference in the world. She doesn’t want to watch life pass her by. And if her dreams are too big for a small town, she’ll just have to go wherever they lead her.


Vexed: The only art her guilt to cover (When Lovely Woman Stoops To Folly, Oliver Goldsmith)

Georgina glares at Jack’s back. When will he learn he shouldn’t flirt with suspects? She’d thought he had after one tried to murder him - several times! - but no, not Jack. Well, she’s not saving his life this time.
(Of course she’ll save him. And never let him forget it. Dick. )


Lord of the Rings: No gulp of the throat leaves the face in the end (Aztec Mask, Carl Sandburg)

Pippin thinks they’re fearless at first, the warriors of the Company. Then he begins to see the way Aragorn goes tense, and Boromir gulps silently, and Gimli’s hand tightens on his axe, and Legolas’ eyes dart from side to side. He begins to learn the difference between fearless and brave.


Chalet School: Thank God it's near to closing time (Weary Waitress, Robert Service)

Her head aches, her eyes ache, her back aches... Everything aches. Thank God the week’s over, Kathie thinks, collapsing on her bed.
“Kathie? Are you all right?” As she speaks, Nancy comes in and perches next to her.
Kathie sits and curls up against her. “Better now you’re here, love.”


Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: All well defined, and several stinks! (Cologne, Samuel Coleridge)

Phryne’s nose wrinkles in automatic disgust as the mingled smells of the dark alley reach her.
“I told you not to come,” Jack murmurs, noticing her expression. Damn his detective’s eyes!
“And let you have all the fun?” she retorts, gripping her pearl handled revolver more tightly. “In your dreams.”

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

Again, these are very good, even the ones I don't know - I like them. :-)

[elen_nare]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked them :)

[xsabrix.livejournal.com]

Well???????

[elen_nare]

Well what??? Did you miss the "read more" link by any chance? :P welcome back to LJ :)

[(Anonymous)]

WELL WHERE'S THE POST WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ALL "oh how I miss my dear sister, a day without her is like an eternity in hell..." :P

[elen_nare]

Pfffffffffffft, yeah right. Miss you? Why would I miss you? I have two bedrooms now. I do. Just a little bit.
I don't miss you completely ignoring my fics and never commenting on them, though... Oh, wait, you still do that :P

[bluealoe]

And if her dreams are too big for a small town, she’ll just have to go wherever they lead her.
That's a beautiful line.

Flirting with suspects...bad idea. *shakes head*

I love the use of the prompt for the Lord of the Rings one. And how perfect that it's from Pippin's perspective. It's the little things, the subtle movements, that reveal the emotions.

The Chalet school one is adorable. It's how I feel when R comes home...everything gets better. :)

I'm not familiar with the last fandom, but it sounds interesting, and I like how you incorporated the "stinks". ;)

[elen_nare]

*hugs* How're things with you? Have you moved by now, or are you in the pa(ni)cking process?

I'm glad you liked that line :)

It is (especially when you've had the experience of one trying to poison you!), but "learning from experience" and "Jack Armstrong" don't really go together. He's lucky he's got Georgina to watch his back, really.

That prompt had me stumped for a while (especially because it's one of those lines where the sentence continues after the break), then Pippin came into my head and made it work - so I'm glad you liked it!

:) Adorable was the aim! (You and R are adorable too, you know? :) )

That would be Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, australian tv drama about a lady detective in 1920s Melbourne. I enjoy detective series, as you may have noticed - and one of our channels broadcasts loads of them! This one's really good. It's based on a book series - I've only read the first and a bit of the second (my mum's pinched the Kindle *grumpy*), but they're good. Not Agatha Christie level (I actually solved the first one! lol), but fun.

[bluealoe]

We're moving on Friday, so right now we're deep into the pa(ni)cking. (Love that "word"!). Luckily we don't have to pack everything, since we're just going across the hall. It should be a relatively simply move. I hope.

Thanks, we try to be adorable. :)

I've never heard of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, but it sounds interesting. :)

[elen_nare]

I hope the move goes well! If it's just across the hall it's not so bad, but I expect you still have to pack quite a bit. "Pa(ni)cking" I suspect is a consequence of playing too much Scrabble - I've got it on my new phone, and I've been playing it quite a bit :)

The channel showing Miss Fisher seems to be increasingly devoted to obscure detective shows. I'm not complaining! ;)