Liebster Blog Award

Published May 9, 2013 by atirahjewel

Many thanks to Mr. Ami Fidèle of the poetry blog Perplexing Thoughts for the nomination of this award. Really Ami, you nominate me for more then I deserve :) Thank you very, very much.

Alright, now onto the rules for accepting.

1. Accept the award, post the picture of the Liebster Award on the top of your post and say who nominated you for the award and list their blog site. (Check)

2. List 11 random facts about yourself.

3. Nominate 11 other bloggers for the Liebster Award and list their blog sites.

4. Notify the bloggers of their award.

5. Ask the award winners 11 questions to answer when they accept their Liebster Award.

6. Answer the questions left for you by the blogger who gave you the award.

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Alright, 11 random facts about myself.

• I wear glasses and I have worn them since I was 18 months old.

• I really, really, really looooove cats. I’ve got the heart of a crazy cat lady :)

• Even though I like to cook, I suck at making breakfast foods (I make everything else good though ^_^)

• I go through “Topic Boom” phases when writing, right now the topic of the moment is wings and dreams/dreaming. Love, however, is probably an infinite “boom” I will never grow out of.

• My favorite genre is romance, and my favorite kind of romance is tragic. I find myself incapable of writing a love poem and/or story and being satisfied with a happy ending. Whether it be by death or betrayal, tragic is always my way to go.

• 8 times out of 10 when I say I’m reading, it’s most likely to mean I am reading a manga instead of an actual book.

• I get terribly bad allergies around this time of the season, so I am braving this through itchy eyes and a stuffy nose.

• I’m not so good with names but I rarely ever forget a face. If I have seen you before, then I know it.

• I’m a Vincent Price fanatic, I absolutely love him. I’m pretty much an old Hollywood fanatic actually, I’m in love with all the class and glam the women had back then.

• Though I am one of those annoying people who don’t like accepting help from others, I am always open to helping someone else.

• My favorite style is probably Gothic Aristocratic, but I do have deep appreciation for 30′s-50′s

Now my nominees:

- Sarah Jane

- Rhonda L. Brockmeyer

- Boomie Bol

- gabrielsfury

- meiro

- The Silver Poet

- IN[genuine] LOVE.

- little furrow

- ☽✵ℳ00ℕṦℌ1И3✵☾

- msuzanneb

- Wendy Strohm

Question time! I’ll take a couple from Ami.

1. Why do you write?

2. Where is the one place you wish you could live?

3. If you had the opportunity to go back in time to do whatever you wish, would you take it?

4. What’s your writing process like?

5. Among your work, do you have favorite poem? If so which one and why?

6. What made you start writing?

7. What is your favorite topic to write about?

8. Who is your favorite poet or author?

9. What inspires you to write?

10. Is there someone famous that you admire? If so, who?

11. Which time period do you like the most?

And finally, answer time:

1. Why do you write?

Nothing special or different really. I just need something like an open field where I can let my imagination run wild and free. I don’t really have much talents in anything else so writing becomes that outlet, a place to express myself.

2. Do you play an instrument? If so, which one?

Sadly, no. :( There are a few that I would like to learn though, namely the saxophone, a very sexy instrument ;)

3. In what style do you prefer writing?

I’m not very picky, it really just depends on what kind of mood I’m in. Most of my writings are in prose though, so that is probably the real answer.

4. What music is playing on your speakers right now?

At the moment, nothing. But on the speakers of my mind “Slow Burn” by the incredible, talented, beautiful, too-amazing-to-describe-in-words Starman David Bowie has been playing for a while.

5. Do you think in pictures when you write?

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Mostly no.

6. What’s your writing process like?

Most of the time I am listening to a song and if I like the melody, I write what I think is fitting to the tune. Usually something just pops in my head and I just let the words flow but there are those sometimes that I have to think hard to know what exactly it is that I want to say. Then comes revision and such, and finally I am done. More than half of my poetry doesn’t make it on here though, to be honest.

7. Among your work, do you have favorite poem? If so which one and why?

This is a hard one. Heart and Soul and Beyond had been a favorite of mine for a while, I never knew why, but I do believe it has changed. I would have to say either As I Lay Dying or  Wingless, A Dream or A Love Story because of the emotion behind them. I love almost all of my love poems actually, because they all are written with raw emotion and all have strong feelings running through them.

8. What’s your favorite book and why?

I never actually knew the answer to this question. I’ve read so many I can’t choose. If I can name my favorite manga does it count? If so, then InuYasha: A Feudal Fairytale, Rumiko Takahasi is the best!

9. What’s your favorite season of the year?

I could never answer this either. I love all the seasons for different reasons. Spring is very romantic to me, Summer is very hot and passionate and sexy, Fall is the cooling effect and beautiful, Winter is content and resting time. All of the season are my favorite I suppose.

10. Should you write to/about a specific person do your give the poem to them or do prefer to you keep it?

I prefer to keep something like that to myself. In certain situations, maybe I would give it to them, but overall? No.

11. Instead writing, what other art form can you imagine yourself expressing yourself through or already do express yourself through?

Definitely music because it is something that can touch a person’s soul, and is probably one the most true and intense artistic emotional outlet there is.

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Many many thanks again to Monsieur Fidèle for the nomination, whose blog I admire very much myself. Have an amazing day everyone! XD

A Love Story

Published May 7, 2013 by atirahjewel

The passionate love story,

Of the Moon and the Sun,

So far apart yet still so in love,

The hot Sun burns with passion for his Moon,

The radiant Moon shines with love for her Sun,

All through the day, all through the night,

They long for each other,

But no matter how hard they try,

They can never grow closer,

Except when the Sun is setting and the Moon is rising,

And for a brief moment, the two lovers share the sky,

Lighting up the sky with the colors of their love making,

Passionate, intense, fulfilling their desire for one another,

But of course, the Sun must go,

Giving the Moon the sky all to herself,

Letting night blanket the sky,

Alone she cries her glittering tears,

She longs for him,

Much like how I long for you,

So here, under the moonlight,

Under the light of a woman suffering in love,

Take me,

Be my Sun, make me your Moon,

Let us make our own love,

Love me until the lovers of the sky are together again,

Hold me until sunrise,

When they make love once more,

Then suffer with the Sun as I suffer with the Moon,

Until the time comes when we can briefly share the sky once more,

And color the world with our love.

Copyright © 2013 by

Atirah Jewel

Wingless

Published April 12, 2013 by atirahjewel

As I gaze in the mirror,

Something in my eyes,

Makes me want to cry,

As if I can see my own soul for the first time,

And what I see,

Makes me want to cry,

What I see is not ugly,

Nor is it something that should bring me sorrow,

It just reminds how limited I am,

Oh how I wish I had wings to take me somewhere,

Somewhere else from here,

My reflection looks back at me,

Tears glistening in it’s eyes,

As if it sees my soul like I see its,

In this endless aching of my heart,

I blindly wish for wings,

Not realizing how they will be the fall of me.

Copyright © 2013 by

Atirah Jewel

Last Words

Published February 19, 2013 by atirahjewel

If I should die on the ‘morrow,

I should do so with utter content,

I have lived my life fully,

I have known love,

As well as I have known heartbreak,

I have known longing,

And satisfaction,

I have felt happiness,

I have felt sorrow,

I have been taken by anger,

Admiration has made its way through my heart,

Contempt has drowned me,

I have succeeded,

As well as failed,

Opportunities have been grasped,

Some I have allowed to pass me by,

If I should fall to my death today,

I would do so with no regrets,

Yet with all the regrets I could possibly feel,

I would wrap myself in the cloak of Death,

I would fall into its embrace,

And embrace it back tightly,

Filled with nothing but love,

If I should die now,

I would do so with utter contentment,

Because I would know that this is all I was made for,

Let Death come for me,

So I may gladly take its hand,

As tears flow steadily down my face,

I would be eternally filled with happiness,

If I should die now,

I would have completed my cycle,

And finally felt a peace.

Copyright © 2013 by

Atirah Jewel

 

Romance

Published February 8, 2013 by atirahjewel

I need some romance,

Give it to me,

Serenade me, romantically,

Show me a world I have never known,

Take me with you wherever you go,

Romance me,

I want some romance,

I need to see what happiness it could bring,

I want to feel the passion,

The pain,

The pleasure,

Romance me with your romantic ways,

Give me all you’ve got,

And along the way,

I’ll share with you,

My secret. ^_~

Copyright © 2013 by

Atirah Jewel

Amore Bello

Published February 7, 2013 by atirahjewel

Love finally sings me its sweet song,

It shows me its beautiful face,

And I am finally held in its embrace,

For when I look into your eyes,

I seem to be looking at love itself,

And when I touch you I feel,

All the burning passion I have held inside so long,

Because of you I finally see why,

Love is so loved.

Copyright © 2013 by

Atirah Jewel

Gargie Award

Published January 2, 2013 by atirahjewel

I am honored to have received my first award of the year 2013 by favorite fellow WordPress user and poet, Ami Fidèle, the genius behind Perplexing Thoughts, thank you very much Mr. Fidèle. Now to the rules.

 

1.  Display the award badge on your site.

2.  Publish a post to inform the world of your great achievement

3.  Nominate some fellow bloggers (who have been outstanding in their field or perhaps who you admire)

4.  Indicate to your nominees that they have received the award… provided you have completed step three.

Here are my nominations:

hollyanne gets poetic

Thoughts From a Jaded Heart

Have a Dream

Boomie Bol

The Oven Mitt

jhasmoments

meiro

It may seem strange that these are not all poetry blogs, but they are all some of my favorites. They all are outstanding blogs and, if you haven’t come across them already, I strongly suggest you to check them out. Thank you again Ami, and Happy New Year to everyone.

As I Lay Dying

Published December 12, 2012 by atirahjewel

Mirror, mirror,

Why don’t I have wings?

All alone I cry,

Please give me wings,

So I can fly away from here,

Somewhere close to you,

Give me wings, so I can ascend into the sky,

Like the moon, and the stars,

Mirror mirror,

Why do I fall without wings?

As I lay dying,

I think of your smile,

And once more I wish for wings,

Mirror mirror,

Why don’t I have wings?

Without wings, I fall,

Please give me wings, so I can ascend into the sky,

Like the sun, and the clouds,

So I can fly against the wind,

So I can be close to you.

Copyright © 2012 by

Atirah Jewel

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