Title Contest - Any Style, Any genre [round 1]

Hello everybody!

DEADLINE: Friday, 21st of September 2007 (or sooner, depending on how fast you submit your entries)

As you may have noticed in the title, this is round one. Round two consists of something similar. After this round I am going to choose 10 poets to compete in the second, and final, round.
I know you all like "title contests" so here is my challenge. There are 10 titles total - most titles are song titles, but some are my own. Please follow the rules.

RULES:
1. Must rhyme.
2. Must have some connection with the title.
2. Two people can take the same title.
3. Only one poem per poet.
4. Must be new.
5. Please reserve. You have two days to enter your poem after you reserve.
6. It can be sad or dark, but please no cutting/suicide.
7. Titles may not be altered.
8. Any lenght is accepted except for haiku-s and other smiliar styles. Sorry about that.
9. Grammar and spelling count.
10. Be creative and have fun!

-------If you have any questions about the rules, or the contest itself, please ask and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

TITLES:

***Dark Age of Reason
1.
2.

**Void of Silence
1. Britt [reserve]
2.

***Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids
1.
2.

**The Calmity of Silence
1.
2.

***Master of Disharmony
1. NyellMoonlight [DONE]
2.

**Beyond the Veil
1.
2.

***Swansong for a Raven
1. BittersweetDecay [DONE]
2.

**Thorned Beauty
1. Gem [DONE]
2.

***Midwintertears
1. PoeticGenius [DONE]
2.

**Lament of a Dying Butterfly [CLOSED]
1. Sweet Fragility [DONE]
2. Twisted Heart [DONE]

Prizes:
1st - 10 comments
2nd - 7 comments
3rd - 5 comments
---------Any participant has the possibily of ending up on my favourites list.

I'd like to reserve Swansong for a raven please ^^. Thank you.

I would like to reserve, "Lament of Dying Butterfly."

BTW, isn't the title, "Lament of A Dying Butterfly"? I just have this thing for proper grammer, LOL.

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize I forgot the "a". Thank you for pointing that out.

No problem. =)

Just forgot to mention it before, great titles.

*Btw SweetFragility-wutever-ur-name-is, first check ur grammAr and then we'll talk about others' proper grammAr*

Swansong For A Raven

Ancient times when witchcraft stories were told
Shimmers of invocation far and near , behold!
Sorcerers of good and evil haunted nameless lands
Veils covering their eyes,charmed rings on their hands..

Unbeknown forest full of forsaken creatures and dewless flowers
Was the bystander of a great encounter between two enchanters
White dressed witch with angelic breath-taking silhouette
Black dressed wizard sunken in throbs of untamed threats..

The forces they carried within were powerful opponents
Words of incantation on their lips,nature vibrates
When it listens to celestial thunders and sweepings
Entangled spells,death blasts bursting into lightnings.

The rivalry was blooming in their rancorous hearts
As the wizardry they carried inside was a blindfolded art.
Agonizing spells were hitting,full of hatred,the other
Unleashed flares from hell confronts envenomed razors..

As their human weaknesses start to slowly appear
His veil falls,revealing the enchanter's face - eyes so queer
The spell she held in her hands vanishes undelayed
This love she felt for him was stricken by his fire blade..

Kneeling in front of him,she took her final breath
The wizard uncovered her face - she was close to death
The enchantress was a reigning beauty whom he started to bewail
Their bodies turned into raven and swan - male and female

Black raven feathers wrapped in white swan feathers
Her swansong was her final charm,her final love whispers..
Wizard's tears could not heal her flawless swan corpse
Raven tears for her agonizing swansong-punishment for her lost.

Don't worry Britt. Since you have a good reason for being late with your submission, I'll give you an extension. Best of wishes to your dad.

Thorned Beauty please. I'll do my best to get it in on time.

BittersweetDecay, what are you saying about me in your above post? Elaborate, please?

And here's my poem:

Lament of a Dying Butterfly

Lament of a dying butterfly -- even the best shall fall;
By breaking the only rule of the game of seduction,
It shattered the illusion that I did not care at all --
And slowly started to bring forth my own destruction.

Lament of a dying butterfly -- even the best shall fall;
Hearts tormented by past betrayals and destroyed trust --
A test to see if you cared enough to break down my walls,
Not just another plan for own satisfaction of lust.

Lament of a dying butterfly -- even the best shall fall;
Staring at you with teary cheeks and pain-filled eyes,
Stricken down from the sky, a lost soul's desperate call --
For redemption and a way out of a flawless disguise.

Lament of a dying butterfly -- even the best shall fall;
Two creatures searching for comfort, tried to fly high --
Fell together towards the earth, in a world so small,
Held each other close, not yet ready to say goodbye.

Copyright (c) Sweet Fragility
9/15/07

SweetFragility and BittersweetDecay please no fighting.
Thank you.

My Decadent, you catch on pretty fast =)
Actually, faster than I do. Still kind of confused, but I'll stop. I don't want to cause any trouble.
I was just wondering what that meant, that's all. As long as Bittersweet Decay doesn't say anything else that is derogatory, I'll be so quiet you might think I forgot about this contest, LOL.

Bittersweetdecay was pointing out that for someone so pedant about grammar, you should know how to spell the word.
Grammar is the correct spelling, not grammer.

But yeah, fighting is bad.

Peace

=)

Yeah, I got it now. ^

Lament of a Dying Butterfly

Thanks

Lament of A Dying Butterfly
By: Twisted Heart

From bare brittle branches she flies towards the moon
Leaving the haven of her once warm cocoon
Among all the shadows that tip in the night
With translucent wings she stirs and takes flight.

Dark night finds her hungry for tender dead meat
That comes from sweet nectar inside of the leaf
Her lips touch and suckle the lushness of fruit
Then she rises once more from the tangle of roots.

Wind sweeps around her as she takes flight again
Just a few lonely days before her life ends
So many things left that she wanted to do
But life passed her by without giving a clue

Now deep in the sorrow that lies on her breath
Entombed on her memory lilies of death

I want Master of Disharmony, please :)

*Master of disharmony*
by NyellMoonlight

The devil inside my heart is torn,
drowned in waves of rising blackness;
drinking haunting silence, now I'm reborn,
trying to feel alive once again.

Breaking through barriers of stoned faces,
with the mind locked in cold, metal box,
endlessly staring in floating empty spaces
teasing some creativity to rise and dance.

Master of disharmony in my thoughts lies
by the rules of the Moon now I know that,
he's painting blurred pictures in my eyes
causing this emotions to run wild.

Nets of my dreams around the tables entwine
with some bottles and empty chalices play;
pale faced, senses I'm trying to align,
bewitched with injecting pain of the broken heart.

Xx Thorned Beauty xX

Red velvet petals, soft to the touch
Never has one rose inspired so much
A scent so calming, beautiful and true
Enriched by the sparkling diamonds of dew

Yet underneath the gentle exterior waits
A warrior protecting these heavenly gates
Sharp thorns run up this slim stem of green
Proving not everything is as it seems

This thorned beauty teaches a lesson, take heed
How something so gorgeous evolves from a seed
Standing so tall, so delicate yet strong
Standing for love, for whats right and wrong

Rich ruby reds, glistening with tears
A fragile masterpiece, matured over years
Beauty and strength come together as one
Inspiring more hearts as this life goes on

*Gem*
Copyright©GemmaStott2007

Since not enough poets entered this contest, everyone who submitted their poem on time is invited to participate in the next round.

The poets are (random order):

01. NyellMoonlight
02. BittersweetDecay
03. PoeticGenius
04. Gem
05. Sweet Fragility
06. Twisted Heart

The next round is similar to this one and will be posted today.
Thank you to all participants, and might I add that you all did very well on the first round.