2_4_joy ([info]2_4_joy) wrote,
@ 2008-04-30 01:01:00
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Entry tags:battlestar galactica, poetry

When next I die - a BSG, C6D poem
Fandom: Battlestar Galactica
Characters, Pairing: Leoben/Kara
Challenge: For poetry prompt at [info]ds_snippets (poem below)
Word Count: 62
Rating: PG

Tell her there are many ways
To die, and each is lonely.
(from "Tell Her", by Judith Kitchen)


When first I died, imprisoned,
A Valkyrie looked upon me.
Wrath and vengeance, and yet,
Compassion, before the void.

When next I died, repeating,
Her hands deliver me
Peace, though she knows it not.
Death in place of desire.

When next I die, surrendering,
I will give her my life each time,
Until she receives my love instead.
This, she willingly accepts.



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[info]primroseburrows
2008-05-01 01:03 am UTC (link)
Oh, nice!

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[info]2_4_joy
2008-05-01 06:07 am UTC (link)
Glad you liked it. *g*

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[info]brigantine1
2008-05-01 09:32 pm UTC (link)
Oh, that's lovely! Sad (not surprising given the pairing), but really lovely. :)

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[info]2_4_joy
2008-05-02 04:08 am UTC (link)
Thanks! It's my first attempt at the pairing (and fandom) so I'm glad it worked.

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[info]lunar47
2008-05-01 11:42 pm UTC (link)
ooh nicely written

I will give her my life each time,
Until she receives my love instead.
This, she willingly accepts.

loved these lines


Edited at 2008-05-01 11:42 pm UTC

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[info]2_4_joy
2008-05-02 04:07 am UTC (link)
Thanks! Glad you liked it.

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[info]j_s_cavalcante
2008-05-06 02:02 pm UTC (link)
Very evocative!

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[info]2_4_joy
2008-05-07 01:19 am UTC (link)
Thanks! Glad you liked it.

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[info]green_grrl
2008-05-06 03:40 pm UTC (link)
Oof. Very, very Leoben.

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[info]2_4_joy
2008-05-07 01:18 am UTC (link)
Yes, he's a bit f'd up, but that just makes him more fun to write.

Thanks for reading.

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[info]akamine_chan
2008-05-07 01:24 pm UTC (link)
I think Leoben and death are intimately aquainted, as you've shown. It makes him fearless. And I think that plays well off of her strength.

And I really admire that you made it a poem. Wow.

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[info]2_4_joy
2008-05-07 04:49 pm UTC (link)
I really admire that you made it a poem. Wow.

I'll take any challenge. When told by an English professor that I wasn't allowed to say that a certain romantic poet sucked until I started writing sonnets, I wrote my entire paper criticizing him in perfect sonnet form. I got an A. *g*

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