Poetry Meme

[thisbluespirit]

I was in exactly the sort of in between mood of not being quite up to any of my usual things and wanting to write something, that calls for the Poetry Meme - and I actually managed to do it this time! \o/ (I had two goes at it last year and only did half the prompts each.)

1: Pick five fandoms. List them in alphabetical order.

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 them 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), 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.

1. Blake's 7 - And in his mistress' flame, playing like a fly (Ben Jonson - Hourglass)

Blake pursues one true obsession: Freedom—what he calls freedom. The trouble is, Blake has his followers courting the same fatal mistress. Avon doesn't believe it counts as freedom if one is dead. He should leave. He doesn't. What flame draws him on, he won't own. But it burns.


2. Craddock & Co - And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command (Shelley - Ozymandias)

"Fools! You'll never get out alive!" The elderly undertaker slammed the crypt door shut on Lucy and Uncle Charles. "That'll teach you!"

They exchanged a look.

"Never mind that villain, Uncle," Lucy said. "I've an idea brewing..."

"By this point, Lucy, I would be shocked if you did not."


3. Doctor Who - How did those prospects give my soul delight (Phyllis Wheatley - To SM)

The Doctor paused, one hand on the console, letting the others leave the ship first. He chuckled softly. What started as a desperate escape had somewhere turned to delight. Each new landing - and Susan, these humans, their reactions to alien vistas—a thrill. Where this time, I wonder?


4. Sapphire & Steel - How drowsily it crew. (Coleridge - Christabel)

Time slows, and slows again. Every hand on every clock in the entire great house ticks impossibly weighted with it. Even the rooster in the home farm sounds like it's crowing under water.

"It's getting worse," says Sapphire.

Steel is at her side.

Time won't win.

Not here.

(Not yet.)



5. The Winslow Boy - Worked busily a day, and there she stands (Browning My Last Duchess)

She hadn't been in the gallery. He would have seen her. Nevertheless, Sir Robert turns out of the Commons, into the corridor, and suddenly she's there, brought up short in front of him.

"Miss Winslow."

"Have I missed the debate?"

He smiles. The debate, he hopes, is only now begun.

Comments

[vilakins]

Nice! The Doctor Who one is my favourite.

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, thanks!

[sovay]

Time slows, and slows again. Every hand on every clock in the entire great house ticks impossibly weighted with it. Even the rooster in the home farm sounds like it's crowing under water.

Nice.

He smiles. The debate, he hopes, is only now begun.

Also nice.

[thisbluespirit]

Heh, thank you! <3

[theseatheseatheopensea]

Time won't win.

Not here.

(Not yet.)


Perfect! That's S&S in a nutshell! <3

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, thank you!

[astrogirl]

Ooh, these are nice!

I might do this one, too. It could provide a nice distraction from starting the thing I should be writing. :)

[thisbluespirit]

Thank you! And I'm belated answering this, but so glad you did give it a whirl!

[lycomingst]

The Blake's 7 is my favorite. So Avon.

[thisbluespirit]

Oh, thank you! Yes, Avon, what COULD be keeping you hanging around here??

[hamsterwoman]

They've clearly got a nice choice of poems/poets -- and I really enjoyed the B7 ficlet that resulted :)

*torn between deploying my B7 icon and my "Ozymandias" one*

[thisbluespirit]

They've clearly got a nice choice of poems/poets -- and I really enjoyed the B7 ficlet that resulted

Thank you!

Oh, and, btw, if you haven't already caught last Friday's WILTY, I recommend it! XD

[hamsterwoman]

I can't remember if I had or not at that point, but I have caught the WILTY with Sara Pascoe now and really enjoyed it! (Obviously, her story about the sleep expert was true, and I would expect any parent to believe that XD I also enjoyed the actor guy whose name escapes me but whose This Is My story was very convincing, I thought.)

I've also now watched the following WILTY, which I was looking forward to in order to scope out Rosey Ramsey for s19 but ended up most enjoying for the Gladiator guy, haha.

And the r/Taskmaster people report that this week will have Bob Mortimer back, and I am so looking forward to David's inevitable breakdown :D

[thisbluespirit]

I can't remember if I had or not at that point, but I have caught the WILTY with Sara Pascoe now and really enjoyed it! (Obviously, her story about the sleep expert was true, and I would expect any parent to believe that XD I also enjoyed the actor guy whose name escapes me but whose This Is My story was very convincing, I thought.)

Heh, I can't even remember the actor guy (it's been nearly 2 weeks and so goes the state of my memory lately, but I do think that was the person I assumed it must be in that round, too) but I loved David being somehow the true This Is My story despite it sounding completely unlikely, for a second time of confusing Lee this series, and Lee's swimming pool epic. (Sara's "It's isn't true, but we all had a lovely time anyway," was about right.)

And, yes, that Gladiator guy was new to me too, but he was definitely a fun contestant!

And the r/Taskmaster people report that this week will have Bob Mortimer back, and I am so looking forward to David's inevitable breakdown :D

Yay! I was just wondering the other day whether or not we were due a Bob.

[persiflage_1]

That Sapphire & Steel was is *chef's kiss*

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, thank you!

[ragnarok_08]

These are great!

[thisbluespirit]

Thank you!

[scifirenegade]

Loved all of these <3

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, thank you!

[lurking_latinist]

These are delightful! I love the half-drabbles, and I feel quite impressed at how well each line fits its fandom - although I suspect that's largely because you've made it fit. :-)

[thisbluespirit]

These are delightful! I love the half-drabbles, and I feel quite impressed at how well each line fits its fandom - although I suspect that's largely because you've made it fit.

Oh, thank you! I was quite lucky, though, with how some of them fell out - most especially that I got the otherwise impossible prompt for S&S, which just eats impossible for breakfast.

[edwardianspinsteraunt]

Oh, this is a really fun meme! xD

Needless to say, I adore the Winslow Boy drabble (and what a fitting line of poetry!) <33 I esp love the implication that Sir Robert spends the entire time he's in the House looking out for Catherine in the gallery (distracted, much :P)

And the Craddock and Co one is great fun too, although I'm not familiar with that canon - you get across a really distinctive sense of their voices xD

[thisbluespirit]

Needless to say, I adore the Winslow Boy drabble (and what a fitting line of poetry!) <33 I esp love the implication that Sir Robert spends the entire time he's in the House looking out for Catherine in the gallery (distracted, much :P)

He notices her when she's there! It's canonical! XD

Glad you liked the C&C one, too. It's just a tiny BBC Radio thing of only three eps, but it was immediately really distinctive listenting - glad that came across even in a snippet.

[liadt]

\o/

I particularly like the S&S one!

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, thank you!

[tinny]

I can't say I'm willing to write drabbles, but the quotes I got work *really well* with the fandoms I chose, every single one. (oh, i didn't alphabetize them. dang. still. cool.)

[thisbluespirit]

Ha, I think everyone who's done this meme has done it that way at some point, so it's fair! I mean, it was still random! It is fun when they match up so well, though. I was pretty lucky with some of these ones too.