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About Me Member Wannabe Poet arliddianFemale/Australia Recent Activity Deviant for 4 Years
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The absence of silenceThere is no call  for the absence of my voice.  Silence is spacious  and I am tucked into the corner.  I do not have ticking clocks  or a watch on my wrist;  it is easy to believe  I am not waiting  for anything to happen.   
I am listening to notes that press fingers  into nerves. Melodies push buttons,  dialling the number for the room where  
my heart lies, idle, gazing at blank plaster  and trying to find shadows  where there is no light.  
 
Telephone music sounds all-too-often  like the voice that is supposed to be  at the other end.  
Ar The absence of silence
by ~arliddian
Your hairYou say I am silly to love  
your hair (and I know sometimes you mean  to omit the last five letters).   
But I have waited years  for hair that I can weave my fingers through  as joyfully as I thread them  through the rain after summer's thirst;   
hair that I can sweep aside  as I do the curtains on my birthday,  revealing the gift long hoped-  yet unasked-for;   
hair that I can tangle with my hands  the way I knot my fingers  into promises made with a child's  optimism, faith.   
You say I am silly  
to love your hair.  But I tell you Your hair
by ~arliddian
DownpourI hurl raindrops at your chest  of earth. Gravity lends them weight –  
they splatter; the dry dirt  is scattered.   
You watch my eyes, the deluge pouring  from clenching skies. There is a storm  beating you, water doing its best to dent  your surface. Nothing grows  in soil so firmly fixed.   
I do not know  how else to move you, mould you,  disturb and shape you.  I wish this was not what it takes:  a monsoon, a flood, so much water  -damage to re-form  your settled landscape. Downpour
by ~arliddian
the beauty of starsLast night I swept my hands through the sky  and pricked my fingers on stars.  Here. I will show you the holes  pierced and cauterised by points of light.   
You look at me and I can see  myself, reflected in the dancing glimmer  of your eyes: all soft curves  and diamond smiles and skin like jasmine  or baby's breath. And you,  you are a constellation  or maybe an entire shimmering galaxy.   
You touch my wounds  and I ask, did you know  
that beautiful things  hurt? the beauty of stars
by ~arliddian
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5 Facts #21

Wed Jun 17, 2009, 11:21 PM
  • Mood: Tired
  • Reading: Rhubarb - Craig Silvey
1. My poem, Words omitted from my last email, has been featured as a DLD by *DailyLitDeviations. The article is here. I'm quite chuffed! Thank you!

2. I have not yet seen Star Trek, and this makes me a little bit sad.

3. I have two exams to go and then the semester will be over: Politics & the Media, and Law of Contract. I am feeling apprehensive about both exams, but am more optimistic about Contract.

4. After a long dry spell, I have been writing reasonably consistently for the past couple of months. Chalk it up to a new inspiration, one that I never thought I'd have. :)

5. There are few things more comforting on a cold night than a feather doona, thick socks, and a very warm hug. :heart:

Question: What are five things that make you smile?

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Devious Info

  • Current Residence: the sunshine state
  • Interests: God, music, reading, piano, writing
  • Favourite artist: God
  • Favourite poet or writer: e. e. cummings, T.S. Eliot, David Malouf
  • Favourite cartoon character: Daria
  • Personal Quote: Listen to what I mean, not what I say
  • Tools of the Trade: Pencil and notebook

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:iconzombiesateus:
*ZombiesAteUs Jan 10, 2010, 9:27:46 PM
thank you for the :+fav: on false transmissions!

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two heads taste better than one.
:iconarliddian:
~arliddian Jan 11, 2010, 5:56:55 AM
It was my pleasure. :)

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[Philippians 1:21]
:iconyouinventedme:
`YouInventedMe Jan 1, 2010, 10:33:18 PM
thanks for the :+fav: on untitled


xo!

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one half of *ZombiesAteUs
:iconarliddian:
~arliddian Jan 2, 2010, 12:43:14 AM
My pleasure. :)

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[Philippians 1:21]
:iconzombiesateus:
*ZombiesAteUs Dec 28, 2009, 6:28:51 PM
thank you for the :+devwatch:!

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two heads taste better than one.
:icondrool-in-terror:
*Drool-in-terror Sep 26, 2009, 3:01:35 AM
Heya, I featured you on my journal this month, hope that's ok!!

:heart:~
V

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:halfliquid:
Eric Kripke owns my soul... :fuzzydemon:
Jensen and Jared own my heart... :heart:
And Misha takes my breath away... :faint:
:noes: I'M*Dean*NOT*Cas*OBSESSING*Sam*!!!!:noes:
:iconarliddian:
~arliddian Sep 26, 2009, 3:26:20 AM
Of course! Thank you very much, I really appreciate it. :)

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[Philippians 1:21]
:iconyouinventedme:
`YouInventedMe Aug 16, 2009, 6:19:51 PM
thanks for the :+fav: on seeing Perseids, love


xo!

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one half of *ZombiesAteUs
:iconarliddian:
~arliddian Aug 17, 2009, 12:01:05 AM
:) You're very much welcome!

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[Philippians 1:21]
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