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Sounds interesting. I'll be back. Thumbs up, Cuddlemii

[quote author=Larry-Sun]He Sees Places In The Bible Where Readers Raise Eyebrows And He Gave Them Reasons To Frown. He's An Entrepreneuer Too. [/quote]Lol. He knows how to wind them up for sure. When I was a teenager, angels and demons was one of my favorite books and a lotta what he wrote there was more inflammatory than The Da Vinci Code that got people riled up. It is funny to me how documented lies are besmirched with other inventive lies and people whip out their righteous anger like a quick draw specialist.

adexsimply: lol..I am a TITANS freak..that painting depicts the scene when he was chained to a rock by zeus after he stole fire from Olympus..
Now what's 17 yellow bars?

Incidentally, I just finished the film Prometheus last night. Yellow bars....gold bars....brownie points. It means, I approve of you, Sir

adexsimply: don't tell me you believe all his claims are wrong?

The vast majority of his claims are correct (and they are not really claims, any historian worth his salt know these things) but the best lies are sprinkled with truth. His are drowned with truth. Writing fiction is to lie. I'm not calling him a liar. But people see him like someone "exposing" the truth. Like he would not have died quietly of cancer if all his claims were true.

[quote author=Larry-Sun]I Don't See Dan Brown As A Writer In The Literary Sense, But He's B Great Entertainer; One Hell Of A Researcher.[/quote]Nicely put. But I'm a little worried for those who take his books as fact. People are already gullible enough without such an entertaining researcher. He makes an effort to lend authenticity to his books and that worries me. Worse still, he touches on topics that are kinda sensitive and we all know where believing in "Holy books" have got the world.

adexsimply:

that painting on your profile..Prometheus right?

Lol. You have earned 17 yellow bars. Yes!

There's something about Dan Brown that appeals to a reader. He doesn't waste time on unnecessary details and description. I like that about him. But his books, if you're not a young un, are not very "likely" and sometimes, the way he twists history (and annoyingly tells us about the things that are FACT as though we were supposed to treat the whole book as FACT) kinda leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

But, his books are supremely entertaining, no doubt!

Lol. You said it oh.

Where I have been is dealing with Life. Too many things happening at once, ya know?

Hmmmn. Nice thread. Nice poems by you both. Firestar makes it look easy doesn't she? Princesa, where have you been? Hmmmn, where have I been?

Ballad of the brokenhearted Geisha

This snow is new.

My lover is gone

This is the fourth month without a letter

The small stream by our home will freeze soon

The fish will now move upstream

I’ve never caught a fish before

But I sit with my pole to forget

The trees will shed their leaves

The mountains will soon have caps

I’ll start painting again

It’s four months now and I haven’t seen the postman

My lover quests and I thirst

Maybe the postman is dead; maybe I am dead.

I started this thread with a conflicted mind trying to stifle my 'vanity'. Meh. The battle is lost now. I'll post some more poems but for my other works (mostly very short stories) please visit vescucci.. Mucho gracias

[quote author=Sisi_Kill]Awwww! Vesc. . . this is lovely!

Dark and Lovely....just the way I like 'em. [/quote]Why, thank you!

Flytefalls: I love this. Melancholy often fills the gaps.

Thanks

[quote author=e-talker]I love those lines.

But the poems aren't dark as warned.
I was expecting something scary (though, i noticed the sadness on few lines in the "LIFE" piece)

I enjoyed reading your poems.

Thanks for sharing. Keep the muse up![/quote]Haha, I'm not that dark but then this is not my darkest work. Thanks all the same

Esin waju: Brilliant. Especially the one about life. I relate with you on that one cos presently I'm faced with a situation and your poem captures it perfectly and you were more rhyme concious on this one, that I find very appealing as a rap afficionado lol.

Thanks dude. Glad you enjoyed them

Orikinla: Good poetry.
Very original.

Thank you Sir. Coming from you, that is high praise.

talk2s: This poem helps reminisce the good old days: when the beauty of art was given its pride of place;
When art was not celebrated for fun but for the sakes of art;
When the place of art was extolled and amplified...

Indeed, that is a masterpiece of poetry.

I feel you. Thanks a lot

Nickydrake: Vescucci, reading your work is always a treat. Believe it or not, i spent a good amount of time poring over your satires over at Naijastories (that was the only time i ever used the site). The piece on cursíng was especially entralling.

These poems are good, no doubt about that, but because i'm much less captivated by poetry than by prose, i find myself drawn more to your opening post. Your opening post is fuckíng excellent.

I beg your pardon, the expletive was necessary for emphasis.

I think you should ditch poetry and move into a monastery where you'll devote the rest of your life to producing bewitching satirical pieces for people like me to revel in. This is crappy advice alright, but i hope you consider it all the same.

Great work, my friend.

Thanks a whole lot. You of all made my day

ariblaze: interesting ... i like
i am also sure you can do darker
com'n don the cape of the reaper which you are

Lol. I don't even know what to say. I have darker stories. There's stuff I'm working on sha. How have you been? Long time bruv

kay9: ^^ Blazeman... Where u been, mate?

@Vesc, u got any more of these? First one reminds me of Tom Cruise's Nathan Algren.

Kay baba! Yeah, I have some more. I'll post some more shortly but the rest of my stuff is on my blog. I'll post that too

amiskurie: I fear to loosing my poems to the internet world.
@op hw do you claim its yours in future when everyone had it?..I've been keeping my best away from the internet sha.

If you plan on making money, I guess it's best not to post them on the internet. But this is just a hobby for me. Good luck

JeSoul: Nice Vesc! good to see you 'back' and about...

Funny...I scarcely have anything but a happy-campy-all-is-fine-and-dandy image of you - so to see this darkside 'veering' is a bit of a treat . Very nice flow, simple & to the point. Likes!!!

Looool. I have actually posted these poems since about half a year ago. i dunno who resurrected them. It's nice to get the comments though. How have you been? You have mail btw

Apologies to anyone I have missed. I appreciate the comments a lot

Nice idea for a thread. Sadly won't have much time to visit often

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Phew. The thing is more time consuming than I thought.

adim2: Woah i love you baby

Lol. Congratulations

alutacontinua: YES, YES, YES!!!!!! Of cos, i will.

I HEREBY DECLARE DT ADIM2 WON D GAME. Let d party begin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice observations by the way

Lol. Aluta, don't let Adim's joker go to waste oh

Replies Alfreda: Sleep tight, honey bunny

Drives away for like the fiftieth time in one night

*Embraces her and kisses her passionately*

After disengaging: An idea just popped into my head. I ought to take you somewhere where we can spend two or three full weeks together without anyone else in the world knowinng. I will try to make this happen soon. In the meantime, here's the number of the banker I want you to call. I will mail you a letter as you have asked. I will mail it to your mother directly as you can still be said to be under her care. This way, she won't suspect any foul play. And if the worst happens and she finds out, you're really an adult now and so am I. My wife, I hope to leave her soon for good. So, you will have all the cards. But all these when we get to the bridge, we'll cross it. You should be getting on home now. Send me an sms when you are alone in your room and ready to turn in.

Lucky I don't have the patience to sweet talk women, I for deadly . I just say what's on my mind gbaga

*Drives by. Alfreda gets into the car.*

What a long day this is turning out to be. What are you doing with an immature fellow like that? Even if he is doing this out of love, he's doing you no favours whatsoever. I have been straightforward with you and you know your interests are mine too.

Anyways, the last piece of news is basically that I have opened a trust fund account for you where everything you need will be made available to you during the duration of your schooling. No matter what happens between us, you will always have access to the money as long as you are in school. I wanted to meet your mum under the guise of you being a lucky beneficiary of my new philanthropism. Tell her about me and at least we can stop this cloak and dagger business.

adim2: ok i think, i better we post after each other. remember that this scene is suppose to be like a brawl scene. we are fight for her now.

Yeah. Let the cycle be Rufus -- Alfreda -- Adamu, unless it's a scene where they are separated and there are only two parties currently available as it is now for Adamu has left

*Drives off again*