Beware The Wolf

The cusp of defeat, she beckons now,

A bridge to darker shores and she’s

So appealing, how appealing to feel that tender kiss,

To feel the warm breath of your neck as you,

So unthinking, unassuming,

Taste and sip and drink of it,

Hack and slur and splash about,

Within the lucid waters.

The river runs deep, oh so deep,

As on these nimble feet you skip across the bridge,

To lay your weary head to sleep,

Upon the greener grass.

But somewhere in the wilderness,

A howl so frightening yet so quiet,

Ripples through your bones,

And you are suddenly alert.

The very sentience of your mind starts screaming,

Writhing, twisting, screaming,

Burrows deep beneath the earth,

And you are left alone.

And you’re rooted to the spot,

A moss encrusted oak,

That drips with weary and contempt in this,

So unthinking, unassuming,

Simile of life,

As it starts to rot within.

A second howl but this time closer,

Shakes you through and through,

The rain drops start to pour on down,

A cacophony in misery,

And suddenly its night,

As dark as the gaps between the hells.

The leaves are blowing from your branches,

As you see those beady eyes approach,

And you know your time has come.

Beware the wolf, for he comes for you tonight,

The sand of time in his teeth he bears,

A heathen, A harbinger,

Despair, oh child, despair,

The wolf, he comes for you tonight.

November 11th 2010: The Pointer

The man who points stands in one spot.

He points at trees, at birds and rocks.

He points at stars, when the night rolls in.

And then at the sun as the day begins.

'It's rude to point,' people all say.

'But I just love to point all day!'

'I hope that I will never stop.'

But then one day his arm fell off.

It's a cautionary tale kids. Take warning.

January 29th 2010: Tap, Tap, Tapping

This date in 1845. 'The Raven' is published for the first time.
If you don't know who Edgar Allen Poe is then go learn.

DaDa Poem

The concept of the DaDa Poem is quite simple. Choose a newspaper article, cut it out, cut out all the words and place them into a "hat." Draw 15 words at random, keep them in that order and there you have your poem. It is supposed to say something about you according the DaDaists. Frankly i think it doesn't. So the article i chose was about Mr. Nick Fascist Griffin, leader of the BNP, appearing on question time. I followed the afore mentioned procedure and this is my poem.

Marched

Obnoxious

Exposed

Born

Prevented

Holocaust

Wouldn't

Griffin

Bigot

Said

The

Fears

Nearly

Poured

This of course makes no sense what so ever. The task now was to visually represent it.


Marched - I took the idea of marching as in an invasion, hence Britain is being invaded.

As - I didn't really know where to go with this, kind of been left out.

Obnoxious - Hitler was pretty obnoxious i'd say, also the big mouth is slightly grotesque.

Exposed - Nudity

Born - I'd say that element is pretty well represented here.

Prevented - The colour of the union jack is made up of the word "no" Britain is rejecting the BNP

Holocaust - References to Nazism such as swaztika flag, hitler, german helmet.

Wouldn't - same as prevented really.

Griffin - Nick Griffin, name tattooed across the chest, represting him bring the nazis to britain.

Bigot - Elements of Nazism

Said - Used the said to have a speech bubble containing the rest of the words. Thats definately not cheating...

Overall I am very happy with this piece, I think I managed to stick to the brief, illustrate each word effectively but also to take the idea somewhere quite personal to me which creates a strong emotion when viewed. I also really like the composition of this, the eye is drawn from section to section by the use of colour here and I feel that the small details really make the image give it's message well.