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Ankh Udja Seneb

1ST AND FOREMOST I AM A SINGER/VOCALIST... (AND OF COURSE ALL KEVIN'S)
I mainly sing metal (singing and growling) but I listen to pretty much every genre of music. What I'm picky about is the artist(s)/music itself

I have a myspace at www.myspace.com/voxofapharaoh ...please check it out if you like me or my work, I'm on there a lot more than on here

I'm engaged...he's adorable

I am Kemetic Orthodox. Daughter of Bast... and I expect Khnum, Nebthet, Set, and Maahes to show up somewhere in my RPD.

I haven't been on for awhile, but I finally got a computer, so anyone who used to read my stuff please come back!!!


"Art Saves"
"You are not alone"
-OTEP


************DISCLAIMER************
ON GRAMMAR: 1st of all, I'm actually quite aware of grammar...but I use a lot of poetic license with grammar in my work. yes, I used the controversial term "poetic license" ...how dare I do that as an artist?! trust me, if I were posting essays or articles you would see a pristine example of ideal grammar from me. I feel that since poetry is a different category and more of an art form that the rules shouldn't be exactly the same or as strict. please keep in mind that there IS a reason I don't ask for a critical comment. I just don't feel poetry is meant to be so stiffly steeped in rules. spelling is really the only thing I'm strict about, except when it comes to a few slang exceptions like "'cuz" and "wanna". perfect grammar, i believe, has its place in essays, articles, formal letters, and things of that nature. (besides, most of my work is eventually meant to be turned into songs, and the ways I use commas and elipses, and sometimes other things, are the ways my mind keeps track of exactly what I plan my orations/vocals to sound like when they are finally put to song.) I am nowhere near illiterate, I actually have reason when I ignore/change/switch rules. I read somewhere (sorry, I forget who originally penned it) that you can not break the rules unless you know them. well... I know them... and I know them well. so you do the math.

ON SPELLING: as I stated above, I AM strict when it comes to spelling. however, I do feel the need to sometimes use slang like "'cuz", "wanna", "gonna", "dunno", "'bout", "'round", but really those are the only ones I can think of that I allow in my own work. I'm not that big on slang, but in situations like some I base some of my work on, your words and your mind are not worried about silly rules like grammar and perfect etiquette. I think a LIL leniency with the 6 slang words above can be more personal, realistic, and can evoke certain effects/emotions (i.e. desperation, apathy, etc. etc.)

ON FORM: I basically only write free verse, and seeing as how that (un)"form" is finally getting recognition as a plausible category, I guess this part is unnecessary.

ON WORD USAGE: honestly, I don't know why this has become a complaint in some poetry circles/elitists/whatever, but I am VERY bombastic and wordy, and some seem to perceive that as, I don't know, over-dramatic, or... I've even heard "fake". sorry, but unlike the cliche "o, you must have a thesaurus next to you" scapegoat that some use, I actually have a thorough understanding of the English language. if you're going to knock me for grammar, which is only relevant when poetry is written down, then I suggest you educate yourself when it comes to vocabulary. One of the reasons I love (and laugh at) the English language is the range it gives you because we have a ridiculous number of words that correspond to every half of a concept. That makes poetry so much more interesting. if you have the talent, you could sell me a simple poem, but in general, what makes a poem boring and cliche is when the same words are used over and over again, in the same light, with the same concrete associations, and yet the same elitists I find saying that most poetry is crap and superficially encouraging imagery are the same people who try and dumb down someone who uses "too many big words". if someone is trying too hard, the tone of the poem and your own insight will tell you - not how many words they use and the size of the words. (*just a note on this section, I've never really gotten criticism for being too wordy but I know it's coming and I've seen elitists try to dumb down amazingly imaginitive pieces to make it look as if it's... well really, I don't know, because imagery is one of the best things about poetry.)

*IN SHORT, everything in every one of my pieces is the way it is for a reason. Remember that. Respect that. no matter how unconventional you might think my work is... well then I guess that's all the better. I will never change a piece of my work due to someone else's views. I like to hear what people think and I like to share with people to do the same for them. the only critiques I might accept would have to do with tone, effectiveness, expression, and so on.

*AND NO, this is not directed at any one person. this was bound to explode from my fingertips due to observations over time. As I say when it comes to music, I am not an elitist when it comes to genre, form, or convention. I am elitist when it comes to talent, honesty, passion, innovation, and insight.


DON'T WEAR FUR...FOR EVERY FUR COAT 1 TREE IS KILLED IN PROTEST SIGNS
hehehe


DESTROY TO CREATE


"I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name is Jennyanydots;
Her coat is of the tabby kind, with tiger stripes and leopard spots."
-ahhhhhh, T. S. Eliot


"Quod me nutrit me destruit"...


Honesty is the way to Balance...
BRUTAL Honesty -me


"... hitherto we have been permitted to seek beauty only in the morally good - a fact which sufficiently accounts for our having found so little of it and having had to seek about for imaginary beauties without backbone! - As surely as the wicked enjoy a hundred kinds of happiness of which the virtuous have no inkling, so too they possess a hundred kinds of beauty; and many of them have not yet been discovered."

...from Nietzsche's Daybreak


I AM A WALKING CONTRADICTION
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M MADE OF BLACK AND WHITE
-me

"I WILL NEVER BE YOUNG
I WILL NEVER BE LOVED
I WILL NEVER BE WRONG

SO I AM ROYALLY FUCKED"

- mindless self indulgence



"Remorse.-- Never yield to remorse, but at once tell yourself: remorse would simply mean adding to the first act of stupidity a second."
-from Nietzsche's The Wanderer and his Shadow


"because I'm diluted and perfectly flawed, I shall live by passion and not by law" -OTEP

"Before the bullets
before the flies
before authorities take out my eyes
the only smiling are you dolls that I made
but you are plastic and so are your brains"

-Marilyn Manson

"vomit a world of agony and truth, into your throbbing illness of memory"
-OTEP


"Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain."
-Kahlil Gibran, "The Voice of the Poet"





"Holy Water" by Big & Rich

Somewhere there's a stolen halo
I use to watch her wear it well
Everything would shine wherever she would go
But looking at her now you'd never tell

Someone ran away with her answers
A memory she can't get out of her head
I can only imagine what she's feeling
When she's praying
Kneeling at the edge of her bed

chorus: And she says take me away
And take me farther
Surround me now
And hold, hold, hold me like holy water
Holy water

She wants someone to call her angel
Someone to put the light back in her eyes
She's looking through the faces
The unfamiliar places
She needs someone to hear her when she crys

CHORUS

She just needs a little help
To wash away the pain she's felt
She wants to feel the healing hands
Of someone who understands

CHORUS



"Safe Tonight" by Anti-Flag

You know I feel so violent, just want to break some glass
Every day I pray it'll be my last
Turning to a blank wall wondering what to do
Turning to a caliber .22
Every day starts the same old fight
And every day it just gets worse by night
If I hit the streets I think I'll be alright
Til I do I won't be safe tonight

Safe Tonight

Every day I remember all that led to this
And every day don't you know I get a little more pissed
Banging on myself because I just don't care,
There's nothing left for me back there
Twisted and violent, I don't know what to do
I left there for the streets last night
Thinking only of you, be safe tonight

Safe Tonight

It all falls down onto me, Like a baseball bat
It hurts me, haunts me, hurts me, haunts me
I never want to go back
I'm twisted tonight, and I don't know what to do
I'm twisted tonight
I wanna be with you




I'm just happy I have Kevy


My Disclaimer: I am a very opinionated person, and yet, I don't search for poetry by those with differing views just to slam and condemn them, so DON'T DO IT TO ME. i get enough of it from my mother as it is thank you.


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*Bella Gein (Kayla)


*BTW, my band's name is Raw Siren... no we don't have anything recorded yet, but gettin there... tattoomysoul has agreed to be my bassist, so check out some of her writing on here, her talent has really grown

*Daughter of Bast & Khnum (/Enki), Favored by Innana and Ma'at, and Lover of Kevin


*Senebty,

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