(Lady MacBeth)
Honey sweet in devious eyes
She goads him like a sharpened knife
And smiles to see a kings demise
The coal black heart of MacBeth's wife
Encircling him with vines that choke
The pointing finger accuses well
Visions of witches to envoke
Uncompared to her dark spell
Snakely, hissing words of death
All sweetened by her liquor lies
He breaks into a terror'd sweat
And prays the victim's ghost won't rise
His cowardly heart she cut in twain
With tongue of fire she voiced his sin
Defences all but lost and gone
Her venom drips beneath his skin
He feels resistance giving way
And longs for lifeless, slumbered bliss
As she took his soul in bargain foul
And sealed it with her serpent's kiss
Author notes
The prompt was as the title: Serpent's Kiss
A contest entry
- The Mystery Title Prompt Contest by Glasyalabolas.
1400 points, ended December 16, 2008, 23 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Wicked!
Wonderful job you did here!
Just added u as fav. coz it SEEMS you write a lot of fantasy
I love that
anyways congrats on the Honourable Mention and keep on writing,
Nooni
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Very well written, excellent and unexpected take on the prompt. Difficult subject matter to write well for but this is pulled of very, very well.
Congrats on HM.
Good write.
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Thank you Glasyalabolas! Your contest was fun and a great prompt for writing! I haven't any turkish delight so I'll send you a rose to say thank you!
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your work is so magical, i would never be brave enough to read something like this, your words are like little fairy voices, chanting in the woods, i love it, and so does my daughter, who is studying Macbeth at school
this is really wonderful, thankyou
Theresa
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Hi Littlefishone!
So happy you liked this one. I always love your wonderful comments. Thank you!
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OMG, this is an incredible piece. You have such talent, my mystical unicorn. I'm so impressed with this piece. I'm speechless! BRAVO!!! Good luck in the contest. This is surely a winner!!
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Hi Mistress! Thank you for your beautiful words! I'd only just finished typing this! A rose for my lady!
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