Creator’s Creatures

Creatures leave the creator’s page, a place where dreams escape,

Life is all but a reality, the stories a mere fantasy to tell lies,

But all is true.

Stories fill the air, a replacement for words,

Characters walk through their stiffened limbs brought on by the sleep,

Waken from it to a world of war and hate, tears roll down the paper,

Black ink oozes from the wounds.

Eyes close for the moment, but life continues,

Life is drawn, life drawn, life, drawn…

There is no end, no end to the creator’s imagination,

Misfits joined with devils, angels mixed with animals

People will see, look, laugh.

Blindness in the eyes of a fool, the pictures of hatred burnt into him,

The forced creatures of hate, the sombreness bestowed on him:

A hated curse, an evil gift.

He creates, he destroys, he kills.

The war will end, creatures of will will die,

The war will end when all is gone.

This battle for life between creatures,

The creator’s creatures.

 

Reviews

[Becky C Strukamp]

The creatures creature. clever and unique! Life is such a never ending battle!

[alegria]

amazing write...jus loved it...
loved many lines like
"Black ink oozes from the wounds."

"the pictures of hatred burnt into him"

"A hated curse, an evil gift.
He creates, he destroys, he kills.".....really nice...keep writing...

[Coyote Poetry]

I enjoyed the thoughts in this poem.
"Blindness in the eyes of a fool, the pictures of hatred burnt into him,
The forced creatures of hate, the sombreness bestowed on him:
A hated curse, an evil gift."
No weakness in the outstanding poem.
Coyote

[Bluefire]

Amazing. :)

[Steph K]

Your style is effortless in the sense that you speak your mind. Your words flow onto paper and the images you can bring to one's thoughts are strong, vivid and bold. "Black ink oozes from the wounds" coupled with the very notion of continuous life "but life continues" gives fresh hope and balances darkness and light. "Will"-full piece if I dare say so myself. Beautiful.

[Aarontastic]

A meta-poem that gives an insight into the mind of a poet, cool :) I'm pretty sure I'm interpreting it correctly when I assume that "Creator's Creatures" is referring to the ideas that spring out of your mind, so it was very interesting to read a little about how you conceptualize your whole artistic process. As usual your writing was kind of dark and intense, and I am noticing angels/demons/some religious motifs seem to pop up in a lot of your writing, which I like. Your material and your voice are both really unique.

[L0v3craft]

reminds me of my own internal struggle with the whims of creative Chaos :P

A very nice write with lovely dark imagery.

[Dominique]

This had wonderful imagery, good write.

[Elaenor Aisling]

I love the pictures you paint in this piece. Very good work.

[Scytheriax]

This reminds me of the book Inkheart, where the characters from books were able to be read into reality.
As usual, definitely well written. Your imagery is wonderful and the concept is well thought out.
The flow of the poem is really good, too. It reads smoothly and flows well.
One criticism is the line "The war will end, creatures of will will die." I would just suggest rewriting that so that the double usage of "will" is gone. Then it will read a bit better.
Another criticism is the line "Black ink ooze from the wounds." "Ooze" should be "oozes."
"Eyes close for the moment, but life continuous" reads a bit strangely as well. Is it supposed to be "but life is continuous"? I feel like that would read a little bit better.
Other than those minor grammatical errors, this poem is brilliant.