{"id":24909,"date":"2020-04-16T13:24:33","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T19:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aimsreview.aims.edu\/incite\/?p=24909"},"modified":"2020-04-27T12:08:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T18:08:27","slug":"the-halfling-prince-by-zoe-coats-sophomore","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aimsreview.aims.edu\/incite\/the-halfling-prince-by-zoe-coats-sophomore\/","title":{"rendered":"Archived: The Halfling Prince by Zoe Coats (Sophomore)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Lamentation garb, your falsehood<\/span>\r\nTears, the memory of an absent childhood<\/span>\r\nMourn me not, oh father of my sister<\/span>\r\nLeave pine to the greenwood<\/span>\r\nFor no eulogy shall be penned<\/span>\r\nIn your crude scrawl<\/span>\r\nAnd no forlorn preacher<\/span>\r\nReciting in his Southern drawl<\/span>\r\n\r\n They fashioned me chains of iron<\/span>\r\nAs if that could hold their ire<\/span>\r\nThey called me Salem\u2019s damned<\/span>\r\nCondemning me to eternal hellfire<\/span>\r\nThey held their children tight<\/span>\r\nAnd shouted for a parson<\/span>\r\nHis hallowed hand writes<\/span>\r\n'Mene mene tekel upharsin\u2019<\/span>\r\n\r\n Dulcet songs of alluring verbosity<\/span>\r\nWith flute strains of elegant tenebrosity<\/span>\r\nAs the wind howls its lupine call<\/span>\r\nSummoning in its forte monstrosity<\/span>\r\nMimicking the faeries\u2019 unbroken motion,<\/span>\r\nAspens reaching, branches outstretched<\/span>\r\nAs they join in the lunar dance<\/span>\r\nTheir lithe limbs fletched<\/span>\r\n\r\nFoolish fire enhaloed the shrouded dell<\/span>\r\nAs all around sang my death knell<\/span>\r\nFae kinsmen called me son of mine<\/span>\r\nTo those who steel and plastic dwell:<\/span>\r\nGive not thy name<\/span>\r\nDrink not the faerie libation<\/span>\r\nTaste not the forbidden fruit<\/span>\r\nAnd relinquish not to damnation<\/span>\r\n\r\nThey hide the vile parts<\/span>\r\nAnd appeal to beauty and arts<\/span>\r\nWith truth on their lips<\/span>\r\nBut lies in their hearts<\/span>\r\nThey would punish a crocus<\/span>\r\nFor its mortal grace<\/span>\r\nThey would cast out a prince<\/span>\r\nLife, his only disgrace<\/span>\r\n\r\nI am a stolen child<\/span>\r\nHalf tame, half wild<\/span>\r\nOn the fence I sit unveiled<\/span>\r\nNever to be reconciled<\/span>\r\nI look toward eternity<\/span>\r\nThat mulish, flighty roan<\/span>\r\nMy back turned on mortality<\/span>\r\nThe withering crone\r\n\r\n\r\nBiography: <\/strong>Ever since I was little, I've been in love with stories. I spend most of my time either reading or creating, and my creations \r\nare often inspired by the stories I read. I don't like to be tied to one medium in particular, but rather I engage in a variety of <\/span>artistic \r\nexpressions, including writing, painting, drawing, and crafting. Stories are how I communicate, and I'm always looking for new ways \r\nto convey the stories that float around in my mind, vying for attention. I am also sometimes inspired by song lyrics, a testament to my \r\nlove of music. <\/span>\r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n
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Lamentation garb, your falsehood Tears, the memory of an absent childhood Mourn me not, oh father of my sister Leave pine to the greenwood For no eulogy shall be penned In your crude scrawl And no forlorn preacher Reciting in his Southern drawl They fashioned me chains of iron As if that could hold their… <\/p>\n
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