Ouroboros
For Poppy's July Prompt
Introduction
This is for Poppy's July Prompt that you can read here
The music is "In The Presence Of Another World" by Blue Γyster Cult.
I decided on a villanelle using these prompts:
- Parallel
- Newspaper
- Serpent
- Chord
- Fall
Ouroboros
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In A Parallel Universe
Newspapers Warned Us Of The End
Monstrous Serpent Ouroboros
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A Chord Of Doom, Storms And Thunders
See The Fall, Hell's Gates Are Opened
In A Parallel Universe
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Armageddon Could Not Be Worse
Newspapers Burn, Dragon Distends
Monstrous Serpent Ouroboros
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Jaws Of Ouroboros, Our Curse
World Of Darkness, Demons Intend
In A Parallel Universe
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Choked By This Serpent's Scaly Coils
There Is No Hope, There Are No Friends
Monstrous Serpent Ouroboros
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Ouroboros Cause Of Your Loss
Ouroboros Has Brought Your End
In A Parallel Universe
Monstrous Serpent Ouroboros
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Comments (5)
Oooh this is awesome!! I can so picture this as a prophecy in a fantasy book!!
Oooo, this was so ominous and dark! Loved your Villanelle!
The use of the word parallel in a repeated line was quite a masterful stroke! Made for quite a dΓ©jΓ vu effect Nicely done, Mike!
Loved the theme of your villanelle! Very well done! :)
This is quite visual in a way that I cannot quite describe. Good work.