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Winter Alliance Contest!

Greetings, fair Allies! It is my pleasure to announce the Winter Alliance Contest!

:iconlit-visual-alliance:
What is the Alliance, you ask?
The Alliance is a project group intended to encourage visual and literary artists to work together. I've felt for some time that the dA Literature Community can at times be somewhat insular - to its detriment. We in the Lit Community are also sometimes prone to griping about the lack of exposure our work receives when compared to that of visual artists. So in the spirit of ^thorns brilliant Complaint Challenge I thought I would try to do something about that. And so the Alliance was born!
Because I, your founder, have a deep and abiding love for the seasons, this group will now host seasonal contests, and as the Autumn Contest is now over, it is time for Winter to reig

Announcing The First Lit-Visual Alliance CONTEST!Announcing the first contest for the
:iconlit-visual-alliance:
What is the Alliance, you ask?
The Alliance is a project group intended to encourage visual and literary artists to work together. I've felt for some time that the dA Literature Community can at times be somewhat insular - to its detriment. We in the Lit Community are also sometimes prone to griping about the lack of exposure our work receives when compared to that of visual artists.
So. In the spirit of `thorns brilliant Complaint Challenge I would try to do something about that. And so :iconlit-visual-alliance: was born.
As often as I hear literary artists complaining about lack of exposure, I hear visual artists complaining of a lack of inspiration and motivation to create art. And that, I must say, is simply nonsense. There is a massive amount of inspiration to be found on dA - and it's called th

Today, I Am Still ThereToday the wind is warm
and carries scents that spark my memory.
Today, I am not here.
On a day much like this
I shattered my spirit;
splintered shards slid from my spine,
through shattered vertebrae,
and clung to cracks in walls,
then scattered on the wind.
Today I can feel those fragments,
I can smell it in the musty scent of books
that takes me back to the house made of paper and words.
Some fragment would remain there, I know,
even if not for the fall.
Today I smell roses,
I feel warmth against my skin,
and hear birds chirping hymns to the spring;
sometimes I can almost hear
footsteps on the deck,
and I wonder
if I even miss the sun.
Today, I am still there.
Today I can feel wind in my hair,
and if I close my eyes,
I can catch that fragment that still flies,
zipping past the sidewalks
on legs strong above the blades.
Today, I ride the wheels I long for.
I've always heard I was was an air spirit;
sound and scent my guides,
and to

Lit-Visual Alliance Allied Artwork Feature #2!

Hello my darlings! It's time again to show off some of the brilliant Allied Artwork pieces that have been making their way into our Featured Folder over at #Lit-Visual-Alliance.
:iconlit-visual-alliance:
What is the Alliance, you ask?
The Alliance is a project group intended to encourage visual and literary artists to work together. I've felt for some time that the dA Literature Community can at times be somewhat insular - to its detriment. We in the Lit Community are also sometimes prone to griping about the lack of exposure our work receives when compared to that of visual artists. So in the spirit of ^thorns brilliant Complaint Challenge I thought I would try to do something about that. And so the Alliance was born!
This article features piece that have been submitted to our Featured Folder, whi

Lit-Visual Alliance Allied Artwork Feature #3

Hello my lovely Allies! It's time again to showcase more of the amazing Allied Artwork pieces that have been making their way into our Featured Folder over at #Lit-Visual-Alliance.
:iconlit-visual-alliance:
What is the Alliance, you ask?
The Alliance is a project group intended to encourage visual and literary artists to work together. I've felt for some time that the dA Literature Community can at times be somewhat insular - to its detriment. We in the Lit Community are also sometimes prone to griping about the lack of exposure our work receives when compared to that of visual artists. So in the spirit of ^thorns brilliant Complaint Challenge I thought I would try to do something about that. And so the Alliance was born!
This article features pieces that have been submitted to our

Dark MotherBleed your colors to the ground,
let them swirl in the vortex of your breath.
The gathering chill escaped from your lungs
whispers the green earth into death.

Dark Mother, keep the spirits
you hold within your hands.
Souls eternally bidden,
soaked and seeped into the land.
Dark Mother, keep your fury
quivering deep within the ground.
Harm us not, but let us hear
the power of that sound.
The wheel is turning, always turning
as the sun falls from the sky.
Mother can you tell me,
oh can't you tell me why?
Dark Mother, stir your cauldron
deep living waters of rebirth.
Wash clean this wretched wreckage
we have wreaked upon the earth.
Dark Mother, shall we reap
all that we have sown?
When spring returns will you be there?
to light our path toward home?
The wheel is turning, always turning
as the seasons slowly die.
Mother can you tell me,
oh can't you tell me why?
Will you exhale a merciful breath,
to warm our world once more?
Or stop the wheel from turning,
leave us trappe

Tragic BeautyI remember lying in my hospital bed at the physical rehabilitation facility, far too many years ago, staring at a picture of a little girl. Someone had brought it in for me, though I didn't remember who or why. In the picture she was wearing shorts, and leaning to feed bread to the ducks gathered around her. I stared at the little girl's legs and cried. She was beautiful.

"I broke you," I whispered to her. "I'm so sorry I broke you. I never meant to. Please, forgive me." And she did, of course. But I'm not sure if that made it better or worse.

There was a poet staying in the room next to me. He was a brain trauma patient, unlike me. For so

The Ballad of SerenityA nightingale in a birch nearby,
sang a song that made her cry.
"Another note and I shall die!"
Her threat was met with no reply.

And so she rested by the stream,
and heard the crickets softly dream.
She watched the cattails kiss the stars,
believing heaven not so far.

"And here is where I shall be free,"
whispered fair Serenity.

The orphaned child, the strange young girl
born into an ancient world.
No elegance or skill had she
but the ballad, of Serenity.

She was cursed with just one song:
a ballad haunting, soft and long.
The words were never hers to hear,
but danced always beyond her ear.
On harp, flute, lyre she wiled aw

Lit-Visual Alliance Allied Artwork Feature #7

Hello my patient Allies! It's (past) time again to showcase more of the excellent Allied Artwork pieces that have been making their way into our
Featured Folder over at #Lit-Visual-Alliance.

:iconlit-visual-alliance:
What is the Alliance, you ask?
The Alliance is a project group intended to encourage visual and literary artists to work together. I've felt for some time that the dA Literature Community can at times be somewhat insular - to its detriment. We in the Lit Community are also sometimes prone to griping about the lack of exposure our work receives when compared to that of visual artists. So in the spirit of ^thorns brilliant Complaint Challenge

Lit-Visual Alliance Allied Artwork Feature #4

Hello my dearest Allies! It's time again to showcase more of the amazing Allied Artwork pieces that have been making their way into our
Featured Folder over at #Lit-Visual-Alliance.
:iconlit-visual-alliance:
What is the Alliance, you ask?
The Alliance is a project group intended to encourage visual and literary artists to work together. I've felt for some time that the dA Literature Community can at times be somewhat insular - to its detriment. We in the Lit Community are also sometimes prone to griping about the lack of exposure our work receives when compared to that of visual artists. So in the spirit of ^thorns brilliant Complaint Challenge I thought I would try to do something about that. And so the Alliance was

Autumn Alliance Contest!All right, boys and girls, and variations thereof (woo Doctor Who reference...

....note to self: don't type up contest blogs while hyper!)

Yes, that's right I said CONTEST BLOG! :iconpanicatthediscoplz:
To try to make up for my most woeful absence of late (and also because it will be FUN) I have decided to hold a #Lit-Visual-Alliance contest. Contests, actually. Rotating contests based upon the seasons.
:iconlit-visual-alliance:
What is the Alliance, you ask?
The Alliance is a project group intended to encourage visual and literary artists to work together. I've felt for some time that the dA Literature Community can at times be somewhat insular - to its detriment. We in the Lit Community are also sometimes prone to griping about the lack of exposure our work receives when compared to that of visual artists. So in the spirit of ^thorns brilliant

December RainThrough mist, through my eyes, I see I am blind
my soul hath no knowledge, heart hath no sight
through my ears the wind blows, cold as the night
deafening me to the sounds of my mind

The sun, his face shining, mocks me with light
his bright severe finger pointing at me
illuminates things I can't bear to see
nowhere to hide, I am faced with my plight

But rain falls, empathic, drowning my cry
her icy chill numbs me so I cannot
feel memories of a heart so distraught
thus consoling me with tears from the sky

And if the rain cannot drown my sorrow
She will cry with me until the morrow

Copyright 2010 Julia Rain Jeys Wellman. All Right

Unmarred Memento

I thought about how I cut my palm
falling on sharp rock
while we searched the lost and found
of the sea, hoping for treasure.

I wondered if the ocean
would take our lives as payment
for the wares it could not recover
until high tide -
when we would be long gone,
warm inside the cottage on the bluffs,
admiring our pilfered discoveries,
safe from the sinuous fingers of waves.

While outside the foghorns bellowed
and the mist crept in
through cracks too small to see,
seeping into our seaside refuge,
to once again caress
the lost shards of its kin.

I watched the blood swirl in the water
as white sea foam rushed forward
to colle

Results of the Autumn Alliance Contest!

Hello my beautiful Allies! It's time to announce the winners of our Autumn Alliance Contest!

:iconlit-visual-alliance:
What is the Alliance, you ask?
The Alliance is a project group intended to encourage visual and literary artists to work together. I've felt for some time that the
dA Literature Community can at times be somewhat insular - to its detriment. We in the Lit Community are also sometimes prone to griping
about the lack of exposure our work receives when compared to that of visual artists. So in the spirit of ^thorns brilliant
Complaint Challenge I thought I would try to do something about that. And so the Alliance was born!
Your judges: :iconladyofgaerdon: :iconazi

I KnowI remember
when you were born,
you were so small
I was afraid to touch you.
But you came to me, right away.
I know you wanted
to be my child
and I obliged.
Yet I often wonder
who it was that rescued whom?

I remember
that cold November day
when you cuddled against daddy,
warm inside his coat
and fell asleep.
I know you wanted
to stay always indoors
away from that wretched cold,
against which your dark, silky hair
simply was no match.

I remember
when you first spoke,
your voice so small.
How my ears perked up, and my heart leaped
when you tried to say "Mom".
I know you want
to speak just like me,
but for never saying

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Love In All Its Wondrous Forms

by =LadyofGaerdon, Feb 14, 2011, 7:16:47 AM
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So I am a complete sap. And a sucker for love/couple-based art. But I also like art that focuses on not-so-obvious ideas of love: love for your pet, for your sibling or parent, your friends. And of course, the darker side of love, the loneliness and heartbreak that comes along with it. Since this is Valentine's Day, the one day of the year where it seems acceptable to be a sap, I present to you a collection of some of my very favorite love-related art. Enjoy, and spread the love.

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YellowMy parents bought a little two-bedroom house when they first got married. It was run down, falling apart, but most importantly: cheap.

Two years later, my mother fell pregnant with me. She immediately abandoned her job for some plaster and paint and set about decorating the untouched spare room. She splashed pastel yellow across the walls, replaced the dingy carpet and kitted out the room with furniture.

Sixteen years after my birth, and the yellow paint is flaking off the walls revealing the kiwi green beneath. I can peel back the corners of the carpet to reveal the worn underlay and half rotten floorboards. I can examine the fringe of my

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This TearThis tear reminds everyone you existed.

master keyi come inside and it still smells of greece.
i wonder if there's still room for me.
i ask you why the sky is so cold
and wonder if you're ever coming home.

the days are blurring now, they're falling like the rain.
it's getting harder now to write the songs to say,
"you're the only one who knows how to ease my pain,"
and without you here, i fall again and again
and again and again and again and again...

how can you lock a door without its key?
how can there be a you without a me?
you know you are my master key.

i walk outside and it looks like a sunday.
the world is still and the sunlight fades from love to grey.
so much time we'

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Winter's Kissi saw winter dancing
nude

so i grabbed her
wrist

and pulled her in for a kiss.

with a sweet, slow
retreat

i swept her off
her feet,

and carried her down to summer.

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If you enjoyed this feature, you should check out the group

Every time I see a love-related deviation I submit it there, and sometimes I just browse.

You should also check out

because she's amazing and makes lots of jaw-dropping love-related art, most of which made it into this feature.

Comments welcome!

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Love In All Its Wondrous Formsby =LadyofGaerdon

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©2011-2013 =LadyofGaerdon

~eclipsy Apr 8, 2011 Student Digital Artist

cute feature.. thanks a million for including me *-*

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=LadyofGaerdon May 3, 2011 Professional Writer

Of course! Thanks for checking it out.

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~Xaomi Mar 5, 2011

greta collection luv this ty again!

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=LadyofGaerdon May 3, 2011 Professional Writer

You're welcome! Thanks for checking it out!

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~Xaomi May 9, 2011

np ^^

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Mood: Excited

~ive1always1loved1you Feb 25, 2011 Hobbyist Photographer

OMG there's my group

thank you sooooooo much

you help #loveneverends by always submiting such great art and now you even feature it

what can i ever do to repay you

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=LadyofGaerdon May 3, 2011 Professional Writer

Oh, you're totally welcome! Your group gives me an excuse to indulge my love of all things sappy, so it's no problem.

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~bottomofastairwell Feb 21, 2011

so muchfor the feature

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=LadyofGaerdon May 3, 2011 Professional Writer

You're very welcome!

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*Iardacil Feb 21, 2011

Thank you

Gorgeous selection

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