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Interview: FallenGrace
Theme: Love is in the air
Date posted: Feb. 14, 2008
Featured Writer
FallenGrace
Name: Jimmy James
Age: 27
Home: Atlanta, Georgia
Life Story: Awake. Asleep.
Posted: 68 writes
ES age: 1,375 + days
Featured work: Fear is scared in the dark pt.4
Favorite bands/ artists: Neutral Milk Hotel, Arcade Fire,
Radiohead, Beatles, Gillian Welch
Quote: “And one day we will die, and our ashes will fly from
the aeroplane over the sea. But for now, we are young, let us lay
in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see."
--Jeff Mangum
ESM: What’s your best memory from 2007?
Fallen: My father's wedding. It's about time he got back on the horse.
ESM: What New Year’s resolutions do you plan to break?
Fallen: Smoking probably. I hope not, but I always do.
ESM: If 2007 was a cake, what flavor would it be and what would
it be filled with?
Fallen: It would be coffee cake or pound cake, filled with pure deliciousness.
ESM: How long have you been writing for your own expression?
Fallen: I've been writing since I was about 10, or 18 years. Damn I feel old.
ESM: On an average day, what are you most likely to be found doing?
Fallen: Average day - working, reading, hanging at the pub with friends.
ESM: What kind of poetry do you read, when not writing it?
Fallen: I like reading vague and cryptic pieces that focus on the macro,
and honest and open pieces that focus on the micro.
ESM: If you were stranded on a proverbial deserted island, what
one person would you want to be stranded with?
Fallen: Natalie Portman. Smart, funny and beautiful.
ESM: Do you have any hobbies/passions besides writing?
Fallen: I play music (guitar, piano) and I love playing sports (basketball,
football, ultimate frisbee).
ESM: Is your mom as annoying as mine, who wouldn’t stop pestering me
while I was writing this interview?
Fallen: My mom rules, and is truly my idol in life.
ESM: Not to get too personal, but what’s your deepest, darkest
secret?
Fallen: My real name isn't really FallenGrace.
***:P**
Broken in Half and Half Broken
by FallenGrace
Grasp the cup
Take your swig
Strong enough to do you in
Pass the hat
And grab the twig
Broke in half and half-broken
Trust your luck
Try your hand
Think I should of took a stand
Look for love
And skip the train
Never never look back again
Spite your god
Spit your flame
Curse those who spoke your name
Blot your face
And burn your eyes
Just don’t forget that I tried
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The Moment After
by FallenGrace
Stargazing suspended animation,
time standing still.
Lying and listless, thoughts stagnant but for sensory depravation overload.
Tangential ghosts of frozen moments subsiding in afterglow,
all exhaust and recharged.
Moisture seeping skin, saltwater fresh.
Body separated from monitor systems,
extremities sleep past the racing mind.
Little thoughts, little words, little layers of lucid light,
revealing just enough.
Lasting forever in the blink.
Woken from lost thoughts by hot breath, the moment isn't spent,
but I am.
Lovely.
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*_*Featured Poetry*_*
A Definition
For Something You Can’t Define
by Imadjinn
What is this?
wanting nothing, but wasting not to want.
what do you call this sensation that buries itself deep within
my chest
It refuses to move to bad fiction.
Only to bad Love stories
where there is always a sunset in the end, and always a Blonde.
Because only blonde shows up in black and white.
But I digress, because digression is good for the soul.
What does one call this sensation?
the sensation of being pulled this way and that, yet not leaning toward
one direction.
Yet somehow, being fully confident on destination.
Being entirely alright with the outcome.
Being happy with the wayward journey.
What is this feeling, and oh, what a feeling...
Of knowing everything, and being sure of nothing.
Of touching clouds.
Of counting binary in my head, because it's the only thing that calms me down.
Of not wanting to calm down.
One cannot call this emotion Love, because love lies in the heart.
This feeling is everywhere.
it is in my feet, making me dance.
It is in my legs, making me skip, jump, and run.
it is in my stomach, flipping, winding, and turning.
it is in my arms, talking without sound.
it is in my head most of all, filling idle space with thought.
So what must one call this?
Passion sounds base.
Attraction sounds cheap.
Caring sounds much too little.
So yes, perhaps we shall call this love...
because the mind only knows what lies near the heart.
You're all I can think of right now.
**^**^**
Perchance to Dream, Anyone?
by Sheakhan
The cascade mountains weigh heavy on my thoughts of late.
I contemplate the rain.
Theatres and coffee shops come to me in semi-lucid daydreams, places
I used to go.
I regard the pine trees as lost friends, left behind and forced away from.
But the most well missed, I've noticed, is nothing of where I was raised.
Nothing of the land or cities.
Yet still, I long for her above all else.
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Weak Man’s Game
by Passionbyapathy
Apathy is the weak man’ game.
To give up something so pristine,
So utterly vivid as your own feelings,
Your own emotions,
Your own LIFE,
Its absolute hypocrisy.
You stop feeling, to feel better.
What good is life
If you give up the good
Before you ever encounter it?
Life is a thorned rose,
You bleed picking it,
But you can enjoy its beauty
Even through the pain.
To refuse yourself
The simple pleasure that is that rose,
Is to give up on the world,
And on beauty,
And on love.
**^**^**
Destiny Travels
by Empathicaya
I turned in my sleep, as the moon breathed a halo of light
around my body. The curtains gracefully gave way to the wind,
who wanted to whisper in my ear. I breathed in love, and I breathed
in destiny, for I was to travel tonight.
The moon framed my body and soul, and then whispered invite.
"Come, Oh Sweet One. Come to where love awaits you."
The curtains fluttered with the joy I felt, which whooshed from my
physical self. I felt, rather than saw, my Lady smile.
My body had opened in a welcome, and I wasn't a medium anymore.
Tonight, I was myself glowing. I was my Divinity. I have never felt
at one with the Universe before, and I had never heard the call of love
before.
"Here is where you should be. Here is where you should call if you
ever need me. Here is where I am for you."
I still don't know how I ended up in your room
**^**^**
Beautiful Dew
by Vitoko
Spring brought me the most beautiful Dew,
Which lives in my heart now,
Which is full of love,
Thanks to her smile.
I see the birds fly in a blue sky,
They remind me when I used to dream about flying
And now I fly in her arms
Tomorrow others birds will wake me up with their singing
They do not know that everyday I wake up with her beauty
Her beautiful sight that sings me “This never happened before”
And with her sweet lips that tell me: “follow me”
Kiss me
Out of the bearded barley
Nightly,
beside the green, green grass
Swing, swing,
swing the spinning step
You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress.
[Chorus:]
Oh, kiss me
Beneath the milky twilight
Lead me
Out on the moonlit floor
Lift your open hand
Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance
Silver moon’s sparkling
So kiss me
Kiss me
Down by the broken tree house
Swing me
Upon its hanging tire
Bring, bring, bring your flowered hat
We’ll take the trail marked on your father’s map
Oh, kiss me
Beneath the milky twilight
Lead me
Out on the moonlit floor
Lift your open hand
Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance
Silver moon’s sparkling
So kiss me
**^**^**
When I Look To the Sky
Train
When it rains it pours and opens doors
And floods the floors we thought would always
keep us safe and dry
And in the midst of sailing ships we sink our lips into
the ones we love
That have to say goodbye
And as I float along this ocean
I can feel you like a notion that won't seem to let me go
‘Cause when I look to the sky something tells me
you're here with me
And you make everything alright
And when I feel like I'm lost something tells me
you're here with me
And I can always find my way when you are here
And every word I didn't say that caught up in some busy day
And every dance on the kitchen floor we didn't have before
And every sunset that we'll miss I'll wrap them all up in a kiss
And pick you up in all of this when I sail away
And as I float along this ocean
I can feel you like a notion that I hope will never leave
Whether I am up or down or in or out or just plane overhead
Instead it just feels like it is impossible to fly
But with you I can spread my wings
to see me over everything that life may send me
When I am hoping it won't pass me by
And when I feel like there is no one that will ever know me
there you are to show me
‘Cause when I look to the sky something tells me
you're here with me
And you make everything alright
And when I feel like I'm lost something tells me
you're here with me
And I can always find my way when you are here [x2]
**^**^**
Summer of '69
Bryan Adams
I got my first real six-string
Bought it at the five-and-dime
Played 'til my fingers bled
It was summer of '69
Me and some guys from school
Had a Band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
I shualda known we'd never get far
Oh when I lock back now
That was seemes to last forever
And if I had the choice
Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life
(CHORUS)
Ain't no use in complainin'
When you got a job to do
Spent my evenin's down at the drive in
And that's when I met you
Standin on a mama's porch
You told me that you'd wait forever
Oh and when you held my hand
I knew that it was no or never
Those were the best days of my life
(Chorus) Back in Summer of '69
Man we were killin' time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin' can last forever, no
And now the times are changin'
Look at everything that's come and gone
Somethimes when I play that old six-string
I think about ya wonder what went wrong
Standin' on a mama's porch
You told me it would last forever
Oh the way you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life
(Chorus) Back in summer of '69
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Enchantment
Corrine Bailey Rae
I wait for you.
I don't know why.
All I know is I can't hide.
At this temperature you could take over my mind.
Like gossamer
You softly touch.
He draws me in, I'm powerless.
He possesses an enchantment.
Tell me I'm forgiven
He calls
Don't know how I fell under his spell
Lately I've been driven.
He smiles
An enchantment.
I wait for you
I'm mesmerized
This love is like a potion in disguise
I'd tightrope walk with a blindfold on my eyes
I can't escape
Or so it seems
I'd run away
He's in my dreams.
He possesses
An enchantment.
Tell me I'm forgiven
He calls
Don't know how I fell under his spell
Lately I've been driven
He smiles
An enchantment
It's the kind of sleepwalk that never ends.
A type of loan with no dividends.
It's a parlour game where you're given chase.
Guess it could be called an acquired taste.
I know. He knows. He calls. I go. I know.
this could be an enchantment.
Why don't you tell me I'm forgiven?
He calls
Don't you know how I fell under his spell.
I'm forgiven
Lately I've been driven.
He smiles and I give in,
An enchantment.
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Note from the Editor
New member? New to ES Magazine, or just feel like you’ve
missed out on a few things? Here’s a look back and a brief history
of our past issues:
Date/place of birth: Feb. 26, 1979 Leeds,
West Yorkshire
Genre: R&B, jazz, blues, acoustic
Former band: Helen
Latest album: Corrine Bailey Rae
Like a Star
Just like a star across my sky
Just like an angel off the page
You have appeared to my life,
Feel like I'll never be the same
Just like a song in my heart
Just like oil on my hands
Honour to love you
Still I wonder why it is
I don't argue like this
With anyone but you
We do it all the time
Blowing out my mind
You've got this look I can't describe
You make me feel like I'm alive
When everything else is au fait
Without a doubt you're on my side
Heaven has been away too long
Can't find the words to write this song
Oh...
Your love
Still I wonder why it is
I don't argue like this
With anyone but you
We do it all the time
Blowing out my mind
Now I have come to understand
The way it is
It's not a secret anymore
'cause we've been through that before
From tonight I know that you're the only one
I've been confused and in the dark
Now I understand
I wonder why it is
I don't argue like this
With anyone but you
I wonder why it is
I wont let my guard down
For anyone but you
We do it all the time
Blowing out my mind
Just like a star across my sky
Just like an angel off the page
You have appeared to my life
Feel like I'll never be the same
Just like a song in my heart
Just like oil on my hands
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__Image of the Month__
La Belle Dame Sans Merci
John William Waterhouse
“I met a lady in the meads,
Full beautiful - a faery's child,
Her hair was long, her foot was light,
And her eyes were wild…
I set her on my pacing steed,
And nothing else saw all day long,
For sidelong would she lean, and sing
A faery's song.”
--John Keats
Famous Poetry
Sonnet XXIX
by William Shakespeare
When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself, and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featur'd like him, like him with friends possess'd,
Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts my self almost despising,
Haply I think on thee— and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate,;
For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
**^**^**
To Anthea, Who May Command Him Anything
by Robert Herrick
Bid me to live, and I will live
Thy Protestant to be:
Or bid me love, and I will give
A loving heart to thee.
A heart as soft, a heart as kind,
A heart as sound and free
As in the whole world thou canst find,
That heart I'll give to thee.
Bid that heart stay, and it will stay
To honour thy decree:
Or bid it languish quite away,
And 't shall do so for thee.
Bid me to weep, and I will weep
While I have eyes to see:
And, having none, yet will I keep
A heart to weep for thee.
Bid me despair, and I'll despair
Under that cypress-tree:
Or bid me die, and I will dare
E'en death, to die for thee.
Thou art my life, my love, my heart,
The very eyes of me,
And hast command of every part,
To live and die for thee.
**^**^**
Sonnet 6
from Sonnets From the Portuguese
by Elizabeth Barret Browning
Go from me. Yet I feel that I shall stand
Henceforward in thy shadow. Nevermore
Alone upon the threshold of my door
Of individual life, I shall command
The uses of my soul, nor lift my hand
Serenely in the sunshine as before,
Without the sense of that which I forebore—
Thy touch upon the palm. The widest land
Doom takes to part us, leaves thy heart in mine
With pulses that beat double. What I do
And what I dream include thee, as the wine
Must taste of its own grapes. And when I sue
God for myself, He hears that name of thine,
And sees within my eyes the tears of two.
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This concludes our February issue. Thank you for reading ES Magazine.
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