Reading is a fantastic way to evoke emotion, imagination and inspiration. Sadly, a great many fantastic writers remain hidden and unknown on DeviantART – here are a few spectacular pieces you've been missing out on!

This is the second in my series of features, and I'm really please with what I've found. If I featured you last time and you're not here this time, it's generally because I'm trying to get as much variety as possible – not because I've gone off your work!

Got a certain style you prefer to read? Have a quick look at the preview lines to whet your appetite (all preview lines carry the same strict copyright as their original pieces).


From

Subtext [link]

trusted in the opposites
to leave you asphyxiated,
trusted in the grace
of opiates.

Business in The Trade [link]

For it's true that she lies dead center
in the Sea of Normalcy and
Bought Insecurity,


From

Pick Your Sin [link]

I am your mind filled with hate, fueled by pain
I am your body bent by lust, driven by desire
Demonic


From

A Prevailing Lie [link]

The angles of your body pierce my heart with fangs
I almost see them, but you hypnotize me,
and I see only your rouged face,


From

Shattered Promises [link]

After a while, she started to relax, thinking that the woman had maybe given up… but what did that mean for the rest of the girls? Would the same thing happen to them? She’d already realized, with a crushing dread, what had happened to the other girls.


From

Omega [link]

And the Earth grew weak and its pulse fell slow so the rulers created,
They made the world in all its glory to their own cruel hatred.


From

The Invisible Girl [link]

she holds the moments,
all in fragile hands,
well trained,
like spiders,
dancing across her chosen instruments,


From

Darkened [link]

He continued walking. There it was again. Someone was following him. Whoever it was, he or she trying to keep in line with James' steps, but was doing a bad job.


From

Poetically Deviant [link]

There's crying people, people ranting
Threats of violence, threats of banning
Lots of people spamming notes
Beaten horses, lots of goatse


From

platitudes [link]

placating drek is being spewed
in horrid, vile platitudes:


From

Lessons For The Illiterate [link]

Humpty Dumpty the master of Rome
Humpty Dumpty fell from his throne,
Gasp! Gasp! The plot thickens here
Maybe the riddle was too unclear,


From

Love poem [link]

I followed my heart,
To see where it lead me,
Mauled me, fucked me, bled me,


From

A lesson [link]

Moments of pure innocent joy,
Of dinners with mam and when
Dad walks through the door


From

Confessional [link]

Her eyes widened as she recognized me, and as her mouth opened slightly, she uttered one word with her final breath: ‘Why?’


From

Tanka 2 [link]

Deciphering thoughts,
Mind swirling on the breezes


From

I Am Your Child [link]

I am your child
As you slap me again
And show me cold hearted love


From

Intent to Indend [link]

I intend to intend to fix this
But later, much later, than now
I first must obtain the right mindset
But am quite baffled as to the How


From

Plain Breakfast [link]

This had been my morning routine for two years; I hardly tasted it anymore. After I was about halfway through my bagel, I thought, Maybe I should call in sick and do something of the cuff, something interesting.


From

Dabbling [link]

A motherly willow
weeps
For she sees, has seen, will see
throwing le a ve s
to the wind


From

For all the Writers [link]

I am the broken hearted, the ecstatic, the dying. The tricked, the liar, and the past. I am the hate, the caress, and the future.


From

Midsummer's Day [link]

Once again, shattered day-dreams,
memories brought the tears.

Will I, once more, sleep alone in the dark?
Will I, once more, weep alone in the dark?



I hope you enjoy these pieces... I really did; there's something to gain from all of them.

If you'd like to be considered for a feature in my next Mightier Than the Sword installment, contact me.