Sanguine Nightmare (original poem + HF20 article list)
Sanguine Nightmare
.original poetry
by @d-pend
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art by
vinegar
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(skip to bottom for HF20 article list)
Sanguine Nightmare
Arachnid, arise—
from a klaxon-dream of blood.
Heart pounding, frigid sweat,
terror-stretching horror flood.
And on my hands patina
Mixed with ocean turned to mud.
I seek the brood to slay it:
Eyes wide, unsated suns.
Deep pressure-living fissures
In my roots of ancient oak.
A spiderweb of infamy,
sad grin of livid smoke.
Ascending from black portal
Where that evil crimson runs—
My demon, soul-oppressor,
cackles: destiny he shuns.
Written by
@d-pend
9/27/18
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Art by
vinegar
.I—"Black Widow"
II—"Painted with Fire"
III—"The Nightmare"
Note
By the way, it is pretty unusual for me to post something that could be categorized "dark." I don't like horror movies and the genre doesn't appeal to me at all. But, though I'm not so fond of fabricating or consuming creations in that vein, sometimes these things "come to you." It's based on real experiences.
Anyway, I contemplated making a post about the fork instead of poetry, but I'd rather focus on my favored artform and keep doing my own research so I understand things better. As a compromise, though—as well as a useful resource—I'm going to list several post-fork articles I found informative/thought-provoking that may help you make sense of things.
Wholeness,
@d-pend
9/27/18
Post HF20 Resources and Food for Thought
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General HF Topics
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@Reggaemuffin's post
proposing hardfork adoption requirements
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@Followbtcnews' post
on HF20 and witness update
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@Ura-soul's post
on improving STEEM's hard fork process
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Understanding RCs and Voting Mana
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@Therealwolf's post
clarifying resource credits and voting mana
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@Dragosroua's post
"How many actions your RCs allow you"
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Perspectives/Discussions
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@Pharesim's post
"HF 20 - lessons finally learned?
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@Taskmaster4450's post
"So you want to be an early adopter"
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@Ats-witness' post
"Did we learn any lessons from HF20?
Note: if I find others,
or if new ones are posted in the near future,
I will add them to this list.
Greetings @d-pend (not sure i have credit to post this. here it goes--4th attempt)
Well, you always find a way to torture us some more (as if HF20 wasn’t enough).
Interpreting poetry is hard; interpreting dreams is even harder. Interpreting poetry based on dreams is a freaking nightmare. What to say, then about a poem titled “Sanguine Nightmare”?
As always, I got trapped in the multi-web of meanings and can´t help seeing the duality of ambiguity of the title considering that “sanguine” may mean bloody, but also cheerful/optimistic.
Thus, like most dreams, the poem may hide meanings that are entirely the opposite of what they depict. Dreaming with blood may mean prosperity; dreaming with spiders may mean manipulation. Or, we may be talking about just a dream about horrific juxtaposed images that make little sense and that can be appreciated or assessed simply from the visceral reactions they produced. I have a master in dreaming about surreal things and extrapolations that make little to no sense. Fortunately I forget the details 5 minutes after I am awake. That gives me little time for speculation, although sometimes certain sensations haunt me the whole day, sometimes longer.
This particular poem speaks to me of a dream within a dream. Waking up to find something more nightmarish than what was being dreamed about. I dreamed once that I was sinking in a swamp only to be awaken by the feeling of cold sticky something on my face. There was actually a toad on my cheek. I woke up enraged, swept it to the patio and cut it in pieces with a shovel, then woke up. Some months later, the same happened again.
I think there is much unsaid in dreams, for obvious reasons; not too different from creative writing, where sometimes authors force themselves into subconscious levels to avoid facing head-on the real source of their material. Sometimes is as simple as avoiding shaming the source. Whether it is women, family or neighbors we dishonor, those demons haunt us and sometimes burn in purifying fire avoiding their destiny.
@d-pend,
Although I never want to encourage you to write about spiders (you'll recall we dealt with that once before) this poem is beautifully crafted! It flows like honey. Your rhythm is excellent and the imagery is "vividly horrid" ... seldomly a compliment, but in this context, bravo.
BTW, those were good HF20 links.
Quill
I'm very impressed with your talent for poetry @d-pend From the superb title to the very last word, you had me mesmerized. It flowed beautifully and said so much....... succinctly. Many thanks for inspiring me to improve my poetry skills. Lovely to meet you as well.
Hello @d-pend, thank you for sharing this creative work! We just stopped by to say that you've been upvoted by the @creativecrypto magazine. The Creative Crypto is all about art on the blockchain and learning from creatives like you. Looking forward to crossing paths again soon. Steem on!
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Now things are going well, i think now a lot of accounts including minnows like me can post, comment and upvote.
I'm feeling cool now. Thanks @d-pend for encouraging us
Hey bud, glad you're (at least somewhat) able to engage again. Cheers!
Please help me wake up from this nightmare.
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Have you woken yet? :-) @positivesteem
@d-pend I an now in the hardfork 20 nightmare.
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You have written a very good poem and it has been told that everything will be fine but it is necessary to be cautious. It is absolutely correct.sir
Well, we certainly hope things will smooth out ASAP! Thanks for your comment.
Powerful poetry d-pend!
While your views on the hardfork would surely be interesting ... art should always come first!
Upvoted and resteemed :D
Thanks for the support @icedrum and for spending your valuable RC's to comment ;-)
Especially for an artist! :-D Take it easy friend.
Thank you d-pend, It’s a pleasure... though it did take 60 percent of my voting power - still worth every last RC!
Keep well :D
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Hopefully you can do more with the last patch now :-D