To round off my day of contributions, a fic based round writing a poem. It’s not Shakespeare, but I hope it’s a step up from Dawn’s limerick…
Title: Almost A Sonnet
Medum: Fic
Character: Giles (with implied Spuffy)
Rating: PG
Word Count: 750
creator: brutti_ma_buoni
Bloody Awful Poetry Day 5: Can You Resist Andrew’s Ballad? (Why would you try???)
The Ballad of Spike and Buffy
By Andrew Wells, post-Damage*
Medium: Poetry
Rating: G
*This ballad may not be fully canon-compliant, nor obey the laws of common sense
Bloody Awful Poetry Day 4: Faith tries an Anacreontic (What? It’s a real thing…honestly)
Anacreontic
By Faith, circa Dirty Girls
Medium: Poetry
Rating: PG
Bloody Awful Poetry Day 3: Oh, no! It’s Limerick Time (you knew there had to be one)
Limerick
By Dawn Summers, aged 15*
Medium: Poetry (if we’re feeling generous)
Rating: G
*(She may have omitted the -uffy from her Spuffy.)
Bloody Awful Poetry Day 2: The Villanelle, friend of the lovelorn
Villanelle
By Spike, circa Normal Again*
Medium: Poetry
Rating: PG
*Like the form, he’s going round and round, turning in on himself with no escape
Bloody Awful Poetry Day 1: Welcome and Clem’s Clerihews
Welcome to Bloody Awful Poetry Day!
Poetry is about reflection, about different ways of seeing and expressing. So, as my contribution to the season, I bring you some Buffyverse characters writing their views of Spuffy. Quite badly, on the whole. (I daren’t attempt haiku, of which there are many distinguished examples, especially some gorgeous Spaiku. But some rarer forms of poetry allow even the worst poets – that would be me – to experiment and have some fun…)