Poem: Twilight Lexicon

Twilight Lexicon

By abbyweyr  June 2011

A tribute to Twilight Lexicon

First there was a book

Then came fans

Then came fan fiction

Then came web sites

Alphie started a fan fic story

Stephenie reviewed it

Questions were asked

And answered

Info needed to be shared

And organized

With help from friends

Twilight Lexicon was born

Just a month after Alphie

Read the first book.

And within six months of

Book’s publication date

More friends helped and

Met more friends on line

They gathered information

And organized into a lexicon

You can find anything and everything

Twilight nicely categorized from

Books and movies and news

On Twilight Lexicon

They provide fans with the latest

News and pictures and videos

They traveled to Forks and movie sets

To share with fans all they can

There are forums for fans to discuss

All things Twilight and other general topics too

This provides a safe place for fans

To gather and meet others of like mind.

  

They have survived all the controversies

They have seen people leave in disgust

And new ones join in the Twilight universe

The longest continuous running Twilight site.

We thank you Alphie and Pel and all the

Forum leaders and helpful tech support

For keeping us up to date and providing a

Good clean place to hang out.

About Poem "Twilight Lexicon"

Twilight Lexicon (TL) is one of two Twilight related web site I visit regularly.  I found it as a featured web site on Stehpenie Meyer's web site, before that list went strictly alphabetical.  I looked at a variety of sites and found TL to be the most professional and mature looking, clean and easy to navigate around.  Good info nicely organized if not always typo free. Very much to my taste.  It helped me get caught up with the Twilight fandom, especially the movie material.  And they had personal correspondence with Ms Meyer providing even more info.  

There is information on how it got started on the site and about the staff.  It is the longest continuous running Twilight web site.  The two ladies, screen names Alphie and Pel, wanted / needed a place to gather all the info about Twilight into a lexicon.  Now it is really more an encyclopedia rather than a dictionary of Twilight info along with news and forums.  The forums are a big black hole of time for me [worse than fan fiction], so I don't visit them often.  They have high standards of accurate news reporting, no trashy stuff, no stolen pictures/footage.  Recently they did a great job of live blogging from ComiCon.

Since my poems are a way to express my thanks and pay tribute, one for TL was needed.  As with the one on Ms Meyer, I am not completely satisfied with it as is.   We will have to wait and see if inspiration brings a better version.  Thanks ladies for a comfortable place to visit and get Twilight fix of news and info.

Poem: Stephenie Meyer

Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

By abbyweyr June 2011

A tribute to TWS author based on known history

Stephenie woke up from a dream:

A couple in a beautiful meadow

She a chocolate eyed beauty

He a sparkly vampire

He was thirsty for her blood

But overrode that thirst for

The thirst of knowing her

Of being with her

She was mystified by him

It was stupid and possibly dangerous

But she didn’t want to resist

She trusted him to keep her safe

Stephanie wrote the rest of the story

And then how they got to the meadow

Shared it with her sister who

Encouraged her to publish

That was the beginning of Twilight

Three books followed the first

Then the movies and another

Book along with Official Guide

The stories told of Bella and Edward

Of their choices made and

Consequences followed

Jacob made it a love triangle

Through it all the three

Survived and love flourished

Human, shape shifters and the good

Sparkly vampires live together.

We thank you Stephenie and your

Sister for encouraging you to share

Your dream story, adding sparkly

Vampire romance to our lives

We thank you for wonderful characters

And their fascinating stories

That you allow us to play with as long as

We play nice with proper disclaimers included.

About Poem "Stephenie Meyer"

 I'm doing this just to be consistent.  This really doesn't need an "About Poem" post.  The line underneath name and date pretty much says it all.  This and the TL one were a little forced.  I'm not sure I like them as they currently are.  I am not sure what exactly is not completely right with them, so they get posted as is.  I can always write a new different one as the inspiration strikes.  aw

Poem: Wonder

Wonder

By abbyweyr May 2011

Based on TWS: BD pg 122 to 127 by Stephenie Meyer

Found blue box

Instead of pink bottle

Oh?

Count the days

Late 5 days?

He comes and

confirms the days

Definitely late.

Nausea

Long hours sleeping

Snore instead of talking

Vivid dreams

Eating for two

Oh.

How is this even possible?

Definite bump

After 17 days?

There is a nudge

Never wanted children

Never thought could have

Any with him

Now a bump and a nudge

Oh?

OH!

Wonder!

Love!

Poem: Wonder Child

Wonder Child

By abbyweyr May 2011

Based on TWS fan fiction Give Her Some Credit, ch1-7 by kmwhyte

Jeans too tight?

Nausea?

Feel a bump?

Stop at store for test

Wait

Positive

How is this even possible?

Only been 8 days

Only one time

How can there be a bump?

Stupid vampire speed.

They left

He didn’t love me anymore

Now I have to leave

Protect Charlie

I am all alone.

Where do I go?

How can I do this alone?

I can’t.

Who can I call?

End up at big white house

Find a trunk from Alice

Find supplies

Call Angela

Asks only how to help?

Suddenly the time is now

Renesmee enters the world

Wonder!

No time to stop

Need to save self for her

Must become what they are

Syringes ready and used

   

Angela cares for Renesmee

While I burn

Wake to go hunt alone

Remember Emmett’s talk

Back to big white house

Thank Angela through window

Human blood scent too tempting

In 3 days Renesmee grown so much

Stupid vampire speed

Wonder and Love!

About Poems "Wonder" and "Wonder Child"

These two poems are about Bella discovering she is pregnant in Breaking Dawn and a fan fiction story, “Give Her Some Credit” by kmwhyte.  When I read alternate universe (AU) fan fiction I compare/contrast between the original and the fan story.  I was struck by the sense of wonder / amazement that the authors wrote for Bella as she figures out she is pregnant.  These two poems came about at the same time, kind of alternating between the two.  It was a weird experience bouncing back and forth a stanza here then the other.  In "Wonder"  blue box is box of tampons and the pink bottle is some anti-nausea medicine she was looking for due to morning sickness.  I hope that I have managed to express Bella’s wonder as well.  

Poem: Pioneers

Pioneers

By abbyweyr July 2011

Crossing the great plains of America

Covered wagons circled around campfires

Women in gingham and bonnets

Men in white shirts and suspenders crossing their backs

These are our westward pioneers

Crossing void of space

Men sit on top of contained fire

Wait for countdown to light the fire

Monitored by men sitting in smoke filled rooms

People watch and wait for our space pioneers

Challenges cross an individual

Journal entries made about

Discovering something new

Trying something new

Becoming a personal pioneer

We celebrate the Westward pioneers

We celebrate the space pioneers

Let us celebrate ourselves

Our own personal discoveries.

We are all pioneers.

About Poem "Pioneers"

This was written on 20 July 2011 the anniversary of moon landing in 1969.  The next day the shuttle Atlantis landed in Florida, the end of the last shuttle mission.  Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints celebrate 24 July as the day Brigham Young and company came into the Salt Lake Valley in 1847.  My mind kind of latched onto those three pioneering events and then said, “What about these poems and blog?  This is a scary pioneering effort for me.”  I figure there are others out there doing similar but their own scary pioneer thing.  Thanks to those that have supported me in this new endeavor, most especially my two previewers, Christine and Karen.

Now go out and do some pioneering of your own and celebrate!

Poem: Dream, Can't I?

Dream, Can’t I?

By abbyweyr May 2011

Based on TWS fan fiction "What Drives Her" by Virginia May

Saturday Bella

A normal Saturday

At Volvo service department

Scheduled appointments

Demanding walk ins

Normal, until owner’s neighbor

Rolled in demanding service now

Moved mechanics around and

She was in and out in record time

Owner came in with a

Reward

Drive shiny silver Volvo

To other dealership

It’s been 5 years

Still remember Edward Cullen

And desire to ride with him

In his shiny silver Volvo

This will be next best thing

Listen to Romeo & Juliet

While drive car to other location

A girl can dream, can’t she?

Edward’s Friday and Saturday

Nervous coming home to stay

After 5 years mostly away

Esme picks me up at airport

Driving my Vanquish

Welcomed home with voices

Mental and verbal from rest of family

Hunt or tour new home?

Hunt first with my family

  

Dream of one who is missing

Girl with chocolate eyes

Bella Swan running beside me

A vampire can dream, can’t he?

Tour new home

Find my room with a bed

Mom hope I feel have place

To stay now

Unpack boxed books and CD’s

Alice sees need to change

Where pick up new shiny silver Volvo

While on a family trip

Good to be home and stay

But dream of another who is still missing

Bella by my side as come home

A boy can dream, can’t he?

Sunday Edward

Talk with Jasper as walk to

Dealership for shiny silver Volvo

Door opens brings a hint of

Never forgotten, always longed for scent

Too many people to run

Promised family I was staying

But that scent is so tasty

How to resist?

Alice and Esme and Jasper calm me

Help me through role of getting

Silver Volvo, open car door and

Bella’s scent flows over me

She drove my car listening to

Romeo & Juliet, a reminder of a

Tragic love with

Tragic consequence

   

Spent a week in the car with

Her scent surrounding me

Dream of us together.

A vampire can dream, can’t he?

2 weeks later Edward and Esme

Son and mother on weekend trip

Set up by brother for service problem

With new shiny silver Volvo

Receive a call from Bella

Mother has never met Bella

Maybe some day she dreams

Not some day, but today

Says son.

Watch from across the street

Until phone rings again

Mom encourages to go

Just be nice to her

A mother wants her son

To be happy with a mate

Like the rest of family have

A Mother can dream, can’t she?

About Poem "Dream Can't I?"

This poem is inspired by a fan fiction “What Drives Her” by Virginia May.  The first couple of chapters her closing line was ‘…could dream’.  That phrase was thought by Bella and Edward and almost by Esme.  That phrase stuck with me and became basis for this poem.  The poem leads up to each character thinking that phrase.  They all want the same thing.  The action surrounds the delivery of a new shiny silver Volvo.  The story is posted on both Ramblings and Thoughts (R&T) and fanfiction.net (ffn).  

Abbreviations and definitions

I thought there might be some people stopping by for a visit that might not be familiar with all the terms and abbreviations that will likely be used on the blog.  Hope this helps. It will be made into a static page on right side as well.

Abbreviations and definitions used here

AH – All Human, the characters are all human, no supernatural beings

AU – Alternate Universe, where things didn’t go the same way as in the books, “what if ..?” stories

BD – Breaking Dawn book

EC – Eclipse book

FFN – fanfiction.net web site (or ffn), included on web site list

NM – New Moon book

R&T – Ramblings and Thoughts web site, canon TWS fan fiction, old pod casts, link to Twilight Lexicon site, info on writing fan fiction, included on web site list

SM – Stephenie Meyer, author of Twilight Saga books and others that I’ve not read yet

TL – Twilight Lexicon web site

TM – Twilight Moms web site

TW – Twilight book

Canon – stories that keep to the original characters and history

Fan fiction – stories written by fans of book, TV series, movie, etc, using those characters in canon or AU universe

Post – the main part of the blog that is updated regularly, home page

Static page – those pages on a blog that don’t change much, off to side, like this page that you are reading after I post it. 

About Poem "Alice"

This poem is based on a TWS fan fiction by Openhome, Singularity.  This story affected me in a manner similar to the original TWS.  One reason I think that I am inspired with these poems is a way to say thank you to the authors and pay a small tribute to them for their work to sharing their stories.  Openhome is also an administrator for Ramblings and Thoughts (R&T), a canon TWS fan fiction site. I sent her the first two poems asking if appropriate to the site for posting.  She posted them and set things up for me to post other works.  That was a big encouragement to my writing and sharing.  It is scary sharing these and now more so with this blog.  Anyway....so I started thinking about what could I do to say thank you to her and this poem came out.  It is a summary of the story which is about Alice from waking as a vampire to meeting Jasper.  Singularity is a really good story.  Alice has lots of adventures as she discovers things about herself.  It is available at both R&T and fanfiction.net (ff.net) - see 'web site visit regularly' on right side.

Poem: Alice

Alice

By abbyweyr May 2011

Based on Singularity by Openhome

Alice woke up all alone

Not knowing who or what

She was or now is.

She had a vision of a

Blonde haired man,

Knew he was her love.

She had another vision of a

Family, first two, then three

Then one more and one final one.

That family was another goal;

But first had to find the

Blonde haired man, Jasper.

She fed on instinct

Not knowing how or why;

Not liking what she saw after.

Found an empty school,

Learned her letters, numbers

Geography and history.

Decided to follow example

From the family to feed on animals,

So that she could join that family.

As wandering alone she

Found a couple to

Explain what she was

A vampire.

Found work as seamstress

For a nearly blind couple.

She lived in church belfry.

Then the husband died;

Wife returned to New York

To live with her sister.

Alice went with her;

And there began

Her lessons in finances.

While working the shady side

Of the money business

She was found by the

Local vampires.

She learned more about

Money and fashion

And being a vampire.

Visions of the blonde haired man

Knew eventually find and love him

And together join the family of five.

There were parties to attend

And to plan

And money to make grow.

Then vision of blonde haired man

Came, but he was with another.

Oh, such pain for Alice.

She became a shell.

She moved the shell around

Traveling with friends as if normal.

A friend eventually broke

The shell and she learned

More about being a vampire.

Alice returned to America.

While waiting to meet Jasper

She went to college.

Found a human friend

With husband away at war

Until dreaded news arrived.

She helped her friend through

The grieving time until

She found another to love and marry.

That is when Alice found

The place where she was

To meet Jasper.

The visions were clearer.

The time must be close.

How to have patience?

She waited at the diner

Until the day arrived and

Jasper walked through the door.

They left together in the rain,

To discover each other

And the life to live together.

About Poems "Changes" and "Choices"

To me the two major themes of the Twilight Saga are change and choices.  'Choices' came about after reading some fan fiction stories about the character Rosalie Hale.  She made some choices with some consequences surrounding her change from human to vampire.  There are also choices that all the major characters make that move the story along.  'Changes' is the result of choices made.  This poem is particularly about the changes that the three main characters go through from those choices they made.  'Choices' was started first but was the second one to be finished.  While  both of these poems are about what characters in Twilight go through, they are things that real people have to deal with as well - changes and choices.

Poem: Choices

Choices

By abbyweyr May 2011

Inspired by Twilight Saga novels by Stephenie Meyer and fan fiction

Some things just happen

Nothing you can do can change

What has happened

You make decisions,

How you react to

What has happened

You choose

How you think about

What has happened

There are always choices

No matter

What has happened

Some choices will be

Bad

Mistakes will happen

Perhaps a painful lesson, but

They can be corrected and

Outcome changed

Some choices will be

Good

With desired results

Some choices will

Surprise

With results

There are consequences

No matter what

Choice

Will indecision paralyze you

Will joy lead you forward

Will sadness fog your path

   

Will anger cloud your judgment

Will compassion be your guide

Will arrogance poison your dealings

Will envy color your life

Will revenge be your goal

Will temptation be denied

Will visions become reality

Will over analysis delay you

Will regret haunt your future

Will fear hold you back

Will curiosity lead you astray

Will wonder be your friend

Will hope be your companion

Will faith light your way

Will love be your redemption

Will instinct or thought or love

Overcome all to win

Will a balance be found

What we are can not be changed

But that does not

Make us who we are

Choices we make defines

Who we are

Who we will become

Poem: Changes

Changes

By abbyweyr May 2011

Inspired by Twilight Saga novels by Stephenie Meyer and fan fiction stories

A few things are

   stable and permanent

     unchanging.

Most things change

   some for good some for bad

       some just different

Some changes are

   slow and gradual

       others quick

needed

   wanted

     welcomed

needed

   not so welcomed

     happen anyway

Some are physical

   some are attitudes and behaviours

     or thoughts and actions

Some once started can be stopped

   reversed

     others proceed

People change

   growing older, mature

     maybe even wiser

Even stones change

   air water time

     smooths

She wants a change

   he refuses

     he leaves

Change happened anyway

   not way wanted, not welcome

     just necessary for survival

  

Now both are stuck

   If feel anything it is pain

     otherwise just nothing, numbness

Alternate between pain and numbness

   that is her life now

     that is his existence now

They remember once that there was more to

   life and existence

     but that was long ago

Remembering hurts

   back to pain from numbness

     trapped in a box

Where is the key

   Who has the key

     to let them out?

Three become trapped from his refusal

   two at same time but separately

     one at different time and all alone

Same key

   different key holder

     to release all three

There are the surrounding victims

   they watch

     they wait

They try to help

   they support

     they try to be a key

They are

   family

     friends

They don’t know what

   to do

     to say

  

To end the pain

   to end the numbness

     to speed healing

They love

   and know that love

     is not felt for now

They stand ready

   to welcome each

     to love each

When the right key

   is used for each

     to release each

From their trap

   to find love again

     to feel more than pain and numbness

To grow and change

   in light

     surrounded by love

The two separated

   find each other

     and are healed

The one alone

   is now trapped

     waiting for his key

The two together

   make a key

     for the one alone

All three passed through

   their personal hell

     individually

More aware now of their

   own strength

     and their strength together

Surrounded by love

Settling In

I've learned a lot in looking around at other blog support sites.  This is not working out as I had hoped, but I think it will be most acceptable on this site.  I really wanted to have each poem on its own static page, Blogger only allows 10 static pages and I have more than 10 poems.  The format on the static page is always left justified and that doesn't always work for the poems.

So what I will be doing instead is each poem will be a post in main part of blog with post title Poem: poem title, then I'll likely post separately some comments about the poem with post title About Poem poem title.  I will use one of the static pages to list the poems with posted dates and summary. The archives will keep the posts available.  I hope that will be sufficient for readers to find a specific poem later.

I am going to leave the early posts including the test one.  My plans are to post two to three times a week after this initial batch of poems already written.  For those that visit I hope you enjoy the poems and other writings.  Your comments are welcomed.

testing

This is a test on posting with intendation

        On Blogger.  I may post the poems and

             Use static page to give a list of poems

Investigating blog hosting sites

I am seriously considering stopping this blog here due to limit of 10 static pages.  I found a YouTube video on expanding number of pages and seems like really too much trouble.  So I am investigating other blog hosting sites.  WordPress.com and LiveJournal.com and then maybe some lesser known ones.  I just want simple easy to use, but with ability to have each poem on its own static page.  I posted the rest of poems to R&T and ff.net over the past couple of days.  Sent last one actually written to Karen and Christine for review.  Then need to think of what write about next.  More TWS couples or something else.  One of my documents is list of ideas.  See what comes to mind as think about it.  So far they have written themselves as the thoughts collect words.  Then I put it down and figure out if looks, sounds good and adjust.  Usually an hour or two after I've sent it for review I come up with changes.  I try to wait a day or two to see if anything more comes to mind and still shortly after send it...ideas come.  sigh with big shoulder shrug.  I'm not going to post any more poems on this site until decided if continue to move elsewhere.  Happy 4 July!

holiday weekend

'Tis an holiday weekend, 4 July, there is a science fiction convention in town, WesterCon 64.  This will likely be my one and only post for a few days.  If I'm on computer at all, I will be posting more poems to Ramblings and Thoughts (R&T) and/or fanfiction.net (ff.n).  Did I mention I bought 'Blogging for Dummies'?  I'll be reading that as well, to better figure out what I'm doing here and if have to move this blog so post poems the way I want to.  Have a safe and enjoyable 4 July celebration!  take care, aw

Day 3 of blog adventure

I've let four people know I'm working on this.  One is my first follower!  Christine you are my sunshine!  I did download two (2) poems.  Found out can only have 10 pages.  I was hoping to have a page for each poem, so easier to read and comment.  I will have to investigate this some more.  I'm changing my general email address to the gmail account.  Slowly letting folks know. 

WesterCon starts today, so depending on how busy I get with that we'll see how much more I get posted here.  Nothing much creative right now, just learning the admin stuff. 

May you and yours have a safe and enjoyable 4 July 2011!