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Published: 2012-05-31 15:07:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 1908; Favourites: 51; Downloads: 26
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A haiku structured poem with an edited image. Please do not copy or redistribute without my permission.Hope you guys like it
I watch her burning,
Kept there by superstition,
Time to burn the witch.
Watch her crackling flesh,
That auburn hair that sizzles,
The deed's nearly done.
See those fruitful lips?
I see them murmur a curse,
As she goes to hell.
Those potions she made,
'They are medicines!' she claimed,
As I dragged her out.
I sealed that wretch's fate,
I tied her there to the stake,
A witch can't be loved.
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P.s. it would be in it's usual literature category but DA won't let me as the image is a JPEG (even though all my previous ones are also JPEGs).
P.P.S I am not in support of witch burnings seriously guys use your imaginations it's fiction
the author of the hunger games didn't necessarily think its a good thing to have children fight to the death.
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Comments: 21
i'm glad that you like it!
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This is such an interesting piece! 
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thank you!
I'm glad that you like it!
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Hello! I'm here on behalf of . You submitted this poem to the 'Critique' Folder, so I'm here to give you the critique.
This piece is truly wonderful. It creates very vivid images in one's mind and the theme it revolves around is also a very interesting one. I really like the first POV you used. I specifically admire the vocabulary you've used ( crackling, sizzle etc); I can almost hear those sounds, as if I were there.
What is more, I believe that the words the witch said ('They're medicines!') and the curse she murmurs makes the poem all the more tragic.
The few rhymes were good and they didn't seem forced. However, the rhyming is bit all over the place, since some lines rhyme and some don't... it seems a bit unstructured.
All in all, this piece is truly wonderful. Great job!
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Thank you 
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welcome
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I am sort of not sure what to think.
Like are you supporting witch burnings?
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No 
think of it more in a character's perspective, in that time period the burnings were common so it was merely an attempt to recreate possible feelings of a suspected witch's lover would feel if they thought that their partner was a witch.
They don't represent my views as such ... more like mini stories in the form of haiku ...
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Oh, hell. Umm... I'm not really sure what to make of this.
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This isn't... support of witch burnings, is it?
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no
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Okay, just checking. I was really freaked out for a second.
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