Quarter-Life Crisis

My friend has decided to dabble in the writing world and with some thoughts weighing on his mind he decided to transfer them into a poem. I love the exprerssion in this poem and I think for a first attempt, he has shown incredible talent! So I will now share his words...

Close to three decades of blood, sweat and tears of joy

Tears of pain and tears of laughter

Memories of ‘back in the day’, weighed down by an overwhelming sense of underachievement

This, is my quarter life crisis

Still young at heart and young in the face as the doors of opportunity appear to slam shut, hit me in the arse and lock themselves behind me

“If I knew then what I know now”, as I write this apology to my 15 year old self

Filled with regrets, replaying episodes of the past 26 years I take stock of my assets

My health, my family, my friends

Money can’t buy me love and I will repay them all with my successes

So as I write this promise to myself in 5 – 10 years I am consoled by the thought that “Life begins at 40”

That was my quarter life crisis

Signed

GeorgeBradley

@MrGeorgeonline

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The Prison of My Mind

I was posting some of my poetry on Fluid Language - a blogspot I write for quite regularly - and a twitter friend suggested that I should try some non-rhyming poetry as this may enhance the intensity of my poems.

I love to write simply, express emotions through being real and not smothering my words with patronising intellect. All to often I feel people go out of their way to find words to use in a book or poem that you would never use in real life, therefore I write as I would do normally. I do not hide my true feelings behind a mask.

However I do like to take on suggestions and I do respect those who write non-rhyming as this provides another realm of interesting poetry for the reader to submerse themselves in.

So I took on board this feedback. I have written non-rhyming poetry before but felt it did not have the kick that my other poems had, ironically. So here is what I wrote in response to the feedback. I will post my other entries when I find them as they are somewhere in a diary that I will have to look up as I never posted them.

Hope you enjoy:

The Prison of My Mind



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I'm trapped in a prison that is the subconscious of my mind
I wish I could tap into it and release the inner yearnings
Of a lost girl who has many hidden revelations dying to creep out
But they are locked away and refuse to be unleashed unto the world

I can't beg anymore for my mind to succumb
I just want these hot sweats and nightmares to end
In the dead of night I wake but I forget in an instance the dreaded deed I seek
I wish I could savour the memory and remember the secret I was once familiar with

But it seems I must remain clueless for there must be a reason
For my inner consciousness to take this episode into the depths of my hidden desires
There has to be a reason I am now ignorantly blissful but obviously remorseful
Maybe I shouldn't delve too deep into an answer I secretly don't want to know...

Clueless I remain in the prison of my mind
This prison has somehow set me free of external guilt
It is there somewhere but not right here
And maybe I'm grateful for my mind's choice
I'll slam the doors on this regretful wish and no longer pester my thoughts

Signed

Patricia Hilton

Please also check out my poetry on Fluid Language :)

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Obsessions, ramblings and other (most probably) irrelevant news from my life!

Lately I have been slacking in the film department. I haven't made the time to follow up on my film obsessions to see films such as The Avengers Assemble (12A), What to Expect When You're Expecting (12A) or Prometheus (15). I have been wanting to see a number of films but I have also been trying to read up on some classics and get in touch with my poetry!

I have been writing for a poetry blogspot - FluidLanguage -for a few months now and I have realised I have not read enough poetry to help inspire me for future work. So I have been reading the likes of Emily Bronte, Sappho and Homer as well as some classic books I purchased in a quaint antique store in Weymouth.

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I have also been focusing on building my loving collection of DVDs. My main aim is to collect every film that stars Leonardo DiCaprio because as most people who know me, they know I am a massive fan of his work. So far I have 11 of his films:

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But the last remaining ones that I need are as follows:

• The Quick and the Dead
• Total Eclipse
• Marvin's Room
• Don's Plum
• Gangs of New York
• The Departed
• Body of Lies
• Revolutionary Road
• J.Edgar
• And eventually The Great Gatsby

Now for me, films are a memory of my childhood where I sat up late with my Dad being allowed to watch films my friends probably didn't even know about. I allow myself to escape from the real world by watching them and I like to learn about them and collect them. This is the same for my writing and poetry. I like to read up and learn more so that I can improve.

I have neglected my blog in the last month or so but in that time I have read some amazing books and poems. One of my favourite's is by Sappho:

He is more than a hero

He is more than a hero
he is a god in my eyes--
the man who is allowed
to sit beside you -- he

who listens intimately
to the sweet murmur of
your voice, the enticing

laughter that makes my own
heart beat fast. If I meet
you suddenly, I can'

speak -- my tongue is broken;
a thin flame runs under
my skin; seeing nothing,

hearing only my own ears
drumming, I drip with sweat;
trembling shakes my body

and I turn paler than
dry grass. At such times
death isn't far from me

However I do miss the cinema! I have missed out on some films I really need to see so I will be making a few necessary trips to catch up!

Hope the rambling's put all my readers in the mood to stick on a film! I watched To Wong Foo (1995), Con Air (1997) and Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010) last night in a movie marathon and I realised how much I missed sitting and watching movies on the sofa with friends and popcorn. The Bank Holiday was the perfect excuse but I need to start doing this more often, it saves me money but also allows me to brush up on my movie knowledge for the film game a twitter pal @Ant_Wright_ and I came up with called #NameThatFilm.

Follow me on @Trishaaa_ if you are interested in testing your movie quote knowledge! Hit me up with a quote and I have to guess which film it is and vice versa! Remember to hash tag me with #ntf.

Love a bit of movie fun!

Enjoy the rest of what is left of the Bank Holiday!

CocoKouture

For the last few months I have been interning at an online magazine called CocoKouture. I have been part of the beauty team where I focus on writing anything about makeup, skincare, beauty products, tanning products and haircare.

I have been doing this to broaden my knowledge of the magazine world and doing this online has better opportunities for young budding writers like myself. I focus mainly on writing about film, travel and art on my personal blog and music for the website OdyseaEntertainment. I love writing and gaining experience online has really helped me gather knowledge about this fast paced career.

You have to meet deadlines, research for the correct information, find images under the correct licensing agreements and much more. The fact that this magazine has given me the opportunity to work with them for another semester means I have even longer to learn as much as I possibly can.

I have decided to promote them here as well as provide the links to my articles and my online profile on the magazine so everyone can see my writing for fashion and beauty instead of reviewing. I recommend a lot of great products I have either used myself or researched.

Remember, every like, follow and comment is greatly appreciated so I hope you enjoy all the articles!

1. 5 Major Beauty Blunders You Don't Want To Fall Victim To

2. How To Find Your Perfect Scent

3. Beauty Spotlight: Benefit Cosmetics

4. Wild Hair: Colourful Trends We're Seeing Now...

5. CK's Holiday 2011 Beauty Product Gift Guide

These are just a few so please have a look and let me know your feedback. I am still learning a lot about fashion and beauty but I am loving the internship as a guest writer/blogger!

If you are interested in getting into writing, make sure you get as much experience as possible, try online opportunities like this so you can write at home and still hold down a job to earn! You need to begin blogs and keep active in your writing! Don't let anything get you down, keep writing for fun as well as finding internships. Then you can build up a portfolio you feel happy with knowing you put all your effort into it.

I am looking to not only work within a press magazine, fashion website, or online mag but also to write my own novel in the future. I write poetry and short stories and hope to be published one day, with the help of promotion via my blog and twitter, I hope to do so in the near future.

I thought I would share this with my followers and hope you enjoy this extra aspect to my writing!

Below is my promo video for CocoKouture! Hope you enjoy it and subscribe if you would like a sub back!



Halloween Poetry

In the run up to All Hallow's Eve I have been collaborating with a fantastic tweeter @johnnywhizzbang to create poems that relate to some eery photographs. Via his website,  I have posted a few poems that link to the photographs provided by him.

His website is sufficiently creepy and spine-chilling for this time of year. Halloween is one of my favourite holidays as I love trick or treating, the ghost stories told and of course the ritual horror movie fest.

Here are the poems that have been featured so far, there will be more in the run up to the 31st October but I thought I would share the genius of this site to all those people (like me) who appreciate this sort of art.

''Darkness engulfs the room

I hear empty whispers of lost regrets

Shifting moves in the faint moonlight

Their eyes fixate on my human presence''

''Empty vessels carry years of loneliness

Laughing demons trick those who listen

Together on this one frivolous night

These creatures rise to give us a fright''

''The night draws close and I hear them howl

They cry towards the moon and know they are heard

Creeping through their lives with a hidden secret

On this night they shall be revealed''

I have done a print-screen so you can just see my specific poems but please go to the actual website and have a look, you won't be disappointed >  http://johnnywhizzbangshalloween.tumblr.com/

Also, if you love horror movies like myself, have a look at my TOP 10 Horror Movies by clicking the link. Let me know your favourite horror films too!

My twitter handle: @trishaaa_