5 Poems from "The Slayer Verses" by Kim Wade

[thenewbuzwuzz]

It turns out a poet by the name of Kim Wade has a Wordpress blog ''The Slayer Verses'' at buffypoetry.com (btw, it's possible to subscribe to updates via Dreamwidth), where she has been steadily posting BtVS-inspired poems since last year. I admire her knack for picking an image or a moment out of each episode (often a less than obvious pick) and creating something original that can end up very tonally different from how we usually see the episode & can sometimes loop back towards canon to illuminate themes from new angles. Below are five of my favorites that she posted this year. They are all worksafe.

Gingerbread by Kim Wade (gen)
Helpless by Kim Wade (gen)
The Zeppo by Kim Wade (Xander)
Something Blue by Kim Wade (Spuffy)
A New Man by Kim Wade (Tillow)

Comments

[petzipellepingo]

Oooh, those are quite good. Thanks for posting.

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Yay! :) Thanks for commenting.

[yourlibrarian]

What a cool project -- and thanks for sharing the feed link! Helpless is the most impressive I think, but Gingerbread seems so topical...

[thenewbuzwuzz]

*nod nod nod* "Gingerbread", unfortunately, does.

[dragonyphoenix]

Wow, these are fantastic. I particularly liked The Zeppo. Time ticking down, not having enough time, is a theme that's resonating with me lately.

[thenewbuzwuzz]

Yay, so glad you enjoyed! :)