GROUP NEWS!

•  We need admins! If you're active and dedicated, and can commit to contributing a few hours a week, please  the group!  
  
•  A gentle reminder: folks, please keep submissions friendly for our much younger members...  potentially offensive (gory, sexual or expletive-heavy) or ideologically sensitive material MUST be labeled "mature" and be carefully considered. If you need an opinion as to whether or not the work is suitable for the group, please  one of the admins — thanks! 
  
•  We now have a "Member promotions and news" folder in the Gallery — if there's anything you want to share with the group, put it here!
  
•  Need a custom literature author tag? I'm offering them for 200, to raise funds for two groups trying to upgrade to supergroup status!
  

 THEME OF THE... hrm. Month?

Winter Winds in SummertimeYour kisses taste like
        fire
And your fingertips
        feel like a cold
        breeze in September-
Surprising and
Sudden and
Overwhelming with gooseflesh.
And I hurt during-
But in a satisfying
        way-
And I know I'll
        hurt after-
But in a way I wish
        to forget-
And we are magic-
And we are discourse-
And I don't know if
        I still want you-
Or if I just
        crave the pain
        at this point.

...So I'm going to try something new, here. In attempting not to bite off more than I can chew, I'm going to give y'all four prompts, and give you a month to do something with them... or not. Feature, as you can imagine, at the end of the month.

 Here are your prompts! 

1. Wasteland

“And I will show you something different from either
Your shadow at morning striding behind you
Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you
I will show you fear in a handful of dust” 
― T.S. Eliot, The Waste Land

What does the concept of a wasteland invoke in memory, or muse?

2. Lost and Found

“Moments, when lost, can't be found again. They're just gone.” 

― Jenny Han, The Summer I Turned Pretty

Have you ever lost something for so long you were no longer the same person, when it came back?

3. Betrayal

“Yet each man kills the thing he loves

By each let this be heard

Some do it with a bitter look

Some with a flattering word

The coward does it with a kiss

The brave man with a sword” 

― Oscar Wilde, The Ballad Of Reading Gaol

How has betrayal changed you? Was it your betrayal, or another's? 

4. Forgiveness

“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.” 

― William Blake

Be sure to place your interpretations in our Theme of the Month folder, in our Gallery!

  AFFILIATE NEWS! 

~ Scripturient Scribbles (First Contest!) ~Hello everyone and welcome to our first contest as a group! We've been semi-mysteriously hinting at this for a while now, so we hope you are all as excited we are that this day has finally come! Without further ado, please read below for the prompt and rules of our first contest if you are interested in entering.
Happy Writing!
~ "Scripturient Scribbles" Contest ~
"scripturient," meaning "possessing a strong urge to write"
Open From:
August 4th - September 13th
Who Can Participate?
Everyone - PoetryForAll Members, Members of Affiliated Groups, and Non-Members!
Though we would especially love it if you would click that "join group" button while you're at it~
Contest Prompt:
Write about why you are a poet/poetess.
Try to be creative here! The judges are looking for more than just explicitly saying "I write poetry because." Helpful hint: Describe your feelings and scripturient passion while weaving

LITplease is looking for admins!Hello again LITplease members (and HugQueen's watchers)!
It's been over a month since LITplease announced our plan to revitalize and we've run into a snag! There are only a few administrators so getting things started is a bit difficult and that's where you come in!
We're looking for active, enthusiastic, and dedicated deviants to help bring this group back to life!
The core tasks of an admin would include voting on gallery submissions, working on or helping with our various projects and events, helping the team come up with new ideas, and assisting with said new ideas.
  You don't have to be an existing member of the group. (It's easy to join though because all you click is "Join Group", so you should do that anyways!)
Please send HugQueen a note with the title "LITplease Application".
Please mention the following things in you

Support for a Struggling Fellow DeviantDear friends and artists all:
One of us badly needs your help. Many of you know and love her already. She's a talented artist, and truly sweet soul.
:iconkittehmei: KittehMei 
Fleeing a source of significant harm in her life, she suffered a malicious act of sabotage — and now needs emergency funds to restore the equipment she uses for her livelihood. It took courage to move on, and I'm immensely proud of her. Please, help me help her.
  Any funds you can spare can be donated via PayPal to tinykittehkitteh@gmail.com.

     
If there's one thing I know this community knows how to do, it's rally to support each other. My love and gratitude to you all, in advance.
Please feel free to repost this journal.

Finally some good news!For over a month I have been fighting my PC to try to get it fixed after it was taken apart more like torn apart by my ex in anger. I was given components back, but sadly the rough treatment left them damaged and so I have been unable to use my PC for a while. But after battling with it I have finally been able to replace stuff and get her up n working! I've not really been around at all recently, so I'm gonna list some things (both bad and good) that I have been dealing with this past little while.. 
The Bad
Was thrown into a huge change in a tiny amount of time that left me a little shakenBroken PCFighting the darn thing!Unable to draw digitally as I usually would (wanted to open commissions soon but no PC means no digital art )Fighting with my depression and anxiety to be honest the medication sucks more than the sads sometimes My new-found independence is terrifying
The Good
Finally out of a long-term abusive re