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Children of freedom
Traveling near and far
Mistrusted by the stern
Hated by the serious
Because they thrive of living life
Dancing in the fire warmth
Under stars and moons
With songs of family and kin
Joyous uproars
To keep the dark of wild at bay
Romantic ideal is the gypsy
Due to bardic tales
The truth is they are wanderers
Unable to be tied down
To any land or lord
Legends of Windemere 
Maybe I’m part werewolf; that picture makes me want to howl. (Or maybe it’s subconscious from your poem’s joyous uproars.) 🙂
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I got the same feeling. It reminds me that I haven’t figured out how to fit werewolves into Windemere yet. Seems so over the top for me.
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Nicely done.
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Thanks. Had fun with the poems going up today. 🙂
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I admire those that can write poetry well. It is a style I have struggled. In a few words, you were able to convey so many images and emotiions. The picture was a nice touch as well that lend itself to you words.
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I think it stems from my novel writing being full of flourish-y language. So, for poetry I ignore detailed grammar and condense my words. It’s funny to be complimented on them since I don’t focus on poetry as much as my novels. It’s all flow of thought with a single idea in my head.
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Thank you for your reply. I had not thought about that aspect of poetry. I hope you continue to do more.
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Thanks. I have a few more set up throughout the month. I’m gearing up for my third novel’s release on December 1st, so I’m directing posts more toward that right now. Though, this poem does connect to it.
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Good luck on your December 1st release. I have been following the post related to the release. I am planning on going bad and reading the first two books as well. They have made my reading list in the coming months.
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Thanks. Hope you enjoy them when you get to them.
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The gypsies sound like my kind..free spirited, and unattached.
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At least to locations. They do get attached to people as you’ll see with Sari. Though, she may be a special case given her situation.
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Yay! A nomadic people group. A lovely description! It also reminds me that I don’t have nomads in my story. I’m not sure why. The world seems fuller with their inclusion.
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Nomadic people work surprisingly well for fantasy. Never figured out why.
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Very good description of the gypsies in The Rainbow Tower.
Werewolves, hmmm…Have you watched the shows in the UK and America, just different story lines to a point, and different actors: Being Human? The werewolf characters in the show have some old fashioned personalities and behaviors, while the newer behaviors and life of these shows fits well.
Peace & Love
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I watch the American version of that show. I’ve been looking at it as a possibility. The odd thing is that I’ve introduced other ‘were’ type creatures, but the werewolf seems to be eluding me. Best way to explain it is that I don’t know where the original belongs in a vast world of magic and monsters.
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Well Ireland is supposed to be the original birth place of Werewolves. Seriously! You have other were-creatures, where do they come from? There was a book of some interest to me, it was written that well, but the ideas of creatures was great. Let me look it up on my kindle library, and I will write you back.
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In Windemere, the lycanthropes have an interesting origin. During a celebration, the Goddess of Chaos got drunk and illegally created all of the lycanthropy types. She ran away without fixing the problem and they escaped into the mortal realm, so now they’re kind of stuck there.
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Isn’t a lycanthrope a werewolf?
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Yes and no. It is the original term, but it can also be used in fantasy for other ‘were’ creatures. It’s become a monster category for some.
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Interesting. Didn’t know this. The thing is, it was King Lycan who served Zeus the human meat, and thus was turned into a werewolf. I would think the wolf thing still applies. I believe were can be used for other animals, just not the term lycanthropy.
I just decided I know way too much about werewolves to come up with this argument. Go figure. All this time on my hands I have become very educated in all types of creatures. LOL
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It probably stemmed from people not knowing the origin of the too and it stuck. Otherwise one has trouble categorizing it. Shape-shifter is too broad for them. I mean, how would one put werewolf, weretiger, and werevulture together in the same family?
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That is why that book, Alaskan Fire, really got me. They have lots of characters which are were, and since I have read other books (you can see how my reading genre goes) which include were-creatures. Now the shoe Grimm has were-creatures as a regular thing. Whew! I am sure glad I got edumacated (my new word) before that show.
Yes, shape-shifter is vague, and it can also be scary as it was used many time by Native Americans as an evil person, or a medicine man gone bad.
As far as I can tell, shows like Grimm don’t really give an explanation as to where the were (cool use of words there) comes from. They just are introduced as they are, and the story goes on.
Fun conversation.
Peace & Love
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Grimm works off old fairy tales and don’t really call them were-creatures. They take a lot from German tales and they’re called Vessen (spelling unclear). It’s all around the Grimm Tales with a lot of changes done to make it unique. I like how they’re treated simply as other creatures that live on Earth with their own societies that humans aren’t even aware of.
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I like that as well. In all practical (if we can call any of this practical) creature making, they appear to fulfill the were-creatures of the book I read. Being able to show themselves fairly easy was one of the traits in the book, and I see it in the show.
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I like it when the creatures can transform at will instead of the full moon. There’s a tabletop role-playing game called Werewolf and I believe it used the moon as a strength source. The werewolf could change whenever he or she wanted, but the phase of the moon determined how strong they were.
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To me that is the one problem (well there are many) with the character of the werewolf on Being Human. I mean the vampire and the ghost can do lots of things not normally associated with their creature, so why is his so restrictive?
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They’re working off the moon myth, but I seem to remember something going on with him in last season. I might be wrong, but I thought he was able to use some heightened sense.
From a story standpoint, he takes the role of an unwilling monster with no control. He’s the most human of the group and he’s the only one that can transfer his curse unintentionally. Makes for a lot of drama.
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Alaskan Fire: Guardian of the First Realm, by Sara King.
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