Julian Price

Vampires No Longer In Twilight:Pattinson and Stewart Assure Us They Are in Vogue



Posted: Tuesday, November 17, 2009

by Julian Price
http://www.uk-freelance-content-writer.co.uk/

Vampires are once more the talk of the internet, with the word "vampires" riding high on Google trends today (06.05.11). Check out the vampire poem below.

As the new Twilight movie "New Moon" (starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson) unleashes itself upon the world's cinemas it is clear that Vampire culture has never been so popular.

Once a creature feared by all and associated only with evil and darkness, the vampire has burst from the shadows and become as cool and trendy as twitter! From the action heroics of the comic book "daywalker" and movie character Blade to the premise of vampires living peacefully (relatively) with humans in TV Show True Blood (starring Anna Paquin).

Twilight seems to bring completion to the recovery made by the vampire myth. Whilst historically vampires have always been figures of seduction, now they are objects of romance too! Popular culture suggests to us it's now possible to fall in love with a vampire and live to tell the tale or write the book, and that they might protect us and fight for us and love us.

The current vampire phenomenon is of course like gold dust for authors, film makers and TV producers alike. A few years ago, very few people would have been willing to inject cash into a vampire project but now they are springing up everywhere, with the recent "Cirque du Freak – The Vampire's Assistant" (starring John C Reilly and Salma Hayek) further testament to a vampire revival.

A few years ago before this remarkable comeback, when the vampire legend was shrinking away into the shadows, I wrote a poem, a villanelle simply entitled "Vampire Villanelle" about the last vampire in existence.

 

Vampire Villanelle

 

Wretched soul, shadow in the night

Last seduction, flickering fire

Fighting your fear, flirting with light.

One final damsel, hollow to bite

Ancient monster forced to expire

Wretched soul, shadow in the night.

Desert parched lips, empty delight

Diluted evil drains. Suspire

Fighting your fear, flirting with light.

Unquenchable thirst, the last rite

Ruby cup dry, icy sapphire.

Wretched soul, shadow in the night.

Eternity revoked. Finite

Darkness betrays, dwindles desire

Fighting your fear, flirting with light.

Survivor, alone in your plight

The last of your species, vampire!

Wretched soul, shadow in the night

Fighting your fear, flirting with light.

 

Who would have thought vampires would be where they are today?

 
Julian has diplomas in freelance journalism (with distinction), copywriting and proofreading. He is also a creative writer and poet who writes both professionally and for pleasure. Julian has written articles for an internet marketing company and although this medium is often restricted by topic, his writing still maintains a unique and often humourous style, with many of his articles achieving good results on search engines. He has found the discipline involved with this kind of work to be a great writing exercise and believes it enhances and improves other areas of his writing. Julian is becoming an established freelance writer and many of his articles here at searchwarp are a showcase of the variety and quality of his work.

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