Archive for the XWP category
Ashes to Ashes, lyrics to a song for FIN II
July 30: Ashes to Ashes, a song for FIN II...naturally. I can't seem to think about much else these days. There are other poems on the site that deal with this same theme, but the other poems don't really lend themselves to the song form. For the lyrics I cut it down to the bone, down to the barest...
Nowhere, a song for FIN II
Nowhere, a song for Gabrielle in the wake of FIN II, a song for a soul mate grieving. I continue to be haunted by the heartbroken bard. Listen to Nowhere: MP3 256kps, 128kps, 64kps. Listen to more songs.
You fought for the forty thousand,
look where it got you.
Look what they did to you.
You had...
Waves, lyrics for a song for The Debt I, audio added
Added July 1: Listen to Waves: MP3 256kps, 128kps, 96kps, 64kps. WMA 128kps, 48kps. Listen to more songs.
This scene from The Debt has haunted me since the moment I saw it back in 1997. The...
Read the full postA Warrior's Song, lyrics, formerly known as Last Waltz
A Warrior's Song: Dedicated in Loving Memory of Kevin Smith, March 16 1963 - February 15, 2002. Listen to A Warrior's Song: MP3 256kps, 128kps, 96kbs or WMA. More original XWP songs by bama. This is...
Rain in my face, a song for FIN II, lyrics
"With the rain in my face and a sword in my hand...", a new song for FIN II: MP3 256KBS, 128KBS, 96KBS, or WMA 128KBS. More audio. Read the lyrics. Visit Raq's World for...
Oblivion, a very short verse for SAC2 and a fan fic
Oblivion is a very short verse, well, two verses, written for SAC2 and also for a character in The Look In Her Eyes, an XWP fan fic. Listen to Oblivion, WMA file. Hear bama bardwannabe barding in her creepy bardy psuedo-Alti voice. *G* My very sore & hoarse voice, and a very tiny delay on the dub, made for a mildly spooky effect. I'm re-doing this one...
Read the full postHope Invokes the Spirits of Evil, a poem chant for SAC2 and a fan fic
Hope Invokes the Spirits of Evil is a poem from the cutting room floor, originally written for Hope and another character in "The Look In Her Eyes", a piece of XWP fanfic set after SAC2. Bwa-ha-ha-ha-haaaaaaa! Blessed be! Audio file on the way.
Hope Invokes the Spirits of Evil
Spirits of Evil, Spirits of Darkness!
Fly over the mountains
and down to the sea!
Spirits of Evil, Spirits of Darkness!
The Ocean Between Us, a poem for The Rift
Ocean arose out of my musings on what our beloveds were going through during the time of the (d)Rift. Hearts are easily torn apart, easily shattered. And healing can take a long, long time. I think Gabrielle would have sat with her quill many a dark night writing her soul onto her scrolls, hoping against hope for love's reuniting. I wrote the following for her, since she is not here to share with us her...
Read the full postLeather and Lace, original lyrics for a song for Return of Callisto
Leather and Lace: A song I wrote for Return of Callisto. I wrote this song using another penname, someone else's title, and someone else's image for someone else's characters to sing. And sorta ripped off, er, borrowed an idea from someone else's poem too. Gotta love it. *G* Sadly, the official canon did not allow X&G to grow old together, so this song, though very hopeful in itself, is always very sad to me. I...
Read the full postHoping Against Hope, a poem and song for SAC2
Hoping Against Hope is, yes, another poem/song for the XWP ep, SAC2. And it's a good thing there was such an ep as SAC2, or else I might never have written a frakkin' thing, donchaknow! *G* I've never recorded the tune for Hoping Against Hope, but I do have two versions of it in my head. The music for the first version, which I composed back in 1998,...
Runaway, a song by bamaxena, for FIN2
Runaway: Lyrics for a song that was improvised, performed and recorded by bamaxena on the night of January 10 2007.
MP3 256mps, MP3 128mps, WMA 128mps.
Runaway, a song for FIN2
I'm gonna run away,
gonna run away today.
Oh, you said you'd never leave me,
I wanted to believe you.
You said you'd...
The Moment I Saw Her, a poem and song for SOTP
New audio version posted May 3 2007: MP3 256kps 128kps, 96kps, 64kps; WMA 128kps, 48kps.
"Love enters the noble heart through the eyes." -- Gerhard Hauptman. Quoted on numerous occasions by Joseph Campbell, author of Hero with a Thousand Faces.
Joseph Campbell was fond of quoting Gerhard Hauptman as saying: "Love...
Read the full postNights are for nightmares, a poem for SAC2
"Nights are for nightmares" is a poem written for SAC2, or rather, for the aftermath. I really was haunted by that episode, which you can tell by how much writing came out of it, poems, songs, rambling excuses for essays... And a still unfinished piece of fan fic, which, if I do say so myself, had some moments in it which were simply scintillating. And some other moments that were simply strange. And a good...
Read the full postHer Last Scroll, poems from fan fiction, set after SAC2
Herein lies the further telling of the tale
of the Warrior Princess, Xena,
searching for heart, her Bard, Gabrielle.
Rendered as it was found
on an old weathered scroll,
this tale that I tell
is the tale that it told...
Thus opened every chapter of The Look In Her Eyes, my (still) unfinished fan fic. I tend to slide into and out of poetry, the poetic form gliding into lyrical prose and back...
Read the full postThe Other Side, for FIN2, WFC, and IOM, a song in progress
Listen to The Other Side: MP3 256KPS, MP3 128 KPS, MP3 96KPS, WMA 128KPS. This is version one of a song in progress, written with mainly FIN II in mind, but with scenes from IOM and WFC whirling around in my brain too....
Read the full postShort verses composed for the XWP NetForum in 1998
I admit it, I am obsessed with Xena and Gabrielle; with images of darkness and light, with summer nights and starry skies. That's why I used the starry background on the main banners on these sites. The poems in this post are from another kind of star-filled night. Well, a star-filled weekend, actually. It was way back in the summer of 1998 (the summer of SAC2) on the old Universal Studios XWP NetForum when I...
Read the full postSong, the Last...a poem for IOM
Song, the Last, from Anthologia (A Garland of Verse) is one of the few things I've written under a different pen name, that of "Liz G. Burton". "Song" was my version of the last gift Gabrielle gave to her Warrior as she lay dying in the Bard's arms in the prison cell in Ides Of March. "Song" epitomizes my view of X&G's deep and everlasting love. A love that knows no boundaries, accepts no limitations, each...
Read the full postRapture and Pain, a short poem for IOM
Rapture and Pain, a short poem for IOM. I had been reading and listening to a lot of Joseph Campbell over the last few years before this episode first aired. Facing, and not only facing, but embracing horrific pain was a constant theme in my reading, listening and thinking. When I saw this scene, something in me was deeply moved. I wrote a few poems for it, including this one below, which happens to be...
Read the full postCouldn't, a poem for SAC2 and Fan Fiction (The Look In Her Eyes)
Couldn't...from an early draft of "The Look in Her Eyes" inspired by SAC II. I wrote this one for the story The Look in Her Eyes, but it didn't make the final cut. It was originally meant for the moment right after Xena read the Bard's last scroll, you know, the letter Gabrielle wrote the night before that fateful day in the temple. (In my Xenaverse, anyway.)
Well, the poem below didn't make it...
Read the full postFriend, a poem and song for FIN2 and for a fan fiction in progress
Friend, a poemsong for FIN2. And for a tale of the Aftermath. Which at this rate will have to be a musical, cuz I haven't written much prose since I started writin' the music. *G*
Friend
I tried not to try to remember
nights of images, words
and laughter.
But my heart would not let my reeling mind forget.
And that sustained me through all that
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Darkest of dark nights my soul has ever known, a poem and song for SAC2
Darkest of dark nights is a poem and a song for SAC2. The look in Gabrielle's eyes as she defeated Hope haunted me the way I imagined that it haunted Xena during that long summer of not knowing. Not knowing whether Gabrielle lived or died. Not knowing whether she herself could live without her. I wrote several poems for...
Beloved, a poem and song for FIN2
Beloved is a poem and song for the XWP series finale, FIN2. New audio version: Listen to Beloved Jan 7 2008: MP3 256kps 128kps 64kps or WMA. Listen to the original version of Beloved: MP3 or WMA. More Music by bama....
Read the full postBeauty had been hers, a poem for fan fic, then SAC2, now for FIN2
Beauty had been hers, a poem originally for an as yet unwritten piece of fan fiction, but it turned out to be a poem for SAC2 and later for the XWP series finale, FIN2. In Beauty as a poem for FIN2, I envision Gabrielle once again sitting by her lonely campfire, filled with grief, struggling to find her way...
Ballad for Bard & Warrior in G, for SAC2
Ballad for Bard & Warrior in G, a poem (and also lyrics of a song) for SAC2. Balld for B & W tells the tale of Gabrielle's sacrifice at the end of the episode Sacrifice II. I loved XWP already, but with this episode, my obsession climbed -- no, soared! -- to new heights. A lot of poems, songs and a story (unfinished) came out of this. I also lost most of the members of...
Read the full postAwake in the darkness, a poem for The Quest
Awake in the darkness, a poem for The Quest. Gabrielle awakens from a dream into a nightmare: Xena has died at the end of the episode, Destiny. Personally, I always think of these two episodes as one piece, Destiny and The Quest. I never think of one without the other, two of my absolute favorite XWP episodes. And even though this is the only poem...
Ashes to Ashes, a poem for FIN2
Ashes to Ashes is a very brief poem written for FIN2. I was struggling with my own grief right along with Gabrielle. Partly for her, partly for myself. Watching a friendship die is a hard thing to do. Especially when that friend meant everything to you for a very long time.
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Ashes to ashes
dust to dust
as they did this to you
so did they to...
Ashes, a poem for FIN2
Ashes, a poem for FIN2. Another piece for the Bard in the winter of her discontent. Discontent? That is putting it rather mildly! The Bard's heart is torn to shreds, her soul screams, rages against the dark night. Over and over she has fought to keep the Warrior alive. Over and over the Warrior gave up and gave in, but...
Requiem, a poem for FIN2
(Aug 9: Corrected the link to the image) New, Aug 7 2007: The poem verses are now lyrics. Listen to Without A Trace.:MP3 256kps, 64kps. WMA 128kps. Read the lyrics. Listen to more songs.
Requiem is a poem for FIN2. As I've mentioned...
Read the full postReverie, a poem for FIN2
Reverie is one of the poems inspired by the XWP series finale, FIN2. I am definitely haunted by the look in Gabrielle's eyes as her soul mate faded out of her life. Her physicl life, at any rate. We are led to believe, by the scene on board the boat, ship, whatever, that Xena was still present for Gabrielle, if only in her heart. But in my own heart...