Photo Credit: Madison Woods
She is the spirit of the night. A glimmer of delight. A luscious mirage. With poison in her roots, she walks with pride. Her steps echo, pebbles on a raft adrift. Waves of color and sound. Soothing. Like berries. The promise of ecstasy.
The scarlet lady beckons. Her locks play with the wind. Crimson lips pursed in thought. Her smile captured, dance through time. Her drums play in unison. A rhyme to release.
Song of ages, he moves to the beat.
“Tell me Scarlet; is my lover in your arms tonight?”
Inspired by Madison Woods‘ Photo prompt for 100 word fiction – Go #FridayFictioneers.
As always, leave your thoughts.
Categories: Free Flow, Nifti Talks
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Very nice, sexy and grown up. I like the images you create with your choice of words.
mine is not the best but hey i tried lol. let me know what you think. http://boomiebol.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/the-poison-friday-fictioneers-628/
Great job on your story and poem Boomie! They are perfect.
I’m still waiting on the actual post about you and what’s going on for you in day to day life.
How do you know this isn’t about me?
Don’t be a smart ass.You know what I mean lol.
🙂
We wanna hear your love stories,up and down dramas,the time your husband cheating on you…We want juicy.
Hehe. Why do you assume my husband cheated? Maybe I’m the Scarlet Lady? 😉
Point is:we want some dirt.
Socialkenny. I hope you are only joshing and teasing bec. Nifti is extremely talented and does not need to write ‘dirt.”
Thank you for this Lora 🙂
You just got served an apple pie, Mr. PUA, eat up.
Sensually poetic. This one goes with your Gravatar. Mine’s on the list.
Yes, came by earlier. Look for my comment in your spam folder, don’t know what’s happening, my comments seem to all be disappearing into spam.
Dear Nifti,
Loved the mood you wove with your words. The Scarlet Lady is a sensuous read.
Aloha,
Doug
http://ironwoodwind.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/486/
Hello Doug, Visited your story earlier and enjoyed it very much. Would you search for my comment in your spam folder? 🙂 thanks.
Spam folder? What’s that? I’ll cast about and see if I can find it. Cobwebs abound.
Thanks for comenting (In the event I cannot find it. And if I’m not back in a few days, please call the Coast Guard for me.)
Aloha,
Doug
LOL
I agree this has a very seductive and sensual quality to it. I think I knew that Scarlet a long time ago in another place. Well done.
🙂 Thank you.
I have a soft spot for women named scarlet 🙂 really enjoyed the sensual nature and the erotic imagery
Oops. I wasn’t thinking erotic at all when I wrote this. But seems to be what I turned out. Shows you where my head is at!
Interpretations vary 🙂 maybe my head is in a naughty place and Im reading into it 😉
Well, your interpretation is the popular. And it DOES read that way 🙂 I just didn’t realize till now.
hmmm, this sounds porny.
I don’t know about Porny Vinny. But that’s fine too. Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
nice 🙂
why “poison in her roots”?
Welcome Vimal 🙂
Lora’s comment below explains it perfectly. I will use her’s to answer 🙂
Ah, makes sense.
I should have guessed by the name.
But the words were too sensual for me to go that way.
You describe her to a “T” for she is popular in big cities, especially during large conventions. With a name like Scarlett, she’s a high class call girl who sculks around Class A hotel lobbies (like NYC) at night picking up rich men. Many of them do have “poison in their roots”,…plus ice water in their veins. However, you describe her so poetically…you don’t need to use explicit dirt. Nice work. I’m on the list.
Very nice to meet you Lora 🙂
I have been thinking about doing something like this for a while. I wanted a way to describe ‘her’ without being negative. I started wondering what was going on in her mind, but instead, the picture prompt brought about this focus on her appearance.
Thanks for reading and commenting. I will be right over 🙂
A poetic description of the Femme Fatale. Alluring, but deadly.
http://logo-ligi.com/2012/06/28/w-m-d/
Great description Kwadwo. I hope my comment on your post was not hijacked into spam too?
Your comments always end up in my spam folder.
I’m not quite sure why that happens.
Also, you won a book in my last Reading Relay.
I’ve sent you an email about it.
yeah!
I thought it was beautiful, and poetic – don’t we all have poison in our roots, somewhere? Her echoing steps like pebbles on a drifting raft – such evocative imagery. I didn’t get a *porny* vibe off this piece, I have known many a Scarlet Woman (not necessarily in the Biblical way), it seems certain members of society are too willing to fling such accusations. But hey, maybe she is a prostitute…I just wanted to chime in and say perhaps not
Hi Chris.
Thanks for stopping in. – yes, perhaps not. An old folktale taught me to imagine the positive side of every story 🙂
Beautiful Nifti, as usual 😉 Thanks for stopping by mine.
http://writersclubkl.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/friday-fictioneers-valentine/
Interesting and poetic. Very well described. Great job. http://kaitlinandmichaelbranch.com/2012/06/29/friday-fictioneers-8/
Hello Kaitlin. Thanks for stopping by. I’ll be checking you guys out 🙂
This flows like a song. Loved it.
Mine: http://adamickes.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/berry-tester/
Thanks Adam! I like your name. Your dialogue flowed excellently. Much fun to read.
Beautifully sensous and well written
Thank you Celeste! 🙂
ops! I forgor to leave a link: http://readinpleasure.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/fridayfictioneers-seduction/
sensual — full of desire, and risk
Thanks Bill. I like it too 🙂
This made me want to attempt to paint a portrait of the Scarlet Lady. Very nice. I found your comment on mine in spam too! I will reply to it as well. Typing is a challenge, something wrong with my right hand.
Ack. and I thought I’d fixed it// Thanks for coming over to read 🙂
@Lora-Dirt won’t hurt lol.Just saying.
A lovely piece, full of intrigue. Mine is here: http://wp.me/p1Wqon-bl
it’s very interesting how the bittersweetness of raspberries has inspired a lot of temptress/temptor seductiony things in the psyche. Well done. But that raspberry-thorny sugary way-thing is interesting!
Yes, I’ve read lot of similar takes 🙂
Thanks for stopping in.
Ecstatic! that’s juicy! Thank you for Sharing.
glad you like 🙂
That was — hot. Dangerous and hot. I really enjoyed the way your sentence length varied, like a musical phrase, or a dance that moves from staccato to legato.
That’s terrific ro hear. Thanks!
WAHOOO, erotic, deep, pure and brilliant.
Thanks Coco!
An intriguing portrait of the lady. “With poison in her roots” was my favorite line, but just a stand out among many great images. Nice.
Brian (http://pinionpost.com/2012/06/29/the-tenants/)
Thanks 🙂 I like that line too. Your story was excellent. Looking forward to the sequel.
Well done!
Thank you.
Very subtle, sensual and sophisticated! Well done.
http://castelsarrasin.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/forbidden-friday-fictioneers-june-2012/
Thank you Sandra. I truly enjoyed your story.
I particularly loved her hair playing with the wind and not the other way around – powerful creature! Lovely, sensually rich!
(You weren’t in my spam folder, just so you know :-))
Yaay! That’s good news 🙂
Beautiful and intriguing. Not a woman I would want to meet.
Haha!
Hello Nifti. Lovely piece. Yes, several have mentioned the sexual undertones here, mixed with something of a ‘black widow’ feel, even if it was your subconsious writing. No matter. However you weave your web, Scarlet is of my past and my future, and now it seems there is a Scarlet in my present.
LOL. I see 🙂
Sensual. Mysterious. Foreboding. Well-done!
–Jan
http://janmorrill.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/flashfriday-fictioneers-anticipation/
🙂 🙂
Hi Nifti
You write good stuff up here, so please keep penning and keep inspiring! 🙂
I would like to thank you for following my blog. I hope my blog doesn’t disappoint you and that your visits in my blog have been and will always be a joyful ride.
Thank you again and I wish you a lovely day! 🙂
Subhan Zein
Thank you Zein!
Your blog is great. And the page you have for fellow bloggers to share and meet is a great idea. Keep it up. Is your book on Amazon?
That last sentence – a curved ball Nifti.
Eric, thanks a ton for visiting. Very glad you like
Your fan club is having a lot of fun on your blog 🙂
Oh so very tempting the sirens are. Loved this Nifti.
Thanks Madison 😀
Brilliant sentance “the spirit of the night. A glimmer of delight” – just enough to capture your attention and then kill you with the berry 🙂
Hi there Linda. Thanks for stopping in. laughing about “capture attention and kill you with the berry” 🙂
Glad I gave you a smile Nifti 🙂
I love this brilliant piece, the rhythm….. I’m actually singing it ……. 🙂
Thanks Darl. Smiling as I read your comment. I sing it too 🙂
Hey I just wanted to let you know I love these word count limits. I think it is a great exercise in skill. The more you can say in less, the better of you’ll be when it comes time to write more.
Keep it up! and stop by http://www.trueleefiction.wordpress.com some time for some more great flash fiction (and longer fiction for those interested)
-JDLee
I will definitely check it out. Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Lovely!
Thanks August!
Nifti,,absolutely an elegant way to express your thoughts.(Scarlet ..Gone with wind)Thank you for visiting my site. Regards.Jalal
Thanks Jalal. The comment is so much appreciated.
Thank you for stopping by and the following 🙂
Of Course! was wondering how I’d failed to do that already.
so beautiful.
Thanks darl!
Very nice! I enjoyed being seduced by the lyrical flow. I think I liked “Her locks play with the wind.” the most. I had a grand visual when reading it. (Actually, all of it, but that line really caught me for some reason.) 🙂
Awesome! Thanks for reading 🙂
Beautiful images you created with your precise words.