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Parsat
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Blacksmith

This is a bit of a forum game, but at the same time it has the capacity to result in a bit of poetry, so it goes here. I'm going to supply a line of poetry, and the following poster is to create a poem using the line I gave as their first. Along with their poem, they supply a line for the next person to write poetry on. No restrictions on the type of line or poetry; just keep the line open ended.

Here's the first line:

A mountain pokes out awkward in the mist

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StormWalker
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Jester

Explosive armaments on the crenelations
are waiting for the men to run to their stations
and turn them on to wreak great devastation
and furrow the ground with pre-plowed ridges

And the people turned their face up to the cannons in surprise
Their farm work was done, and with wondering eyes
looked at the men up in the tall castle's rise
and cheered quite pleasingly and ate some cake.

BUY ONE GET ONE FREE
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I think I possibly ruined whatever Nilly was thinking with explosive armaments, but you never know.

Pieguyme
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1,010 posts
Farmer

BUY ONE GET ONE FREE
This is a call to me
for what other fee
fills you with such glee?

Hark! It approches

Riptizoid101
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6,257 posts
Farmer

Hark! It approaches.
Are they men? Or man-sized roaches?
They are vermin! Insects!
'Tis a new creature, search up the index.
They crave for gold, fame, power
But when they sense danger, they cower
Together, they're fearsome, but divided they fall
And no longer, no more, shall they ever gall

Johnny, I'm home!

OperationNilo
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3,937 posts
Shepherd

I think I possibly ruined whatever Nilly was thinking with explosive armaments, but you never know.


Yep, you did.


Johnny, I'm home!
Rapid movement.
Speed his ally,
In velocity, fluent.
Footsteps, bright.
Up the stairs.
A cry in the night-
A woman who should not be there.

Praise the sun!
IceClaw247
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843 posts
Jester

Praise the sun!
Bright in the wood
until sorrow has done
its course of time
until it rhymes...

Haunted lands

IcyIndia
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IcyIndia
1,344 posts
Nomad

Haunted lands
grace the stars
towers no one
will ever see
lost in the night.

A needle in the dark

Pieguyme
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Pieguyme
1,010 posts
Farmer

A needle in the dark
hidden by a man named Mark.
Hidden some where in the land of Maine
Given away by a scream of pain.

Gimme Three Steps

Lynyrd Skynyrd anyone?

MrDavidX96
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MrDavidX96
10 posts
Nomad

Gimme three steps.
no more.
Just three steps,
I'm out the door.
Three steps,
good bye to you.
three steps,
change my mind.
Three steps,
prove i'm blind.
you have three steps,
to sway my vote.
three steps, or that's all she wrote.
Three steps,
or i'm gone away,
three steps
and i won't stay.
three steps,
shouldn't be rough.
For you, three steps is just enough,
to lose faith- turn away.
so only three steps.
no more play.

Ah love i those winsome days.

IcyIndia
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IcyIndia
1,344 posts
Nomad

Ah, how I love those winsome days.
Afternoons under summer trees,
Cool earth under the sun-filled
songs, tunes of winter far from
home. My heart is full of time,
a clock ticking in liquid beats,
dark wood and golden brass,
A grandfather clock measures
each moment of happiness.

The rolling ocean winds

PureTrouble
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PureTrouble
215 posts
Nomad

The rolling ocean winds
Carry me within
I float on like a whisp in the sky
Not a care caught in the eye
I dreamingly carry on
So daringly calm
It's all care free
Take my hand, dear
Come with me.

I almost forgot to tell you, but...

MoonFairy
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MoonFairy
3,386 posts
Shepherd

I almost forgot to tell you, but
I left my heart in your hands.
I didn't mean for it to happen.
This was never in my plans.

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I'm a bit rusty when it comes to writing, but I think I should just end this here. Maybe in my thread I'll expand on it a bit.

Banished from my home

Erabor
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Erabor
274 posts
Nomad

Banished from my home
For a crime I did not commit.
The streets know the moans
That I forged as a bandit.
I only seek forgiveness
From those I have robbed;
Banished from my home,
I walk forever and sob.

Holy crap its been a while since I wrote anything remotely poetic.
All The Little Lights

PureTrouble
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PureTrouble
215 posts
Nomad

All the little lights
They dance a-tune in my head
All the little lights
Frolic amidst at my bed
All the little lights
Came swarming to and fro
All the little lights
Emit a wondrous glow
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Corny, but it goes. And anything goes.

Dum didalee doo

MoonFairy
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MoonFairy
3,386 posts
Shepherd

Dum didalee doo
The pit-pat of my shoe
Dum didalee dee
The tip-tap on my knee
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Good lord I apologize that I can't make anything longer than 4 lines but come on that was difficult. I don't have the energy required to write anything but I'm trying, ok? I'm trying. u_u

I try to wait

PureTrouble
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215 posts
Nomad

@Moon, well challenging is fun, eh, eh?

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