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Parsat
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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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Kyouzou
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I wish you wouldn't do that

Do what?

You know, that!

Doing nothing, feeling everything
Feathery sensations on my skin
Hushed whispers echo in my ears


A slow fear of insanity take me over.

Kyouzou
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Jester

Next line.


Successful Resurrection

That tab button is seriously annoying.

MoonFairy
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Shepherd

Wow 3 people did the Ninja spy science guy. Nice.

Successful Resurrection
Has just now occurred.
No apparent infection
Is your vision at all blurred?

Even though you aren't perfection,
I'll put you with the successful collection.
You name is Resur S. The Third
SURPRISE! You are half bird!

Now I will throw you into a crate
Where for one whole year you get to wait
Then I will take you out again
And that is when the tests will begin!

Don't you worry, we will keep you fed.
Pick one for now, Water or bread?
Now just sit there and watch the rest die.
Why, do you ask?
Because they can't fly.

Lets hope you can in a year or so.
Because if not, then into the trash you'll go!
It isn't evil, but it isn't great.
Now sit down and contemplate your fate.

Hypermnestra
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Nomad

Tab Key strikes again? Lol.

MoonFairy
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Shepherd

Crap. Uhm....

BAM BAM BOOM. Here is a mushroom.

Kyouzou
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Oh you loser, that took no effort.

BAM BAM BOOM. Here is a mushroom.
BOOM BOOM BAM. The Mushroom is gone.
One may say "Where has it gone?"

Tis only when unicorns dance dance on rainbows
That realization of the mushrooms location sets in.




I blame you for that atrocity Moon -_-


Piercing soul

Hypermnestra
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Nomad

Difficult two-word line is difficult.

Piercing soul
A harpoon, spearing through
Lost, alone
You don't know what to do

Broken
Just like the shattered glass
Useless
Your time has long since past

Untouchable, unbreakable

Kyouzou
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Untouchable, unbreakable
Unknowable, Unfathomable

Strength, Dreams, Ambition

Mind, Matter
Life, Death

They reign in dominion over all.

Thus is the power of humankind


Life is naught but an illusion

slayguy8
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Life is naught but an illusion
it leads me to confusion
can you see it be
or do you flee

as it dissapers
no one should have fears
about this fake thing
to life may us bring

The mighty power of the mind

Hypermnestra
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The mighty power of the mind
A strength I hope you soon shall find
Science, history, language, math
Necessary for future and past

The educated mind is strong
Stronger than looks, or words, or brawns
The mind is what's brought us so far
From the core of the Earth to the stars

Someday, what do you want to be?
The star that you see on TV?
They'll be forgotten in a year
For that, the scientist never fears

Pasteur, Jenner, Lister, and Salk
Monroe, West, Gable, and-halt!
Which do you know, the first, doctors?
Or the second line, the actors?

The mighty power of the mind
Empowers all of humankind
I can only hope they will see
That mind will overcome TV

I watch you with eyes half-closed

Tubaca
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[b]I watch you with eyes half-closed,
[/b]expressions that to me are unknown,
I hate that face you have,
I wanna destroy it right now.

Using a jackhammer, an orange, a rocket,
a pistol, machinegun, a locker,
bombs, KA-BOOM, and much else,
I wouldnt like to be such as yourself.

Expressions build and are destroyed,
by my mighty force,
made of Thors,
And you will sit down and watch,
as I blow up your face in a walk in the park!

I would laugh and mock,
go throw a party,
and everyone there, happy,
would be laughing.

Ha, ha!
tis funny,
to a phsyco like me!
see ya in the lost history!



A sudden movement

EnterOrion
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A sudden movement
My limb's removement
My crushing plea
Just let me be
Let me die
Save me your lie

My sudden poetic
Carries prophetic
What's the meaning?
The sun's gleaming
This means nothing
But we mean something

A child's call
Before the maul
A soldier's end
A nation's mend
What do I know?
That I reap what I sow

Can someone explain the horrors of war?
That trauma is like wanting more?
Is what I dream a delusional fright
Or is insanity an endless night?
I know nothing of these things
I have no idea what terror brings

A city boy would know nothing
Yet he writes like he's cunning
What the hell does he know of death?
Only the thought of his final breath
He treats his life like revenue
Once he's dead, he'll see the value

Let's all just laugh as our children cry
Like America's spawn sent to die
Of course I know little
My mind is brittle
That's how it works
Those are my quirks

*Side note: I thought I'd write about my own lack of knowledge rather than my usual bull. I thought I'd write about something that's true.*

Is that what I think that is . . .

waluigi
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Is that what i think that is...
no, it could not be
my eyes must be deceiving me

It's short, but it works

[/b]cajun spice[b]

Parsat
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Just a note that the new First Line Digest has been posted.

Cajun spice
With catfish and rice
Tastes best when made right
And eaten daily twice.

To mute the world

Kyouzou
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To mute the world
An absence of freedom
Is required

To mute the world
There must be a lack of
Thought

To mute the world
All hope, now and forever
Must be eradicated

Red dawn on the horizon

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