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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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Ernie15
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Bard

What do I do now?
I want to write a haiku
But I don't know how

Why did the chicken cross the road?

SupaLegit
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644 posts
Nomad

Why did the chicken cross the road?
To get to the other side.
His life so lonely,
So horrid and boring.
Can't take much more,
He wants to get to
The other side.

Shattered glass

Paarfam
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Nomad

Shattered glass
In my shoe
I walk without class
I swear like a baby's coo
I've decided
I need to abide
By your great law
To eliminate my flaw

I hope

TackyCrazyTNT
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Peasant

Shattered glass
The remnants of
Your transparent dreams
Of glorious power.
What was to be
Your crown of diamonds
Is revealed to be
nothing but a cheap trinket,
Crushed under marching feet.

Levels of Clouds

SupaLegit
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644 posts
Nomad

I hope.
For it is all
I can do.
They can strip
My dignity,
They can strip
My life.
But the can not
Strip my hope.

My tear struck face

SupaLegit
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644 posts
Nomad

Levels of clouds.
I soar above them,
Laugh at their faces.
They looked down upon
My distasteful life.
But now look who
Has the last laugh!
I'm level with the clouds,
Their level with Hell!

Still:

My tear struck face

TackyCrazyTNT
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Peasant

Oh, darn, I was ninja'd. :P

My tear-struck face
Reflected in your eyes.
There is no trace
Of mercy as I cry.

My reflection disappears,
As you turn and walk away.
Afraid to face your fears,
You could never stay.

Mercy

Paarfam
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Paarfam
1,558 posts
Nomad

Mercy
I pray
Day to day
Will I go or stay?
How much shall I go and pay?

Children's feet

Just in case you didn't know, my poem has the "stair structure"

SupaLegit
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644 posts
Nomad

Mercy!
Please my lord
Have mercy on
My poor soul!

All I did was
Stick up for
What was right
And bashed what
Was wrong!

Mercy!
May God's light
Shine on you!
May he enlighten
You, and love you.
Please sire, show
My soul mercy.

That failed huh...

Battered mind, tattered soul

TackyCrazyTNT
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Peasant

You get a -never mind. XD

Children's feet running,
Remind me of innocence
Jumping up so high
With no fears of falling
Knowing the grass would catch me

TackyCrazyTNT
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Peasant

Oh, darn, ninja'd again.

Battered mind and tattered soul
Battered from the lies you tell
Tattered from your daggered words
My mind reels from the hateful spite
And my soul flames with a burning light.

I'll probably be ninja'd again, oh well.

Leaping to

SupaLegit
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Nomad

Ive been ninja'd ;D

Children's feet;
So small and fragile,
Just like their minds.
Grow large and strong,
Just like their will.
Bruised, and tired,
Just like a bad day.

Children's feet;
So small, so fragile.
Don't crush their feet,
They are helpless and
They may become
Crippled forever.

I've been ninja'd

TackyCrazyTNT
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Peasant

BAM! DOUBLE NINJAD

I've been ninja'd
Oh, woe, oh woe is me
I must write quickly
Or suffer quite terribly

SupaLegit
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Nomad

Wow, this is becoming a ninjafest :O

Leaping to
The sky,
Leaping to
The light!
Leaping away
From the dark
That I despise.

Help me please,
I beg of you!
Help me leap
To the light!

Nijafest here ninjafest there

TackyCrazyTNT
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Peasant

Nijafest here ninjafest there


Seriously, dude?

Ninjafest here,
Lurking in the darkest threads
ninjafest there
Sprouting from the Taverns deep.
Ninjafest below
If Strop decides to suddenly show.
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