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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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Nurvana
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Farmer

A waffle and his lonely mountain

iMogwai
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Peasant

A waffle and his lonely mountain,
And all the amazing things he's got,
A pancake house and a chocolate fountain,
Oh, and the soda lake, I almost forgot.

But this little waffle leaves it all for good,
Because all his stuff did not bring him joy,
He realized that his purpose as food,
Is to sate the hunger of a girl or boy.

Now all that's left is a lonely mountain,
With a pancake house and chocolate fountain.


Writing this made me hungry.

Next line:
I don't get it

Krizaz
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Nomad

I don't get it...
Why are all the people mad?
Why are all the people sad?
Why is the world corrupt?
Why are the banks bankrupt?
When is the world right?
When all we see if much trife
Will there be a 2012?
Or is the world, going to hell?
What is the point of this?
The readers could take a piss.
Why see the point?
If it is but pointless?

I'm the next Doctor Suess, HAHA!

Grain of the world

TackyCrazyTNT
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Peasant

Grain of the world,
Small can be.
Tinier than a hill,
And weaker than the sea.

It makes its own
way to the shore.
And there it is met
By grains ever more.

And there the grain lies
Thrown by the tide,
Making up a large world,
With bretheren by his side.

Failure.

Maim

iMogwai
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Peasant

Maim,
And Kill.
Flawless aim,
No free will.

By your command,
Their home will burn.
I will destroy their land,
As I have learned.

Like my armaments,
So am I a tool.
I'm barely sentient,
Just a brainwashed fool.


Next line:
How about a smile?

TackyCrazyTNT
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Peasant

My usage of language may not be entirely correct here. :P
If anyone ninja's me I will eat their brains.

How about a smile? To grace your fair face,
Where is thy joy? O where hast it been placed?
The heavens can't shine when you do not beam,
The world dost grow dark; a nightmarish dream.
Don't speak of the qualms that plague thy fair heart,
Don't think of the eons we must spend apart.
Think of music; raising our voices high,
The strength of our songs lifting to the skies.
So smile; the world shall open just for thee,
Hopefully in eden, you shall find me.
We shall dance our dances and sing grand songs,
And in eden we shall be done no wrongs.

Whew.

Eden

Endscape
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Nomad

Eden
twas we were created,
twas there that wretched tree was rooted,
twas there my love onced rested her head,
twas there she did what was forbidden,
twas there i bit that apple, and had forsaken us all
..... twas there i lay my shame, and threw my mind away
twas there passion first over-whelmed a man's mind and body alike
twas there we became one.....
tis now i feel no regret
tis now we live on
tis now we MOVE on
though i may no longer exist,
NOR have ever existed,
LIFE carries on
EVOLUTION IS BLISS

iMogwai
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Peasant

Evolution is bliss,
It's answers without a price,
The problem with the alternative is this;
It's brainwashing in disguise.

For every thing it will teach,
The truth is buried in lies,
Until it's out of reach,
And no one even tries.


This is more about religion in ye olde times... You know, when the Church could put someone in house arrest because they claimed the earth wasn't the center of the universe. Religion's not as harmful nowadays, and I mean no offense by this.

Next line:
So it began

CommanderDude7
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Nomad

So it began
Like a pebble rolling down a hill
An avalanche of hate
Sweeping away humanity
Leaving beasts in its place

With fire and rock
These beasts run around
Crushing and burning
And leaving none alive
A frenzy of hatred
With no end in sight
Order to combat chaos

Krizaz
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2,399 posts
Nomad

Order to combat chaos
It's raining in the streets
The knife will only go so deep
The man in black
He looks for not of that

This is...
The Order to combat chaos!!
Epic Drum solos everywhere
Guitarist tripping over their hair
Women being lazy ****s
Getting rid of men with no nuts
The Order to Combat Chaos
Is everywhere.

Pretty epic^^

The lazy dog that barked

TackyCrazyTNT
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Peasant

This is what happens when I don't know what to write for a topic.

The lazy dog that barked
From the side
Of the languid road
Curling through the
Melted hills.
And what of the soft
Trees that sag
Their bark hanging loose
Too lazy to move
And the dog lies
Silent and cold
Too lazy
to live.

I know. Made no sense. I hope someone ninja's me.

The Softened earth

dudeguy45
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Peasant

The softned earth
Is melting like ice cream on a hearth
And as our planet gives birth
I like to web surf.


Spectacular.

My soul is orange

Endscape
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Nomad

my soul is orange with burning rage and pinned up aggresion like a tiger in a zoo cage, i lie in wait at a moments notice for but 1 mistake that sets me free to retake pride once taken, loosed and out of control i will maim, rip, tear, destroy, devour, and claw at the confides of this world alien to my nature, men, women, children, NONE are safe from this orange fury, but of course u wouldnt be dumb enough to make that mistake, would u?


BETWEEN MY FANGS YOU WILL FEEL...

TackyCrazyTNT
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Peasant

This is why we have to pick easier lines, people.

Between my fangs you will feel
The darkened gaze of death.
And as my jaws bite down
You'll breathe your final breath.
I'll devour all of your heart,
Your soul and dreams are mine,
And as you struggle to be free,
Only rusty chains you'll find.
Who am I? You ask as I coil,
Inside my hellish lair,
And I say, grin spreading wide,
I am called despair.

Despair

waluigi
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waluigi
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Shepherd

Some of the lines people picked from even farther back were worse.

Despair
Hits me, after...
Oh, how long has it been?
I don't even know anymore
in this infinite darkness
that no light can penetrate.

sanity
vanishing, if its not already
left me. with no one to
talk to... except the rocks
I'm fine with just sitting here
waiting...waiting...waiting...

paralysis of sleep

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