Feast of Poetry

Jul 29, 2009 07:57

Today, I am sending out invitations for a feast of poetry! I have volunteered to cook one dish for each of you. All you have to do is ask ( Read more... )

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stryck July 30 2009, 00:15:56 UTC
For you, a serving in free verse-

The Sphinx's Invocation

O giver of life above the stars,
O beacon whose warmth soothes and blesses,
I kneel to thee,
I pledge to thee,
My body to your hot caresses.

O watchful eye aloft in heaven,
Whose smiles alone my grief redresses,
Keep back the cold,
And make me bold;
Grant me the power your light possesses.

In your glory and your might,
I need not fear the blackest blight.

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Something eastern... stryck July 30 2009, 00:37:59 UTC
Saffron eyes flicker,
Clockwork claws and mirror scales
Delight His Highness.

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haikujaguar July 30 2009, 00:23:51 UTC
Something that rhymes about magical or space-faring manta rays! Or sting rays. Or spotted rays...

Hmm. I wonder if those would all be different races or classes or something. Mage spotted rays, priest sting rays, warrior manta rays....

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stryck July 30 2009, 20:34:51 UTC
I tried to write something serious and mystical, and it wasn't working. So instead of sweetbread, you get Jell-O!

The Visitor

While swimming in the sea one day,
I chanced upon a spotted ray.
He swam across the sandy bottom
Like a leaf adrift in Autumn.

"Hello," I said, "And how do you fare?"
He gazed at me with piercing stare.
"I've been by Venus just last night,
And sailed here on the morning light.

"Tomorrow I'll fly in Jupiter's ocean
To meet my wife." Then with swift motion,
He left me wondering by the bar,
His speckled back stained with stars.

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haikujaguar July 30 2009, 22:06:01 UTC
!!!

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Ooo... ysabetwordsmith September 20 2011, 20:50:05 UTC
You're right. This would be awesome with illustration, especially as a splash showing the different environments described.

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kyrahlynn July 30 2009, 00:24:53 UTC
to echo, this is so cool! Hmmm, how about this image, please:

http://i615.photobucket.com/albums/tt235/kyrahlynn/spidersmacking.jpg (in case it's not obvious, the coon is holding a flail XD)

Silly would be awesome, and any form you please!

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stryck July 31 2009, 02:02:24 UTC
I need to practice my Tanka!

Adventurous boys,
Father's best flail, hunting rats
Into the basement.
A shrine amid the wreckage;
Even rats have gods they worship.

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kyrahlynn July 31 2009, 02:11:33 UTC
oh man, this is awesome! Thank you so, so much! :D

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aefenglommung July 30 2009, 00:34:59 UTC
A memorial for Cuthbert? Something epigrammatic, perhaps?

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stryck August 1 2009, 03:25:48 UTC
No mother to tend him, but You were there.
You entrusted him into our care.
You granted us time, some years, some hours.
Though always Yours, he was, briefly, ours.

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