Having finished and edited the ode, I find that the original post is so old that most people will miss the poem! So, I'm reposting the finished poems early. I still have three more to do, and haven't forgotten.

Original post here: http://stryck.livejournal.com/773263.html

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Here is your invitation to my feast of poetry! I have volunteered to cook one dish for each of you. All you have to do is ask ( Read more... )

I had only 6 requests, so here are all six haiku ( Read more... )

Today I will prepare haikus for you! Comment with a prompt, and I will write you a haiku ( Read more... )

I have the day off today but I don't have the energy to go for a whole-hog Feast of Poetry. So I'm offering Nibbles instead. I will write a haiku or quatrain for anybody who comments ( Read more... )

1) For djinni, something silly based on a picture of his cat.

Carnivore's Lament
I love to settle down to feast
On bird or fish or dainty beast.
Alas, this meal is far too tame;
A melon's guts aren't quite the same.

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Here is your invitation to my feast of poetry! I have volunteered to cook one dish for each of you. All you have to do is ask ( Read more... )

The last two poems -

8) For dakiwiboid, a poem about honey, regret, and sandalwood.

Luxuries

Bread is sweet when drizzled with honey
And sandalwood incense lends to the air
A delicious savor, perfumed with comfort.( Read more... )

The next 3 poems...

5) A memorial for Cuthbert the cat, for aefenglommung

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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Requests are now closed. Out of 10 requests, here are the first 4-

1) For ninjahijinx and his drawing - http://ninjahijinx.com/wp-gallery/ekwara/sphinxetc.jpgRead more... )