Regular poetry thread
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Regular poetry thread
Regular poetry thread (because I'm tired of not editing my poems)
This is exactly what it sounds like! A thread to post poetry. I'm excited to read all of your work!
submitted by Bluebird
(April 30, 2017 - 8:51 pm)
(April 30, 2017 - 8:51 pm)
Thank you!
(May 3, 2017 - 6:55 am)
Astounding! Not really any critiques here. I think it's great just like this.
(February 9, 2020 - 10:05 pm)
So, the style of this poem is based on one that Mei did on her daily prompt thread. The actual content is based on the Shadow and Bone series.
Alina, Sun Summoner
Beautiful and pure
Come up from the shadows
Don't let the Darkling win
Everyone is counting on you
Forgetting you're still human
Getting worshipped must be so hard
How I wish you'd let me in
I know that I'm
Just a poor Otkazat’sya
Knowing what it feels to be
Lost
My sweet, I am become a blade for you*
Now please let me in
Or we may fall
Pushing through the bounds
Questioning the making
Ravka will fall
So will I
To the lost girl
Under the Fold
Vying for a better life
Why, oh why did you offer
Xenia to the boy of shadow
You wonder how the world will end
Zealously, the world will end
(May 1, 2017 - 8:29 pm)
*not a grammatical mistake. This is an intentional quote from the book.
(May 2, 2017 - 12:59 pm)
I LOVE these types of poems! They must be so hard to write, though! (one of these days I'm going to attempt a poem like this. Hopefully)
(May 2, 2017 - 5:10 pm)
YAAAS, Shadow and Bone!!! Love the poem!!
(May 2, 2017 - 6:08 pm)
I just saw this poem right as I'm trying to check out an e-book of the first book! Small world! Has anyone here read Six of Crows?
(July 22, 2018 - 2:11 pm)
I just read The Highwayman in school, and I loved it! This is a poem inspired by it. It has the same cadence (ish), but not the same theme. I haven't written a poem in YEARS, so I would appreciate feedback! Also there's no rhyme scheme. I'm trying to get back to my poem writing days slowly, without tackling it all at once.
Untitled
When we go up to the moonlight
I feel like I can touch the stars
When we go running down the road
I feel like I could climb the mountains
When we go splashing in the stream
I feel like I could swim the ocean
Touch the stars, climb the mountain, swim the ocean
Together.
I have another one somewhere too. It's a special kind of poem, I forgot what it's called. But I wrote it with some of my friends. And AARGH, I can't find it! But it was the best poem I've ever written. I'll post it if I ever find it!
~Starseeker
(May 1, 2017 - 9:21 pm)
Two things:
One, correction: I WROTE a poem with the same cadence as the Highwayman, but this isn't it. Whoops... hehe...
And two, the poem i was thinking of that I wrote was a sonnet I think. You know, the fourteen line kind? ABAB CDCD EFEF GG? Yeah. That's a sonnet right?
And also, @Aelin:
is that on purpose? "That" being that each line starts with a different letter? In alphabetical order? Cause it's really cool!
~Starseeker
(May 2, 2017 - 5:07 pm)
Yes, the alphabetical thing is on purpose. It wasn't as hard as I expected it to be, but I've just read it over and it sounds really choppy to me, so... I don't know.
Also, @September:
How do you have such a similar taste in books as me??? I mean, I know you enjoy ToG because I've read your conversations with Kestrel. You must recognise where I got my name from, yes? Have you ever read SJMaas' other books (ACOTAR, etc.)? I love them SOO MUCH!!!!!!
(May 3, 2017 - 7:16 am)
Ahhh, yess!! You must be one of my many book twins!! I love Shadow and Bone (Have you read Six of Crows??) I did get the reference in your name, and I'm reading Empire of Storms right now!!! I have yet to read ACOTAR, but I've heard it's really, really, good!
(May 3, 2017 - 6:32 pm)
That's so good! I love it! Is the title Untitled, or is it untitled? If it has no title, maybe you can call it Together.
(November 3, 2020 - 1:49 pm)
Came across a prompt that uses the first line & title of a song. . .
now or never (Halsey)
i don't want to fight
right now, you say, and
you seem so tired, so worn, so
lost that i want to give you
a hug, but then i remember
that this isn't my conversation
that i am just a bystander
although i shouldn't be
because i— i am too quiet
and i can never find my voice
when i need it most, so i'm
sorry that i stayed silent
but we can't go back
now, love, time waits
for no man or woman.
~~~
I'd love some critique!!
(May 2, 2017 - 6:27 pm)
I LOVE THIS SONG! I am so excited for Hopeless Fountain Kingdom (June 2!!) No, seriously, I've been listening to this song on repeat for the past three days.
The way you ended this poem was awesome. I love it!
(May 3, 2017 - 6:54 am)
Thanks for inspiring me to listen to a new song - and finding a new favorite artist!
(May 9, 2017 - 10:28 pm)