Poetry competition CLOSED 23rd June 2012 9:35pm
WINNER
firedaughter (StayAwayFromTheNutcase)
firedaughter (StayAwayFromTheNutcase)
RUNNERS-UP:
PierreTheMad
and Grace
Page:
Fantasy
Poetry Contest Description
Rules below
Write about a land or world like it is from a story, movie, or game. It must be your own and from your head. Write about the creatures and towns and well any sort of randomness in your world. Other than that, no rules.
Here's this one I wrote for a friend. But I'll be back for a more official entry
A Call To Arms
Rise up mortal gods and take up the pen
For it is mightier than the sword and it's edge has no end
It's power only limited to the depths of your mind
And if you search them long enough you will find
Those forgotten souls who crave resolution
Whose lives were forsaken in the wake of pollution
They search for their honor, love, power, or fame
And all they have done has been in your names
So are not they deserving their final rewards?
To find love, to be crowned, or master the swords?
Give them their lovers, their riches, their thrones
Help those who haunt bring rest to their bones
For if you do not and pass on, it is to be feared
That your worlds will be known as The Lands That Disappeared
A Call To Arms
Rise up mortal gods and take up the pen
For it is mightier than the sword and it's edge has no end
It's power only limited to the depths of your mind
And if you search them long enough you will find
Those forgotten souls who crave resolution
Whose lives were forsaken in the wake of pollution
They search for their honor, love, power, or fame
And all they have done has been in your names
So are not they deserving their final rewards?
To find love, to be crowned, or master the swords?
Give them their lovers, their riches, their thrones
Help those who haunt bring rest to their bones
For if you do not and pass on, it is to be feared
That your worlds will be known as The Lands That Disappeared
Anonymous
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My Village
The village within a forest
Ever tranquilly serene
Fenced by thick gigantic trees
Standing tall reaching for the skies
Looking up as if in plea
To be away and earthbound free
Within the village
There is a seer
A medicine man
A shaman
And a chieftain
To whom all defer to
Their words are law
All yes no nay
The people live in avid fear
Of flying metals
And flickering boxes
Of water in steel tubes
Of flashing fire in glass confines
Of tall people without their skin
Their eyes blue-peeled from the skies
The village within that valley
Thrived on in harmony
With nature at its best
Hands clawing the land
For food
Drawing water with bamboo
To quench their thirst
Until a strange man came
With a crossed book on his hand
Thundering words of fire and brimstone
Brown eyes flashing fire
With words ugliness he paints
Everything the people stands for
Showering guilt on their wondering minds
Sleepy village
A church spire
Two padres
Six altar boys
Congregation of fifty five
Babies born to be baptised
The shaman has left
For places unknown.
The village within a forest
Ever tranquilly serene
Fenced by thick gigantic trees
Standing tall reaching for the skies
Looking up as if in plea
To be away and earthbound free
Within the village
There is a seer
A medicine man
A shaman
And a chieftain
To whom all defer to
Their words are law
All yes no nay
The people live in avid fear
Of flying metals
And flickering boxes
Of water in steel tubes
Of flashing fire in glass confines
Of tall people without their skin
Their eyes blue-peeled from the skies
The village within that valley
Thrived on in harmony
With nature at its best
Hands clawing the land
For food
Drawing water with bamboo
To quench their thirst
Until a strange man came
With a crossed book on his hand
Thundering words of fire and brimstone
Brown eyes flashing fire
With words ugliness he paints
Everything the people stands for
Showering guilt on their wondering minds
Sleepy village
A church spire
Two padres
Six altar boys
Congregation of fifty five
Babies born to be baptised
The shaman has left
For places unknown.
Anonymous
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Dragons rise above our heads,
In their stead the sea.
Crashing down in salty waves,
Upon the sandy grains.
Mountain tops spear the clouds,
A mighty throne indeed.
A castles worth of memories,
That all take place in me.
Gates to guard, and safely keep-
The innocence we all seek.
To hide from us, the past I loved,
When I was a magical keep.
Wizards march out nobly,
To defend the green grass land.
Swaying softly to and fro,
Begging with it's touch- never, never go.
A shining land of crystal towers,
Sparkle in the sun.
Where boys and girls climb for hours,
Up the shinning powers.
This land has yet to be complete,
A growing nation for my needs.
Dungeons for the dark,
Fields for the laughter,
Magic for the mystery.
And my soul tumbling in after.
In their stead the sea.
Crashing down in salty waves,
Upon the sandy grains.
Mountain tops spear the clouds,
A mighty throne indeed.
A castles worth of memories,
That all take place in me.
Gates to guard, and safely keep-
The innocence we all seek.
To hide from us, the past I loved,
When I was a magical keep.
Wizards march out nobly,
To defend the green grass land.
Swaying softly to and fro,
Begging with it's touch- never, never go.
A shining land of crystal towers,
Sparkle in the sun.
Where boys and girls climb for hours,
Up the shinning powers.
This land has yet to be complete,
A growing nation for my needs.
Dungeons for the dark,
Fields for the laughter,
Magic for the mystery.
And my soul tumbling in after.
Potatoe Potatoe
I walk amoung the field of paper flowers,
Past houses made of colored glass,
I reminisce about the future,
And worry to much about the past,
When a fish flies by my head,
I stop to admire the veiw,
And by the lake the birds swim,
In schools of red and pink and blue,
When I awake at the crack of night,
There are many things to be done,
When daylight breaks, it becomes to dark,
For there is no fire on the sun,
I sit to stare at my watch,
As it slowly counts back from L,
I hold my wife so miserably,
Causing her to want to expel,
And when the sun reaches the sky,
We stand up against the bed,
We snuggle close to the edge,
And fluff the rocks where we lay our heads.
I walk amoung the field of paper flowers,
Past houses made of colored glass,
I reminisce about the future,
And worry to much about the past,
When a fish flies by my head,
I stop to admire the veiw,
And by the lake the birds swim,
In schools of red and pink and blue,
When I awake at the crack of night,
There are many things to be done,
When daylight breaks, it becomes to dark,
For there is no fire on the sun,
I sit to stare at my watch,
As it slowly counts back from L,
I hold my wife so miserably,
Causing her to want to expel,
And when the sun reaches the sky,
We stand up against the bed,
We snuggle close to the edge,
And fluff the rocks where we lay our heads.
PLANET MAGIC
This is the horrible place in the world
It only exists of men…damn life is so hard
Levi is their wise king but so crazy and wild
He is in hold of current cities about nine
Any how things there lack a lot in TERABYTES
Lets go to planet magic for a little ride…
It consists of lovely married couples
They got the same features, so no fights at all
But its so hard its better a beast in the jungle
Love making is tasteless,sex has no passion
No one cares everyone lives with no support
All wit the same features its stinks its fatal
Damn… I hope women were there to offer sweet sermons!!
This is the horrible place in the world
It only exists of men…damn life is so hard
Levi is their wise king but so crazy and wild
He is in hold of current cities about nine
Any how things there lack a lot in TERABYTES
Lets go to planet magic for a little ride…
It consists of lovely married couples
They got the same features, so no fights at all
But its so hard its better a beast in the jungle
Love making is tasteless,sex has no passion
No one cares everyone lives with no support
All wit the same features its stinks its fatal
Damn… I hope women were there to offer sweet sermons!!
Anonymous
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A Bat Night
~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the night
five stars and three bats
Soon there will be too many
to count...
bats that is
The bats take the unwanted
from the sky
for their meals
But they also expand
their appetite
Clouds obstruct
my grand view of heaven
The breeze is nice
Wanted affection
on my skin
as I reckon this to be
my last hurrah
There was a time
In my ancient memory
of crickets serenade
the sleeping grasshoppers
who danced
themselves to exhaustion
The grass is cool
and the minor annoyance
of the train
interrupts
almost chasing
away the creeping thoughts
of my reality
The effect of God's tv
has slightly numbed
the imperfections of the day
Replacing solace and peace
with an eerie acceptance
In the night
I am only me under this
universe of stars
hidden by the frenzied calm
of ravenous bats
~~~~~~~~~~~~
In the night
five stars and three bats
Soon there will be too many
to count...
bats that is
The bats take the unwanted
from the sky
for their meals
But they also expand
their appetite
Clouds obstruct
my grand view of heaven
The breeze is nice
Wanted affection
on my skin
as I reckon this to be
my last hurrah
There was a time
In my ancient memory
of crickets serenade
the sleeping grasshoppers
who danced
themselves to exhaustion
The grass is cool
and the minor annoyance
of the train
interrupts
almost chasing
away the creeping thoughts
of my reality
The effect of God's tv
has slightly numbed
the imperfections of the day
Replacing solace and peace
with an eerie acceptance
In the night
I am only me under this
universe of stars
hidden by the frenzied calm
of ravenous bats
In this dark little world
On a familar plain
Bodies lie in ditches
Crisp from the flame
Gummiebears are evil
And rainbows can't help but bleed
And tears fall like bullets
Piercing every seed
Nothing new grows,
everything remains
A ghoulish decore
Bedecked with brains
Zombie's inhabit it
Trudging silent and slow..
I could get used to this place
And it's beastly glow..
My wonderland,
Just the way I like
I can hide away in the morning
And come out at night..
On a familar plain
Bodies lie in ditches
Crisp from the flame
Gummiebears are evil
And rainbows can't help but bleed
And tears fall like bullets
Piercing every seed
Nothing new grows,
everything remains
A ghoulish decore
Bedecked with brains
Zombie's inhabit it
Trudging silent and slow..
I could get used to this place
And it's beastly glow..
My wonderland,
Just the way I like
I can hide away in the morning
And come out at night..