Poetry Corner

[Houndoom_Lover]

Naw, it wouldn't ^_^ Besides, I'd keep the binary up. That took like two hours to do, seriously. First glimps of I*Mage is a poem form, isn't that weird?

Its 'cause I havn't settled on a design yet. So indecisive.

Yeah, I bet you can write some darn good news articles. I'm really wordy, I never could :3

[Chris 2.1]

Fear

"...and then you did the most amazing thing.

You made me laugh."

[Shadow Wolf]

Houndy: I think I need to learn binary.

PancaKe: I loved the sincerity of your haiku. Even more that it can be compared to a friendship and also to a unrequited love, or si I think. Nice poem.

Chris: Two verses... two emotions... amused and laughed. Nice piece.

OK, I made two poems but in spanish, so I'll traduce 'em for better understanding. XD

Un soneto de mí para ti (a soonet from me to you)

Un joven raro, mas amartelado,
(a weird young boy, but very much in love)
Siente por ti, un amor de verdad;
(feels for you a true love)
Un amor bueno y desinteresado,
(a good and unselfish love)
Para colmarte de luz y bondad.
(to fill you with light and kindness)

Un compañero para edificarte;
(a companion to help you edify yourself)
Un amiguito para compartir;
(a friend to share your joys)
Y si lo anhelas, prometo amarte,
(and if you want, I promise to love you)
Y así, mimarte y hacerte reír
(and also to fondle you and make you laugh)

Aunque la dicha en ti no haya estado
(Even if the joy has not been in you)
Y en tu lado no queden amigos
(even if there are no friend on your side)
Y si tu mundo se vuelve peor
(and even if your world gets even worse)

Nuca olvides que estoy a tu lado
(Never forget that I'm on your side)
Dios y los ángeles son mis testigos
(God and the angels are my witnesses)
De que por siempre tendrás mi amor.
(that you will have my love forever)

I thought about putting the other one, but I'll do it later.

[PancaKe]

Thanks Shadow wolf! It wasn't meant to be a haiku. I initially wrote it after a night of just being on teh receiving end of someones break down. They ran off crying... and left me seriosly wondering whether it was the right thing to follow them or not. Yeah it was a mix of emotions.

I liked your poem. Although I cna't understand spanish and I'm sure it's much more complex in spanish, I loved the simplicity of the English words. It conveyed your ideas nicely and I am a sucker for simple sentences with a nice ring to them

On The Rocks

Every word in unison
Holding hands tightly
Weaving in and out
Chocolate hazelnut walnut pancakes

Late nights
Thank you
I'm happiest when you are.

To watch you laugh
When we ride side by side
Belting off key melodies to our favourite summer songs
It never lasts long enough

You're amazing.
I wish you knew.





Neatly Paved Pathways

You were always everything I ever wanted.
This was meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it
I like to think it was real, but you were just pretending.

Each step is a struggle to take
as the neatly paved pathway moves from under me.
I'm lagging behind, but I don't mind being on my own for now.

Seven years, eight years, and back to none
Ice cube sitting, dwindling in the sun
Security, purity, I put them in your hands.

Boats drifting away from the shore
Falsely believing they're anchored
Emerald eyes once flared in my direction
Every day for eight years, it up
Consumed, devoured, brought up
I'm the remains of what you would have me be

I once listened to your heartbeat and its steady pace
I once kissed you and wiped the tears from your face
Even if he redeemed you, I fear it's much too late...

[PancaKe]

Adam

I forgot why I hated you
Thank you for reminding me
You're oh so hollow
Eaten away by maggots
The decaying apple by the side of the tree
Worms have made a home
There is nothing left substantial
Only reasons upon reasons
As to why I hate you
And still do
And always wil

[Chris 2.1]

Under covers,
I don't want to leave
I don't like to leave
cold air it stings at me.

Facing Sunday,
And the faces frowned
that time I turned around
I bolted out the bar.
Under pressure.

Laugh and jeer all you want,
chuckle as you please,
because
I'm drowning in my sadness
And I can't wait to leave.

What did I overcome?
Who did I bind close
with my infectious sadness?
Who do I love most?

Cloudy train waits, yes it waits for me
I board effortlessly
I wish that I could leave.
Under covers.

[PancaKe]

Hillside

I am the apple decaying on the hillside
I am the fruit being eaten from the inside
I have the disease that closes me down

Submerged
Ripples dash across a once abandoned lake
It's a pleasant day to drown

Caught up in this icy embrace
Happy to lie in the dark light
Smiling, barely awake
Bliss in this silence
Bliss in this cold enchanted place

[Asilynne]

~Musing~

If I cried
"Ive never lied!"
I wouldnt have the proof.

But I do try
to never lie
and darling thats the truth.

[PancaKe]

Of a greater status of fear

Irregular attendance to this deserted place
Leaving questions written all over our blank face
The dark light shines upon your naked skin
You choke your hands, hoping I am within
Cold inside this desolate space

An autumn breeze passes by
To the moon the lone wolf will cry
Merely cunning, I fall into your shadow
This hate you hold for me, it shows
Your gleaming gem has caught my eye







Feline
I once considered you qualified
We've watched you walk the road

You've proved yourself, I give you that
You've proved us all, too. Wrong.

Instead I presume the truth
You'll never say, you'll never show

Hate?
This tree will surely die.

[Gavin Luper]

Adam

I forgot why I hated you
Thank you for reminding me
You're oh so hollow
Eaten away by maggots
The decaying apple by the side of the tree
Worms have made a home
There is nothing left substantial
Only reasons upon reasons
As to why I hate you
And still do
And always wil

Oh God, this one took me back to our teenage chats! ^_^

He's been eaten away by maggots? Wow. I like your righteous venom.

[Gavin Luper]

Examination

Pallid cheeks
Have you been getting enough sun, boy?
Stick out your tongue
Quiver, pant: are you exhausted?
Let me compress you.
What's that smell? Sugarcoating?
When was the last time you brushed your teeth?
Or for that matter, shaved?

You squeeze yourself into corners
and reform your shape, like a stress ball.
You cling to caffeine
Roll your tongue over chocolate and coffee
A bloated, red-eyed marshmallow
Glued to the glare-reduced computer screen.

You crush
and reform your shape once more
The very last time, you say to yourself:
"Oh hell, I'll just wing it."
And, diagnosed, you will pass your final examination.

[Shadow Wolf]

Convenience


I am your piece of paper...

To draw in me what you want me to be...


You want me to remind you of something important,
So you write what you want in me,
And you leave me on a place you commonly visit.

You draw a nice picture…
Or even a poem in me…
Your masterpiece
and you put me on your frame

You write your life in me
Your experiences, your wishes
Your hopes, your dreams
You keep me under your head when you sleep

But when you make a mistake
You try to erase it
and the blot still remains
so you tear out the page
Compress me on a ball
Drop a part of me on the trash
You left me destroyed

Until you need me again…

I am your piece of paper…

[PancaKe]

Oh God, this one took me back to our teenage chats! ^_^

He's been eaten away by maggots? Wow. I like your righteous venom.

LMAO our teenage chats! OH HOW I MISS THOSE!
I am sad. I want to have more teenage chats.

[PancaKe]

Clouds

Clearly it's you or am i

Just losing my mind?

And yet, I am just convinced.
So sure of these things without saying

And certain of the tension

You and I must have something between?

Collective thoughts and theories

Making arguments seem realities

There is something there...is there? Oh I'd love to know

[Chris 2.1]

I loved the way you laid out that last piece, Pancake. It was all eclectic and random, a bit crazy Great work as usual.

I need to write stuff.....

[PancaKe]

Oh Chris! Guess what?


When i saw your name next to the thread, and I saw you had replied, I got so excited because I thought that you had posted a poem!


now I am equally excited that you replied and read my poem and liked it but still a little empty without a poem from you!

[Gavin Luper]

LMAO our teenage chats! OH HOW I MISS THOSE!
I am sad. I want to have more teenage chats.

Technically we can still chat, but we can't be teenagers anymore.

*sob*

*cough*LOGONMSNORTPMCHATORSUMMAT*cough*

[PancaKe]

My msn is broken

[Gavin Luper]

Then how are we chatting?

I love the poetry corner. It brings us all together.

[PancaKe]

Oh gavin can't you see
that I am using e-buddy?

[Gavin Luper]

Oh is that what ebuddy means? Mystery solved.

I liked Clouds, btw. Each line drifting across the screen like a little wisp of stratus or something. I actually kind of imagine the narrator to be looking up at a sky filled with passing clouds, staring and thinking, while she says those lines in her head.

[PancaKe]

Oh I'm glad it made you feel like that. I didn't actually intend it to be called clouds... I'm not sure why I called it clouds. I think it wsa the first thing to come into my head. Clouds are fairly veristile, they fit most moods, going from light and whispy to heavy and brooding... so I think they made a sensible choice as a title for my poem.


Ah and I'm glad my odd paragraphing helped in the imagery I've never done that before. It was fun to center some paragraphs.

If that's my idea of fun i should probably turn off the computer and go outside...

[Houndoom_Lover]

So long to the blue navy water

I'll be your Alice
If you'll be my Mad Hatter
We'll eat peanut brittle on fine silver platters
And nothing I can think of would ever be the matter
Because every fine time would be Tea Time

If you will be my Hatter
We'll do all sorts of things.
We'd see the sea for the first time
Wouldn't that be nice?
I've seen the sea before. Never with you
Never with you.

Only with you
Will it feel like the first.
Always with you
It feels like the first

[PancaKe]

I loved that. I had this crazy alice in wonderland imagery running through my head whilst reading it. And that made the poem

[Houndoom_Lover]

:3 Then I did my job right. I'm excited for the new Alice in Wonderland movie, and I'm in one of those moods. ^-^ Victory has I.

[Shadow Wolf]

Jajajaja, nice piece Houndy. It really made the impact on making the reference.

Well, here's another one that popped out of my mind an hour ago.

LLORPG

Struggling to start a new life; but joy doesn't stick in the heart...
Trying to trigger happiness, but good feelings are gone...
No one knows you're in pain, so no one can be of aid...
No options to select... the worst is thought of you...
One thing remaining... an unrequited love...
No hope is given; no second chance left...
No time to restore it right again...
Feelings burning up in the heart...
Tears now falling...flowing down...
Turn it off, take a break...
Control emotions...
Block suffering...
Power on...
Reset...
Heart...

On a side note: I wonder how many references to videogames I made on this one?

[Lady Vulpix]

Wow... nice job with the layout! It really did feel like it was flowing down.

[Houndoom_Lover]

Thank you X3 I really have grown fond of the peice now-

Shadow Wolf! Yours is so clever! :0 The structure is really nice, and the game referances, like I said, are so clever. Like your brain makes to that mental image and stuff X3 Nice

[Chris 2.1]

PancaKe: A new piece...finally



Sneaky
Like structures, you line up just right
And when I’m drunk I burst alight
With secrets
Of the dirty nature
Ones we know would turn the eyes.
“Imagine if!” Charlie chuckled
If he knew,
His knees would buckle.
Checkers, Chess, the prize is moaning,
Late nights into morning groaning.

Your façade doesn’t fit on me,
Your lies all fail to sit with me,
Come be the man you want to be -
One shamelessly in love with me.


*



Twist

"He's lovely, really nice," she boasts,
Stirring tea and making toast.
The girl I sympathise with most.
My smile plays havoc; horny ghost.

"Amazing body, lovely teeth,
(I can't believe we met last week!)
His accent's charming; Irish man,
Like Colin Farrel - Massive Fan."

But while the girls all gasp with glee,
I'm the one that's fucking Danny.
Much discretion, often sneak,
And make the bedroom's mattress creak.

[PancaKe]

Lolololol Chris your so derrrtyyy. So many secks in your poems. I liked the simple lighthearted feel of Twist. I felt it was almost mocking the female, almost like "haha you like him but im sleeping with him".

[Gavin Luper]

Jajajaja, nice piece Houndy. It really made the impact on making the reference.

Well, here's another one that popped out of my mind an hour ago.

LLORPG

Struggling to start a new life; but joy doesn't stick in the heart...
Trying to trigger happiness, but good feelings are gone...
No one knows you're in pain, so no one can be of aid...
No options to select... the worst is thought of you...
One thing remaining... an unrequited love...
No hope is given; no second chance left...
No time to restore it right again...
Feelings burning up in the heart...
Tears now falling...flowing down...
Turn it off, take a break...
Control emotions...
Block suffering...
Power on...
Reset...
Heart...

On a side note: I wonder how many references to videogames I made on this one?

Perhaps this is just an indication of the extent of my alcoholism, but I swear I see a martini glass. Is that shape intentional?

I loved the poem itself; the effect of each line becoming shorter and more breathless was, quite seriously, breathtaking. It's like life was slowly being squished out of the narrator, or they were falling asleep.

[Gavin Luper]

PancaKe: A new piece...finally



Sneaky
Like structures, you line up just right
And when I’m drunk I burst alight
With secrets
Of the dirty nature
Ones we know would turn the eyes.
“Imagine if!” Charlie chuckled
If he knew,
His knees would buckle.
Checkers, Chess, the prize is moaning,
Late nights into morning groaning.

Your façade doesn’t fit on me,
Your lies all fail to sit with me,
Come be the man you want to be -
One shamelessly in love with me.


*



Twist

"He's lovely, really nice," she boasts,
Stirring tea and making toast.
The girl I sympathise with most.
My smile plays havoc; horny ghost.

"Amazing body, lovely teeth,
(I can't believe we met last week!)
His accent's charming; Irish man,
Like Colin Farrel - Massive Fan."

But while the girls all gasp with glee,
I'm the one that's fucking Danny.
Much discretion, often sneak,
And make the bedroom's mattress creak.

Nice work, dude. The second piece in particular was awesome. The rhyme pattern really works with that one; it makes it more of a taunt than it would have been if it were free verse.

[classy_cat18]

Little Hero

You shine so bright
Big superhero
You fly so high
It’s unnatural
You look down on me
The little guy
And smirk

I tread so slow
The little guy
I shine like the dark
It’s normal
I look up at you
The big guy
In awe

I glare at you
You glare back
I hear you jeer
Behind my back
I ignore you
The big hero
I’m used to it

I’m not you
Admit it
I’ll never be you
Get used to it
Don’t smirk
And look down on me
It’s mean

I’ll keep my pace
And smile
Because I’m not you
I’m me
I’ll cry sometimes
It’s okay
It’s normal

You stay big
I’ll stay small
But big in
My own way
A little hero
Who treads slowly
But still matters

[PancaKe]

Special Blend

My heart engraved into
shimmering clouds
Smelling so strong and familiar
How long were you?
How long did you brew?
Did you make the cut after all?
Or were they just lazy?
Will they refund this?

[Duellist Royal]

I'm not much of a poet, but I thought that the poem featured in chapter 9 of Queen of Games deserved some attention. My friend who wrote it is very talented, especially considering English is his second language, so here it is:

A Faerie's Love

Your skin’s as white as snow
And soft as a fairy’s touch I adore
With your hair an enchanted red
Like the rose a fairy rest on, mi amore

Bewitch me with your voice like a serenade
Sang by a fairies orchestra
Enhanced by your eyes only
Just like a clear crystal lake

Upon your beauty is matched
Only by a fairy’s shining glow
Paled by your full blood red wine lips
I just love, like the autumn’s dress of a

Fairy’s touch, so come breathe me your love
So that our fairy tale
Can finally start, for I grant thee
My fairy’s love

[PancaKe]

Am I?

Listen, I don't know
and it is hard to decide.
Do I feel sorry?

Perhaps.
Sometimes.

Perhaps not.

[Shadow Wolf]

Lady Vulpix: I’m not sure if you are talking about the emotions or about the structure itself, but I’m glad that it worked the way it was supposed to.

Houndoom_Lover: Jajaja, actually, most of my poems just come out of ideas and emotions. On this one, specifically, I began to write how I felt about the situation happening, and suddenly, I began to think about a videogame controller… and well, it happened.

Chris: I liked both poems, but the problem about reading two poems is preference. And personally, I liked the second one. The first thought that came to my mind when I ended reading the poem was: “TAKE THAT!” (No Phoenix Wright pun intended) Plus a structure using rhymes made an even more impressive effect. Kudos to you for that!

Gavin: Jajajajaja, you just made my cheek muscles hurt.
Actually, It was shape intentional, but not in an alcoholic reference (although it could describe someone’s feelings after drinking). It was more like the former question of your last sentence: to deliver the feeling of the author’s life being slowly drained out of him.

*breathes*

classy_cat18: I love to compare poems like this into real life, and I thought of two similarities. The first is the feeling you might get when you see a famous person. And the second one is when you might like someone, but that someone might have so many falling for her/him that she/he might seem to be out of reach.

I loved the short but strong verses since it made me shift emotions quickly, delivering a nice mix of feeling. Overall, a really cool piece.

PancaKe: I'm not really sure how to feel on this one(special blend), but when I was reading the poem, I could only think of the feeling you get when you meet again someone who was a special part of you in the past. On "Am I?" I chuckled, since I got this mischievous feeling when you do something bad, but you don't regret doing it... well, I better stop thinking about it before I get mischievous myself.

Duellist Royal: Your friend must have thought of someone very special to him when writing this piece, since the romantic vibe delivered on this poem really leaves an impression of admiration. Give a pat in your friend's back and encourage him to keep writing.

*breathes again*

Well, laterz!


Later!

[Shadow Wolf]

Hey guys! I'm kinda new to fanfic, but I believe that Shonta has brought support to Fancif for quite some time (support to E-zine... Poetry Corner... pencil awards... and fics like Scattered Lights...), and she's also now a mod here so...

So... If there's still time... I nominate classy_cat18!

[PancaKe]

Oh Louis your a legend for reading and replying to all those poems

[mistysakura]

Wed: I like my title too
Brian: Said my piece already. Miss you!
destructive: You're a fanficcer? Since when? Hi!
Tara: Love you too *hugs* Bahaha, so the sky's going to fall down because my name isn't in light blue letters any more. Feel my power.
Shonta: Said my piece too. Definitely wish we could have worked together more. Oh well, you'll continue to be a great mod
firepokemon: Haven't been in Poetry Corner for a year or so. Really should get back into that. Thanks!
Gavin: Like hell I won't be hanging around to see the end of LTL. I want to wish that thing good riddance And yeah, I'm pretty good at playing devil's advocate
Shadow Wolf: Haven't been reading or reviewing much this past year. It's definitely one of the things I'll work on as a member from now on.
Fellow mods: CONSTNAT VIGILANCE!
Kyuuketsuki: Hi
Sike: It really makes me happy that you're happy for me. See you in Communication!