Feast of Poetry
Jul. 29th, 2009 07:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alpharaposaToday, 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.
The rules:
1) Give me ingredients! Either three words for a theme, or a link to an image or video. Please keep words and links PG13.
2) Give me a recipe! Tell me what kind of poem you want. It can be as simple as a rhyming couplet, or as complicated as a sonnet.
3) One per person. Spread the word if you know somebody who would like their own creation!
4) Share! You can reprint or link to the poem, simply give me credit and link to my journal, please.
You can request a sonnet for your favorite lolcat, or a haiku for a sunset. Silly or serious. I promise to do my best.
I'm opening requests now, before I go to work. I won't start making poetry until tonight, when I get home. Please be patient- good food takes time.
Edit: And requests are closed! Thank you for those who commented. I'll be working on your poems in order.
The rules:
1) Give me ingredients! Either three words for a theme, or a link to an image or video. Please keep words and links PG13.
2) Give me a recipe! Tell me what kind of poem you want. It can be as simple as a rhyming couplet, or as complicated as a sonnet.
3) One per person. Spread the word if you know somebody who would like their own creation!
4) Share! You can reprint or link to the poem, simply give me credit and link to my journal, please.
You can request a sonnet for your favorite lolcat, or a haiku for a sunset. Silly or serious. I promise to do my best.
I'm opening requests now, before I go to work. I won't start making poetry until tonight, when I get home. Please be patient- good food takes time.
Edit: And requests are closed! Thank you for those who commented. I'll be working on your poems in order.
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Date: 2009-07-29 09:16 pm (UTC)May I have a poem about the sphinx I drew yesterday? http://ninjahijinx.com/wp-gallery/ekwara/sphinxetc.jpg I am not sure what kind of poem to ask for, though.
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Date: 2009-07-30 12:15 am (UTC)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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Date: 2009-07-30 12:31 am (UTC)Something eastern...
Date: 2009-07-30 12:37 am (UTC)Clockwork claws and mirror scales
Delight His Highness.
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Date: 2009-07-30 12:23 am (UTC)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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Date: 2009-07-30 08:34 pm (UTC)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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Date: 2009-07-30 10:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-01 04:21 am (UTC)Ooo...
Date: 2011-09-20 08:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-30 12:24 am (UTC)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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Date: 2009-07-31 02:02 am (UTC)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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Date: 2009-07-31 02:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-30 12:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-01 03:25 am (UTC)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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Date: 2009-07-30 12:44 am (UTC)something joyous and empowered
Oh, certainly I will link!
for you...
Date: 2009-08-03 01:43 pm (UTC)They tear the ground as green heads rise.
Their wings unfurl from private lairs.
They're washed by rain, and rainbow smiles
Shine on their hoards, of gold so fair.
Gold fades to white as the children are laid.
They bob and sway to the wind's caress.
More and more grow, until that day
They all take flight, new lands to possess.
Though they are by many abhorred
I love these dragons, and their hoards.
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Date: 2009-07-30 02:31 am (UTC)(Yes, I'm a Sherlock Holmes fan. So sue me. ;)
Free verse would be fine! Thank you!
Speaking of Sherlock Holmes...
Date: 2009-08-03 01:45 pm (UTC)As I examine facts for evaluation,
I find I know each motivation.
This point deserves elucidation,
Observation serves inspiration.
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Date: 2009-08-03 04:17 pm (UTC)Well done. Thank you!
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Date: 2009-07-30 04:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-05 01:02 am (UTC)Luxuries
Bread is sweet when drizzled with honey
And sandalwood incense lends to the air
A delicious savor, perfumed with comfort.
Delightfully soft is the fur of a coney,
Like so many luxuries that I could wear.
Water over skin is a silken shirt.
I could bathe in warmth all day when it's sunny,
Drink honeysuckle and lavender from the air
Like wine, and thunderstorms for dessert.
Not all indulgences are purchased with money.
Some, like regret, are paid for with care
Diligently given to loss and hurt.
What price would you pay, what ransom give?
Your day to the past, or to the present, and live?
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Date: 2009-07-30 05:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-05 01:04 am (UTC)Water back and forth,
A traveler held helpless
Between our two tides.
The voyager flies home with
The rush of joy from our hearts!
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Date: 2009-08-05 04:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-08-31 08:36 pm (UTC)