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FOUR WORDS

Four words come to mind
When I think of you:
Tear, fear, hope,
And love so dear.

Tonight was the night
Every dream crashed down.
A problem I caused
Rendered a frown.

For those above me,
Everything that I’ve done
Ashamed them.
Respect I have not won.

However, I may gain
Our relationship again by
Putting aside wrong.
Even so, I will try.

Love is not an emotion
Our hearts soon forget.
Very easily though,
Even love can be bent.

I love you with my whole heart,
And therefore, I will try
To right every wrong
As the morrow is nigh.

Awaken The Light

Death is like a butterfly
Falling from the sky
All the life outside must die
Underneath the sky
To awake the light inside
Find the power of the soul
And exact on all the final rule
Break the body shatter the mind
While rebuilding the world inside

I would like to enter this poem in the contest

Here my entry:

Mechanical Failure

The clock hands twirl and signify the slow dance of submission. 
And I synchronize my movements as time dares me to intervene.
But me feet pace in this infinite circle and dizziness clouds my judgment and direction.
For every crossroad found feels like the same one from before because I can't remember the journey or the choice of my destination

Every breath I take is cloudy and full of ice
Is it the temperature outside or in?
My life is full of mistakes and vice
Is it the temperament inside or out?

So now ill swallow this potent mixture of pride and oil spill
To wash away the grime and corrosion of all my slowing gears
And as I succumb to mechanical failure, the weight of gravity becomes apparent
For I am a lesser metal, bent and shaped to the will of the world, and it spins at a speed so rapid that the only form of safety is the act of acquiescing

These robotic intentions come so naturally
These robotic intentions come so naturally

I suppose I'll try. Haiku's my game, yo

Brilliant flames soar high
Painting the sky with glory
Independence Day

I am a freind of the night,
death is my relative, but I lack his bite,
when I am with you, you are at peace,
when you are without me, your forehead is creased,
when I am troubled, you may feel the same,
when I am peaceful, your body is lame,
when you are tired, I call your name,
when you are rested, I retreat once again,
I may be vivid, full of colors and dreams,
but mostly, I am a black void, without seams,
my name is sleep, and though I am strange,
how much stranger would you be, if I did not caress your brain.
 
(is it any good?)

My entry:

I see you there
Standing
Waiting
Ever so graceful
Beautiful
Vibrant
Full of life
Compassionate
Loving
Be my wife
Tender
Gentle
One of a kind
Laughter
Brightness
I'm missing you
Anger
Dispair
Where'd you go
Death
Finality
I'll see you there soon.

I look outside and see the warm summer rain fall I hear the rythmic tap tap tap of the rain hitting the roof the slow roll of thunder across the the gray sky I step outside and smell the freshly cut grass I feel the cooling sensation of the rain on my skin I finally feel at peace

Haiku:

It is cold and white,
Shiny, metallic, perfect.
Refrigerator.

'twas the last night of Hanukah
When I first learned about the 10 guilds of Ravnica
It was a new beginning for me
And it brought me great glee
For I finally found a game that challenged the brain
When it came time to choose my guild
There were a lot of cool builds
But I have to much cheer to be in Dimir
And Selesnia was a bit to goody two shoes
It was a difficult task to choose
I like Azorius and their controlling
But I hate how they are so boring
Golgari was evil the symbol of life and death
But I just couldn't face the trolls deadly breath
Boros was too strict and proper
While Izzet was mostly just for Pauper
Rakdos was simply too hastey
While the Orzhov were just too lazy
I seriously consider Simic
But I was very confused on how to play Progenitor Mimic
So the last gild was Gruul
I loved the bloodrushed effect, it was so cool!
When I tried it out it was good but not great
Then I learned of a way to get my dorks to be and 8/8
With the help of my Beastmaster
I would create a brilliant disaster
On turn 3 I'd routinely swing for 34
And that's quite the score
So for me the decision was easy
I would be Gruul and make my opponents uneasy
My deck is unexpected yet beautifully made
So the next time you see me watch out for my Domri Rade.

"I turn glass into lightning with the blink of a socket;

Increase my nine lives with this pen in my pocket;

Cross out the old and leave it behind;

Revolutionize the use of intellectual mind;

Inspire those blind to think highly inclined;

Give keys to locked doors and study my finds;

Climb 14,000 to the summit and toke;

Accomplish my goal without the use of a rope;

Fight through the middle ages with dragons and spell pages;

Give thanks to the elite whom pillaged others for raises;

Tweak the strings of the brain, fix those who think sane;

Take the pulp of the slain, flush the rest down the drain;

Wrong minded or not, down the left path I go;

You can wait in line forever, I'm backstage at the show;

Skeletons are breakable, leave crushed bones where they lie;

Life's a game, f*** it, play on hard 'til you die."

I.D. - a.k.a. Eschelon

"The Brothers Brave"

(Note: this poem is in the style of an epic, a la "Beowulf" or J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Fall of Arthur")

Two brothers brave there were
Brave, courageous,
A sun that shone like molten gold upon their breasts.
Blessèd with strength uncommon,
Unmatched prowess in spear, axe, and sword;
Two brothers brave there were, whose past laid in the heat and rage
Of a godly being,
A specter from the days come before,
A beast of death and fire,
With cold intellect- sharp claws like daggers.
A dragon, with scales like burnished gold.
Great halls and the company of friends the brothers had known;
Now their halls laid in a barren waste- charred beams like accusing fingers were all that remained,
Now their friend's blackened bones were food for the carrion-birds that aimlessly wheeled;
Following the path of fire the dragon left in its wake.
Two brothers brave there were, whose bravery knew no bounds,
Two brothers who, stol'n upon the smoking cave of the dragon,
Prepared to be revenged on the beast;
That marrow-cracker,
That flame of primeval fire incarnate,
Lay sleeping deep in its mountaintop cave.
Treasurers and trinkets surrounded it,
An acrid stench of burnèd flesh was about the lair,
The dragon slept,
Scales like rubies, with beauty beyond compare.
Two brothers brave, venturing near, did enter the lip of the cave,
Heedless in their anger, fear burned away by white hot vengeance,
Ignored trinkets-
Ignored the fatal fumes surrounding,
Two brothers brave, their lances gleaming, struck true,
Piercing the foul wyrm betwixt wing and neck,
Fatal blows, and cunningly struck.
But lances are no match to dragon scales,
Forgèd in the depths of hells,
Unnumbered aeons ago
For what mortal can match the bastard child
Of nature and fire?
Two brothers brave there were, their tomb sits upon a high peak,
Sealed away in blood in flame,
Their golden crests cloven;
Their lances cut;
Their swords melted
In dragon fire, the punishing flame,
Smokes tree, burns bush, sets the strongest metals to running,
Two brothers naïve there were, to tempt a dragon so,
In cunning or in force, a dragon is not so vanquishèd-
Heed this warning;
In anger or in spite, in righteousness or deviousness,
We mortal husks are but twigs underfoot,
Where idle gods and rampaging beasts do tred;
Let the burnèd bones of these brothers remind and warn,
Upon the smoldering peak do they lie,
The bones of two brothers, brave they were.

Is it superman?
It is not that Nor a plane
Why it is Birdbrain

Pronounce superman as "supermane" for rhyming bonus.

Great! Can we contestants vote?

Great! Can we contestants vote?

All contestants should vote for themselves... To prevent possibility of cheating...

Quote from: Xaol on July 20, 2013, 12:48:28 PM

Great! Can we contestants vote?

All contestants should vote for themselves... To prevent possibility of cheating...

Okay, sounds fair.

THEYRUFFLEHUNTER A THE WAY!

Thank you whoever did this

Thank you whoever did this

You can see the Author in the first post in thread... And you are welcome... Oh and thanks to Mikefrompluto it's stickied. Now people can vote...

I request that you leave the poll open at least a few days I've been super busy lately, and have another busy few days ahead, and won't have a chance to read+think+compare+consider+vote yet, if no one minds waiting a couple days for results.

I was actualy going to leave it up for another week or two

I see you didnt edit put my little comment of self doubt

Wow! A lot of people are voting!!!

if only they were voting for me...     •^•

if only they were voting for me...     •^•

I quite liked yours actually.

No one liked mine.

I feel cheated, my poem on the third page wasn't entered.