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Rules
The rules for the Daily Poem are simple, and are as follows:

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Submissions must be entirely original, and written by a single poet - collaborations are not allowed.

Fan-work is not allowed unless the source material is now in the public domain. Please consult the page public domain explained for details on the term.

Submissions must be in proper English.

Submissions must have appropriate content - no excessive violence, hateful, or adult content.

Submissions must follow the Daily Poem Format.

Submissions must not be more than fifty (50) lines in length, minus empty lines.

Submissions per person must not exceed four (4) at any given time.

If there are spelling and grammar errors in your submissions that prevent them being featured, the Daily Poem bosses will notify you in the comments section of this page and you will be given the opportunity to fix them.

The Daily Poem Bosses will not tell you what is wrong with your submission. The Daily Poem Bosses will not correct your submission for you. If you attempt to fix your submission and ask if it is fixed, we will gladly answer you.

Because of the aforementioned, the comment section of this page should not be used for chatter.

Failure to comply with these rules in two (2) sequential submissions or in four (4) totals submissions will result in an indefinite ban from the Daily Poem. Choosing to violate this ban will result in immediate entry removal as well as a warning from the Elftown Guards. To view a list of members who are not permitted to submit to the Daily Poem, please see Daily Poem Violators.

If for some reason you should be unable to edit this page properly, please contact one of the Daily Poem Bosses with a message containing your submission (in the correct format!) and, barring any issues, they will add it as soon as possible.

Entry Processing
The submissions are processed in the following manner:

Entries are sorted for possible feature candidates.

Feature candidates are chosen at random to be featured on Main Street.

The Daily Poem Bosses reserve the right to not feature poems based upon the quality of work. Those poems which are removed from the list of candidates will be deleted without question. Therefore we suggest that you make sure that you submit your best work as well as make copies of what you do submit!
These rules are very strict. However, it helps cut down on the number of featured submissions, allowing for a faster, more efficient Daily Poem process.

For more details, please see the Daily Poem FAQ.

Please submit entries to the bottom of the page!
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Spring

Spring is a new beginning
with much to do and to see.
New opportunities are waiting
to make our dreams flourish and bloom.

It's such a grand time to plan change,
to begin the new start we may need.
To try something bold and brazen,
to reach for the stars and succeed.

Spring is a new beginning,
a precious new chance sent to us.
We chase our dreams and capture them
with joy in our hearts each day.

Written by [Stephen]

tan lines

let summer brand us,
take a hot iron to parts
we are told to hide

Written by [hannes]

the thing is

the thing is
that when the music
beats at my temples,
when these voices
surge and crash over my head,
I lose myself in the tide;

the thing is
I have been adrift
without a compass,
sans dictionary for
the language of wind or stars;

the thing is
I have been building a shelter
out of my own life-raft
and dressing the gaps
with pieces of my soul.

the thing is—
I have been teetering and now
all of my walls
are coming
down.

Written by [Linderel]

Ascent

I would like nothing
so much as
to quietly dissolve into the rain—
go rushing against
the drops that pass by,
dive up through clouds, back into sunshine;
reach higher, farther,
beyond the exosphere and away
where no sound can enter—
until finally, bewitched, becalmed,
I could grasp at peace
and be one with the stars.

Written by [Linderel]

The Gift of Wings

There are feathers in
your hand when you wake
and from somewhere afar you
can hear the song of beautiful
little birds, beckoning.
You want to join them.
A fluttering on the windowsill, now—
capture it in trembling
fingers and whisper
old memories into ears
that will transform your clumsy
human speech; new melodies
will be born out of your sorrow
and perhaps tomorrow
you will feel lighter.
For today, for now, you can hold the bird gently
fling it onto the sky
and smile.

Written by [Linderel]

Mother of an Ocean

River flowing wildly,
Bold and delicious-
Take me to your Mother.
Take me to your sea.
With the sun in my smile,
  We'll go dancing,
      and dancing-

Light a candle in the temple,
And see what we can find.
There's a fire in the catacomb,
  The spirits run
      Around and around.
They look at us
While they are chanting,
And when they bow
    They kiss the ground.

See the river to the West-
Nurturing like an ancient Mother-
Let's all of us jump in,
And be part of one another.

Written by [kamisch]

I Didn't Make it to the Beach in Time

The morning awakens with fierce fuschia fingers,
      Clawing with a hunger at the tail end of night –
           Blue mystique blushes and melts
             as the spectrum is savaged:
            Bolts of bold color raking the canopy,
              Dripping in the brilliance of halos and innocence
               Refracting with resonance to purple and gold.
Hunkered on haunches,
  The world waits in silence as I watch in awe
     Dazzled as the crown’s glory grows.

A1A never looked as beautiful as it does in this light:
   Dew glittering the scene,
   Glowing embers reflecting the
              might of the majesty rising out of the east;
        Wagging his shining mane and roaring a warning
                      until the stars run aground,
        Poured like shattered diamonds all over the road.
Consumed by their fire and drawn to their grace,
  I ride to keep pace as if scaling a mountain …
     The closest breadth of the ocean is home.

In Phaeton’s name,
        The chariots rage against the horizon,
    Threatening once more to set us all ablaze!
    Fleet feet on my pedals are not gods,
         And the distance to rapture is beyond man’s race -
                Ravaged by the winds embarking the day;
                Mired by the brambles of rambling wheels.
I collapse upon shore too shy on this side of heaven,
  Lost in the excitement of anticipation,
     Under a firmament turned pale.

Written by [kamisch]

I See You Deflecting

I'm hungry,
   Hungry -
And what are you?
       You're just there watching,
                       Scowling,
                        Judging.
   Come here to my arms,
          They're open,
     Come into my heart.
See my life exploding with you in it
            Like the stars about to start.
And maybe I'm just naïve,
    Hanging,
       Dangling
       From the lines of lies that you keep dripping –
Why am I so full of compromise?
                For you, love,
                For you only,
             Will this logic crack and crash and keep me guessing,
                         Doubting everything about myself,
                                            About you and us –
                              Still…no regrets.
Once I saw unicorns there in your eyes.
         Have they gone or am I blind?
               Or are you blind?
      So, we're both blind.
                 It doesn't really matter,
                       It's too late now,
         Our lives entwined in conversations sweetly heated,
                They'll chase you down,
                      Haunting,
                            Panting,
                                 Howling
                                             If you run.
                             Will you run?
            I can't say that it'd surprise me.
Still I'll hold faith by the trigger,
                  Will it to shudder,
                                    Surrender.
Famished, terrorized and seething,
         I'll wait for you,
            Sit here for you.
                 And your rolling eyes -
                     Just there, scowling,
                                Judging
                              Watching.
                      Feel me trembling anxious,
                            All… a quiver.

Written by [kamisch]

Mess You Up With Love

They told me love was beautiful,
      Some fresh angel
         With bright comforting wings
But oh she’s so savage
         The slattern, the whore
       She’ll rape your logic
              Leave your defenses torn:
               Claw right through bone,
                       Through sternum –
                  Your heart is hers.

Did you think I wouldn’t notice?
           The changes made…
   A blush and a panic,
       Inhaling feral flesh
          Through conversations and dreams.
What is it we’ve come to?
           Cue the serenade…
   Touches brought to tantric
                 You were everything.

I’m left here bleeding,
          Soaked and ravaged
    The hungry hunter’s off again.
              I call her ‘cause I want you,
               I call her to come back to me!
       She robbed me, left me cold,
               But she did it all so beautifully.

Written by [kamisch]

The Truth

A rant of epic proportions,
Condensed into a moment of lies,
The feelings swirling up from the ground,
Condensing at the top of my spine.
When did we die?
Thousands of words tumble through the darkness,
Bearing a death grip on my chest.
My traitorous eyes,
Heavy as the world and the words caged behind.
Why do we lie?
The lips of a harlot,
Blood red and sitting slightly awry.
The heart of a succubus,
All withered and dry.
We are the lie.

Written by [Tekkon KinKreet]

The Answer

We all posses the answer,
Or so we think, we do...

What We believe is "rational",
What We believe is "true".

For so the media told us,
And so the politician said;
And those of old who disagreed all somehow wound up Dead..

Yet We would never do that, for We are so "advanced",
Far wiser than our ancestors, in fairy tales, romanced.

To burn a maid upon a stake, believing her: a witch,
To torture young men with machines, so lies, they will confess,
To call an illegitimate son, a bastard, or a female dog, a bitch,
To show preference to our own kind, before all of the rest,
No, these were things we did in times when we all knew "much less"..

We don't debate religion, nor marry based on race,
We barely even bother,getting married in the first place.

People are no longer: "Good", or "evil",
With silly ideals, like "Wrong", or "Right";
Just vexed by "political upheaval",
Caused by "socio-economic" plight.

We don't tell our friends: "You're confused",
Nor insist that they change;
But rather, to spare their feelings,
Our lives, we rearrange..

For tolerance is not enough; no, we must all agree..
That what was reprehensible for many centuries..
Is now, not only accepted; but "beautiful" and "free"
"In fact" the deviant proclaims, "You should all be more like me"..

Written by [NorthStorm]

that kind of a day

if the world was just a little bit bigger,
or slightly smaller,
maybe we'd all be closer.

maybe we wouldn't drown
in surges of longing;
maybe the longest distance
would be an arm's length.

maybe the world is perfect,
and it's just our own
fears
limitations
naive hopes
that keep us apart.

maybe we'll never know.

Written by [hannes]

fall leaves

It is fall
and we are lost
on unknown seas,
on soulless land.
It's our fall
and all is lost.

Spring was green,
the sun exhaled
fallen trees
arose again.
Time was lost,
not found again.

The world is cold
around us now
but fires burn
where skin meets skin.
Nothing between.
All is lost.

Written by [hannes]

i'm gonna run

i'm gonna run

drain my
thoughts, muscles, guts

of this
accumulated tension
unintensional frustration
indefensible elation

drain it all
into a big wooden cup
to savour, keep warm

until the day
my mind is clear
my muscles worn
my stomach prepared

to drink the wine,
ruby red,

of your touch.

Written by [hannes]

A Dream Revisited

The sun, golden, flowed down the world,
Beams, glowing, bent and curled.
The oceans gleamed, brilliantly blue,
That sparkling, twinkling, cerulean hue.
It filled my mind, my purblind sight;
I saw it, felt it, every night...
But my eyes opened and light streamed in;
My sunshine gone until night again.
Lately though, it won't rise for me,
My dreams give way to reverie.
It's gone now, nevermore to be,
So live on, dear, in poetry.

Now the sun, dark, flows down the world,
Beams of red bend and curl.
Up the valleys, down from the ground,
That sparkling, twinkling, shimmering brown.
It fills my mind, my purblind sight;
I see it, feel it, every night...
But my eyes open as light streams in;
My sunshine gone with the night again.
And no more will the sun rise for me,
My dreams are sickened heresy.
It's gone now, no more warmth to be,
Left only with cold idolatry.

Written by [Mortified Penguin]

Continual Renewal

The flowers unfurl their petals
fresh as young women in their spring dresses
the birds chirp bouncing from flowery branch to budding tree
the leaves unfold waxy and new in the warming breeze

This is a beginning that happens every year
and yet each year is new
it is a promise we all hope to see fulfilled
by the sight of the robin
home from a long journey south

Each new blossom tells my heart
that I can be created anew after trouble
after short, cold, dark days
bare and empty like the winter trees
there is a way to grow back again

Though the world is so old
Still it dresses each year for spring
Healing is in my spirit's design
a pattern written in its core
I breathe deep of the wild scent of the heady rose
and hope

Written by [daydreamer]

Living The Dream

"How are you?"

Oh...

[There were once words of worth to write but where they went only the road weary and weather worn will reckon, beckoning as they do with silence pained enough to ignore. With sword of Sharpie and shield of cardboard the unwanted, unfortunate, unloved take to corners for loose change, standing their respective vigils for their respective dreams as blind eyes burn holes everywhere.

Everywhere save them.

...

I long to die. Physical pulling want. Once sweet kisses, now cessation, stir my remaining butterflies. Alas I am lashed to this life as a rider fallen from his horse in all respects save his ankle so as to be dragged against stick and stone until all life leaves or some miracle frees him of his shackle. As am I in my arrow of time, scraping this flesh marionette against the concrete ground until one succeeds the other.]

... living the dream: one day at a time. Yourself?

Written by [Company Awesome]

Help me

I am inconsolable.
I feel beyond repair.
Everyday, decaying spiritual leprosy.
If there is hope, it is larger than life.
If there is, it is bigger than I.
What will become of me.
You might find me in my epitaph.

Written by
[Erin go Bragh]

(im)Personal

Yes I'll throw away my friendships.
I'll throw away my past.
I'll spend my days in trances
Staring into crystal plasma glass.

In some dreams I'm flying;
In others I fall into the grass.
Sometimes I lose my teeth
Or my lungs turn into ash.

As I near the end of summer
My toes will itch for home.
My mind will grope my heart
For even a glimmer of backbone.

I can't say what I'm thinking
Because I still don't know where it is
That tongues can meet on civil streets
Just to share their bliss.

I am sorry when I wake you.
I am sorry when I don't.
I'm not trying to say sorry
I'm just pointing out my moat.

I have three hands for anchors
When I'm trying hard to float.
I wish someone would kiss me
And lead me to their boat.

written by [pelv13]

Chthonic Shore
He comes on the wind, day or night
To embrace you, blood and dark,
With all love, joy, sly and might
For all kin who speak and hark
The will and wants of chaos.
A perfect cloudless night sky
A pound of flesh and seance,
Then whispers of the wicked cry.
Daylight smolders and brings down
The fates wished upon others.
Saved not by a scarf nor crown
Upon your head, nor brothers
Who share your blood or pay more...
All float to the Chthonic shore....

written by [wicked fae mage]

Ode to ET

Hello again, old friend - old friends,
Still a quiet delight to find
We can reach into each others' minds.
And though they be not young, not new,
Neither have they aged between
Lines of code and poetry.

Ode to Elftown, where spirits began
To crawl from flesh and ink and pen
Across the wild internet - and then
To home to rest again.

Old friend - old friends - I dream of thee,
I sleep and find rest fitfully,
Green screen of vine and text and leaves,
Upon it left our memories
To be collected digitally

Here, somewhere, the sun is setting
Here, someone finds peace in resting
Here, we grieve, we love, hate, create
Ode to Elftown, our dear friend and friends,
Ode to Elfwood, none to ends,
Here, our fate, cacophony silence,
Against the grain of social violence

Here, we gather, here we stay,
Between the trees and Wikipage,
In inboxes and comment sections,
In forum:junk for useless digression,
And of course not to forget, endless wiki invitations
From our heathen Mort the Penguin

written by [Rainbow Dragonflies]

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2006-12-29 [Linderel]: [fangirl]: Your poem might have been one speaking against suicide, but it was still deemed on the side of inappropriate by the Bosses because of being just a little too straightforward. If you want to write a poem about suicide or other violent things, do it subtly. ;)

2006-12-29 [fangirl]: lol ok thanks [Linderel] its just that i have a dark side, and its really hard for me to write really happy... lol

2006-12-29 [Robert Mischief]: I notice that a few of my creations about murdering my family (Anger Management, Day that You Died) have gone unchecked. I never really called that subtle.

2006-12-29 [Linderel]: I'll check them out tonight. In a place with as many submissions as this, things will go unnoticed sometimes. We'll notice them sooner or later, of course, but we are only human.

And [fangirl], I'm not telling you to write really happy, I'm telling you to submit less explicit. :P

2006-12-29 [fangirl]: lol no worries i understood what you mnent.... i posted another one of my poems.... and i dont think that its explict....lol

2006-12-29 [Linderel]: Yup, the new one's fine. ^_^ Just one little mistake, 'week' should be 'weak'. :)

2006-12-29 [fangirl]: gosh dangit i can never get those straight
thanks :)

2006-12-30 [Linderel]: That's either Kraken or Davy Jones. *nod nod* You have some spelling errors, though, [Cascading water lillies], see if you can fix them.

2006-12-30 [Linderel]: And I have learned a new word. Yay. ^_^

2006-12-30 [Papa Don't Preach]: what word?

2006-12-30 [Linderel]: That would be 'briny'.

2006-12-30 [Papa Don't Preach]: ok, whats it mean?

2006-12-30 [Linderel]: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/briny

2006-12-30 [Linderel]: [Cascading water lillies], your third submission has some errors as well, the title of your second submission seems to be typed wrong, and I believe there are still at least error left in the first one as well. If you do not fix these mistakes, I'm afraid I'll have to remove at least the 'What happens when a universe is dreaming' one.

2006-12-30 [Papa Don't Preach]: oh ok, thank you [Linderel]

2006-12-30 [Cascading water lillies]: Apologies, I hope this is better. I sometimes forget to check for typos when I paste bits of poetry up. I don't do it on purpose! Just let me know if there's still something not quite right about it. I know typos can be annoying.

2006-12-30 [Linderel]: [Cascading water lillies]: Delicately, infinite, volatile. ;)

2006-12-30 [Cascading water lillies]: Thanks! Saves me from looking through *Laughs evilly*.
Here the spelling lesson endeth? :) ^^

2006-12-30 [Linderel]: Yush, I can't spot any more mistakes.

2007-01-02 [Akayume]: Sorry if by entering this one I've entered too many..I can't remember if I've entered any recently besides the one up there...

2007-01-02 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: You're fine, I only see 2

2007-01-02 [Akayume]: Two? Really? I can't find my other one....but then again, there are sooo many poems on this page. ^^ Thanks.

2007-01-02 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: Yes, the first one is called Book, the other one is called Dream On. just press ctrl+f and search for your name. You should be able to find yours [that goes for all of you that are looking for poems by you, or someone else =)]

2007-01-02 [Akayume]: Oh..thank you! ^,^ I'm sorry, I tried looking for the other before..but I would get half-way and my vision would get all blurry >.>

2007-01-02 [Dark Side of the Moon]: There is a very fast way of finding your poem(s) on this page. If you press the CTRL button and F button at the same time a box will appear. Just type in the title of your poem in the box and it will go directly to it if it's on this page. <img:stuff/cheshmak.gif>

2007-01-02 [Linderel]: Erm... which is almost exactly the same method that was suggested before. <_< Just a different keyword... Ah well, either goes.

2007-01-02 [Dark Side of the Moon]: ooh. I thought to help because it seemed that so many people were saying that they didn't know how many poems they had submitted to the page.

2007-01-02 [GoneGone]: Wow, that's entertaining. Type in a possible title and read the poem that pops up. It's a lot less monotonous than going through a list. You never know which poem you'll get next. :P

2007-01-02 [Dark Side of the Moon]: Oh duh!! Now I see the comment you were talking about [Linderel]:

00:52:43 PhoenixV: Yes, the first one is called Book, the other one is called Dream On. just press ctrl+f and search for your name. You should be able to find yours [that goes for all of you that are looking for poems by you, or someone else =)]

I was not awake when I typed my comment. 'pologies. <img:stuff/mood1-gif.gif>

2007-01-02 [Akayume]: Well, thank you anyway ^,^

2007-01-10 [Linderel]: Argh, been neglecting duties again. Here we go.

2007-01-10 [Linderel]: [Armchair]: Please fix the format of your entry. I would also appreciate if you skipped the all-capitals and the line consisting of nothing but dashes. Oh, and it's spelled 'separate'.

2007-01-10 [Linderel]: [That One Fat Bastard]: Please use the Enter button a little more - you need an empty line between the title and the body of the poem and the 'Written by' part for the format to be acceptable. There is also a grammar error.

2007-01-10 [Linderel]: [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: You have some spelling errors in your entry. Please fix them.

2007-01-10 [Linderel]: [Firithkalien]: Your entry has a couple of spelling errors that need to be fixed, please do so.

2007-01-10 [Linderel]: [Dushi]: 'Your sent so sweet' <- you probably want to spell that 'scent'.

2007-01-10 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: Ok, I fixed it...I hope.

2007-01-10 [Linderel]: Yeah, looks to be fine now. :) (And I have learned another new word, yay!)

2007-01-11 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: what, exsiccated? ennui? acquiescent? tell me, i wanna know!

2007-01-11 [Linderel]: That would be exsiccated. :3

2007-01-11 [tenshi-ryuu]: I used a word in one of my poems thats very well unknown :P
Tintinnabulation

2007-01-11 [Nite_Owl]: Oh I know that one--it's in a random poem called "The Bells" that we had to read in english last year -_- Don't remember who it's by though...

2007-01-12 [Vameyre]: Poe :)

2007-01-12 [Nite_Owl]: I thought so...I've never been much of a fan of Poe's poetry, unfortunately--nothing wrong with it or anything, I just prefer other things over it. The Bells wasn't half bad really, just a bit odd. I did like how the verses went so well together while becoming increasingly dark and evil. I must admit, though, that Poe is a great writer, and I love his short stories :)

2007-01-12 [Linderel]: [Lucian_Adonis]: Please fix the format of your entry, as well as the grammar and spelling errors in the body of the poem.

2007-01-12 [Linderel]: [emmerald]: Please fix the format of your entry or it will be removed.

2007-01-17 [Linderel]: [Armchair], [That One Fat Bastard], [Lucian_Adonis], [emmerald]: Your poems have been removed for the reasons stated in the comments above. Please read the rules and the Daily Poem Format carefully before considering submitting again.

2007-01-18 [Linderel]: [Danboo]: Please fix the format of your entry or it will be removed.

2007-01-18 [Every Rose Has Her Thorn]: I haven't posted any poems in a long time. I did them right, huh, Lin?

2007-01-18 [Linderel]: Yeah, the format is okay. They look a bit weird with an empty line after every line with text, but other than that, they look okay. Some of the lines of the first one are a bit longish.

2007-01-18 [Every Rose Has Her Thorn]: I know...it just came out that way. Maybe not one of my best works, but I'm trying to get back into the swing of it all. ^_^

2007-01-18 [Danboo]: ok i will

2007-01-18 [Danboo]: um...what is wrong with it

2007-01-18 [Linderel]: *sigh* The 'Written by' part...

2007-01-18 [Linderel]: [Alexi Ice]: Please fix the format of both of your entries as well as the grammar errors in the first one, or they will be removed.

2007-01-19 [Linderel]: [The Black Cat in Your Path]: Please fix the format of your entry or it will be removed. And it's spelled 'despair'.

2007-01-19 [Alexi Ice]: oh alright, i will right away, im sorry.

2007-01-19 [The Black Cat in Your Path]: *blinks* O.o okay. ^^' sorry *bows and goes to fix*

2007-01-19 [The Black Cat in Your Path]: urm.. sorry again, but i don't see my error. ^^' can you please point it out to me?

2007-01-19 [Linderel]: It's the most commonly made error on this wiki. The 'Written by' part should not have a colon in it.

2007-01-19 [The Black Cat in Your Path]: oh! *nods* i see! *bows again* thank you! ^^

2007-01-19 [Aruruen]: I have a question about the rules, since I wrote a bunch of poems and havnt typed em up yet, I was considering one that I'd enter here and wondered if its ok to have one word in italics in the middle of a poem? If not, or use of italics is questionable or might lead to problems, no worries I'll choose something else when I get a round to it. Just asking ahead of time so I can disregard it as an option while I think about it.

2007-01-19 [Linderel]: Yes, the use of italics is acceptable.

2007-01-19 [Aruruen]: Woot, ok thanks for the help.

2007-01-19 [Junko987]: oh....will I ever be published? *eyes to the heavens* :)

2007-01-19 [Linderel]: Patience. ;) Reading all the information we've provided should tell you that it could take months.

2007-01-19 [Linderel]: [scars of winter rain]: Please fix the format of your entry, and the grammar errors in the body of the poem, or it will be removed.

2007-01-19 [Alexi Ice]: alright, im going to re-post, but if there is a problem could you point it out to me? im pretty sure i fixed it though

2007-01-19 [Fireblade K'Chona]: Looks good to me, but I don't technically work here. :P You don't have any typos, as far as I can tlel.

2007-01-19 [scars of winter rain]: ...i'm so bad at this... =[

2007-01-19 [Linderel]: Eh.... [Alexi Ice], why did you repost? The original entries were and are still on this page. You should have just edited them.

2007-01-19 [Linderel]: [scars of winter rain]: If you're not sure, you can take the poems off yourself and give them to a friend to proofread. Or I could try to point out all the mistakes here on the comments, that works too.

2007-01-19 [scars of winter rain]: can you tell me whats wrong with it em??? i'm so bad a proofreadin and i have no friends lol ><

2007-01-19 [Aruruen]: I will willingly proofread for you ducky.

2007-01-19 [Aruruen]: Fixed a typo I caught in my last poem entry =)

2007-01-19 [scars of winter rain]: thanks =]

2007-01-19 [Linderel]: Alrighty then. A few times, there's 'i' when there should be 'I', in both of your entries. In your first one, you typoed 'one' as 'pne'. In the second one, both 'its' and 'theres' should have apostrophes -> it's and there's.
Those are all the mistakes I could spot.

2007-01-19 [Linderel]: [Aruruen]: You have more typos than just one, though. They will have to be fixed for the poems to be accepted.

2007-01-19 [Aruruen]: Will do =)

2007-01-19 [scars of winter rain]: thanks =]

2007-01-19 [Aruruen]: My entries should be fixed Linderel, thanks for letting me know, I didn't notice them. =)

2007-01-19 [Linderel]: [Aruruen]: A couple of small things yet. Firstly, it's spelled 'phoenix'; secondly, it's not 'truely' but 'truly'; and thirdly, you lack an apostrophe in your third poem. :) Oh, and it's 'decide' not 'descide'.

2007-01-19 [scars of winter rain]: i think i fixed mine up okay... but i'm not really sure

2007-01-19 [Linderel]: Oops! Missed a couple of places that still need an apostrophe in your second submission, ducky. Suns -> Sun's, I would think. And dont -> don't, in the last line.

2007-01-19 [scars of winter rain]: thanks

2007-01-20 [Aruruen]: Haha I feel like such a goof =) thanks linderel, always is harder to catch mistakes in your own work, atleast for me.

2007-01-20 [Linderel]: I guess I just have a keen eye for errors. xD As much as my skill allows...

2007-01-20 [Aruruen]: Hehe I even found an error in the first one of the four I'd posted, being afraid I'd missed one there too. =X One of my teachers always told us it was easier to find the errors in anothers papers than your own. More true than I expected =/

2007-01-20 [Linderel]: I just scrolled up to read that as well... There are several errors. :P

2007-01-20 [scars of winter rain]: i hate when you cant tell whether things are right or not because its the way you wrote it, so its the way you want it... at least thats what i think

2007-01-21 [GoneGone]: I think, though, regardless of the way you wrote it, the way you want it is probably wrong, vocabulary-wise. Unless the way you want it is synonomous with the way you write it and how it's meant to be written. But what if I wrote it differently than I wanted it? Do you argue, then, that even though I spell "immediately" wrong by mistake, I meant to write it like that, and therefore it's right? And in that situation, should I get into a huge vicious-vocabulary-spitting battle with [Linderel] over it and burn dictionaries in a blazing bonfire because they don't spell "immediately" the way I wrote it -- and thus want it -- written? If every mistake became an intention, would our poems be any better?

2007-01-21 [scars of winter rain]: wow that was a lot of talking...
i'm sorta confused, like i get what your saying , i mispell things too, i meant puntuation wise
like, its my style to not put the beginning of sentances in uppercase letters, and i rarely use and punctuation marks
but thats the way i want it...
doesnt mean it wrong...

2007-01-21 [Ylaraniala Majere]: I think what Ece-Deost is saying is that when people seem to make mistakes, they should be told because if they really didn't mean to write it that way then the person can fix it. If they did mean to, then no harm is done.

2007-01-21 [scars of winter rain]: i know i get it, i'm just saying...
like, you dont realize mistakes if you meant to put them there

2007-01-21 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: I think this kinda ties into poetic license...am I right?

2007-01-21 [scars of winter rain]: sure lol

2007-01-21 [Linderel]: There are rules. Rules are to be followed. You may have all the poetic license you want elsewhere, but in here, we expect proper grammar and spelling. Not beginning with a capitalised letter is acceptable, but that's about it.
Now, as interesting as this conversation is, I will have to ask you to move it somewhere else - because, as has been said about a million times before, this comment area is mainly meant for the Bosses' notifications. Thank you.

2007-01-21 [scars of winter rain]: ...T.T sowwy...

2007-01-22 [GoneGone]: My apologies, Linderel. My point was, even if spelling and grammar mistakes are intentional, they're still mistakes because there's a universal agreement on their form. It's like saying 2+2=5 because it looks pretty. AND sometimes I write a spelling error and don't notice and need someone like the wonderfully and endlessly patient Linderel to tell me the error. End of topic....sorry.....

2007-01-22 [Fireblade K'Chona]: -mutter mutter I HATE THE WORD UNIVERSAL mutter-

-cough- Sorry. I really do hate that word, though. Pet peeve.

On the misspellings topic-I agree that really, spelling needs to be correct (although 'correct' sometimes depends on whether you are British or American) but in poetry, the grammar rules tend to be a bit more fluid. At least, that's how I've always written. -shrugs- It can be extremely difficult to complete a sentence with subject, predicate, and/or definite article when you're working in iambic pentameter.

...I actually do have a (semi)relevant question. I have noticed a trend in the ET poetry competitions that the line limit is 35 lines. Is there any possibility that this could be expanded to 40 lines, say, so that sestinas could be entered? They are entirely valid poetry forms, I love them to pieces (when I finish them, that is, I hate them as I write them) and I am very proud of a few I have written...but then I cannot enter them, because they are a piddling 4 lines too long. (sestinas wind up being 39 lines).

The Halloween contest made me very sad when I counted my lines and realized that my spooky sestina which I had slaved over for hours was too long to enter. Hence this question.

2007-01-22 [GoneGone]: I also have a question...given the amount of poetry-related conversations that have been posted in this commentary box, it might be an idea to have a connected wiki or some secondary comment box that is poetry content exclusive but not taking up space here. Don't know if anyone would like it or use it though...

2007-01-22 [scars of winter rain]: i would deffinately use it, i like conversations that pertain to things like this...
even if everyone can read them, i think thats part of the beauty of it right?
maybe we should start one of those...

2007-01-22 [Linderel]: [Fireblade K'Chona]: I'll try to bring that up at some point, five lines more shouldn't be that much of a problem for anyone. I can't guarantee anything though, so don't get your hopes up.

[GoneGone]: Nice idea. Poetry Discussion?

2007-01-22 [scars of winter rain]: you guys rock =]

2007-01-22 [GoneGone]: Thank you!

2007-01-22 [scars of winter rain]: no problemo =]

2007-01-23 [Fireblade K'Chona]: Thank you ever so much, [Linderel]! (You can delete this comment if you like, I'm just not sure if you watch Poetry Discussion or not. And thanks for that page too!)

2007-01-23 [Linderel]: As I supervise that page, I kind of have to have it on watch. :P

2007-01-23 [Fireblade K'Chona]: Ah, yes, I see. :P

Regarding the daily poem, would it be feasible to submit a series of interlinked haikus or limericks? Technically they are poems on their own, but they're just so darn short.

2007-01-23 [Linderel]: Besides, editing a page means you automatically watch it after that. Unless you unwatch it later.

Anyway... Do explain. You mean that you would submit poems that are technically independent, as one?

2007-01-23 [Fireblade K'Chona]: Yes. I have written series of haikus (and limericks, actually) that tell stories. However, technically, haikus are independent things.

I seem to remember writing a whole lot of limericks about a guy who got fat eating McDonald's and died. I was not all that subtle as an 8th grader. Supersize Me came out around that time. You do the math.

2007-01-23 [Linderel]: Well, I think as long as you can provide them a joint title (or then just name it 'Untitled' though personally I hate submitting untitled things), they don't go over 50 lines in their entirety, and are not completely unrelated (which, I take it, they are not) I think it will be alright. Submit, and if there's a problem, I'll make a note about it like always. :)

2007-01-23 [Fireblade K'Chona]: Okay, lovely!

I don't actually have any polished enough for entry right now, but thank you very much. I might just brush up the McDonald's parody one. :)

2007-01-23 [scars of winter rain]: macdonalds parody...
lol i wanna hear that one =]

2007-01-23 [Linderel]: [Alexi Ice]: Your poems were removed because you double-posted, and both versions of both poems had grammar and spelling mistakes.

2007-01-23 [Alexi Ice]: really? ...i though you removed the first set, im sorry.

2007-01-23 [Linderel]: No, I didn't. I gave you a chance to fix the first set. I said in my original comment to fix the errors 'or they will be removed.'

2007-01-23 [DRAMATIC CHEESE NIP!!]: Excuse me, where do you submit a poem?

2007-01-23 [Linderel]: On this page. At the bottom. See Daily Poem Format.

2007-01-25 [Alexi Ice]: oh sorry, guess i dident read the whole thing

2007-01-25 [Linderel]: You should have. Try to learn from this.

2007-01-25 [Linderel]: [~*Luna*~]: Please fix the format of your entry, or it will be removed. There is also a stray spelling error in there. ;)

2007-01-25 [Linderel]: [Rosario Dreams]: Please fix the format of your entry or it will be removed.

2007-01-25 [Alexi Ice]: i will, i promise.

2007-01-26 [Rosario Dreams]: Whats wrong with the format?

2007-01-26 [Linderel]: Well... Did you actually read Daily Poem Format?

2007-01-26 [Rosario Dreams]: Just now, I checked through. Apologies

2007-01-26 [Linderel]: It would have been wiser to read first, and then submit.

2007-01-26 [Rosario Dreams]: Having already submitted before, I felt no need.

2007-01-26 [Linderel]: Really, now? Then you must either have forgotten how to submit properly, or then your earlier submission was removed. Or fixed.
Either way, it's still not correct.

2007-01-26 [Rosario Dreams]: So whats wrong now?

2007-01-26 [Linderel]: If you had read the Daily Poem Format carefully enough, you would know.
The title is to be bolded. The 'Written by' part is to be typed just so, not 'Written By'. And the copyright is not a part of the format, so it can't be there.

2007-01-26 [Rosario Dreams]: So your telling me that I have to remove a copyright off a poem. Then I shall withdraw both entries from this site.

2007-01-26 [Linderel]: Well, obviously it's written by you, and the copyright is yours. The 'Written by' part makes that clear. It's not part of the bloody format, and that's why the note shouldn't be there!

2007-01-26 [Rosario Dreams]: Then why is it such a big deal? To have that extra sentence which leaves greater peace of mind?

2007-01-26 [Linderel]: We are pretty damn strict about the format. Besides, it's redundant.
But if you can't submit without having that note there, then it's your problem.

2007-01-26 [Rosario Dreams]: Damn strict?No I'm sorry, without being rude, you are power crazed. Without the members of this site, ET is nothing. If you keep being rude and especially 'damn strict' about everything, then the time people take to get away from the stressful modern life to lose themselves in this world will lose all novelty. Strict rules, and rudeness are a deterrent for the appeal of your site.
With all due respect, it is therefore your problem.

2007-01-26 [Linderel]: Forgive me, then, if I've seemed rude. I'm just trying to do my job, which isn't made easier when people argue back. Normally, I do my best to be nice, but my patience sometimes wears out.
But if you hadn't noticed, it's right there in the rules, it reads on the format page - the format is to be followed to the letter.

2007-01-26 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: Also, if they let you do it for your note, then other people will want to put their own thing there...

2007-01-26 [Nite_Owl]: If people don't care for the rather simple rules of this site and refuse to obey them then they shouldn't be here (especially at the DP page). It's very simple thing to ask of the members to read the format which is clearly stated so as to make less work for the wonderful Bosses here. They give the poets fair warning of the format before removing it. You, sir, are making problems by not following the rules and complaining about it. There's no need to copyright your poetry because it is already copyrighted by the "Written by" statement. The argument is really quite pointless when you think about it.

2007-01-26 [Fireblade K'Chona]: The vast majority of people on Elftown would never even think of plagarism. For the people who would, we have the guards, but usually they're not the type who read the Daily Poem anyway. This is, after all, a community of artists, and most of the people here treat other artists and their art as they want their art to be treated. I truly do not believe you need to worry about this.

2007-01-26 [Aruruen]: On the copyright note, to my understanding, (Heres a Source you can use too: Copyright / Intellectual Property Links) You do not need to declare that a document is copyrighted, nomatter where it is, including emails, nomatter WHAT it is, it is legally considered copyrighted to the author. Especially if the author credits themselves. Thus 'Written by ]name[' at the end of every poem.

2007-01-28 [Linderel]: I thank you for your support on this. Let's consider the issue settled - it is the choice of each person whether or not they agree with our rules. It is unfortunate if someone disagrees with such vehemence, but, well, such things happen. So, let this be the last comment on this particular matter. :)

2007-01-28 [Linderel]: [~*Darkness Covers My Heart*~]: Please fix the format of your entry or it will be removed.

2007-01-28 [Linderel]: [light.]: Please fix the format of your entry or it will be removed.

2007-01-28 [Linderel]: [jonayla88]: Your entry is otherwise fine, but if the alternate titles are not as such a part of the poem (and it seems to me they're not) then you should take the note off.

2007-01-28 [~*Darkness Covers My Heart*~]: I don't want my poem to be deleted so can you please help me into knowing what all I need to fix? I am so dumb when it come's to formatting. I feel really dumb for asking for help but computer's aren't friendly with me.

2007-01-28 [Linderel]: [~*Darkness Covers My Heart*~]: I was referring to the Daily Poem Format. ;) If you're not sure, you can just copy and paste the code.

2007-01-28 [~*Darkness Covers My Heart*~]: I am still confused cause I really thought I followed it correctly. Oh my goodness I am so dumb!

2007-01-28 [Linderel]: Well, now there's just one little mistake. There should be no colon (:) in the 'Written by' part. :)

2007-01-28 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: And I sit here watching this...and I began to wonder...am I allowed to fix the format for other people?

2007-01-28 [~*Darkness Covers My Heart*~]: Okay I just fixed that

2007-01-28 [~*Darkness Covers My Heart*~]: I kept looking and looking for what I had done wrong and I seen that and I was like hmm, that shouldn't be there, lol

2007-01-28 [Linderel]: [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: Certainly! That's what I did before I got the position as Boss. ;) Just remember to make a comment about it.

2007-01-28 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: ah, alright. Thanks.

2007-01-28 [Nite_Owl]: Yes, I do that on ocassion meself, actually. But I only do it for things like the colon and such that can be easily overlooked; if the mistake is in blatant disregard of the format I say they deserve it heh ^^'

2007-01-29 [Papa Don't Preach]: [light.] took out the comma in the written by part

2007-01-29 [Linderel]: That's not enough, though. ;) It should be 'Written by' not 'Written By'. Be sure to know the exact format yourself before correcting others. :)

2007-01-29 [Papa Don't Preach]: sorry, i was only trying to help

2007-01-29 [Linderel]: I appreciate that, and I'm sure the writer of that poem does as well. I'm not really reprimanding you... Just giving you a hint. ^_~

2007-01-29 [Papa Don't Preach]: thanks, just didnt notice that. lol

2007-01-29 [light.]: Oh lord ><! I didn't even realize I wrote it wrong when I submitted it! Thank you [Papa Don't Preach] for fixing it <3
(I think that's who fixed it xD)

2007-01-29 [Papa Don't Preach]: don't worry bout it. *hugs*
<3

2007-02-01 [Willow Rose]: Can you submit more than one?

2007-02-01 [Linderel]: See the rules. ;) "Submissions per person must not exceed four (4) at any given time."
So... that would be yes.

2007-02-01 [Willow Rose]: Never mind, sorry. I read it over (shouldn't read things while sick and have a horrid headache).

2007-02-01 [Linderel]: [Willow Rose]: Please fix the format of your entry to abide by the Daily Poem Format.

2007-02-01 [Willow Rose]: Sorry about that. Usually, anything I type that's "by whoever" or "return to" has a (:). My fingers don't always cooperate with my mind.

2007-02-01 [Linderel]: Muscle memory can be nasty. :P

2007-02-01 [Papa Don't Preach]: muscle memory! argh!! dont remind me.

2007-02-01 [Fireblade K'Chona]: Ah, muscle memory. I dance, so sometimes I have problems if they play songs I've danced to in stores...I tend to start kind of dancing along without really paying attention or worse, hearing a line and going "OH NO I'M LATE!" without thinking.

2007-02-01 [Papa Don't Preach]: lol, i need to build up muscle memory for playing the difficult part on the clarinet.

2007-02-09 [Linderel]: [Chetleon]: Please fix the format of your entry.

2007-02-09 [Linderel]: [Once upon a dream]: Please fix the format of your entry, as well as the grammar and spelling errors in the poem 'Love Everlasting'.

2007-02-09 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: fixed [Chetleon]'s "written by" to say "Written by"

2007-02-11 [Once upon a dream]: Okay! ^^

2007-02-11 [Once upon a dream]: Actually, I decided to delete 'Love Everlasting,' I felt like it didn't flow right after I read it again...

I hope I am allowed to do that. Sorry. <3

2007-02-13 [Alexi Ice]: can i ask something? where do poems go after they have been featured, i need a copy of one of mine

2007-02-13 [Linderel]: You can find old poems from the Mainstreet archive. Do you know how to use that? More importantly, why don't you have a copy of it?

2007-02-13 [Fireblade K'Chona]: oh, Linderel, be kind to MTWG, not everyone thinks of these things. :P

2007-02-13 [Linderel]: Hmm, I did sound cranky, didn't I? Well, I'll just blame it on morning grumpiness. <_<

2007-02-14 [Alexi Ice]: oh i do have a copy, and i finally found it, but with two hundred or more poems and storys saved in my documents, one tiny poem is hard to find when i dont usually title them anything but poem 1 exc....but i found it , so nevermind...and no, i have no idea how to use the mainstreet archive

2007-02-14 [Linderel]: You found it? Good.
Now, the archive... You click on the 'More poems' link at the top of the Daily Poem slot. You'll see that you can browse through the poems by clicking on the 'Read older poems' button. There's also a search function - for example, you can put your member number there, and it will find all the poems featured from you. It will also show poems of other people who have the same numbers in their member number, but that can't be helped.
Hope this made sense. I know you don't need it right now, but for future reference. :)

2007-02-14 [BinaryPhoenix]:

Happy Valentines Day!

2007-02-14 [Alexi Ice]: alright , sweet thanks. Happy V-Day!

2007-02-16 [Eriseith]: [~*Darkness Covers My Heart*~] needs to fix spelling in their poem

2007-02-16 [Linderel]: [Giraffe_Spirit]: Please fix the format of your entry to abide by the Daily Poem Format.

2007-02-16 [Linderel]: [~*Darkness Covers My Heart*~]: Please fix the grammar/spelling errors in your entry.

2007-02-16 [~*Darkness Covers My Heart*~]: I looked over my poem and looked it over and could not find any misspelled words so if you would kindly point them out to me I would greatly appreicate it and I will gladly correct them. I did find some grammer issuses and I corrected them. So let me know of any other problem's. Thank you!

2007-02-16 [Linderel]: Uhh... You didn't fix anything, I'm afraid; rather, you put in more mistakes. In addition to those, here are what I spotted:
- "serve depression" makes no sense, I think you were going for "severe"
- "that is always wheel" makes no sense, either, but I have no idea what you're trying to say
- "whose" should be "who is" or "who's" - it is a word, but grammatically wrong in this context.

2007-02-16 [~*Darkness Covers My Heart*~]: I took my poem off, hope that is ok. I will repost once I fixed all the problem's in it.

2007-02-16 [Linderel]: Very well. :)

2007-02-16 [Fireblade K'Chona]: If you like, RavenMoon, I can help you.

2007-02-16 [~*Darkness Covers My Heart*~]: I would love any help that I could possible get! Thank you so very much!

2007-02-16 [Fireblade K'Chona]: Go ahead and send me your poem. I'll correct spelling and grammar. :)

2007-02-17 [~*Darkness Covers My Heart*~]: I reposted my poem. I hope everything is corrected and looking good now. Thank you so much [Fireblade K'Chona].

2007-02-17 [Fireblade K'Chona]: No problem. :)

2007-02-17 [Alexi Ice]: Raven Moon, No mean to disrespect, god knows i shouldent critizize but Linderel will take it back off [I see a girl in sereve depression...] severe is misspelled and [Bit most of all I see a girl who is lost and can't be found...] it should be BUT most of all...ext. just trying to help

2007-02-17 [Linderel]: Pssst, 'severe', not 'sereve'. ;) And yes, 'but' and not 'bit'.

[Alexi Ice]: I will only take a poem off if after notifying about mistakes and waiting a day or two it hasn't been fixed. Please don't state things that are incorrect.

2007-02-17 [Alexi Ice]: told ya. why is it that i cant find mistakes in my own poems, but i damn sure can find them in others?