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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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2006-01-11 [Linderel]: [Diiwica], the format in your submission is wrong. Better fix it before it's removed.

2006-01-13 [Every Rose Has Her Thorn]: How can I find old poems by specific members? I posted on here a really long time ago and now I need those poem copies...my backups have been deleted. I did the poems when I had the username [Clearwater]...

2006-01-13 [Jay Ladlehaus]: Your best chance is going to one of the old daily poem pages and then going through the old versions. Be warned that it will take some time for you to locate what you're looking for.

2006-01-17 [Every Rose Has Her Thorn]: Okay...how do I do that?

2006-01-17 [duckofdoom]: ahahahaha. somebody got lashed at.

2006-01-17 [sequeena_rae]: On the side of the page to the right it says who last edited whatever wiki page you're on. Below that there is a box with "version number:" written above it. In the box type 1 then click "view!" and away you go :) hope that helps

2006-01-17 [duckofdoom]: sometimes I wish I could be more helpful than have a laugh at others expense.... nah. I'll laugh away.

2006-01-17 [Nite_Owl]: Actually, if you're looking for old poems, you'll have to search the versions at the Daily_Poem page, since the title was changed when they made this new page.

2006-01-18 [duckofdoom]: smart poetry people.

2006-01-18 [Fizban]: line six, there is a spelling error,...and the 16th line in the second paragraph contains a gramatical error written by [darkstardevil]. Just letting you know so you could fix it...

2006-01-18 [nokaredes]: There's also two format errors on [darkstardevil]...

2006-01-18 [duckofdoom]: well sombody fix them. I can't be bothered. :P

2006-01-18 [Nite_Owl]: No offense, but if you can't be bothered to fix your own poem, what makes you think one of us will jump on the offer?

2006-01-18 [duckofdoom]: it's not my poem, so no offense taken.

2006-01-18 [Linderel]: [Diiwica]'s format is still wrong...

2006-01-18 [Every Rose Has Her Thorn]: Thanks everyone! Off I go in search of my poems!

2006-01-18 [Every Rose Has Her Thorn]: Oh...that page is empty...so my poems are all lost, huh?

2006-01-18 [Linderel]: Um, no. The instructions are still the same. But tell you what, I can help you get them, if you just remember how many poems you had submitted I can try to find them for you.

2006-01-18 [Every Rose Has Her Thorn]: I think it was only 2 or 3, but I posted them under the name [Clearwater]...

2006-01-18 [Linderel]: I found two. I'll send them to you in a message. :)

2006-01-18 [Every Rose Has Her Thorn]: *hugs* Thanks.

2006-01-19 [duckofdoom]: I was just wondering. When poems are selected to be on mainstreet, are they deleted off this page

2006-01-19 [Nite_Owl]: I think so, but I won't say for sure...and [FrostFinger], you need to fix your poem's format, or it'll be deleted soon. (why do I even bother? -_-')

2006-01-19 [Linderel]: Yes, they are. If a poem is selected to be featured, there's no much point in keeping it here amongst the other candidates anymore, now is there? :) Oh, and... better fix your format, [duckofdoom].

2006-01-19 [duckofdoom]: I shall. Thanks

2006-01-19 [Fizban]: IF its not your poem, why is it here under your name [duckofdoom]?

2006-01-19 [duckofdoom]: okay i'm getting confused. fizban, i was referring to the poems above my entry. I just added my entry just now.if you read the above comments they're mention darkstar, they're that person's poems they are referring to.

2006-01-19 [Dark Shiva]: Huh?My brain icthes...

2006-01-19 [duckofdoom]: Is this the right format now? don't worry. This is getting a little scrambling.

2006-01-19 [Fizban]: Lols, I am sorry,...hah!! I feel quite idiotic, even I wrote about darkstar in a previous comment, for some reason I dunno why, I confused your d's and thought it was you when I re-commented,...I apologize for the misconception.

2006-01-19 [Linderel]: Nope, it's still wrong. Some comment pages back, I said about the most commonly made mistake and that I would never point it out again...

2006-01-19 [duckofdoom]: Well I fixed my won errors, I think, so why can't anybody else? I'm not the best proof reader on the planet.

2006-01-19 [duckofdoom]: If I've pissed anybody else, sorry. Same if I've confused anybody.

2006-01-19 [Dark Shiva]: Is mine okay? Do I need to fix mine at all?

2006-01-19 [Linderel]: Your format is fine, [Dark Shiva], just please add a < hr > tag between your entries. [duckofdoom], and everyone else involved, I apologise for being snappish at first before editing my comment... I haven't had my tea this morning. <_<

2006-01-19 [duckofdoom]: nah, you're alright. Well I'm glad the format is okay. see you all later

2006-01-19 [Nite_Owl]: There y'go, [duckofdoom]--I fixed the error in your poem; you need to put "Written by [duckofdoom]" instead of just "By" like you did :) Not that bad of an error, if rather annoying...just try to remember next time

2006-01-19 [Dark Shiva]: Cool mine is fine! Oh and I added the < hr > like you said. And don't worry you're not being snappish^^

2006-01-19 [Linderel]: [darkstardevil], [FrostFinger], [Diiwica], [Heather Thomason]: I fixed your formats. Please be more careful in the future.

2006-01-19 [Ceallaigh]: I tried putting my poem on the extension but it doesn't have the option of editing the page!

2006-01-19 [True, plain and simple]: Because this page isn't full?

2006-01-19 [Linderel]: Well, um... Why exactly did you try to put it there...?

2006-01-19 [Ceallaigh]: Assumed page was full...my fault. Sorry guys

2006-01-20 [Heather Thomason]: Thanks [Linderel] im not really good with formats and stuff but i'll try

2006-01-20 [duckofdoom]: ooh crap!!! Thanks [Nite_Owl], I was one word out...dammit. I shall be more careful next time.

2006-01-20 [Nite_Owl]: Heh, no problem (^,^) I help the people I think just make simple mistakes and typos and such, like you--not those people just too ignorant and rude to look up on the rules in the first place -_-'

2006-01-20 [duckofdoom]: Maybe I should do a little proof reading as well. It will look good on my resume to enter heaven with. I shall use my powers for good. :D

2006-01-20 [Diiwica]: thank you for the help [Linderel]

2006-01-21 [duckofdoom]: I'm pretty sure it would be okay to take down any of your won poems. Just as long as you don't exceed the 4 poem limit.

2006-01-21 [duckofdoom]: yeah, it should be fine.

2006-01-21 [Nite_Owl]: that's what I did with one of my new ones. I just had to take down an old one and add the new to the bottom, to make sure it didn't exceed the limit

2006-01-22 [Nite_Owl]: Yeah, same here my friend :) Hopefully they'll make a page for it soon, though how soon would of course be up to the all-powerful Bosses heh heh

2006-01-22 [duckofdoom]: I look forward to reading your poems [Artsieladie]

2006-01-22 [True, plain and simple]: To [i blackin my eyes in the name of love] - Your poem has been removed for not following the Daily Poem Format, containing spelling errors, and being in the wrong place. Only bother resubmitting if you can figure out how to do those things correctly.

2006-01-22 [Ceallaigh]: ^ Damn Straight ^

2006-01-22 [True, plain and simple]: To [omgOMEGA], [Teufelsweib] - Your poems have been removed for not following the Daily Poem Format. Review the format before considering resubmitting.

2006-01-23 [True, plain and simple]: To [Wolf By Nature] - Your poem has been removed for not following the Daily Poem Format. Review the format before considering resubmitting.

2006-01-23 [True, plain and simple]: To [omgOMEGA] - Your poem has been removed for format violations, and you have been banned from the Daily Poem for two consecutive removals.

2006-01-23 [True, plain and simple]: To everyone - All poetry has been moved to a feature queue. Poems that do not meet quality standards measured above and beyond the format will be removed from the list of submissions before it is placed in the queue. Featuring will occur on a daily basis from now on, provided that I am not on vacation. Poems in the queue do not count towards your limit, since it's hard to double check against that without having access to the 'waiting list'.

2006-01-23 [nokaredes]: Are you going to say whose poems have been removed from the feature queue...?

2006-01-23 [True, plain and simple]: No, I don't see any reason to. People should always be looking to improve, so if they're serious about submitting, they'll continue to submit better work (which will get featured, hopefully, if their previous pieces didn't).

2006-01-23 [Diiwica]: so if we want to post someting we just add it to this page just as we did before correct?

2006-01-23 [True, plain and simple]: Yes. Now there's just more room to do so.

2006-01-24 [Wolf By Nature]: do you have any idea when the longer poem page will be done (just an guess is fine)

2006-01-24 [True, plain and simple]: I'm still debating if I actually want to have one...

2006-01-24 [duckofdoom]: Okay, so the three currently are the best of the lot, or the best of the day? forgive me if I'm confused. So nobody will be able to access this queue?

2006-01-24 [True, plain and simple]: I move the poems from this page to the queue on a regular basis, delete the ones that I don't think should be featured, and then just select randomly for the queue for what I feature on Mainstreet.

2006-01-24 [duckofdoom]: Oh okay, so for example. I had 3 poems up, how do I submit more now?

2006-01-24 [True, plain and simple]: Just submit to this page as usual.

2006-01-25 [duckofdoom]: oh right. I just thought the poems that were up were the "good" ones. forgive my confusion.

2006-01-25 [Diiwica]: Eh it happens sometimes lol

2006-01-26 [True, plain and simple]: To [duckofdoom], [nightgoth] - Your poems have been removed for not following the Daily Poem Format (and spelling in the latter case). Review the format before considering resubmitting.

2006-01-27 [duckofdoom]: Okay, fair enough. So I don't make the same mistake twice, could you tell me what error I made? Was it length?

tag??

2006-01-27 [Linderel]: It was the same old thing that everyone stumbles upon. (Not gonna say it, not gonna say it, not gonna... ah, hell.) It's not 'written by:' or 'written by' or 'Written By:' or 'Written By' but 'Written by'. Get it? Got it? Good. And just as a general hint for everyone, don't submit something you already did before the page was emptied, that's just waste of space and brings you faster towards the limit. If you don't remember what you've submitted before... well, too bad, start keeping track like I do.

2006-01-27 [duckofdoom]: oh dammit. well you got to do what you must. I shall make the adjustments.

2006-01-27 [duckofdoom]: to be fair, if it should be Written by why is it in the other entries it isn't in bold? It's simply "Written By"?

2006-01-27 [Nite_Owl]: No, it's not supposed to be bolded; Linderel was simply making it easier to get the point across in such a long post. I suggest reading through the Format very very thoroughly before reposting duckofdoom

2006-01-27 [duckofdoom]: Yes, I understand the bold issue, I will be reading the format rules very very closely*magnifying glass in hand*,Can I then ask why the above peoms do not have the bolded words? I'm just being a little confused. So when I do the proper format written by should be in bold when I type it on the wiki? sorry if this annoys people, but I want to get this right.

2006-01-27 [duckofdoom]: Okay, I copied and pasted the ideal format from the bottom of the page. Hopefully this time I have done the right thing. If not, well I'll be stupid that's what.

2006-01-27 [Linderel]: Congratulations, [duckofdoom], now you got it right. :P And just as [Nite_Owl] said, I made the words bold merely to emphasise my point; in the real format, it's just regular text. Oh, and [Nite_Owl], don't you think you should take your poem 'The Waiting' away from this page, as it was featured just today from among those that went to the queue? :P

2006-01-27 [Every Rose Has Her Thorn]: wasn't there a place where you could put the longer poems? Linderel, I want to put in reasoning, but it is so long that I know it will be against the format of this page...

2006-01-27 [duckofdoom]: Oh hooray. I really appreciate the help - even if I do get confused along the way.

2006-01-27 [Linderel]: Lina, [True, plain and simple] is still debating whether he'll actually set it up or not. Unfortunately, I can't help you with this, since I'm not a DP Boss.

2006-01-27 [omgOMEGA]: Apparently I've know been banned. I have no idea what I'm supposed to have done. I read through the format about 10 times, and I don't see what I did.

2006-01-27 [Linderel]: The same mistake I pointed out to [duckofdoom].

2006-01-27 [Fizban]: This guy did or me? *scared he formatted his poem wrong* I just put one up, your talking to him though right?

2006-01-27 [Linderel]: No worries, [Fizban], your format is fine. Indeed, I was talking to [omgOMEGA] (the owner of a long and hard-to-write username...).

2006-01-27 [eyes of frost]: Sorry to be a bother, when will the extra long poems page be opened?

2006-01-27 [Linderel]: Read the previous comments, please! >_< But to answer your question, I've no idea if it ever opens, since as far as I know True still hasn't decided.

2006-01-27 [eyes of frost]: Grum...thanks! -Goes to find a new poem to put up-

2006-01-27 [Every Rose Has Her Thorn]: *sigh* Well, I'll just have to wait...You know how all my poems are so long, Lin...I hope he decides soon.

2006-01-27 [True, plain and simple]: To [omgOMEGA] - That's the entire point. Instead of trying to ask someone here (not me) what the problem was, you just posted the exact same thing as you did the first time. Obviously if you didn't change anything, the problem is still there! I will unban you sometime soon, probably, because it wasn't that bad.

2006-01-27 [True, plain and simple]: To people asking about longer page blahblah - Dealing with that other page is just more of a pain. How long are your poems?

2006-01-28 [duckofdoom]: If you guys are in doubt, just do what I did to get it right - copy and paste the format and insert your details. you can't go wrong then.

2006-01-28 [omgOMEGA]: I though I was banned because i hadn't put "written by" on the end. So I did that.

2006-01-28 [True, plain and simple]: Ah, you're correct. But, the format says 'Written by'.

2006-01-28 [True, plain and simple]: To [Frivalicious] - Your poem has been removed for not following the Daily Poem Format. Review the format before considering resubmitting.

2006-01-29 [Nite_Owl]: True, (to answer your question) the poem I'd like to post is 44 lines I believe, maybe 45...

2006-01-29 [Canvas Confessions]: hmmm ... o_0 I might have submitted too many poems

2006-01-29 [True, plain and simple]: Jah. And you put them too far down on the page, so I removed them. Feel free to repost four of them in the proper place. The format is OK.

2006-01-29 [Canvas Confessions]: *blink* okie

2006-01-29 [Canvas Confessions]: That better?

2006-01-29 [Canvas Confessions]: -_- I never did like html

2006-01-29 [True, plain and simple]: It's fine now.

2006-01-29 [Kiddalee]: This page... shrunk. Edit: You deleted everything. Err... I guess you're starting from a clean slate? Does that mean I may not resubmit my poem?

2006-01-29 [Fizban]: I am guessing if it wasnt picked in the first batch, it wotn be picked in the next...

2006-01-29 [True, plain and simple]: I didn't delete everything..Read previous comments.

2006-01-30 [True, plain and simple]: To [David the Good] - Your poem has been removed for not following the Daily Poem Format. Review the format before considering resubmitting.

2006-01-30 [Every Rose Has Her Thorn]: Well, [True], my poems are at least 30 lines when they're good, but a couple are a little smaller or a little longer.

2006-01-30 [BabyGrlz*2006*]: I just entered my first poem hope you all like it

2006-01-30 [Nite_Owl]: Nice to see a new poster who actually followed the format for once :D commendable, really heh

2006-01-31 [BabyGrlz*2006*]: lol thanks.

2006-01-31 [Every Rose Has Her Thorn]: There, posted. I had to check it though. It was exactly 35 lines. ^_^

2006-02-03 [Miss.Kitty]: Uhh.. I just posted my first poem ever, my friends don't even get to read my poems sometimes,... because I don't think their good,... but I really hope you like it..

2006-02-03 [duckofdoom]: I do like it [Miss.Kitty]. Don't doubt yourself. Just always strive to improve yourself so you can prove yourself that you are capableof good work. :)

2006-02-03 [Akayume]: whoa. everything, like, dissappeared...and so did my poem. does that mean that you guys didnt like it so you deleted it?

2006-02-03 [duckofdoom]: you got to read the older commenst. It explians everything. believe me.

2006-02-03 [Fizban]: so funny,...does this happen everytime the page is renewed?

2006-02-03 [duckofdoom]: I have no idea. This is the first time I've seen it. I was quite liking the short time it took to download the page :P

2006-02-03 [Doormat]: say, If you post a poem before and it disappears from this page, but you later rewrite the poem, can it be added again?

2006-02-03 [True, plain and simple]: If you tell me what poem you'd like to update, I can do that. Unless it's there aren't many similarities left, then I guess it's OK to post it as a new poem.

2006-02-03 [Diiwica]: i lvoe you all! :D *hugs you all*

2006-02-04 [duckofdoom]: wow, free hugs :)

2006-02-04 [Akayume]: uumm....how old?

2006-02-04 [duckofdoom]: how old what?

2006-02-04 [Akayume]: oh. you got to read the older commenst. It explians everything. believe me that. how old. ((there's like, 433 pages))

2006-02-04 [duckofdoom]: oh just one or two pages back.

2006-02-04 [Akayume]: okay^^ thank you^^

2006-02-04 [duckofdoom]: no worries

2006-02-04 [Akayume]: erm....don't want to be bothersome (again) but i looked back and all it talked about was the extended page...

2006-02-04 [duckofdoom]: aarrgghh. No not bothersome :) It should be there I'll check it again for you.

2006-02-04 [duckofdoom]: I can't find it. There's so much stuff on these comment pages!!

2006-02-04 [duckofdoom]: sorry to clog up the comment box with my bits. [Akayume] you got to go back 3 pages. [True, plain and simple] writes the comment. It's pretty long so you should see it.

2006-02-04 [Akayume]: okay, thank you

2006-02-04 [Doormat]: I added about 4 lines to my poem, "Sick." In my opinion, it needs a fix.

2006-02-04 [Akayume]: thanks duckofdoom, i looked, and i read it. now i have to figure out what was wrong with my poem...

2006-02-05 [True, plain and simple]: Euh? I never said what poems I deleted from the queue list, so your poem could still be waiting to be featured (And is, if I remember from yesterday night).

2006-02-06 [BabyGrlz*2006*]: does anyone know when the daily poem contest winner is selected?

2006-02-06 [Linderel]: One: This is not really a contest. There are no "winners," but there are poems which get featured if they meet the standards. Two: [True, plain and simple] selects a new poem to be featured every day, or as often as he can find the time to.

2006-02-06 [True, plain and simple]: Yeah, I was a bit busy this weekend. I'll feature one again today.

2006-02-06 [Linderel]: [|_ | \/ E |_ 0 \/ E |_ E /-\ R /\/] and [losthero]: The format. Watch it.

2006-02-07 [Akayume]: ?

2006-02-07 [duckofdoom]: do you need help [Akayume] ?

2006-02-09 [Dark Shiva]: Hi [Akayume]!

2006-02-09 [Jay Ladlehaus]: Please don't chat. [Akayume] - [Linderel] is referring to [|_ | \/ E |_ 0 \/ E |_ E /-\ R /\/] and [losthero]'s poems being posted below two horizontal breaks, which indicates submission errors on both their parts. I'm going to fix it this time without removing poems because the mistakes are very, very minor , but I would ask all submitting poets to please mind this in the future so that [True, plain and simple] and I do not have to fix it in the future.

2006-02-09 [Jay Ladlehaus]: [Heather Thomason], your poem was removed Daily Poem Format. Please review Daily Poem Format before submitting again.

2006-02-09 [Lady of Lore]: do we get a badge for donating our poetry in the daily poem or does that only apply of for the special daily poems like the Valentines one?

2006-02-09 [Linderel]: If your poem gets featured, then yes, you are given a badge. But there is no badge distributed just for submitting.

2006-02-09 [Lady of Lore]: cool, ok, thanx

2006-02-09 [BabyGrlz*2006*]: how do you know if your poem is featured

2006-02-09 [Nite_Owl]: One of the DP Bosses will send you a guestbook message saying thet you've been featured, and (if it's your first onebeing featured) you'll get a badge for it :)

2006-02-09 [BabyGrlz*2006*]: oh ok i see...where will you be featured

2006-02-09 [Linderel]: Why don't you try actually reading all that guideline text up there on the top of the page? *points* But to answer your question, the poems are featured on the Main Street.

2006-02-09 [Nite_Owl]: On Mainstreet--though I don't think it'll necessarily be up when you get the message...at least I don't believe mine was, but then again I might have just gotten on late heh

2006-02-09 [BabyGrlz*2006*]: ok...sorry im kinda new here but you dont have ta be mean bout it

2006-02-09 [Nite_Owl]: :) It's alright, I don't mind talking to the newbies around Town--but it is wise to read the text before asking questions (^,~) Just a helpful tip; as you can see, a lot of people get rather annoyed with such things...

2006-02-09 [True, plain and simple]: The process is that the poem is featured, the badge slot is updated and then a diary note is left. The poem is usually up for a period of 24 hours, give or take.

2006-02-09 [BabyGrlz*2006*]: oh ok i see

2006-02-09 [Linderel]: [|_ | \/ E |_ 0 \/ E |_ E /-\ R /\/], [eyes of frost]: I fixed your formats. Please be careful with it, 'kay? ^.^

2006-02-09 [eyes of frost]: Sorry! -Slaps self in head- Normally I am good about that....

2006-02-09 [eyes of frost]: Thank you, and sorry again!

2006-02-09 [BabyGrlz*2006*]: this place is actually really neat...my neice [!*Hippy*! ♥Marie♥] showed me this place cause she is on here often and she told me to check it out and i really like it

2006-02-10 [Miss.Kitty]: Hello Yall, Did anyone read my poem(Valentines Ed.), I just wanted some... feed back kinda *blush*

2006-02-10 [Nylen Estrall]: ??? I only found THE PHOENIX.... which is interesting (I like the list thing ^_^)

2006-02-10 [Miss.Kitty]: Thanks, I'll post my other poem here in a bit.

2006-02-10 [Akayume]: oh, alright (refurring to the comment directed at me up top) thanks

2006-02-11 [Wes Foxx]: I submitted one I wrote ephrastically, meaning after viewing pictures, in my AP English class, from the liberation of camps at Auschwitz. Hope that gives it a bit more context.

2006-02-11 [Nite_Owl]: Seems like everyone's doing something on the holocaust or Schindler's List or Auschwitz now...kinda strange

2006-02-11 [Miss.Kitty]: I didn't *dances victoriously*

2006-02-12 [itoe]: Poetry doesn't have to be all serious. I challenge you all to write something as silly as my "Plastic Lunchmeat."

2006-02-12 [Rat Hacker]: Plastic Lunchmeat! Hee hee hee like the schools unediable.

2006-02-13 [Corazie]: I think I'll put one up...

2006-02-13 [Corazie]: There XD A very silly poem that ammuses my friends and I

2006-02-13 [hiya hails :)]: Oi! >< Cora, lol, those are my words! & It wasn't a poem, I was being utterly serious about the sandwich =[.. but you can have it if you like ..

2006-02-13 [hiya hails :)]: Wrote that poem in a math lesson, ms Jobe is so very boring, but yet I was inspired. I quite like this one.. one out of a thousand that I didn't bin.. ><

2006-02-15 [Diiwica]: wow this page fills up really fast...

2006-02-16 [Wes Foxx]: I read my poem 1945 there for class today. I was surprised how much stronger it sounds when read aloud to a class of 30.

2006-02-16 [hiya hails :)]: Your poem 1945 was v. good, nice use of repetition, I liked it alot =]

2006-02-16 [Wes Foxx]: Today I got back the class responses :P everyone said it had great rhyme and feeling.

2006-02-18 [Jay Ladlehaus]: [thoughtfox] - your poem "Horizonist" was removed for significant format errors. Please review the Daily Poem Format before resubmitting, and double-check your tags when you do.

2006-02-20 [Your Favorite Stranger]: Hmm, does this mean my poem can stay, or have you just not gotten around to editing yet?

2006-02-20 [Your Favorite Stranger]: Oh good! Nice to have something on the official page.

2006-02-20 [Miss.Kitty]: -.^ it's always cool to have something where many people can comment and tell you how to improve.

2006-02-20 [Jay Ladlehaus]: Actually, [Your Favorite Stranger], your poem "Give Her Roses" has to be removed as it has exceeded the 35 line maximum length. You're more than welcome to submit it to the extra-long daily poem once we get it set up.

2006-02-20 [thoughtfox]: lol, the irony

2006-02-20 [Every Rose Has Her Thorn]: posted new

2006-02-22 [immortal daydreams.]: this is the first time ive entered....

2006-02-22 [Every Rose Has Her Thorn]: really?

2006-02-22 [Corazie]: First time for me too... Yours is really good Faerie Child :)

2006-02-22 [Linderel]: [immortal daydreams.], just fix the format and one wee mistake in the poem itself, and it won't be removed. :)

2006-02-22 [Every Rose Has Her Thorn]: [Final_omega], I think "curruption" is actually spelled "corruption". Just thought I'd let you know...^_^

2006-02-22 [Linderel]: Oh, yes. There are some other mistakes in your poem as well, [Final_omega], and the format needs to be fixed.

2006-02-22 [Final_omega]: hay, yeah sorry, i copied it from my other site, sorry about that. :)

2006-02-22 [Linderel]: Now it's otherwise fine, but... The format, dearie, the format. :)

2006-02-22 [immortal daydreams.]: what's wrong with my poem's format? and the mistake?

2006-02-22 [immortal daydreams.]: i dont want it to be removed, can someone tell me what i messed up on?

2006-02-23 [Kshatriya Karahatay]: you put a colon after written by. At least, thats the only thing I see wrong with it

2006-02-23 [Nite_Owl]: [Shadowsoul], please check your format; there are several aspects of it that need to be changed or it'll be taken off the page by a DP

2006-02-23 [Shadowsoul]: can you explain what is wrong to me please? Because this poem has been published and the publisher and the editor though it was fine!

2006-02-23 [Linderel]: Um, did you actually read the Daily Poem Fromat? I strongly recommend. It tells you to follow the format to the letter. Basically meaning... Oh, just read it.