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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.

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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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2007-11-03 [Melocrie]: Baaad jitter :P

2007-11-03 [Jitter]: I said nothing was there *whistles* xD PS_ You're welcome [Grandamelf] I just noticed your comment ^^

2007-11-04 [Linderel]: [Chetleon], please fix the format of your poem.

2007-11-05 [Melocrie]: You really have to say that often, don't you? Even though the format rules are pretty clear....

2007-11-05 [Linderel]: It escapes my understanding, really.

2007-11-05 [Melocrie]: *pat pat* At least we have people like you to make sure Elftown's not a mess...

2007-11-05 [Jitter]: Uhm no. If you look at it without the brackets ("Written by Jitterbug Perfume") what you said makes no sense :)

2007-11-06 [Tyrana]: I suspect it could work either with nothing or a colon. A semicolon (to my understanding) represents a break that could separate things into two sentences. A comma wouldn't fit. Also, I think it is asking for a little grief if you spout years of English education and professionalism at 16 years old. I, too, passed all my AP in high school, and I'm a second-year writing minor; I'm still sure that there are a lot of people here that could teach me a thing or two. No need to be rude. ;)

2007-11-06 [Tickle Me Emo]: Or you could do the whole "pro" thing and just skip the "written by," and just replace it with a dash :P
Like:
-[x]

Oh, and: IB > AP
lol (it's just a joke, btw. Hence "lol.")

2007-11-06 [Lite]: lol, a debate on grammar

2007-11-06 [Linderel]: Which is going to stop now, by the way. The format's grammar is correct. End of discussion.

2007-11-07 [Linderel]: Comments continuing this line of conversation have been removed, as well as those consisting of nothing but off-topic chatter. Keep to the point, people. (And stfu when I tell you to ;3)

2007-11-22 [Melocrie]: When's the last time we actually had a daily poem on the mainstreet?

2007-11-22 [Jitter]: Before the winners of the sci-fi contest if I recall correctly. If not, then before Halloween winners so around 20 days ago

2007-11-22 [Linderel]: I'm sorry, it's November. I'll let the sci-fi poems be on the slot for one day more, and continue with DP normally tomorrow.

2007-11-22 [Melocrie]: Alrighty.

2007-11-23 [Linderel]: Although it seems that it was resumed earlier than intended... :P

2007-11-23 [Linderel]: [bree_240]: Please fix the format of your entry, as well as the grammar errors in the body of the poem.

2007-11-26 [Linderel]: [Melocrie], please fix the format of your entry.

2007-11-26 [Melocrie]: Eek? What's wrong with it?

2007-11-26 [Linderel]: Written by, dear. :P

2007-11-26 [Melocrie]: Omg lol :P I got it! xD

2007-11-26 [Chetleon]: Ewww we've got some really good ones (poems) on here this round.. nice.

2007-11-27 [Linderel]: [bree_240]: Your entry has been removed for 1) violating the format and 2) having grammatical errors. Please review the format and proofread your poem before resubmitting.

2007-12-05 [Linderel]: [MorningMist], please fix the format of your entry.

2007-12-05 [Melocrie]: You are really picky, Lin :P *don't blame you, though ^^;*

2007-12-05 [Linderel]: Just enforcing the rules. ;)

2007-12-05 [sequeena_rae]: Liar, you just want to oppress us all and become dictator ;___;

2007-12-05 [Linderel]: ...I would answer that, but it would go way off-topic.

2007-12-05 [sequeena_rae]: Damn. I thought I could lure you into my trap ¬_¬ *wanders off* :p

2007-12-05 [Melocrie]: *snorts*

2007-12-18 [Ylaraniala Majere]: Poems about suicide are counted as adult content, right? Mine isn't graphic, but I wanted to check first :)

2007-12-18 [Linderel]: They are. Depends on how subtle (or not) it is whether it could be accepted anyway.

2007-12-18 [Linderel]: [wicked fae mage]: Please fix the format of your entry.

2007-12-21 [MorningMist]: Are mine alright now?

2007-12-21 [Linderel]: Yup, it's fine.

2007-12-24 [Linderel]: [Brucie]: Please fix the format of your entry, as well as the spelling and grammar errors in the body of the poem.

2007-12-25 [Chetleon]: Hm we need more dark and twisty poems here... so sad..

2008-01-03 [Linderel]: [wicked fae mage], [Brucie]: Your entries have been removed for violating the format and, in the case of the latter, also due to grammar/spelling errors.

2008-01-09 [+♥+SAFFY+♥+]: does anyone know how you can check how many poems you've submitted in the past for dailypoem?

2008-01-09 [Linderel]: Ctrl+f is a good way to check this page.

2008-01-09 [+♥+SAFFY+♥+]: thankies

2008-01-19 [Linderel]: [Benign_Plague], please fix the format of your entry and the error in the body of the poem.

2008-01-20 [-tsukasa-]: In the rules it says poems must have appropriate content, Mine is about suicide and I don't know if it violates that rule or not. Any feedback on this would be apriciated

2008-01-20 [Linderel]: [-tsukasa-]: Okay, first of all, you failed to follow the format. Secondly... yeah, it's a bit too graphic. Please remove the entry before I do it for you. :)

2008-01-21 [Linderel]: [Anomynous]: Personal notes are not part of the format. Please remove the note, or I will have to remove the entry for violating the format.

2008-01-21 [-tsukasa-]: I removed my entry [Linderel]. And thank you again for your feedback, anybody who wants to read it feel free to do so in my house.

2008-01-21 [Anomynous]: Jawohl!
I guess my professors finally managed to get the fear of plagiarism in my bones.

2008-01-24 [Linderel]: Comments removed. From now on, if someone has something to say that might cause bad blood... Just shut up and keep it to yourself. Or if you really want to say it, well, PMs have been invented for a reason. Better yet, rant in your diary if you must. Just don't come here to start a fight. If you do anyway, please, the rest just stay out of it - many people throwing in their own comments will merely make things worse. In short: Just shut the hell up, every one of you. I'm tired of fights here. Any further comments about this matter will be deleted.

2008-01-27 [Easterling]: A question: Will I be told when my poem will appear on the daily poem? (just being curious) :)

2008-01-27 [Linderel]: Yes, you will be notified with a guestbook message.

2008-01-27 [Easterling]: Thanks! :D

2008-02-08 [Linderel]: Comments removed. I will not tolerate hostility.

2008-02-08 [sequeena_rae]: Yes miss :P

2008-02-08 [Jitter]: Damn I missed the drama xP

2008-02-08 [Linderel]: Shush.

2008-02-09 [Cascading water lillies]: Have I still got poems floating about up here? O well.

2008-02-09 [Linderel]: [xX Doomed Vampire Doll Xx]: Please fix the format of your entry to properly reflect the Daily Poem Format. Copy+paste if need be. There are also several spelling errors in the body of the poem which need to be seen to. Failure to comply will result in the removal of the submission.

2008-02-13 [Alexi Ice]: ok ive held my tounge for about two weeks now, when is the poem on mainstreet going to be changed? I mean mine is ONE poem away from the top, and I am getting a tad impatient...if you dont mind me commenting

2008-02-13 [Cascading water lillies]: Is there something along the lines of a weekly short story, separate from dependant story competitions, I mean; or is that a bad idea, due to space and such?

2008-02-13 [True, plain and simple]: The fact that your poem is one away from the top has nothing to do with when it's going to be put on mainstreet.

2008-02-13 [Doormat]: What!? This isn't like Much Music? D:
*Fixed random spelling/format mistakes.
Don't quite know what to do with [gaiawingz]'s poem. Weird indenting.

2008-02-13 [Nite_Owl]: [Alexi Ice]: Poems are selected every once and a while to be put into a very very large queue. One poem is seleceted randomly from the queue every day or every other day to be featured. The poems on this page are not officially on the list to be featured. There are many other people waiting in line too, so please be patient.

2008-02-13 [Melocrie]: "One poem is seleceted randomly"

Is that true? I always thought they were selected by taste and opinion of the selector.

2008-02-14 [xX Doomed Vampire Doll Xx]: It is...I think.

2008-02-14 [Alexi Ice]: oh ok, thats confusing and i dident know that. thanks.

2008-02-14 [Linderel]: You would have found it in the FAQ if you had just taken a look there instead of whining.
[Melocrie], both are true in a way. We scroll through the queue and if something catches our eye, we give it a more thorough read. If it is to our liking, we probably feature it then. If not, but just not at that moment, we make a mental note to feature it on a later date. With me, anyway, it goes more or less like that.

2008-02-14 [Linderel]: [Rook.]: Your entry is more prose than poetry. Please revise it to a more acceptable form. Also, personal notes are not part of the Daily Poem Format.

2008-02-15 [Nite_Owl]: Basically, the point is that everyone on the queue gets featured eventually, even if it takes a really long time.

2008-02-20 [Linderel]: [Nuit Darksin]: Your entry is more prose than poetry. Please revise it to an acceptable form or it will be removed.

2008-02-20 [Nuit Darksin]: You know I'll just save you the time and remove it myself because obviously you don't understand the poem if you think it's more prose than poetry. You should all go to a poetry slam in your local towns. Poetry doesn't have to ryhme it doesn't have nice. It's a form of expression.

2008-02-20 [Linderel]: Perhaps I should have been more specific. I meant that you should utilise that Enter button you have on your keyboard.

2008-02-20 [Tickle Me Emo]: No, I think you were perfectly specific, [Linderel]. You did say form, not content. Besides, as far as I'm aware, slam poetry is more meant to be enjoyed through listening, not reading. Kind of like plays that way :)

2008-02-20 [Nuit Darksin]: Ok what does using my enter button to space out the poem have to do with it being prose?

2008-02-20 [Linderel]: Its form was that of prose, more than that of poetry. No real arranging to lines had occurred.

2008-02-21 [Nuit Darksin]: *shakes* WOW you are pathetic seriously. We have no understanding of expression. You're so stuck in your comfort zone that your afaird to let others express themselves freely. That's what's wrong with this place. Every person that has a little bit of control over elftown is so power stricken and power hungery that you don't what other people to express themselves in their own way. It fucking digusts me to the point of insanity. What's the point in having a poetry wiki or being a community site that allows people to express themselves freely if you put restrictions on it? There is no point. How can you expect someone to sit down and write a poem, story, or draw a picture if you put restrictions on it? You can't it's not possible for someone to express how they feel with restrictions.

2008-02-21 [Doormat]: Express somewhere else then. If you don't want to follow these rules then you don't have to. You're in the army. Sometimes rules don't make sense, but you should probably follow them. There is a difference between poetry and prose. It's like entering a short story on this page or even a piece of artwork.

2008-02-21 [Danse Macabre]: [Nuit Darksin] its not an "express yourselves freely" page it says quite clearly "poetry". Now as far as I see it and as most will agree poetry is a form of expression but there is also more too it than expression one of these things is "form". [Linderel] did not criticise your expression nor your content merely "form". It has nothing to do with power afterall why would [Linderel] make enemies if she were "power hungery"? That would just cause problems to her ambition. She in no way harmed your right to express yourself and frankly was just doing her job and moderating the entrants to comply by the rules and to follow poetic form. These same standards exist for everyone and are consistent deal with it maturely and don't attack someone for doing their job. I understand you are annoyed but the rules are fairly clear and you could have just changed your entry when asked. Why make such a fuss? If you didn't like the rules why enter?

2008-02-21 [Tyrana]: I've been a little hazy about what exactly the borders are here, as well. I just put up one of my favorite poems, but I really don't know if you guys will count it. I'm not doing this to be confrontational. I just think some poems naturally have wider lines, and I wish I knew where you guys draw the... well... line. I personally feel that, depending on the circumstances, a poem can realistically look more paragraph-y than your traditional format.

2008-02-21 [Tyrana]: Aw, crap. Don't take my comment the wrong way. :)

2008-02-21 [Danse Macabre]: I understand what you are saying [Tyrana] and I do feel if there is a recuring problem with the the format rules clarity then the daily poem bosses should look into clarifying matters. I am sure they too are well aware of this and are probably doing a fantastic job of solving any issues. As for the format rules I personally feel that as they stand they allow ample room for expression within traditional poetic from and metre though this I am sure could be debated amongst poets here for days or even years. Ultimatley its the bosses choice which I am sure will or has been made in accordance with the wishes of the majority of poets here.

2008-02-21 [Nuit Darksin]: yeah i know i'm not going to put any more of "prose" poems up here. And I was in the FUCKING MARINE CORP DUMB ASS!

2008-02-21 [Tickle Me Emo]: So then you would know all about not questioning decisions from authority.

2008-02-21 [Nuit Darksin]: yeah but i wasn't questioning I was stating a fact

2008-02-21 [Linderel]: [Tyrana]: Yep, those lines are a mite too long.
You want to know why? Quite simple: it would either screw up Mainstreet, or be automatically reformatted.

[Nuit Darksin]: You were being rude. If you were indeed stating a fact, you should have been able to do so without calling me - or anyone else for that matter - names. You're irritated because there are restrictions, fine. Dandy. However, your response was less than civil. I'd appreciate it if you toned down the aggression.

And this conversation is, for now, over. Everyone can go cool off in their corners because I WILL NOT TOLERATE HOSTILITY. If someone wants to continue more calmly on this subject, they can go either to the Daily Poem forum (<joinforum:225:Poems> (Daily Poem forum)) or Poetry Discussion, depending on whether they want to ask/gripe about the rules and restrictions or discuss where the border goes, form-wise, between poetry and prose.

Thank you.

2008-02-21 [Tyrana]: Ah, I can see what you're saying about the format on Mainstreet. There's still more to say, I think. On to the forum!

2008-02-22 [Doormat]: If the queue is so long, why don't we bring back the featuring of two poems a day? <img:stuff/lampN-gif.gif>

2008-02-22 [sequeena_rae]: That is a lot of work. The crew have lives you know xP

2008-02-22 [Linderel]: Bring back? I wasn't aware such a practice had ever existed in the first place.

2008-02-22 [sequeena_rae]: Also (sorry to stamp over your point Lami :P) IF that was to happen, I think it would ruin the Daily Poem. Yes, I know Daily is a key word here, but the poems can't really be appreciated if there's two a day. It's just not special then :/

2008-02-22 [Linderel]: You nicked the words right out of my brain.

2008-02-22 [sequeena_rae]: You may call me psychic, Squee psychic ;)

2008-02-22 [Doormat]: Oh, it might just be that weird thingy that if you don't refresh the main page it shows 2.

Are you sure it never existed/has never been brought up before? I'm probably just getting old. o.o

2008-02-22 [Linderel]: If you look at the dates, you'll probably see that they are different. ;)
And yes, I am quite certain I've never even heard of such an idea.

2008-02-22 [Anomynous]: I think there was a time when the Mainstreet showed "yesterday's" poem as well.

2008-02-22 [Linderel]: This is possible, but without any certain evidence pointing elsewhere, I'd attribute that to having backlog.

2008-02-22 [True, plain and simple]: Eh, it's very complicated to explain how it works, so let's just say that it only shows today's poem if you've already seen all the previous poems (you've been on Mainstreet on the previous day).

2008-02-29 [Linderel]: [MyAlterEgo]: Your entry has been removed due to being incorrectly placed. Please try again.

2008-03-01 [Linderel]: [Bonedust]: In addition to having a format violation, the form of your entry is more prose than poetry (i.e. the lines are too long). Please revise it or it will be removed.

2008-03-01 [Bonedust]: I'd agree it's not totally poetic but what was the format violation?

2008-03-01 [Linderel]: You forgot to include 'Written by'. :)

2008-03-01 [Bonedust]: silly me... heh. I'll keep it in mind next time.

2008-03-07 [Mödi]: Hey, about the two poems thing...

When I look at Mainstreet, I see two poems. Is it like Today's and Yesterday's, or what? I can't see all the itty-bitty print. My eyes are emo like that. :( I BLAME MY INSANE READING HABITS.

.>

But yeah. If there's only supposed to be one, why do I see two? o_O

2008-03-07 [Mödi]: O.O WHOA! Now I only see one! ... Double-you Tee Eff?

2008-03-07 [Linderel]: Yes, most probably yesterday's (or, well, uh, Tuesday's, since that's the previous time it was updated before today, I think) and today's, and now you see only today's. :)

2008-03-07 [True, plain and simple]: You hadn't seen the older poem so it showed the next-two poems which you hadn't already seen, which happened to be yesterday's and today's. Once you had seen yesterday's, it only needed to show you the most recent.

2008-03-08 [Doormat]: *Sans colon.

2008-03-14 [Pillowthief]: Wow, nice one [NOOOPE].

2008-03-17 [Linderel]: [InsanityAngel]: Please fix the grammar and spelling errors in your entry or it will be removed.

[K-LuH]: Both of your entries have grammar and spelling errors in them. Please fix those or the submissions will have to be removed.

2008-03-19 [Melocrie]: Don't you get tired of having to repeat that over and over again..? =x

2008-03-19 [Pillowthief]: If people actually would read the guidelines (or could even spellcheck their works in some cases) she wouldnt have to say it over and over... Its a dirty job, but some people have to be the Daily Poem Bosses or chaos would rule ET.

2008-03-19 [Linderel]: [xX-SG-Xx]: Please fix the format of your entry. Also, it's spelled 'divine'.

2008-03-19 [xX-SG-Xx]: is this better?
and I respelled divine.

2008-03-19 [Linderel]: Only slightly. Pay attention to the 'Written by' part. ;)
Also, there's an extra horizontal ruler there...

2008-03-19 [Pillowthief]: Nitpicky as always. Gotta love you Lind.

2008-03-19 [Linderel]: Yeah, part of my charm, really.
It's in the job description, so it can only be a good thing that it comes to me naturally. :P

2008-03-19 [xX-SG-Xx]: Uh, okay,...
=/
lol

2008-03-19 [Pillowthief]: Too bad you dont get paid for this stuff, eh? (much better Sarah)

2008-03-19 [xX-SG-Xx]: thanx,
=]]

2008-03-20 [Doormat]: If people used Firefox, spell checking would be a breeze.

2008-03-28 [Nite_Owl]: [dark starlight] and [Midian Avryel Lunanroe]: Please fix the format of your poems, or they will be removed.

2008-04-02 [True, plain and simple]: To [dark starlight], [Midian Avryel Lunanroe]: Your poems have been removed for violating the Daily Poem Format.

2008-04-02 [Ravenclaw]: I hope mine is ok.

2008-04-02 [The real life Bella Swan]: [Ravenclaw] put a line break thingie in after your poem it looks like < hr > < that only with out the spaces . . .

2008-04-02 [Dark Side of the Moon]: I fixed it for her.

2008-04-03 [Ravenclaw]: thanks much Ir

2008-04-03 [Tyrana]: I changed the format of my poem a bit so it is no longer so... wide? I thought I would be disappointed, but upon playing around with it, I am pleased at the results, and also glad I can post it. ^_^

2008-04-04 [Nite_Owl]: Thank you for your consideration, [Tyrana] :)

2008-04-07 [Eyes Only]: Um within the past few days someone has deleted my Poem and I saw no warnings about it being not up to par.

2008-04-07 [True, plain and simple]: Was it actually deleted or moved to the queue (taken from the top of the page, along with many others)?

2008-04-07 [Eyes Only]: Where do I find the queue

2008-04-07 [True, plain and simple]: You can't view the queue. If it disappeared after I edited the page the other day, and wasn't one of the two that I said I removed, then it was moved to the queue for Mainstreet selection at some later date.

2008-04-07 [Eyes Only]: How long before it goes from queue to front page on average?

2008-04-07 [Linderel]: A month or two, I would say.

2008-04-07 [Tickle Me Emo]: I believe my poems have finally been eaten by the Queue Monster :D
That makes me ridiculously happy.

2008-04-08 [Ravenclaw]: glad it's not my fault *looks shifty while being innocent as far as she knows*

2008-04-10 [AuroraLumos]: oooh I have one ^_^ lol, do I just add it to the bottom of the page?

2008-04-10 [Linderel]: Yes. Remember to use the Daily Poem Format.

2008-04-10 [AuroraLumos]: will do ^_^

2008-04-10 [AuroraLumos]: *points* is that alright?

2008-04-10 [Linderel]: Aye. One of the lines in the second is a tad too long, though, and another is pushing it. I'd appreciate if you shortened them a bit.

2008-04-10 [AuroraLumos]: ok I'll do that now.

2008-04-11 [Decla]: i put one of my poems up, I hope it's allowed :)

2008-04-11 [Jitter]: Nice but I think you'll be asked to fix grammar and format :)

2008-04-11 [Linderel]: Point for Jitter :P

2008-04-11 [Linderel]: [Decla]: Please fix the format of your poem to abide by the Daily Poem Format or it will be removed. There are also a couple of grammar/spelling errors that need correcting, on lines 8, 12 and 20 respectively.

2008-04-11 [AuroraLumos]: Vampires by [InsanityAngel] seems a bit wide aswell ... just thought I'd point that out ^_^

2008-04-11 [Decla]: can you tell me what to change exactly?? also for spelling and grammar?

2008-04-11 [AuroraLumos]: Maybe put capitals at the beginning of each line and commas at the end (where appropriate for the rythem) that sort of thing

2008-04-11 [Decla]: I changed the capitals at the beginning, but comma's are not appropiate I believe

2008-04-11 [AuroraLumos]: ok um... not sure about the rest. I think some of the lines might be a bit too long. making the poem too wide. Some of mine were that length and I had to shorten them.
That might be it I think :S Not sure though.

2008-04-11 [Linderel]: The capitals don't really matter. As long as you capitalise 'I', and any possible proper nouns, I could care less about the rest. I gave you the lines where you need to to change something, but if you really can't see them...
Line 8: fourty -> forty
Line 12: sets -> set
Line 20: it's -> its
As for the format... Just copy and paste the Daily Poem Format. Doing that you should figure out what was wrong.

2008-04-11 [Linderel]: [AuroraLumos], if you're not sure, in this situation it would be better not to give advice lest you create more confusion. :)
Regarding the length of the lines, some are a bit longish, yes, but not too long.

2008-04-11 [AuroraLumos]: okies sorry... just trying to help a little XD

2008-04-11 [Linderel]: Helping is always good, nothing wrong there. :3
Someone should offer their services as a proofreader here. I'm supposed to let people figure out their own mistakes. <_<

2008-04-11 [AuroraLumos]: I could... my spelling's not always amazing though. It's good but sometimes I miss things so I'm probably not the best person to do it. XD

2008-04-11 [Decla]: I hope it's okay now

2008-04-11 [Linderel]: The format is still not correct. Did you do what I advised you to?

2008-04-11 [Decla]: I looked in the daily poem format, but I can't see what is wrong with the format

2008-04-11 [Linderel]: You'd notice if you copied and pasted the format like I said. The 'Written by' part.

2008-04-11 [Decla]: I changed it into 'Written by'. is it now good??

2008-04-11 [Linderel]: Aye, 'tis. ;)
We're serious when we say that the format has to be followed to the letter.

2008-04-11 [Decla]: I know you do, I didn't see the mistake I made.
I'll get format right in the future, and I'll work on my grammar and spelling skills :)

2008-04-16 [Alexi Ice]: Ok I have a question, after a poem has been swallowed to the world of daily poems (wherever that might be) how long, on average until there posted on mainstreet?

2008-04-16 [AuroraLumos]: A month or two I think... that's what they said earlier on anyway ^_^ ([Linderel] is a better person to talk to though :D)

2008-04-16 [Linderel]: Yup, a month or two is the average, I'd say. It's almost entirely random which one we'll end up picking on any given day.

2008-04-16 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: yeah, sometimes though, it could be sometime the same week, or 4 months :P

2008-04-17 [Linderel]: ...which is why we're talking averages here. ;)

2008-04-22 [Cascading water lillies]: I love 'Weird', and 'Introspection'. Really nice images.

2008-04-23 [Alexi Ice]: My Introspection!? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Not used to being complimented) THANK YOU ^^!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And that one is my absolute favorite, out of all my work.

2008-04-23 [xX Doomed Vampire Doll Xx]: I to greatly enjoyed your poems!!
I can relate to 'Introspection'
*Cheers*

2008-04-24 [Cascading water lillies]: Yes, yours Mits. :) I was in a hurry to type your username, but it stoo out as the type of work I like. As in, good. ^^

2008-04-25 [Nite_Owl]: Please minimize the random chat--take it to PM's or Poetry Discussion :)

2008-04-26 [Nite_Owl]: It's alright. :) It just clutters the comments and makes it hard to pick out questions people might have, so I asked nicely before it got too bad.

2008-05-01 [Alexi Ice]: Lol. Nobodys caught my mistake yet, so im not going to point it out...^^

2008-05-01 [Linderel]: If you've caught a mistake in one of your own submissions, it would be best to fix it before someone does notice. :P

2008-05-01 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: [Alexi Ice]: Your should be You're in your second Untitled posting. :P

2008-05-01 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: yes well, it's still Your and not You're >.>

2008-05-01 [Alexi Ice]: I know I fixed it last night when I found it. Lol.

and yeah, I think we just had a weird mis-communication lol. I will fix it...( I wondered what you were trying to say...)

2008-05-01 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: yeaah :P

2008-05-03 [Ravendust]: Been a while since I've added anything... and of course it had to be something totally depressing >>;;

2008-05-03 [Doormat]: I guess mine counters that :P

2008-05-03 [Tickle Me Emo]: Yeah, I haven't been channeling the darker stuff so much recently, either. Although if I were half as talented as [Doormat], I would be trying pretty much anything and everything :P

2008-05-03 [Ravendust]: I don't generally write so... dark XD, I usually write with the older English type stuff.

2008-05-03 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: Want to discuss poetry but can't, because one of the Bosses shooed you off the comment box? Now we have a solution: Poetry Discussion.

2008-05-03 [Linderel]: *makes shooing motions*

2008-05-03 [Tickle Me Emo]: *is shooed*

2008-05-07 [Nite_Owl]: [HardRockAngel]: Please fix your entry to follow the Daily Poem Format or it will be removed.

2008-05-09 [HardRockAngel]: I hope I fixed it... Didn't know what was wrong though <img:44166_1164144921.gif>

2008-05-09 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: change By to Written by

2008-05-09 [HardRockAngel]: ooooooow, so that was the problem <img:44166_1164144921.gif>
I thought it had something to do with the spacing...
*edit: changed it <img:44166_1164145221.gif>

2008-05-09 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: nope nope.
just that one detail

2008-05-09 [HardRockAngel]: thanks for telling me <img:44166_1164145171.gif>
It's one of my darkest poems, but still the one I like best <img:44166_1164145221.gif>

2008-05-10 [Nite_Owl]: Thank you for changing it yourself :)

2008-05-10 [Nite_Owl]: [((lost))]: Please look over your poem and correct its grammar errors, or it will be removed.

2008-05-11 [HardRockAngel]: np, just didn't see what was wrong, till someone pointed it out to me <img:44166_1164145171.gif>

2008-05-18 [light.]: Whoo~ Second poem submitted. Here's hoping I did it right ;D

2008-05-19 [Akayume]: The submission looks perfecto to me. (:

2008-05-19 [light.]: Hurray! ^o^ I know the first one I submitted needed to be corrected a few times ~

2008-05-20 [Chetleon]: Hmmm I wonder whether what I just did was incredibly interesting, or incredibly stupid...