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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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2007-02-17 [Nite_Owl]: People don't like to see mistakes in their own work. For me I generally just sort of "think" what I'm writing and often forget punctuation or articles and such when it starts pouring out of me :P They call me the Grammar Nazi at school for my rather strict peer-corrections of peoples' work haha

2007-02-17 [Once upon a dream]: How long does a poem get to stay on here after it's submitted?

2007-02-17 [Fireblade K'Chona]: I went and changed the spelling, RavenMoon. Hope you don't mind. :) And [Ayame the Snake]..."though," not "tho".

2007-02-17 [Linderel]: I usually see my mistakes, sooner or later. If I even make them in the first place. :P And I poke people about their errors to such an extent it's sometimes annoying. Heh.

[Once upon a dream]: It stays on this submission page an undetermined length of time, then is moved to the feature queue among others, and then waits for its turn to be featured. So, basically, it can be a couple of months on this page and another month or two in the queue.

2007-02-17 [Linderel]: [Ayame the Snake]: Please fix the format of your entry to abide by the Daily Poem Format. There are also some spelling errors that should be seen to.

2007-02-17 [~*Darkness Covers My Heart*~]: Sorry i just got in such a hurry yesterday with posting it back on that I didn't take the time to sit down and go over it before I posted. I just wrote it and signed off cause being a single mom I don't get much time to correct myself let alone write, lol. Thanks to all for the great help!

2007-02-17 [Once upon a dream]: Okay, thankyou! ^_^

2007-02-18 [Alexi Ice]: ^^ sorry if i sounded like a nag, i correct people too. sometimes i even find mistkes in books and manga and find myself fixing them with a pencil

2007-02-21 [Alexi Ice]: [sarah louise] - here i go again but in this sentance [I thought you was the one,] it should be i thought you WERE the one, not i though you WAS...

2007-02-22 [Chetleon]: Please read my Poem someone! Tell me what you think!!

2007-02-22 [Linderel]: [Chetleon]: Please fix the format of your entry to abide by the Daily Poem Format.

2007-02-22 [Chrysilla]: I would like to add poems, should I put them after the other one I posted, or at the end of the page? Thank you!

2007-02-22 [Linderel]: At the end of the page, of course. Shouldn't even need to be asked.

2007-02-22 [Linderel]: [aplayer]: Poems are to be submitted on the actual page, not in the comments. Comment deleted.

2007-02-22 [Alexi Ice]: [Chetleon] i liked it, very deep and i dident find any mistakes, but i only read it once.

2007-02-22 [Chrysilla]: Well thank you for answering though :)
I will post them as soon as I wake up. Have a great day/ night!

2007-02-23 [Eriseith]: [Chetleon] Your poem should be at the end of the page, not the beginning

2007-02-23 [Linderel]: [Chetleon]: Please fix the grammar of your entry, as well as the format to abide by the Daily Poem Format. Also, you submitted in the wrong end of the page. Failure to rectify these errors will result in the removal of the entry.

2007-02-23 [Linderel]: Everyone else: Leave the notifications for me. You have been given the permission to fix others' errors, use it if you have time to state the errors.

2007-02-24 [Linderel]: [silent_voice]: Please fix the grammar errors in your entry.

2007-02-24 [silent_voice]: That better?

2007-02-24 [Linderel]: I don't see anything changed... But if it needs to be pointed out to you, you have several 'i's where there should be 'I's.
Oh. Another thing, it's spelled 'unbelievable'.

2007-02-25 [Linderel]: [Chaotic Serenity]: Please fix the format of your entries to abide by the Daily Poem Format or they will be removed.

2007-02-25 [Chaotic Serenity]: Is that better? Sorry, I must have missed the divider.

2007-02-25 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: fixed: [Chetleon]'s and [Chaotic Serenity]'s problem. 'written by' should have been 'Written by'

2007-02-25 [Chaotic Serenity]: ...That really needs to be capitalized? >_>

2007-02-25 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: Fixed: [Ayame the Snake]'s format problem. "Written by:" Should be "Written by"

[Chaotic Serenity]: Yes it does need to be. It's a violation of the rules for it not to be exactly as the rules say for it to be. =) Have a nice day! <img:44166_1164145171.gif>

2007-02-25 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: Fixed: Put [Chetleon]'s entry at the bottom of the page, and corrected the "Ive"'s to say "I've"

2007-02-25 [Linderel]: Hehe, thanks. I would have started removing those tonight had they not been fixed. Missed one 'Ive', though. :P

2007-02-25 [silent_voice]: When does this get decided?

2007-02-25 [Linderel]: Never. This does not get decided, because this is not a contest. This is a feature. That is, all poems that qualify get to the Mainstreet sooner or later.

2007-02-25 [silent_voice]: Ah right, fair enough. So the poems get chosen, and eventually get on mainstreet, then you get a badge?

2007-02-25 [Linderel]: Basically.

2007-02-25 [silent_voice]: Oh okay...

2007-02-25 [Papa Don't Preach]: when do they get chosen tho

2007-02-25 [Linderel]: From time to time, poems from this submission page will be transferred to a feature queue. From that queue we on a daily basis (sometimes it takes longer due to real life) pick the poem we feel like featuring.
I'm quite sure this all could be found in the Daily Poem FAQ. If you looked through all the information we provide you, it would save you from typing the questions and me from typing the answers.

2007-02-25 [Papa Don't Preach]: oh ok, sorry

2007-02-25 [silent_voice]: Sorry Linderel, im new to compititions and features and things, ive been here a year and a bit now and i have only relaly started entering compitition and things now.

2007-02-25 [Linderel]: No biggie. Just remember to make use of the information and links provided. ;)

2007-02-25 [Papa Don't Preach]: ok :)

2007-02-25 [silent_voice]: Will do in future. Thanks again.

2007-02-25 [Papa Don't Preach]: one questions is "a shady hollow" by[Artsieladie]
meant to have all the links in it???

2007-02-25 [Linderel]: [Artsieladie] probably wrote all the links to it, but if there's a question of whether it's allowed, I'll have to discuss it with True.

2007-02-25 [Papa Don't Preach]: ok, it just confused me, i wasnt sure if theywere meant to be linked or bold etc

2007-02-27 [kabutali]: um... no one will steal these works will they? I really like my poem. :| (my 1st entry btw)

2007-02-27 [Linderel]: We can't guarantee any work won't be stolen. A writer must acknowledge the fact that the second they put their work out there, in the Internet, someone may feel the need to steal it and call it their own. However... You put your username under your poem, so unless someone goes and changes that (which will result in a penalty btw, if found out), you can rest assured that when the poem is featured, it will be credited to you.

2007-03-02 [Daemon SaDiablo]: [Linderel] Would a Jabberwocky-esque poem be allowed? The words aren't exactly words and the like, as it is in the Jabberwocky. Curious is all.

2007-03-02 [Linderel]: *blink* I'm not completely sure what you're getting at.

2007-03-02 [_She-Wolf_]: bacicly like docter suess right?

2007-03-02 [sequeena_rae]: The Jabberwocky is a creation by Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland), I'm assuming that [Daemon SaDiablo] wants to do his own version of the poem (probably not with the boy running off to kill the Jabberwocky though, I felt so sorry for it :() and is worried that it will be considered copyrighting or something.

Am I right? o.o

2007-03-02 [Daemon SaDiablo]: Well, its not even in the same frame of mind as the Jabberwocky poem, it uses the same basic construct of the Jabberwocky using created words in place of real words. I was just wondering if that'd bend or break the rules, or if it'd just be a waste to post it.

2007-03-02 [sequeena_rae]: I don't see why it would :P

2007-03-02 [Daemon SaDiablo]: Nor do I, just wondering though if people'd grumble about created words and the like. That and it'd probably be the first time, I'm guessing that something like that was posted. Or I could be wrong, but I like to break from tradition.

2007-03-02 [Daemon SaDiablo]: Posting it, I'll find out the hard way if it gets rejected for some reason or another. -chuckles dryly-

2007-03-02 [GoneGone]: Well, I think the worst thing that could happen is for someone to come along, think they're spelling mistakes and "fix" them for you.

2007-03-02 [Daemon SaDiablo]: Thats true, though those words don't resemble any I've ever stumbled upon.

2007-03-03 [Linderel]: Well, if there's just a few created words, I guess it's okay.

2007-03-03 [Daemon SaDiablo]: A few...well a few a line, as in the jabberwocky.

2007-03-03 [Daemon SaDiablo]: If you think its not what should be posted I'll oblige and take it down [Linderel]. After all your the final say more often than not.

2007-03-03 [Linderel]: It might be okay. I'll have to ask True to confirm, though.
And you should fix your format. :)

2007-03-03 [TRAVELER]: I put my poem in here i hope i did it right.

2007-03-03 [GoneGone]: Got quite a few issues with it, [TRAVELER]

2007-03-03 [TRAVELER]: HELP ME THEN.

2007-03-03 [GoneGone]: First of all, go to the Daily Poem Format

If you don't understand anything from there, leave another comment.

2007-03-03 [GoneGone]: Daemon Sadi, fixed your format! You had a colon after Written by.

2007-03-03 [TRAVELER]: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

2007-03-03 [GoneGone]: Um, you're welcome. You might want to fix it before [Linderel] comes by with her official bold bossnessness and warns you.

2007-03-03 [Linderel]: Too late, I'm afraid. ;)

2007-03-03 [Linderel]: [TRAVELER]: Please fix the format of your entry to abide by the Daily Poem Format or it will be removed.

2007-03-03 [GoneGone]: Ah well. I tried. :P

2007-03-03 [Nite_Owl]: Owlie has a question: when do you think you'll be removing some of these to another page? I have four up right now, and there's one or two that I'd like to post :) Hopefully I won't have to delete them...

2007-03-03 [Linderel]: Well, the queue is running a bit low on submissions again, so I'll poke Trues soon enough. :)

2007-03-04 [GoneGone]: Can I go fix up [TRAVELER]'s various errors?

2007-03-04 [Linderel]: You're allowed to do so, yeah. No need to ask. :)

2007-03-04 [GoneGone]: Thank you. They've been driving me nuts.

2007-03-04 [Daemon SaDiablo]: Thanks Deost for spotting that.

2007-03-05 [GoneGone]: No problems! :)

2007-03-05 [Nite_Owl]: Thankies kindly, Linderel :)

2007-03-05 [True, plain and simple]: I'll move poems to the queue in about 17 hours (my tomorrow afternoon), if you want an estimated time.

2007-03-05 [True, plain and simple]: Well, they normally are every day. I didn't notice [Linderel] was busy though, otherwise I would have made sure to cover for her.

2007-03-05 [Nite_Owl]: That'd do just fine, True, thanks (^,^)

2007-03-05 [Linderel]: Sorry 'bout that, should have made more time for ET. But, well, back to normal schedule now. :3

2007-03-06 [TRAVELER]: Thanks to all that fixed my poem.

2007-03-06 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: Fixed: "Written by [Erotica Exotica" Should've been "Written by [Erotica Exotica]

2007-03-06 [Linderel]: Hmm. That seems to have been some accidental mess-up by True. :3

2007-03-07 [True, plain and simple]: -blames Elftown-

2007-03-08 [Linderel]: To 'Cory Simmons' who I presume to be [prisoner of my past]: Please fix the format of your entry to abide by the Daily Poem Format, as well as the several grammar/spelling errors in the body of the poem.

2007-03-08 [Every Rose Has Her Thorn]: If my last one is too explicit, just let me know and I will remove it. Or you can...whichever. I just thought I'd try it. Not sure what exactly you think is explicit or unacceptable language, etc.

2007-03-09 [TRAVELER]: Rose MoonClover that poem was "hot" groowwwwll.

2007-03-09 [Tableau Vivant]: 'twas time for little old me to add something again =)

2007-03-09 [Teufelsweib]: whoot! finally! X)

2007-03-09 [Tableau Vivant]: Hehe, I was waiting for a good one to be created from my poem-hungry hands. And this one's it!=D

2007-03-10 [Linderel]: [TRAVELER]/[Minnehaha]: A poem must be added to the submission page by its author, and the author only, not by a friend. This alone would be a reason for me to remove it. Also, the entry violates the Daily Poem Format and has some grammar/spelling errors. Please fix these and make sure it's done by the right person, or the entry will be removed.

2007-03-10 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: Fixed: </hr> which should have been

2007-03-10 [Ravendust]: I saw that just a few seconds ago and would have gone back in to fix it if you hadn't.

2007-03-10 [hannes]: I submitted a poem called Beleaver. Now I know that it's written believer, but the title is meant to be a pun on that word.. I'm okay with changing it if this breaks any rules, but then I'd rather come up with a new title instead.

2007-03-10 [Linderel]: Puns are quite alright. ;)

2007-03-10 [hannes]: :) I'm happy to hear that. Thank you for the very quick reply.

2007-03-16 [Angel In Red]: Hello, ive just posted my poem up there, and im hoping to god i havent made a mistake with the format or something stupid like that. If i have, its accidental and i will change it there and then. thanks.

2007-03-16 [Linderel]: Apart from a couple of missing apostrophes, it would seem to be alright.

2007-03-16 [Angel In Red]: *blinks* Really? ooo, no wonder i failed English in year nine. hehe, dont worry let me see what my two braincells can do with this one.

2007-03-16 [Linderel]: Well, of course I can't say for sure as I don't know what exactly your intention was, but I feel like there should be an apostrophe in this phrase: "The suns faith always appears" - that is, not suns but sun's. Since as I understand it, it's faith of the sun or something to that effect... Am I wrong?

2007-03-16 [Angel In Red]: Hmm okies, i really did fail English. Ive tried to keep it to your requested format. However if you find that ive done it wrong can you change it for me? Much appreciated, it would save time considering i would probably make another mistake.

2007-03-16 [GoneGone]: Fixed, [Angel In Red]. All I saw grammatically wrong were the two apostraphies. If I missed anything, it'll probably be pointed out.

2007-03-16 [GoneGone]: I've seen worse...

2007-03-19 [Linderel]: Okay, if this line of conversation continues here, I will be looking for the delete button, as it is, I'm afraid, off-topic. ^_^

2007-03-19 [Linderel]: You are perfectly free to continue elsewhere. :3

2007-03-26 [Linderel]: [Cascading water lillies]: Please fix the format of your latest submission to abide by the Daily Poem Format.

2007-03-26 [Linderel]: [((lost))]: Please fix the grammatical errors in your submission, or it will be removed.

2007-03-26 [Linderel]: [_habnabit].: Please fix the format of your entry, as well as the grammatical errors in the body of the poem.

2007-03-26 [Linderel]: To [TRAVELER]: The poem 'Indian Dreams' has been removed for the reasons stated in a comment above.

2007-03-26 [_habnabit]: Forget it. If I can't submit my entry with the grammar the way it was, I won't participate.

2007-03-26 [Linderel]: Your choice. It says right there in the rules, "Submissions must be in proper English."

2007-03-27 [_habnabit]: My spelling was all fine, I just was lacking punctuation for the effect. I think I've seen some other such poems in the archive.

2007-03-27 [True, plain and simple]: Aside from the incorrect format, the lack of capitalization on your "I"(s) is likely the focus of [Linderel]'s grammatical commentary-not the punctuation. Although it's entirely possible that was an issue as well, I don't think that it was the main concern.

2007-03-27 [_habnabit]: If it was just that, I'd be willing to change it and resubmit.

2007-03-27 [Linderel]: Yes, it is as True said.

2007-03-27 [Linderel]: [little flag]: Please fix the grammatical errors in your latest submission.

2007-03-29 [Linderel]: [Gonesdfe gewsegeaki]: Please fix the grammar and spelling errors in your entry or it will be removed.

2007-03-30 [little flag]: I chose to remove the poem instead. I very rarely capitalize anything in my poetry. And aside from not capitalizing my "i"s, I didn't see anything grammaticaflly wrong with the poem. I do understand the importance of using good English, but so long aS itS nOt TyPinG lIkE ThIS or completely unintelligably written, I don't see why the rules can't allow poetic license with such things.

2007-03-30 [itoe]: I fixed [Chetleon]'s bold tags.

2007-03-30 [Nite_Owl]: I don't think there was anything wrong besides the lack of capitalized I's in the poem, [little flag], although you'd have to double-check with Linderel. I'm sure that reposting with the I's in place would work just fine :) [_habnabit] did something similar in his, as far as I can tell.

2007-03-30 [Linderel]: Yes, we want those capitalised 'i's. Not having them is viewed as grammar violation.

2007-03-30 [_habnabit]: [Linderel], since this seems to be a common confusion, could you modify the rules to make the grammar requirement more clear?

2007-03-30 [Teufelsweib]: then you could write down all grammar rules. you expect when "proper english" is required, a capitalised I is just a common rule?

2007-03-30 [_habnabit]: Except she seems to be allowing poems without punctuation and capitalization (except on the Is) as long as the other grammar rules are followed and it's spelled correctly.

2007-03-30 [Teufelsweib]: since this isn't a story, the punctations etc. aren't necessarily, since those can be used to change the affect of a poem. "I" is a different story than that though, that's just how to write a common english line. but then, could be me. perhaps english people are used writing without the capital "I" and it's just a stupid grammar rule I have to learn at school (like with french, those guys don't use all those dots and stripes at all while typing)

2007-03-30 [Linderel]: Taking liberties with punctuation and capitalisation we can allow, we just want the basic things like this to go by the book. I personally view capitalising your 'i's as something equivalent to proper spelling and remembering to put the apostrophes where they belong.

2007-03-31 [little flag]: I can see your point, and I don't mean to criticize the rules, obviously they're your perogative, but it's just my opinion, probably as a result of reading too much ee cummings, that as far as proper capitalization rules go it's part of poetic liscencse to go by or not go by them. I know many of my poems would change greatly in tone and effect if I began using "proper" capitalization, and it wouldn't be a change to the enhancement of the poem.

2007-04-02 [Linderel]: [Pillowthief], please fix the spelling errors in your submission.

2007-04-02 [Linderel]: [little flag]: I really don't see how capitalising your 'i's would have any influence on the 'tone and effect' of your poems... Please, do enlighten me.

2007-04-02 [Pillowthief]: Spelling errors corrected, I apologize for not proofreading before submitting.

2007-04-02 [Chimalus]: Hmmm... Ideally, poetry should have nothing to do with punctuation, besides any desired emphasis on a certain word or phrase. Please understand, everyone, that the best poets in the world have gone without proper grammar. I'm a grammar freak myself, but when I write poetry, grammar can go out the window for all I care. Grammar is little more than training wheels in poetry.

2007-04-02 [Linderel]: As I already stated a couple of comments back, what I care about the most are spelling, apostrophes, and capitalising your 'i's. I understand the want for greater poetic license, but the rules here are what they are, and probably are not going to change unless the Bosses do.
On our playground, please play by our rules. That's all we ask. I'm frankly a bit tired of this same old subject. :3
(Though I know that you, [Chimalus], probably just came here. This was a general statement, please don't think I'm griping at you first thing.)

2007-04-03 [Chimalus]: I'm speaking as an idealist. Take my advice or don't. *grins* Idealists don't often succeed. We're here to change the rules; it doesn't often work, and I'm perfectly okay with that. Continue as you were.

2007-04-03 [Chimalus]: Oh... I've been on elftown for almost two years. Funny how that works. I suppose I just never learn, do I?

2007-04-03 [Linderel]: I meant here as in this particular playground. At least I don't ever remember seeing you here before. *blink blink*
Anyway, time for Bitchy Boss to sleep.

2007-04-03 [little flag]: When I don't captialize things in my poems, the effect is uniform; nothing is capitalized. It's a matter of preference to then leave the I's uncapitalized as well. To me that's as much a part of the "architecture" of a poem as the style in which it's written on the page; it's just the way I write. Now that I'm clear that the grammar rules extend to that kind of capitalization as well, however, I simply won't submit poems with the I's uncapitalized. I don't agree with that application of the grammar rules, but like I said before, they're your rules to be in charge of, not mine, and I'll abide by them. Just letting my opinion be heard.

2007-04-03 [Chimalus]: I agree with you, little flag. In a sense, grammar rules are just more opportunities for poets to mold into others' expectations. Eventually, we may be writing for broader audiences anyway, so these regulations on elftown may prove to be a valuable training ground. Although, judging by your impeccable conversational grammar, I think you've earned the right to non-capitalize your poems! Hahahaha...

2007-04-03 [little flag]: Ha, well, that's one way of looking at it ^_^ I like your poem "Soul Blade" very much by the way, I think it's an incredible bit of description.

2007-04-03 [Chimalus]: Thank yee! I appreciate the feedback.

2007-04-03 [Nite_Owl]: Very nice April Fools' prank, guys (^,^) I was wondering what they were doing this year--I think the best prank so far though was the swearing-ban a couple years ago heh heh....

Moving conversation elsewhere. Ta-ta!

2007-04-03 [Pillowthief]: Ah, that was last year wasnt it? I was trying to think what they did last year...

2007-04-03 [Linderel]: Last year, there was the greatest prank of all: Elftown was down.
But that's severely offtopic, so shoo! :P

2007-04-03 [Linderel]: Also, if someone wants to discuss poetry in general or continue with the grammar conversation or anything at all, please use -> Poetry Discussion. It's there for a reason, and I don't want it to die.

2007-04-03 [Chimalus]: By the way... being so uber-neo at the Daily Poem thing, and having no proficiency at all when it comes to reading directions/tutorials/explanations (or even finding them in the first place), could somebody tell me how this process works? I mean, choosing Daily Poems and everything. Isn't one supposed to be chosen each day???

2007-04-04 [Nite_Owl]: Well....it's more "semi-daily" than daily, but it's still much better than it used to be before Linderel was made boss :D I'll let her explain how everything works though, for fear of not saying things quite right heh

2007-04-04 [Chimalus]: Cool. Guess what. All too recently, I learned how to read... and I got all the information I needed about the Daily Poem. Yay! No more help required!

2007-04-04 [Nite_Owl]: Well, good for you :D Always best to follow what's written.

2007-04-04 [Linderel]: Oi! I'm trying to keep it daily... <_< And sometimes even succeed. :P

2007-04-04 [Nite_Owl]: You're doing a great job, mate. Keep it up (^,^)

2007-04-04 [Linderel]: [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: Please fix the spelling errors in your latest entry.

2007-04-04 [Linderel]: [Sins to Virtues]: Please fix the format of your entry to abide by the Daily Poem Format.

2007-04-04 [Linderel]: [She will Have her way.]: Please fix the format of your entry to abide by the Daily Poem Format as well as the couple of spelling errors in the body of the poem.
_{Also, the next time you submit, try not to fuck the page up so royally...}

2007-04-11 [Linderel]: [She will Have her way.], [Sins to Virtues]: Your respective entries have been removed for reasons stated in the comments above.

2007-04-12 [Sins to Virtues]: Oh, i'm sorry. My computer just got a virus and is currently being repaired, this laptop i'm on is very slow.

2007-04-12 [Linderel]: [Olwen]: Please fix the format of your entry, as well as the grammar errors in the body of your poem.

2007-04-12 [Olwen]: i read the format page, i thought i did it ok =(

2007-04-12 [Linderel]: Erm. Brackets. Around your username. Like everyone else has, see?

2007-04-12 [Olwen]: Ah Yes! I see! Thanks for pointing that out. I am rather new at all this, ever so sorry!

2007-04-12 [Linderel]: Quite alright. :) You still need to fix the grammar, though.

2007-04-13 [speakyourwords]: Yay! I finally submitted a poem ^__^

2007-04-13 [Linderel]: Your format is a bit off, though. ;)

2007-04-13 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: Fixed [speakyourwords]'s format.

2007-04-14 [speakyourwords]: What was wrong with it? Just wondering, so I don't mess it up again... and thank you for fixing it. I'm really sorry. I thought I got it right :/

2007-04-14 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: it was "Written by: [speakyourwords]" when it should be "Written by [speakyourwords]" (yes, it must be exact ;) )

2007-04-14 [speakyourwords]: Oh, okay. I should have noticed that. Thank you for fixing it :]

2007-04-14 [yeaheffthissite]: It's Killing Me
My heart is dead, it's way past beating.
Time is running on empty, and the gas is running out.
Drowning in my sleep. I'm drowning in my sleep.
No lights. No signs. I'm at a loss of words.
Can you feel your heart beat racing?
There's no turning back tonight

Love is pain. The pain that stabs you in the heart,
and doesn’t care that it’s killing you slowly.

Written by [™+.fataly . gorgeous.+]

like all the words in that are from diff UnderOath songs come on...

2007-04-14 [Linderel]: I looked through their lyrics, but I couldn't find them. Maybe I was tired or something. If you can point out the specific songs to me, I'll take action, but in the meantime... she's innocent until otherwise proven.
Just as a hint, though, I'd like these sort of things taken care of through private messages.

2007-04-15 [Linderel]: [im sin so the good can repent]: Please fix the grammar and spelling errors in your entries. The format of the second one is also wrong.

2007-04-15 [im sin so the good can repent]: whats wrong with the format in the second one?

2007-04-15 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: the second one, the 'w' in 'written' should be capitalized

2007-04-15 [little flag]: I added two of my poems, so I fixed the "w" since I was there.

2007-04-16 [Linderel]: [Cascading water lillies], please fix your format. Also, there seems to be a grammar mistake in the poem.

2007-04-16 [Cascading water lillies]: Is that okay? Otherwise, I can't seem to determine what else needs correcting.

2007-04-16 [Linderel]: Yeah, the content is okay. But... it's the effing colon again. :P

2007-04-16 [Linderel]: I meant the colon in the 'Written by'. It's not supposed to be there.

2007-04-20 [Linderel]: [OceanBorn], please fix the spelling errors in your entry.

2007-04-21 [light.]: [Linderel], about those lyrics. http://www.1songlyrics.com/l/legion-of-doom/dangerous-business-since-1979--mewithoutyou-vs--un.html A lot of [™+.fataly . gorgeous.+]'s 'poem' is taken from that song. It's mostly just one line or two. That isn't the /original/ song that the 'poem' is taking from, but it's the remix. The original song is called "It's dangerous business walking out your front door" (Or something along those lines).

2007-04-21 [Linderel]: I repeat, I would like these sort of things to be taken care of through private messages.
Anyway. Thank you, I'll have a look.

2007-04-29 [Wan-wan]: Does any body have the time to help me understand how to submit my poem. If so i would really like that.

2007-04-29 [Cascading water lillies]: Just submit after the last one. Press 'edit page'.. The rules are at the top of the page.

2007-04-30 [Linderel]: There are pretty thorough instructions on the Daily Poem Format page. Just follow those and you should be fine.

2007-04-30 [Linderel]: [Master of the Vortex]: Not only is your poem far too long, but you also submitted in the wrong end of the wiki. Please remove it before I do that for you.

2007-04-30 [Linderel]: [Olwen]: Please fix the grammatical errors in your entry 'Cat'.

2007-04-30 [Linderel]: [im sin so the good can repent]: Your entries have been removed for the grammar and spelling mistakes in them. You had been notified and given the time to fix them.
[Olwen]: Your entry 'Garden Gnomes and Daffodils' has been removed for its grammatical errors.

2007-05-05 [Linderel]: [Little Victories]: Please fix the format of your entry to abide by the Daily Poem Format.

2007-05-06 [Linderel]: [Tableau Vivant]: Please fix the format of your entry.

2007-05-06 [Tableau Vivant]: fixed ;)

2007-05-06 [Tableau Vivant]: Darn =P
thank you ;)

2007-05-06 [Tableau Vivant]: there we go. =)

2007-05-06 [Little Victories]: fixed

2007-05-06 [Linderel]: Erm, [Little Victories], you fixed nothing, in fact you put in another error.

2007-05-06 [GoneGone]: [Little Victories], fixed your errors, [Tableau Vivant], fixed the spelling mistake.

2007-05-06 [Tableau Vivant]: Thank you ;)

2007-05-06 [GoneGone]: Welcome! :D

2007-05-06 [Akayume]: Alright. So I know I've prolly asked this before, BUT...if we are unsure how many poems of ours are up here, what can we do to check?

2007-05-06 [Linderel]: Use ctrl+f and search with your user name, then count the results. Faster than scrolling through them all.

2007-05-06 [Akayume]: Thank you soo much! I've very sorry for forgetting. ;__; I can't work my computer all that well. THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!

2007-05-07 [Little Victories]: thank you... I thought I understood what was wrong but nevermind.