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

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

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

Submissions must be in proper English.

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

Submissions must follow the Daily Poem Format.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Entry Processing
The submissions are processed in the following manner:

Entries are sorted for possible feature candidates.

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

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

For more details, please see the Daily Poem FAQ.

Please submit entries to the bottom of the page!
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Spring

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

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

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

Written by [Stephen]

tan lines

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

Written by [hannes]

the thing is

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

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

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

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

Written by [Linderel]

Ascent

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

Written by [Linderel]

The Gift of Wings

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

Written by [Linderel]

Mother of an Ocean

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

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

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

Written by [kamisch]

I Didn't Make it to the Beach in Time

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

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

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

Written by [kamisch]

I See You Deflecting

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

Written by [kamisch]

Mess You Up With Love

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

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

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

Written by [kamisch]

The Truth

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

Written by [Tekkon KinKreet]

The Answer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Written by [NorthStorm]

that kind of a day

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

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

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

maybe we'll never know.

Written by [hannes]

fall leaves

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

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

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

Written by [hannes]

i'm gonna run

i'm gonna run

drain my
thoughts, muscles, guts

of this
accumulated tension
unintensional frustration
indefensible elation

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

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

to drink the wine,
ruby red,

of your touch.

Written by [hannes]

A Dream Revisited

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

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

Written by [Mortified Penguin]

Continual Renewal

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

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

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

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

Written by [daydreamer]

Living The Dream

"How are you?"

Oh...

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

Everywhere save them.

...

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

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

Written by [Company Awesome]

Help me

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

Written by
[Erin go Bragh]

(im)Personal

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

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

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

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

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

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

written by [pelv13]

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

written by [wicked fae mage]

Ode to ET

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

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

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

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

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

written by [Rainbow Dragonflies]

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2006-10-20 [Linderel]: I can't remember anymore, but most probably you'd tripped on the 'Written by' part. See Daily Poem Format if you're unsure. The damn thing tells you exactly what to do.

2006-10-22 [GoneGone]: I have a poem I would like to submit, but it only has full effect by the participation of the reader. Would it be possible to add a quick line of instruction to the top of it?

2006-10-22 [Linderel]: Nope. Anything that's not a part of the poem can't be submitted.

2006-10-23 [omnipotentorange]: but it could be part of the poem, couldn't it?...speaking of which,
where do I submit one? I read the instructions but I can't find a place to submit.

2006-10-23 [Nuit Darksin]: you submit under that last poem

2006-10-23 [Linderel]: [omnipotentorange]: Perhaps, but that would potentially interfere with it.
You submit on this page. If you read the instructions, that should have been clear.

2006-10-23 [Linderel]: [Darkelf96], your entry has been removed for violating the Daily Poem Format. Please review the format carefully before submitting again.

2006-10-24 [omnipotentorange]: shoot! I forgot to add the title!
What should I do?
I think I will just re-enter it...

2006-10-24 [Linderel]: What are those extra lines there? o_O Eh, I really don't get why the (apparently) note is needed there... I don't know about others, but for me it's more disturbing than anything else.

2006-10-24 [omnipotentorange]: It's part of the poem.
It's actually more of the poem then the first secion.
But if you have nay suggestions to make it more reader freindly...

2006-10-24 [Linderel]: How about removing the lines? They're what make it so disturbing in the first place. Make it a stanza, not a separate... thing.

2006-10-24 [omnipotentorange]: like so?

2006-10-24 [Linderel]: Something like that, yes. I was thinking more along the lines of leaving an empty line, to make the other section a stanza of its own. But works like that as well. :)

2006-10-26 [Linderel]: [AnOtHeR fAiRy TaLe DrEaM.gone..], please fix your format (the title needs to be in bold), as well as your grammar and spelling errors or your entry will be removed.

2006-10-27 [Teufelsweib]: you have to add the poem yourself to the wiki, not in the comment box :)

2006-10-27 [Linderel]: I removed the poems from the comments, as they don't really belong there. They belong *points* up there on the actual wiki.

2006-10-28 [GoneGone]: Bleh. No internet for awhile. But if the effect of the poem fails utterly without that line, then it is a loss to both the writer, the poem and potentially the reader.

2006-10-28 [Linderel]: If you have your own poetry wiki, you can put the note there with the poem and hope people stumble across it. ;)

2006-10-28 [GoneGone]: So supportive. :P I guess I'll give up now.

2006-10-28 [Teufelsweib]: what are you trying to let the poem bosses do for you?
and why on earth do you give up that easy? O_o

2006-10-28 [GoneGone]: I figured Linderel had enough on her plate without me debating with her. And I was hoping to add a line to a poem telling the readers that it needs their participation to work and this is how it's done. Of course that's breaking format.

2006-10-28 [Teufelsweib]: oh, a discussion about that. yes, I understand Linderel's point :)

2006-10-28 [GoneGone]: You see? This is why I gave up. :P

2006-10-28 [Linderel]: Well, you can always hope that at least some of the people reading it are smart and intuitive enough to get the poem without instructions. Or you can try to make the note a part of the poem, assuming it can be done without distracting the whole.

2006-10-28 [Linderel]: [AnOtHeR fAiRy TaLe DrEaM.gone..]: Your poem has been removed for format and grammar violation.

2006-10-28 [Teufelsweib]: and besides, if you can't see it in the poem inmediatly while reading it, there's something wrong or unclear with the poem itself, if it needs explaination.

2006-10-28 [Linderel]: Hehe, not necessarily, [Teufelsweib]. Some poems are deliberately written so that there is something underneath the surface, or even underneath the underneath. :)

2006-10-28 [GoneGone]: Basically, if you breeze through this thing, read it in three seconds, you're going to miss it entirely. The point of it all is the reader herself has to use her imagination to make it come to life. It's a bunch of funky sentences and nothing more otherwise. Done properly, it can be quite haunting. [Linderel] I love those layered poems!

2006-10-28 [Linderel]: I hope no one breezes through a poem, if they don't at least intend to come back to it later to give it a more thorough look. I do that quite a lot - I look at something, mark it, and come back to read it later.

2006-10-28 [Fireblade K'Chona]: bugger. another typo. 'hung' for 'hunt'. Fixed now.

2006-10-29 [GoneGone]: I hope so too. Unfortunately, it happens.

2006-10-29 [omnipotentorange]: oh my god ece-deost.
I read your poem. It is amazing. The way the words sound together is poetry in itself. it's so incredible.

2006-10-29 [GoneGone]: Thank you. :) I actually really appreciate reading that.

2006-10-30 [GoneGone]: Well, it's up. *crosses fingers* I hope it works.

2006-10-30 [Linderel]: [Ayame the Snake]: The lines of your entry (the 'Family Dinners' one) are too long, and as such, it cannot be accepted. Please edit it accordingly, or it will be removed.

2006-10-31 [omnipotentorange]: don't be bored by the first few lines and then stop reading, the best parts are later

2006-10-31 [Linderel]: [omnipotentorange]: You should shorten some of those lines, I'll need to remove the entry otherwise.

2006-10-31 [Linderel]: [Rainbow Dragonflies], please fix your format (see Daily Poem Format) or your entry will be removed.

2006-11-01 [omnipotentorange]: oh man! that didn't make it any better, at all! Now it's all choppy and long.
oh well. Let's just call it artsy and forget about it.

EVERYBODY PRETENDS TO WIN!

2006-11-01 [Linderel]: Well, three of those lines are still a bit long. And by making the lines shorter, you can have it on Mainstreet. Do you know why we insist on short-ish lines? Because the really long ones would mess up the Mainstreet. xP
Oh... and now it has too many lines. Dangit. Do you think you could find a compromise?

2006-11-01 [omnipotentorange]: I'll try.

2006-11-01 [Rainbow Dragonflies]: Sorry. Didn't realize I had a capital on 'By'
I was in somewhat of a rush... doing all of this during class.

2006-11-01 [omnipotentorange]: ok.

2006-11-01 [Linderel]: [omnipotentorange]: If I counted right, there's 51 lines. :S

2006-11-02 [omnipotentorange]: YES. 50 lines.

2006-11-07 [Aruruen]: =) I'm proud of my (first) entry. Had fun writing this one, thought I'd share it.

2006-11-09 [omnipotentorange]: feed back guys?

2006-11-13 [Doormat]: This isn't really a feedback page.

2006-11-14 [Teufelsweib]: if you want feedback, you can better post the poem in your diary, description or in a wiki for it :)

2006-11-15 [omnipotentorange]: pfff.
you and your ego.

2006-11-15 [Aruruen]: It was actually good advice. ^.^

2006-11-15 [Linderel]: Aye. As has been said, this comment area is mainly meant for the Bosses' notifications and issues relating strictly to DP, not for anything else. So feedback and other comments should actually be given elsewhere.

2006-11-16 [Linderel]: [Hiro Kitaki]: Please fix your entry's format (see Daily Poem Format), as well as the poem's grammar and spelling errors. If you do not do this, your entry will be removed.

2006-11-16 [Hiro Kitaki]: ...kk

2006-11-29 [Linderel]: [~*Luna*~], please fix the format of your entries or they will be removed. See Daily Poem Format for instructions.

2006-11-29 [Linderel]: [insert name here]: Your poem is way over the line limit. Please read the rules again, and submit something shorter.

2006-11-29 [Nite_Owl]: Oh yes, I altered my poem "Asylum Rage" by the way. The second to last stanza-ish has been changed. Just letting you know :)

2006-11-30 [Junko987]: I just added mine! It's "calling on worms" . What do you think? <img:img/mood/44166_1164144932.gif>

2006-11-30 [Dark Side of the Moon]: [Junko987], I fixed the format in your title. There should be no quotation marks around the title. Oh, and they don't really allow commenting on the poetry here. They're pretty strict about it. <img:img/mood/44166_1164144907.gif>
[Linderel], there was a red </b> tag after the "Go or return to:" at the bottom of the page. I added a front tag to it just in case those words were supposed to be in bold format.

2006-11-30 [Linderel]: Okay, thanks.
[Junko987]'s format still is a wee bit faulty, though. :P

2006-12-01 [Linderel]: [Xx๑Ψ Ω «‼АÐđЇ¢†ΣĎ Ŧф Μΰ§ĪĆ‼» Ω Ψ๑xX]: Please fix your format to reflect the Daily Poem Format accurately, or your poem will be removed.

2006-12-01 [Linderel]: [insert name here]: Please fix your format to reflect the Daily Poem Format accurately, or your entry will be removed. Also, if you do not remove your first submission, which is too long, I will have to do it for you and record a violation of the rules.

2006-12-01 [Fireblade K'Chona]: Had 'bling' for 'blind' up there. My apologies.

2006-12-01 [Junko987]: Ok. Thanx. I was just so excited about it, and I wanted to know what people thought!

2006-12-02 [True, plain and simple]: To [Chetleon], [Nives], [~*Luna*~], [Xx๑Ψ Ω «‼АÐđЇ¢†ΣĎ Ŧф Μΰ§ĪĆ‼» Ω Ψ๑xX], [insert name here] - Your poems have been removed for not following the Daily Poem Format. Please review the format before considering resubmitting.

2006-12-02 [insert name here]: you piece of shit, this is gay, you banning me now submitting my poems? you don't know what true talent it

2006-12-02 [Linderel]: No one is banning you - yet. However, if you submit another entry that doesn't abide by the rules and don't fix it when you're notified, you will be banned. Being rude doesn't help, and it's totally uncalled for.

2006-12-02 [Fireblade K'Chona]: I find it interesting that you use 'gay' as a derogatory term. Are you deliberately trying to create offense?

As for knowing what 'true talent it', if you mean 'true talent is' I beg to differ. No matter how beautiful your poems, they will still be removed if they don't follow the format, which is clearly posted at the top of the page.

And calling Elftown officials names exponentially increases your chances of being banned from daily poem for all time.

2006-12-02 [Linderel]: Exactly. Thank you.

2006-12-02 [Fireblade K'Chona]: No problem, Linderel. ^_^

I may be setting myself up as a target here...oh well...I know where the guards are. Heh.

So, because I am wondering, what are your favorite forms of poetry? I'm a sonnet fiend, though I do love sestinas.

2006-12-02 [Linderel]: I know nothing of poetry, I just read it. And write it. I am told that what I advocate - and mostly write, myself - is free form. I'd like to learn about different types of poetry, though. However, this discussion would be better somewhere else, since the comment section is mainly meant for our notifications. ^_^

2006-12-02 [Fireblade K'Chona]: you're quite probably right. -le sigh-

I'm kinda curious to see if emo princess will turn up again, though. Oh well, that's what wiki alert's for.

And I had *another* typo. I can't believe this. I had 'on' for 'one'. -headdesk-

2006-12-02 [insert name here]: Yes I am back, got a problem with that?

2006-12-02 [Linderel]: As long as you don't cause trouble, yourself, by being rude, then no.

2006-12-02 [insert name here]: Good, now get over it

2006-12-03 [Rainbow Dragonflies]: o__o I find it interesting when people over-react, and then keep the over-reaction going o-o

Don't all of you?
Get over it shouldn't be placed in that sentance, as no one else was over-reacting.

Ah. Today is my birthday. Bleh. I have no inspiration to write >< I hate days like this.

2006-12-03 [Linderel]: And that discussion is done, so let's all move on, shall we? :P

Happy birthday, by the way. *gives cookies*

2006-12-03 [True, plain and simple]: Comments have been removed for irrelevance. Have a nice day.

2006-12-05 [Linderel]: Comments deleted. To [Fireblade K'Chona]: There's no way to directly apply to be a DP Boss, but you can apply to the crew and mention your wish in your application. My personal opinion is that we're currently doing just fine with the two of us, but that doesn't have to stop you from applying. :)

2006-12-05 [Junko987]: Allright. Sorry, guys. Do you think my poem can be put on the ET Mainstreet page? If yes, when?

2006-12-05 [Rainbow Dragonflies]: Archange: Poems are selected to go on mainstreet, and only one goes up every week. There si a chance yours will be picked, but there is also a chance someone else will be picked. ^___^ Each poem is good enough to be placed on mainstreet, however the one the boss's feel is the best will be overall.

2006-12-05 [Junko987]: ok. I just thought there might be some sort of elimination thing to determine whose is best. BTW, [Chetleon] wants to know why his was taken off....he couldn't get on and ask himself...

2006-12-05 [Rainbow Dragonflies]: The format was off. It has to follow letter-to-letter (as in, capitalization and everything) and there can be nothing extra in the format.

2006-12-05 [Linderel]: Actually, it goes like this: Your poem sits on this submission page until it eventually gets moved onto a queue page that can only be seen by Daily Poem Bosses. Then, it sits there for an undetermined length of time, until one day, it gets featured. And since it's Daily Poem, we do try to keep it daily.

2006-12-06 [insert name here]: Its not daily if you say only one poem is on mainstreet once a week, duh

2006-12-06 [Linderel]: I didn't say anything about there only being one poem on the Mainstreet per week. You might want to read the comments more carefully, so you'll actually know who is saying what. :)

2006-12-06 [insert name here]: I wasn't saying it to you, alright? Now shut up and get a life

2006-12-06 [Linderel]: One can never know, as your comment could have been directed at either of us - you didn't specify. And you really should quit being so awfully rude, it'll get you nowhere.

2006-12-06 [insert name here]: Just like you, I'm not a usual rude person. You tick me off, now stop it

2006-12-06 [Linderel]: So sorry. As a Boss, I really can't stop commenting on this page. You will just have to deal with it. How 'bout we both stop here, and consider this matter dealt with?

2006-12-06 [Rainbow Dragonflies]: Heh o_O quite an abnormal amount of offensiveness coming into the poem wiki.
Er.
Did that make sense? Linderel: Why are they so far about, though, the poems? I see it truely once a week, perhaps even less, is it just because time doesn't allow, or you just like to keep it spread out?

2006-12-06 [insert name here]: meh

2006-12-06 [Linderel]: Let's just drop the subject, okay?
[Rainbow Dragonflies]: Mostly, it's lack of time/energy. I try to feature a new poem every day, but often am too tired to do anything about it when I could. Hmm, since it's still the 6th on ET, I think I'll update it now.

2006-12-07 [GoneGone]: Maybe you should accept [Fireblade K'Chona] and have her/him do the grunt work of posting poems daily on the Main Street. :P That way, everyone wins.

2006-12-07 [RainWeaver13]: i want to add a peom,but im new and dont understand how...please help me...pm me please

2006-12-07 [Linderel]: Nah, I just need to get over my laziness. <_< We've got it covered pretty well, I'd say, so unless something really big comes up, for now, we're not recruiting. :P I was actually excited about this job when I started, I'll just need to achieve that state of mind again.
Also, if anyone does PM [RainWeaver13] before I get to that, please tell me, so that they don't receive multiple messages about the same thing. :)

2006-12-08 [Fireblade K'Chona]: Hehe, I'd happily do grunt work. :) I really need to get my crew application *finished* before I add that wish, though... -sigh-

For future reference, I am a her. :P

2006-12-08 [insert name here]: Ok if i put a shorter one up, will you consider it?

2006-12-08 [Linderel]: As long as it follows the Daily Poem Format, is written with correct grammar and spelling, and is 50 lines max, yes. ^_^

2006-12-08 [insert name here]: Iwrite with correct grammar, when there is a splling mistake, it's probably because I missed the key

2006-12-08 [Linderel]: Well, go ahead and submit. Even if you do make a mistake, I'll notify about it here in the comments and give you a day or two to fix it.

2006-12-09 [insert name here]: Oh ok, sounds good then

2006-12-09 [~*Luna*~]: Goodness there are alot of poems. Does anyone know about a Christmas Poetry contest??

2006-12-09 [insert name here]: How does that sound?
Yes there is a Christmas, and the subject is snow.

2006-12-09 [Linderel]: [insert name here]: It's otherwise good, but there is an extra colon in your format, in the 'Written by' part. Oh, there are some spelling errors as well. You should fix those, and remove the colon, then it's all well and good.

2006-12-09 [Linderel]: [~*Luna*~]: Please fix the format of your submission; remember, it has to follow the Daily Poem Format to the letter. ;)

2006-12-09 [insert name here]: What do you mean colon?

2006-12-09 [Linderel]: The colon is this : sign. But I see you removed that anyway.

2006-12-09 [insert name here]: oh ok cool, is it better?

2006-12-09 [Linderel]: Yup, it is. There are still two typos that I can spot, namely "asside" and "lingeres" but other that, all good. ^_^

2006-12-09 [insert name here]: ok then how do you spell "lingeres"?

2006-12-09 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: lingers, yep <img:44166_1164144932.gif>

2006-12-10 [insert name here]: Ooops

2006-12-10 [~*Luna*~]: Whats wrong with it??

2006-12-10 [insert name here]: Who knows

2006-12-10 [True, plain and simple]: [~*Luna*~]: There's something at the bottom of your poem that's different from everyone else's (and therefore a format violation). Take a second look. It's the same problem that [Linderel] pointed out to [insert name here] a few comments ago.

2006-12-10 [~*Luna*~]: A period?

2006-12-10 [True, plain and simple]: No, it's the colon (:) after "Written by".

2006-12-11 [insert name here]: You're not allowed a colon?

2006-12-11 [Linderel]: Nope. Unless it's in the poem itself. :P We're very, very strict about the format.

2006-12-11 [insert name here]: Oook

2006-12-11 [Linderel]: [Falx]: Please fix the format of your entry to abide by the Daily Poem Format.

2006-12-12 [itoe]: I fixed [Falx}'s "Written by"

2006-12-12 [insert name here]: I was gonna fix it but i got over it

2006-12-12 [Linderel]: [little flag]: Please fix the grammar in both of your entries, or they will be removed.

2006-12-15 [cgart]: haha my poem won again this is the second time (that I know of) that Right to Dream has been one of the daily poem winners. <img:44166_1164145171.gif>

2006-12-15 [Linderel]: Second time? ... when would the first time have been, then? At least you weren't in our records before I featured that poem in April. Besides, it couldn't have been featured twice, unless you submitted it twice.
And no poem wins, this isn't a contest. It's a feature. ;)

2006-12-15 [babymama]: wowe do you guuys have fun on this thing?

2006-12-17 [~AzureSkyy.-]: =_= How exactly do you tell if your works have been selected? Notified at all? ><

2006-12-17 [Nite_Owl]: You'll be notified by guestbook/private messege when your poem is featured. The Bosses are pretty good about that, so don't worry. You won't miss your feature :)

2006-12-18 [Linderel]: [Lady Lucifer], please fix the format of your entry to abide by the Daily Poem Format or it will be removed.

2006-12-18 [Linderel]: [Morningstar Rising], please fix the spelling errors in your entry.

2006-12-18 [Morningstar Rising]: Can you please tell me what is spelled wrong, I can't find the errors. Was sisters it?

2006-12-18 [Linderel]: Well, first of all, I think you might want to get rid of the apostrophe in the title and its repetitions in the poem itself, since I'm assuming you went for the plural. Then, on the fourth line, I think the first 'to' should, in fact, be 'too' - of course, I can't be completely sure about it, but it would seem to make more sense that way. On the fourth line of the third stanza, I think 'fueds' should be 'fuels', since the former certainly isn't a word. Unless you were going for 'feuds' which could kind of make sense.

2006-12-18 [Linderel]: Oh, and then 'rivalry'.

2006-12-18 [Morningstar Rising]: okay all fixed. Looked up too but the meaning does not fit, too means in addition; also; furthermore or moreover. Not sure about that one either. Thanks for your help.

2006-12-18 [Linderel]: Hmm. Alright. I was just thinking that 'too many' would sound more natural, but I can kind of see a sense in what it means in its current form. ('too many tales to tell' as in, more than can be told, or something to that effect) But you wrote the poem, so I guess you know best the meanings you want to have. :) It's just that 'too' has more meanings than the one you found: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/too

2006-12-18 [Morningstar Rising]: Now I am not sure, sorry.

2006-12-18 [Linderel]: You wouldn't have had to remove it. :o It was perfectly fine the way it was, since in spite of confusion on that one word, it did make sense.

2006-12-18 [Lady Lucifer]: What is wrong with my poem? i've looked over it...and the format its supposed to be written in and i can't find it...

2006-12-18 [Linderel]: The format is right about the first thing on the page Daily Poem Format. You can copy and paste it, or something. But anyway, you shouldn't have a colon after 'Written by'.

2006-12-18 [Linderel]: You were a bit late, [Nite_Owl]. :P

2006-12-19 [Nite_Owl]: Curse my slow internet (X,x) My bad, my bad. But it's the thought that counts ;) *deletes*

2006-12-20 [Papa Don't Preach]: is mine ok?

2006-12-20 [Linderel]: [Papa Don't Preach]: You have some grammar/spelling errors, and a slight format violation. Fix those, and you're fine.

2006-12-20 [Papa Don't Preach]: format violation?? :S

2006-12-20 [Linderel]: The 'Written by' part.

2006-12-20 [Papa Don't Preach]: oh ok

2006-12-20 [Linderel]: It's supposed to be 'Written by' - just so, not 'Written By' 'written by' or any other possible variation. :3 And there's still one 'i' that should be 'I' in the poem.

2006-12-20 [Papa Don't Preach]: oh ok, i will change that

2006-12-20 [Papa Don't Preach]: there we go :P

2006-12-20 [Linderel]: Now you put a colon there. xD

2006-12-20 [Papa Don't Preach]: other people have too, like the one above mine... i'll take it out

2006-12-20 [Linderel]: Well, the other people have been told to take it off, too. >_<

2006-12-20 [Papa Don't Preach]: oh ok.

2006-12-21 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: hrmn, 2nd or 3rd day I've seen that denial poem up on mainstreet...maybe longer. But I'm sure it's not intentional. just not enough people to keep it updated ALL the time, =). idk...just speculating here

2006-12-21 [Nite_Owl]: Well...they try to make it at least semi-daily. It's still a lot better than it used to be a while back. Kudos, Bosses! (^,~)

2006-12-21 [Linderel]: It's not about not having enough people, it's about my laziness. :P

2006-12-21 [Nite_Owl]: Ha, well we all get a bit lazy from time to time :P It happens, but as long as it gets done eventually it works.

2006-12-21 [insert name here]: Anyone like my poem submission?

2006-12-21 [monkey queen]: how do u put you poem up i'm so lost

2006-12-21 [Papa Don't Preach]: click the "edit this page" button aboe this bit and type it in

2006-12-22 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: I prefer to copy and paste it in, if I already have it on my pc anyways. =P

2006-12-22 [insert name here]: its so easy

2006-12-25 [Akayume]: The title needs to be bolded [haldirrox].

2006-12-25 [Linderel]: Also, please fix the word 'finally' which you have spelled erroneously both times that it appears in the poem.

2006-12-27 [Linderel]: [haldirrox]: Please fix the format violations and the spelling errors in your entry or it will be removed. Seems somebody fucked up the 'Written by' part in your entry for you, so I'll fix that, but the other errors you will have to fix yourself.

2006-12-27 [Linderel]: [Sexy lil Angel_16]: Please fix the format of your entry, as well as the grammar violations and several spelling errors in it, or it will be removed.

2006-12-27 [Linderel]: [Chaotic Serenity]: You have violated the submission rules by placing your poem on the top of the page. Please move it into its appropriate place, or it will be removed entirely.

2006-12-28 [EmeraldGrizzly]: Exscuse me, but could someone tell me if nowhere is one or two words please?

2006-12-28 [Falx]: One word.

2006-12-28 [Linderel]: [haldirrox], [Sexy lil Angel_16], [Chaotic Serenity]: Your submissions have been removed for the reasons mentioned in the notifications above. Please read the rules and the Daily Poem Format carefully before submitting again.

2006-12-28 [Linderel]: [fangirl]: Your poem has been removed for inappropriate content. Please read the rules carefully before considering submitting again.

2006-12-28 [insert name here]: Bitchy lately?

2006-12-28 [Linderel]: Just doing my job.

2006-12-28 [insert name here]: Whatever

2006-12-28 [EmeraldGrizzly]: Thanks Falx.

2006-12-28 [Papa Don't Preach]: [insert name here] : [Linderel] was just doing what was asked, if they didnt state the violations, this would be the shambles.

2006-12-28 [EmeraldGrizzly]: I've watched this page since my creation here more than two years ago, and I most certainly second that.

2006-12-28 [insert name here]: [Papa Don't Preach] you should mind your own business

2006-12-28 [Linderel]: I could of course just go to removing the poems without giving a warning and time to fix them. I am sometimes very tempted to, as I have no obligation to do this job the way I have been doing it. But I want to give you people a chance. :)
I hope at least some of you are grateful for that.

2006-12-28 [EmeraldGrizzly]: I am *bows* Many times your warning 'ave hepled me out.

2006-12-28 [Linderel]: *smile* Thanks.

2006-12-28 [EmeraldGrizzly]: Only giving credit where it is due.

2006-12-28 [Papa Don't Preach]: [insert name here] no, i wont. You dont need to be disrespectful to others. especially to someone who is actually doing something useful on here

2006-12-28 [Linderel]: I appreciate the sentiment, but I would ask you - all of you - to avoid another argument on this page. :3

2006-12-28 [Papa Don't Preach]: sorry [Linderel] but if thats the case, all comments not concerning the poems directly should be put elsewhere to avoid this, sorry just my thought

2006-12-28 [EmeraldGrizzly]: Understood Linderel.

2006-12-28 [Linderel]: Well, yes, the comment area is mainly meant for the Bosses' notifications, but sometimes there are other comments as well... Ah well. Anyways, thank you for understanding. :)

2006-12-28 [EmeraldGrizzly]: :D

2006-12-28 [insert name here]: I wasn't being disrespectful, honestly

2006-12-28 [Akayume]: Just stop arguing..this area is really only, as [Linderel] said, for bosses comments and such.

2006-12-28 [insert name here]: I'm not arguing, I like the stuff she does

2006-12-28 [Rat Hacker]: Did my poem "I Want" get removed? Just wondering. Have a nice day!

2006-12-28 [Linderel]: No, it's still on this page. But now that you drew my attention to it, 'then' probably should be 'than' and 'ones' with an apostrophe before the s.

2006-12-28 [Rat Hacker]: thank you for the advice or corrections, I am horrid at spelling and English. It's true title is Ich Will (I want in German) W00t.

2006-12-29 [fangirl]: just wondering... is mine on here... its The Perfect Suicide....

2006-12-29 [Nite_Owl]: Hmm....I don't believe so...at least I didn't find it. Either it was removed for mistakes, or maybe for Mainstreet, or I just missed it. :)

2006-12-29 [fangirl]: hmmm i dont know. i mean i dont want people to think it was innapropriate or anything because its about suicide but its perswaying you not to. maybe i just missed it too.

2006-12-29 [GoneGone]: I think there's a comment by Linderel on it on the previous comment page. Not certain, though.