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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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2006-02-23 [Linderel]: [Shadowsoul], your format was still wrong. I fixed it, along with [immortal daydreams.]'s and [Final_omega]'s. Also, [Nylen Estrall] seemed to have lost the title of the poem, I put it back, if it's wrong I apologise.

2006-02-23 [Avoral]: Did I get the format okay? I was a little worried.

2006-02-23 [Nite_Owl]: Hm...looks good to me :) And [Shadowsoul], it doesn't matter if it's been published before in that format (so have a few of mine); it matters that you follow the rules here, and not argue about it like that. If there's something specific about it that you want to be known, then put it in the comments if you must.

2006-02-23 [Nylen Estrall]: Thanx for fixing it, [Linderel], the title is correct :)

2006-02-23 [immortal daydreams.]: okay, thanks [Linderel] i was reading it over and over like "what did i do?!" lol

2006-02-24 [Final_omega]: Thanks... sorry, i was very tired when i posted it. i no its not really an excuse, but there we go. sorry

2006-02-24 [Corazie]: 'Tis still a good poem :D

2006-02-24 [Every Rose Has Her Thorn]: Very true. ^_^

2006-02-25 [Final_omega]: lol. thanks very much. :) as are all of the rest on this page. I didnt realise there where so many good poets to be honest.

2006-02-25 [Avoral]: You've probably made too deep an impact on a few people out there to be forgotten. Thus, you'll be remembered and death becomes a moot point. So stick it out and live. I promise in time you won't be sorry.

2006-02-25 [Miss.Kitty]: fine*sighs*...

2006-02-25 [immortal daydreams.]: do you guys like mine? i wrote another one, so i might post it. wish me luck! lol

2006-02-25 [Miss.Kitty]: it's a very good poem.

2006-02-26 [immortal daydreams.]: thanks ^^ i stopped making them rhyme ages ago. i dont even like most of them that i rhymed on....thought they were too cliche for me

2006-02-26 [Miss.Kitty]: mine have a habit of rhyming..

2006-02-26 [immortal daydreams.]: rhyming isnt bad...im just saying mine dont rhyme cuz i dont like how it'd come out

2006-02-26 [Miss.Kitty]: yeah...

2006-02-26 [Miss.Kitty]: Those are my poems...

2006-02-26 [Rat Hacker]: This is annoying.

2006-02-26 [Miss.Kitty]: what is?..

2006-02-26 [immortal daydreams.]: good question. what isannoying?

2006-02-26 [Rat Hacker]: getting all these mssages saying wiki comments. Oh well I really don't care anymore...

2006-02-26 [True, plain and simple]: This page isn't for chatting. Any more comments of that nature will be promptly deleted.

2006-02-26 [The real life Bella Swan]: Well, you guys aren't really supposed to be makin comments anyway . . . Cause # 1 there's a buttload of people wathcing this page and # 2 the DP bosess need this space to tell poeple why their poems have been removed

2006-02-26 [duckofdoom]: So I don't get in trouble, is there still a limit of 4 poems entered per person?

2006-02-26 [Linderel]: Yes, there is. The rules haven't changed. And you have actually already passed the limit; you've submitted five poems after the page was emptied.

2006-02-26 [duckofdoom]: oh no..I'll take a the last one off. thank you.

2006-02-28 [Draugur dauðans]: ...

2006-02-28 [Corazie]: [thorfinn] is yours formated right?

2006-02-28 [Miss.Kitty]: It seems like it is, I thought it was to short, but if you go up a bit you will see,poems of maybe only five lines...The only thing that is really different from the others is that the title isn't capitalized..........

2006-02-28 [Nite_Owl]: Yeah, that may be considered the wrong format, but personally i don't think it matters a whole lot...

2006-02-28 [Linderel]: What does matter is that the uncapitalised 'I' is grammatically wrong. That, at least, should be fixed.

2006-02-28 [Miss.Kitty]: Ok, I didn't see that, or I would have mentioned it =)

2006-02-28 [Lady of Lore]: how long does the daily poem stay open for? It seems that this one is about to burst with entries, lol ^^ Nice to see so much enthusiasm

2006-02-28 [Linderel]: The Daily Poem page is open indefinitely. There are no deadlines, no set periods of being closed. It's only reasonable to keep the page open at all times, as this is not a contest with winners, but another kind of opportunity to get one's (unthemed) work featured. Only if the the entries are overflowing and the Bosses have too much of a burden trying to handle them does the page close, but with the new system, this should, theoretically, not happen.

2006-02-28 [Lady of Lore]: oh I see, that's a lot of entries to keep tack of! I Just was wondering when they closed it to clean it up or if they keep it open indefiantly, thanks for explaining it to me ^^

2006-02-28 [Diiwica]: So far from what i noticed, the with the new system, clean things up and place them on to anoter wik. well that is only the ones that they feel strongly twords. the rest are dis reguarded... and they leave this open. BUt i am not for sure with all the time.

2006-02-28 [Nite_Owl]: I believe they clean out the DP page about every 4 or so months and the ones they don't like they get rid of and the ones that they'd like to be shown eventually are placed on a different wiki-page. Don't take my word for it though; they're changing the way they do business around here heh ;)

2006-03-01 [Lady of Lore]: hmmm...I guess we'll have to see ^^

2006-03-02 [Emerald84282]: lots of enteries I think i'll enter one =P

2006-03-02 [Linderel]: [Findabhair], if your poem does not have a title, please name it 'Untitled' for this page, or it will be removed for breaking the format.

2006-03-03 [Jay Ladlehaus]: [Findabhair], your poem missing its title beginning with "Sun shining" has been removed. Please review the Daily Poem Format.

2006-03-05 [|_ | \/ E |_ 0 \/ E |_ E /-\ R /\/]: i luv the poems ALL OF THEM!!

2006-03-05 [Linderel]: [addicted to the drug of lust]: Fixed your format. Be a little more careful with it in the future, 'kay? :)

2006-03-05 [addicted to the drug of lust]: um ok what did u fix cuz i didnt really c it sorry!

2006-03-05 [Linderel]: The Bosses would prefer you trying to figure out your own mistake, and to speak the truth, so would I... But anyways... The title should always be in bold and at the end, it's "Written by" (without the quotation marks, naturally), not anything else. Written by [yourusername].

2006-03-05 [addicted to the drug of lust]: ah alright thank you much! i didnt do that cuz i didnt know how to make something bold

2006-03-05 [Linderel]: On the Daily Poem Format page there is a format which you can cut and paste, if you feel unsure.

2006-03-05 [addicted to the drug of lust]: alright thanks much!

2006-03-05 [Linderel]: You're quite welcome. :)

2006-03-06 [Miss.Kitty]: Nice poem [Þhantasies |Sexed|]

2006-03-09 [Rosanegra]: What do we do if the poem is not all aligned at the left side of the page?

2006-03-09 [Nite_Owl]: You mean the way you wrote it isn't like that? Well, if it's on the left but not necessarily all the lines are...well, aligned, it should still be ok. Just don't change it to the right side or center it

2006-03-09 [addicted to the drug of lust]: alright if anyone can comment on my poem if thats ok i would like to know how it is

2006-03-09 [David the Good]: Its is ok gets a bit boring reading illusion after illusion but that is your style. ok symbolism. There is a bit that sounds funny the "splits your mind into two"

2006-03-09 [addicted to the drug of lust]: alrighty

2006-03-09 [David the Good]: No hard feelings mate its just my opinion.

2006-03-09 [Nite_Owl]: :) I kinda like it, actually. I'd suggest more puncuation and some capitalization, but other than that it's very nicely written (I'm known as the Grammar Nazi at school so I always say that heh)

2006-03-09 [addicted to the drug of lust]: ok to [David the Good] thats the life of writing so i think nothing against it and ur right [Nite_Owl] i should prolly do that

2006-03-13 [Linderel]: [Þhantasies |Sexed|], [dragoncaptive]: I am giving you a day's time to fix your entries before removing them for violation of the format. [rillion]: Please post your entry in the right place, or it will be removed and a violation recorded. You have a day to do this.

2006-03-13 [Linderel]: [m0th3r3arth]: You submitted your poem to the wrong spot. Please fix this error within a day or your entry will be removed.

2006-03-13 [m0th3r3arth]: Ahaha. Whoopsies. Thanks. How's that?

2006-03-13 [Linderel]: Better. :)

2006-03-13 [m0th3r3arth]: Sweet deal.

2006-03-13 [dragoncaptive]: hm. could you point mthe right direction please? Is it length or grammar? it's exactly 35 lines, do the spaces count? When I read the rules, I thought they didn't.e in

2006-03-13 [Nite_Owl]: No, spaces/empty lines don't count in your poem's line count. Read over the rules and format very carefully and compare them to your poem. Not a single thing can differ between them

2006-03-13 [Linderel]: It's the really really really tiny mistake that most people stumle on, the one I've pointed out millions of times earlier. You can see it on the earlier comments.

2006-03-13 [dragoncaptive]: ummm, how much earlier comments? I went back like five times and all I saw was you saying you fixed it for them...I have no double lines, no double spaces, "Written" and the title have been recapitalized...I feel like a lense that has gone out of focus and I'm waiting for my Aha moment...

2006-03-13 [dragoncaptive]: as far as I can tell it's because I didn't capitalize "Written", right?

2006-03-13 [Linderel]: *nods* That's right. As said, it's a really tiny mistake, but even so, we're extremely strict on the format.

2006-03-13 [Avoral]: I love that one about unicorns braiding hair.

2006-03-13 [dragoncaptive]: *has her aha moment and collapses in relief* okay, good. and thank you [Avoral] any comments about improving would be helpful although I know about the non existence punctuation.

2006-03-13 [Avoral]: I don't know if you did it intentionally, but there's very little focus on meter whatsoever. It's nice to have a poem roll off your tongue as you say it--That in mind, do you hear the verse as you write it? (I'm not talking down on it, just giving the criticism you asked for.)

2006-03-13 [Miss.Kitty]: Uh, I think the latest poem was submitted in the wrong place.. isn't it supposed to be above the image, horizontal ruler, and does the title need to be capitalized?..

2006-03-13 [dragoncaptive]: Please, I asked for it. I just don't want any nitpicking you suck and you should burn the computer this was typed on comments...those are pointless. this helps. I wasn't paying attention to the meter...I rarely do unless I try to punish myself with a sonnet but I was going for having it flowing. When I write it, I say it out loud and change things around. Actually it's more like it pops in my head and I'm stuck writing it down and I try to make it flow.

2006-03-13 [Jay Ladlehaus]: [rillion], your poem "A Million in One," has been removed for submission violations.

2006-03-13 [Linderel]: Excuse me, but the chatting should be taken somewhere else from the comments. The comments section on this page is mainly meant for the Bosses' notifications. Sorry. :)

2006-03-13 [Miss.Kitty]: okay, sorry[Linderel]

2006-03-14 [Linderel]: [Þhantasies |Sexed|], your poem "The Fun Song" has been removed due to format violation. Take a careful look at the Daily Poem Format before resubmitting.

2006-03-14 [Linderel]: [Lakayana]: While I understand the use of Old English, it doesn't excuse all the grammar mistakes in your entry. Also, your submission violates the format. Please fix the format (and preferably at least some of the spelling/grammar) within a day or your poem will be removed.

2006-03-15 [Linderel]: [Lakayana], your poem has been removed due to format violation. Please read the Daily Poem Format carefully before resubmitting.

2006-03-15 [Danboo]: oooh so thats what happened to my poem

2006-03-15 [Linderel]: [Danboo]: Your entry violates the Daily Poem Format. You have a day's time to fix it before it will be removed.

2006-03-15 [Danboo]: ummm,... how, i wrote it just like last time, before the spyware

2006-03-15 [Miss.Kitty]: is it because danboo wrote Written By:, instead of Written by?

2006-03-15 [Danboo]: oh sorry

2006-03-15 [Linderel]: Still wrong. :P

2006-03-15 [Danboo]: silly me...

2006-03-15 [Linderel]: Now, that's more like it.

2006-03-15 [Miss.Kitty]: *smiles*

2006-03-15 [Danboo]: thanks for helping

2006-03-15 [Miss.Kitty]: No problem

2006-03-15 [Danboo]: ok

2006-03-16 [Þhantasies |Sexed|]: ah, it was because I capitalized "by"?...wow^^

2006-03-16 [Linderel]: As said... We are extremely strict with the format.

2006-03-16 [Miss.Kitty]: Is it ok.. that I help?

2006-03-16 [Linderel]: Heh, sure it is. I did the exactly same thing before becoming a Boss. Me and another person even fixed the formats for those who had gotten it wrong. You could do that as well, as long as you leave a comment saying what you did. :)

2006-03-16 [Nite_Owl]: Yeah, that's what I do :P I feel bad for the people who just get that one little thing wrong and get there's taken off the DP. But if it's so blatantly obvious that they just didn't eve ncare about, let alone read, the format, I won't fix it--probably deserves to be taken off (>,<)

2006-03-16 [Miss.Kitty]: ok, I wasn't sure I could.. thank you for telling me, and if I do, I'll be sure to comment that I did, and what I changes...

2006-03-16 [Jay Ladlehaus]: [jasoncope], please fix the format errors on your poem "Defiance" or face removal in a day.

2006-03-16 [Miss.Kitty]: [jasoncope]s' poem "Defiance", I capitalized the "w" in Written by...

2006-03-16 [Linderel]: Don't have to be that specific. ;) Just saying that you fixed the format will do. But, I shan't interfere with your helping, as long as it does no harm to us bosses. :)

2006-03-16 [Miss.Kitty]: *smiles* I love to be specific... and I'll make sure not to interfere with you and the other bosses

2006-03-16 [Linderel]: Alright then. :)

2006-03-16 [Jay Ladlehaus]: [jasoncope] still needs a space between the title and poem text in "Defiance."

2006-03-17 [Linderel]: [Messiah], please remove the note after the title, as it does not seem to be a part of the poem.

2006-03-17 [sequeena_rae]: Have you read the rules [bleeding through the truth]?

2006-03-17 [Keyurg Kirosake]: how is that?

2006-03-17 [Keyurg Kirosake]: Everyone who has posted up a poem has wrote some really beautiful poems i think!

2006-03-17 [Jay Ladlehaus]: You need to remove the colon ":" after "Written by" and you need a horizontal break at the end of your poem <*hr*> (removed *). You have a day to fix it.

2006-03-17 [Keyurg Kirosake]: how is that [Jay Ladlehaus]?

2006-03-17 [Jay Ladlehaus]: Fine by me :)

2006-03-17 [Linderel]: Just one problem. That's more prose than poetry. I'm sorry, but that's not accepted.

2006-03-17 [m0th3r3arth]: I think that's just how you percieve it.. I'm not trying to stir up trouble, but to some people it does sound like a poem.

2006-03-18 [True, plain and simple]: Eh, poetry has a pretty important factor called "form" that helps distinguish it from prose. That entry lacks this.

2006-03-18 [Jay Ladlehaus]: My apologies for not having been clear on this point, [m0th3r3arth].

2006-03-18 [Þhantasies |Sexed|]: In my opinion, poetry doesn't always have to rhyme...yet it still has to have that 'catch' to it, that helps it to be more than just statements and paragraphs

2006-03-18 [Miss.Kitty]: Right..

2006-03-18 [m0th3r3arth]: Uh, right. I agree that poetry /should/ have some sort of form, but it is not particularily needed. Thus, you get what [Bleeding Through The Truth] wrote. [Jay Ladlehaus] I'm not sure where your statement, "My apologies for not having been clear on this point" comes in, as I did not direct any of my comments to you.

2006-03-18 [Linderel]: I understand the point you are making. However, it has been decided between us that we don't accept prose poetry. If not for any other reason, then think about this: What would it do to the Mainstreet if there was a piece lacking form featured? I admit that at least I haven't tried (well, being quite fresh to this job, there wouldn't have been a chance to, yet) but I bet it wouldn't have a very good-looking outcome.

2006-03-18 [Jay Ladlehaus]: My statement comes in to [Keyurg Kirosake], who I should have informed about his prose-like nature of his poem in addition to the other format errors.

2006-03-18 [m0th3r3arth]: Right. Well, you are the "boss" [Linderel] so you get to make the final decision. I'm just saying it doesn't look good on your part for not accepting certain /kinds/ of poems. Structured or not.

2006-03-18 [Þhantasies |Sexed|]: Well, in all honesty, the poem does lack certain qualities..but I'll let the bosses handle it..>.>

2006-03-18 [Jay Ladlehaus]: Anyways, any further discussion needs to be moved to Official Chat.

2006-03-19 [Þhantasies |Sexed|]: *cough*...ok..>.> I'm done...honestly..I'm done..COMMENTING on the COMMENT board

2006-03-19 [m0th3r3arth]: Whatever, in the end it is [Linderel] and the other bosses choice. I have said my opinion as an advocate for many, but in the end it is their choice.

2006-03-19 [Þhantasies |Sexed|]: Well put^_^

2006-03-21 [Linderel]: Excuse me? There is no need to shout... (And as for poking a sleeping dragon, that criteria guideline existed before I was recruited into the group. Just to let you know. But now I am done with that subject.)

2006-03-26 [Linderel]: [wiltedlane], your submission is in the wrong spot. Please move it to the appropriate place within a day or it will be removed.

2006-03-26 [Linderel]: [BEATBOX ROMANCE.], please fix the format and the spelling/grammar mistakes in your entry within a day or it will face removal.

2006-03-26 [BEATBOX ROMANCE.]: better?

2006-03-26 [Linderel]: Eh? You haven't changed anything...

2006-03-26 [Rosanegra]: This is what I meant (long time ago) about not having every line align left. Does this work? I can't see how it breaks any rules, but then I can see how it could be a pain, so...?

2006-03-27 [Linderel]: There have been such poems before. No problem with that. :)

2006-03-27 [Linderel]: [BEATBOX ROMANCE.]: Your entry has been removed due to format violation. Please take a careful look at the Daily Poem Format before resubmitting.

2006-03-28 [dayah]: So you are taking new poems right...I should have asked that before but I just noticed the thing on the main street that says not taking new entrys right now, but it said something about january, uless i means next year I figured that it no longer means anything...

2006-03-28 [Jay Ladlehaus]: Submission are being taken.

2006-03-28 [dayah]: thanks

2006-03-29 [booyahfied]: tell me what you think

2006-03-29 [Jay Ladlehaus]: [booyahfied], [little flag] please fix your format errors. You have one day before removal.

2006-03-30 [booyahfied]: Better?

2006-03-30 [Jay Ladlehaus]: Yes, thank you

2006-03-30 [Jay Ladlehaus]: [Lilium Violet], please fix your format errors. You have one day before removal.

2006-04-02 [Nite_Owl]: Author of that last poem "Prisoner's March"--your format isn't correct and no one knows who you are. I'd suggest simply putting the "Written by [and your username]" beneath it or it'll be taken down :)

2006-04-02 [True, plain and simple]: The poem without an author has been removed for not following the Daily Poem Format, since frankly we can't feature you if we don't know who you are. Please try again.

2006-04-02 [Jewl]: Oy, sorry, these pain meds aren't keeping me in the best of mindsets right now.

2006-04-02 [Linderel]: [Jewl], [Doso]: Please fix your formats or the submissions of you both will be removed.

2006-04-02 [Doso]: whats wrong with the format i copied it from the tamplet you have on the other wiki

2006-04-02 [Linderel]: Um, no, apparently you did not. Look at it again. Carefully. Then follow it, to the letter. Your error was tiny, but it matters.

2006-04-02 [Doso]: ok got it, is it better now??

2006-04-02 [Linderel]: Yes, thank you. ^.^

2006-04-02 [Corazie]: ^_^

2006-04-03 [Jewl]: what's wrong with mine?

2006-04-03 [Nite_Owl]: [Jewl], the "by" needs to be lowercase, and the "Written" needs to be uppercase--no exception. As [Linderel] said, it needs to followed to the letter :) No worries though; I already fixed it for you.

2006-04-03 [Jewl]: geez, alright, thanks. *smacks self on forehead*

2006-04-08 [Linderel]: [1a2b3c], please fix your format within a day's time or your entry will be removed.

2006-04-09 [1a2b3c]: i think i fixed it, can u tell me whats wrong with the format now, if anything?

2006-04-09 [Jay Ladlehaus]: I'm not sure what [Linderel] is referring to, but what stands out to me is the complete lack of capitalization in title and text of your poem.

2006-04-09 [1a2b3c]: yes, thats part of my style, i almost never capitalize anything. its a style i got from an established poet when i was in college, cant remember who though.

2006-04-09 [True, plain and simple]: Not capitalising "I" is a grammatical error, plain and simple.

2006-04-09 [1a2b3c]: no, its a statement, why should i be concidered a more important word than me or you, or and, or the?

2006-04-09 [Jay Ladlehaus]: One might also say it's a statement to not write poems with poetic structure. Nevertheless we expect poetic structure. Likewise we expect appropriate English (Queen's or American) spelling, which means captilized "I."

2006-04-09 [1a2b3c]: so u r telling me that if i dont capitalize the letter 'i' then my poem will be removed?

2006-04-09 [True, plain and simple]: Yes.

2006-04-09 [1a2b3c]: Then you do what you have to do, because i am not going to stifle my creativity simply because ya'll are close minded and uptite.

2006-04-09 [True, plain and simple]: I don't have time to deal with what is commonly seen as laziness. Your "creativity" does not explain itself, nor do your natural typing skills compliment the fact that it was intentionally done that way.

2006-04-09 [True, plain and simple]: To [Jenbells], [1a2b3c] - Your poems have been removed for not following the Daily Poem Format and grammatical errors, respectively.

2006-04-09 [1a2b3c]: there is a difference between laziness and intentional. and i changed my natural typing skills to compliment my statement; which why is 'i' not ok but 'me' is?

2006-04-09 [Danboo]: take 7th grade and find out

2006-04-09 [True, plain and simple]: I didn't claim that there wasn't. But at first glance there is nothing to indicate that one is any different than the other, and therefore I will not tolerate it on this page. Ask the people responsible for forming the grammatical rules of the English language. That's how it is, and that's how it will be followed on this page. You're free to do your own thing elsewhere, and I salute you for trying new styles. They just don't have a place here. And that's all that needs to be discussed on this issue.

2006-04-09 [1a2b3c]: im not mad or upset, but i do believe that is overly anal

2006-04-09 [True, plain and simple]: Congratulations. I believe it's quite standard. Any more comments on the issue will be removed due to redundancy and irrelevance.

2006-04-09 [Linderel]: Oh, haha. My mistake, shouldn't make comments when in hurry and tired. I meant [Jenbells]'s entry. But since that's been taken care of... *shrugs*

2006-04-10 [Nylen Estrall]: Isn't this page too big? I believe it scares people away from reading the poems. :)

2006-04-10 [Linderel]: Well, as this is merely the submission page, it doesn't exactly matter how big it is... But True said he'd empty the page at some point this week anyways.

2006-04-10 [Lady of Lore]: wow, you guys have a tough job! I can't pick just a few favorites of these poems, I like a lot of them! Thanks to you guys who work so hard to do this! ^_^

2006-04-10 [Linderel]: *bows* Thanks for the appreciation. Though, truth be told, most of these do go to the queue, from where we randomly pick the one we like the most at the time. ;)

2006-04-10 [Nite_Owl]: :) Someday I hope to become one of the Daily Poem Bosses--I admire them all for their hard work here (^,^)

2006-04-12 [Pillowthief]: I would be more careful of what I wish for, the Daily Poem Bosses always have their hands full. Im way too unmotivated to wish for anything of the sort...

2006-04-12 [Linderel]: And you have just given me more work. [Pillowthief], please fix your format within a day or your entry will be removed. Oh, and while you're at it, you might want to correct your spelling. Just a suggestion. ;)

2006-04-13 [Pillowthief]: Hmm, it seems I have offended. I apologize, it was not meant as slander against yourself, but more towards bringing myself down. Format fixed, and thank you for catching that embarassing spelling error.

2006-04-13 [True, plain and simple]: To [Keseken] - Your poem has been removed for not following the Daily Poem Format. Review the format before considering resubmitting.

2006-04-13 [Keseken]: *frowns* Alright. Really sorry bout that.

2006-04-13 [Keseken]: Wait, Where was my poem incorrect in the format??

2006-04-13 [Jay Ladlehaus]: "Written by: [Keseken]", instead of "Written by [Keseken]"

2006-04-13 [Keseken]: *shakes her head* That's not right. I just talked to the boss guy...

2006-04-13 [Nite_Owl]: Yeah--you have it right now, [Keseken], unless I missed something...

2006-04-13 [Jay Ladlehaus]: Yes, now it is correct, but the poem removed wasn't.

2006-04-13 [Keseken]: Yeah.. Okay. Thank you all.

2006-04-14 [Linderel]: [Teufelsweib]: Please fix your format within a day or your entry will be removed. [Pillowthief]: As far as I can see, you did nothing to fix your submission. I am removing it.

2006-04-14 [Pillowthief]: Hmm? Ah, I see. My mistake. Now it's fixed.

2006-04-14 [Linderel]: *nods* Though there are still a couple of spelling errors, but they are not so serious as to warrant removal. Just bother my nitpicking eye. :)

2006-04-14 [Pillowthief]: And a wonderfully nitpicking eye it is :P

2006-04-14 [Keseken]: ;-; Man, I didn't get a warning. My poem was just deleted, with me left wondering "Heeeyy.. What the foozle? I thought I'd done this right."

2006-04-14 [Linderel]: Well, True has approved of my method, but it doesn't mean he uses it himself... It hasn't been established between the Bosses to use one method or another. I just happen to want to give a warning. Probably it's because I used to correct people's formats before I became a Boss.

2006-04-14 [Nite_Owl]: I do that too; it just seems a shame to have a poem taken down for something so minor as a misplaced colin or lowercased word....

2006-04-17 [True, plain and simple]: The poem can be brought back by viewing an old version of the page and copy + pasting. It makes you realise how bad making mistakes really is, in my opinion. That, and I never claimed to be nice. ;)

2006-04-17 [Keseken]: *eye* I am SO glad you aren't my japanese teacher. ^_^

2006-04-18 [Nite_Owl]: Don't chat here; only use the comments for questions to the Bosses and such, not for spam or random comments...

2006-04-18 [Chrilith of Akhai]: No spam or random comments... Is it okay for me to thank you people for putting my poem up at Mainstreat? If so, thanks! If not... thanks anyway! You've just made my day.