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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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2007-07-01 [Nite_Owl]: No problem mate :)

2007-07-01 [Chrysilla]: Can you tell me where I can find the poems I submitted some time ago? They're not on the page anymore and I'd like to submit new ones if that's okay (i'm not sure which ones I already put here). By the way, thanks to the bosses for featuring me :)

2007-07-01 [Linderel]: Free tip: Keep track of the poems you submit, makes it easier for everyone. As for submitting new ones, why wouldn't it be okay? I could not find more poems of yours than the one that was featured, so either you only submitted that one, or they got eliminated in the transfer to the queue for one reason or another.

2007-07-01 [Chrysilla]: Ok, thanks for the explanations :)

2007-07-01 [Every Rose Has Her Thorn]: Thank you bosses, for featuring me today. Lots of love!

2007-07-02 [Akayume]: [Devil Wolf]..there's something wrong with the format of the poem you submitted....

2007-07-02 [Linderel]: If you have time to point it out, you have time to fix it for them. Leave the notifications to me, mkay?

2007-07-02 [Linderel]: [Captain Rachel Black]: Your poem has been removed for format violation.

2007-07-02 [Vampire Akis]: hm.... over here it says 'four (4) total submissions'. Whatif I want to delete a poem and post another one? :-S

2007-07-02 [Linderel]: That can be done. ^_^

2007-07-02 [Linderel]: [Devil Wolf], [Adela Leafshanks]: Please fix the format of your entries to abide by the Daily Poem Format.

2007-07-02 [Vampire Akis]: Thank oo!!!! ^^ I still love ya!

2007-07-02 [Adela Leafshanks]: Um, have I fixed it now? I had a funny feeling that I had mixed something up :-S

2007-07-02 [Linderel]: I can't see anything changed.

2007-07-02 [Akayume]: Sorry. I didn't want to change someone's poem and then have them get angry at me..from now on I'll just fix it for them. ^_^

2007-07-02 [Captain Rachel Black]: Am I allowed to repost my poem, even though it was removed?

2007-07-02 [Linderel]:
[Akayume]: I doubt anyone would really get angry about it. I'd find it weird, especially if you just fixed the format. Just remember to mention what you did.

[Captain Rachel Black]: Yes, you are. Just make sure you get it right this time, or fix it if there are errors pointed out. ;)

2007-07-03 [Akayume]: Aye aye captain! ^_^ Next time I'll fix it then leave a short comment here in the box. ^_^ (And I'll stop talking now)

2007-07-03 [Akayume]: Just to let you know [Lightning Cowgirl], I fixed some grammatical errors and format errors in your entery. ^_^

2007-07-03 [Lightning Cowgirl]: than you, my compueter at the moment wont let me fix much, basicaly anything that comes in contact with morcosoft word...dont know why. thanks so mcuh

2007-07-03 [Adela Leafshanks]: Erm....does anyone like my poem.... *___*; *scurries behind chair*

2007-07-03 [Akayume]: You are welcome. ^_^ And I changed "Jester" to "Gesture"...I'm guessing that you meant, like, a movement or an action more than an entertainer, right? ^^''

2007-07-03 [Lightning Cowgirl]: no, i really did mean Jester. i wrote it formy guy who i call my Jester. that was how it wa supposed to be read

2007-07-03 [Lightning Cowgirl]: Adela, i think that you did a nice job on that, it was not a formal poem that is what made it enjoyable!

2007-07-03 [Adela Leafshanks]: Why thank you! *is honoured*

2007-07-03 [Lightning Cowgirl]: no need for thanks!

2007-07-03 [Akayume]: Ah, alright. Since that was my blunder I'll go and quickly change it ^^''

2007-07-03 [Lightning Cowgirl]: thanks, lol. no worries

2007-07-04 [Adela Leafshanks]: Yay! I wrote a new poem :D

2007-07-04 [Linderel]:
[Adela Leafshanks]: Please fix the format of your poems! They will be removed unless you do so within a day.

[Lightning Cowgirl]: You have some grammatical errors in your poem, mainly missing apostrophes. Please take care of them. Also, 'cuz' is not a real word.

2007-07-04 [Adela Leafshanks]: O .O; What errors are in them? Is it those page breaks?

2007-07-04 [Linderel]: You've fixed them now. Remember: Don't trip up on the 'Written by' part. ;)

2007-07-04 [Adela Leafshanks]: It was the 'Written by'? I see now ^o^ I'm glad I didn't get myself banned for making such a silly mistake. I won't do it again!

2007-07-08 [elf_fu]: I have made revisions and changes to the poem, Joshua Laughs.

Is it permissible to edit my poem to reflect these changes, here?

2007-07-08 [True, plain and simple]: As long as the poem is still on this page you're welcome to make any changes that you want.

2007-07-09 [Ayame the Snake]: *SQUEE* My poem is on Main Street! Thankies guys. So much!

2007-07-09 [Lightning Cowgirl]: i am using my right to poetical liscience, to have the word Cuz there, there is a sentimental reason as to why it is there

2007-07-09 [Chetleon]: Someone has deleted my poem 'the libertine' may I inquire as to why?

2007-07-09 [FlowerGirl21]: eh, it's right there? above mine, the 4th from the bottom up :p

2007-07-09 [Chetleon]: Oh. Okay. Sorry I couldn't find it yesterday, I was in a sort of delerium.

2007-07-10 [True, plain and simple]: To [Ayame the Snake], [gaiawingz]: Your poems violate the Daily Poem Format. Please correct your mistakes or your poems will be removed.

2007-07-10 [gaiawingz]: Assuming the format is thus:

Your Poem Title

Your poem's content
Which may not exceed limit
Of fifty lines

Written by [YourUsername]

I fail to see how I am violating it. The titles of my poems are 5 and 6 respectively. Shall I capitalize 'Written By'? because far as I can tell, that's all that doesn't match. The punctuation and grammatical things are personal style and necessary elements of my poetry.

2007-07-10 [True, plain and simple]: You accurately addressed the formatting issue with your revision.

2007-07-10 [Linderel]: [Lightning Cowgirl]: Hmm, how should I put this? Let's start with quoting the rules on the top of the page, shall we?
"Submissions must be in proper English." - Now, as I stated, 'cuz' is not a real word. You're welcome to practice poetic licence, but there are limits, since, you know, our playground, our rules. We like proper English. And even if I could accept 'cuz' on the basis of your argument - which I don't - there would still be other grammatical errors to address. As in, those apostrophes.
Now, you have three options. 1) You take your poem off yourself if you don't want to adhere to the rules. 2) Either True or myself takes it off, recording a violation. 3) You fix what needs to be fixed. I'm not forcing you to change it anywhere else you might have it on display; just here.
I'd really rather you took option number 3, because I actually like your poem. Please at least consider complying? :)

2007-07-11 [Linderel]: Comments removed for being offtopic.

2007-07-11 [Lightning Cowgirl]: it isnt that i was not complying, i didnt know if i could use the poetic license here or not on this one, i did see the standard english thing, but i was just wondering. i will fix them here. if i miss something, i will fix that too when it is brought to my attention. thanks

2007-07-11 [Adela Leafshanks]: Why has the word, 'rac' been put in the end of my poem Time Stops For No One? I was just looking up at the older poems and noticed it...is it an editing thingy?

2007-07-11 [Linderel]: I have no idea. Feel free to edit it to what it should be.

2007-07-13 [elf_fu]: [True, plain and simple] thank you for answering my question. My poem is still on the page and I will go about placing the revised version in the same place the old one, is. Thank you again!

2007-07-16 [Alexi Ice]: Wow I was cutting it close on 'Shadows', exactly fourty seven lines, fourty six if you dont count the title. I am shooting for no errors this time, I double checked everything and I counted to make sure I dident exceed the line limit. Its hard to contain some of mine to only 50 lines though...^^'

2007-07-16 [Alexi Ice]: Hey, Slient, in your poem 'A life I would rather not live' you spelled the word Realize wrong. It was a pretty poem though.

2007-07-16 [Dark Side of the Moon]: Actually "realise" is spelled correctly. In countries such as England the letter "s" often replaces the letter "z" which is commonly used in the United States. Oh and I've also fixed your format for Such A Stupid Thought. You had forgotten the "Written by" line. ;)

2007-07-16 [Alexi Ice]: Oh! thank you! And also, the realize thing is pretty cool ^^ I wonder why we spell it different?

2007-07-19 [Tableau Vivant]: =O Uhm, I have a question. My badge for having 2 poems featured is gone.. =O Does anyone know how to get it back?

2007-07-19 [True, plain and simple]: Send me a message and I'll fix it later today. There was an Elftown bug that erased some badge slots for a few members.

2007-07-22 [Cascading water lillies]: Whoops..I've *just* noticed that mine too have mysteriously vanished?

2007-07-22 [Linderel]: If your badges are gone, tell a guard about it, or go to the Council page or something. This isn't really the place for it. :)

2007-07-26 [True, plain and simple]: To [Ayame the Snake], [//Your Mother\\♥], [Vampires Anonymous], [The Doll Mage] - Your poems do not follow the Daily Poem Format. Please correct your format or your poems will be removed.

2007-07-26 [Vampires Anonymous]: *sighs* will do

2007-07-26 [Vampires Anonymous]: hummm, did i fix it correctly?

2007-07-26 [Linderel]: That you did not. Take a close look at the Daily Poem Format - or better yet, just copy and paste it if you can't find where you went wrong.

2007-07-27 [The Doll Mage]: have I broken any rules by putting a dedication on the bottom?

2007-07-27 [Linderel]: Actually you have, but that is not the only problem with the format. Look closely. :)

2007-07-28 [Falx]: Got a question: [itoe] and I are working on a poem together. Is it permissible to submit a poem written by two people?

2007-07-28 [Linderel]: Quote from the FAQ, general section:
"Q: Why don't you allow collaborations?
A: Conform the rules, you can't submit your partner's parts, since it isn't your work.
Besides, if we allowed that you could claim your friend helped write a poem simply because they wanted a badge.
We give you badges for your work, not somebody else's."
So that would be a no. There has been, if I recall correctly, one collaborated poem featured in the DP history, but I'm supposing it was featured before that rule. Sorry. :)

2007-07-29 [True, plain and simple]: Aye, it was. :P

2007-07-29 [LittleEmoGirl]: if there are any errors in my poem please let me know

2007-07-29 [Linderel]: Otherwise fine, but you have a grammatical error in the last line of the first stanza.

2007-07-29 [LittleEmoGirl]: really?

2007-07-29 [Linderel]: Yes. You should fix that one error, though, or the poem will get removed.

2007-07-30 [Falx]: Okay. Thank you.

2007-07-30 [LittleEmoGirl]: what's the error? cause i can't see it, for some reason lol

2007-07-30 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: capitalize the i in i'm

2007-07-30 [LittleEmoGirl]: Oh okay thanks

2007-07-30 [Tickle Me Emo]: My poem intentionally doesn't have punctuation except in the last line. Is that permissible? Or should I fix that?

2007-07-30 [Linderel]: If it was something to fix, I would have told you to fix it. ;)
As long as grammar, spelling and format are correct, you can play with punctuation all you want.

2007-07-30 [Tickle Me Emo]: Ok, thanks!

2007-08-01 [Ghost Lilly]: I was wondering if there is a way I can find out what poem of mine was featured? I want to submit another, but dont want to accedently resubmit the same one. ^^

2007-08-01 [Linderel]: Well, you most probably received a guestbook message when the poem was featured that also stated the name of the piece. :)

2007-08-01 [Ghost Lilly]: oooh bwaa haa haa. I had a feeling to check there. Becuse thats whats been done with the others, but I was like "no, they dont do that for the daily poems" -.- how silly of me. thankyou for your time. ^^;

2007-08-08 [Nite_Owl]: [Morningstar Rising]: your poem "Freeloader" uses an incorrect format. Please review the Daily Poem Format carefully and repost it, or it will be removed.

2007-08-08 [Linderel]: [Grandamelf]: Please fix the format of your poem or it will be removed.

2007-08-08 [Linderel]: [The Doll Mage], [//Your Mother\\♥], [Ayame the Snake]: Your submissions have been removed for violating the Daily Poem Format as well as some spelling errors.

2007-08-08 [Tyrana]: I looked through the FAQ, but couldn't find an answer... I have a question about how the que works: Are entries hand-picked from this Daily Poem page to be put into the que, or do you wait until this page is really full, and then move them all to the que, and pick from there? If it is the former method, the four-poem limit applies to this page only, right? (And the extension, of course)... So "4 poems at any given time" would mean that if you can see four of your poems on the non-que pages, you cannot submit any more until you can no longer see them. Please let me know if I'm totally wrong, or if I've been babbling into my hat this whole time. :P

2007-08-08 [Linderel]: Yes, the "only four poems" means this page. The submissions are sporadically moved whenever there is a want of new stuff in the queue, and if we have missed something that violates the format or rules, it is erased (not the word I was looking for - I forgot what it was! gah!) at that point.
I probably should make a FAQ entry about this. :P

2007-08-08 [Linderel]: [Blood Sucking Beauty]: Please fix the format of your poem to abide by the Daily Poem Format or it will be removed.

2007-08-08 [Tyrana]: Aha! Thank you very much! ^_^

2007-08-08 [Blood Sucking Beauty]: ^_^

2007-08-08 [Tyrana]: I fear I may have misguided [Blood Sucking Beauty] with my comment, so I fixed her format. O_o

2007-08-08 [Blood Sucking Beauty]: O_o

2007-08-08 [bloodstainedAmi]: Im glad im not the judge of these
Theres so many great poems
I wouldnt be able to choose

2007-08-08 [Linderel]: Well, this is not a contest, so there is no judging required. ;)

2007-08-09 [Grandamelf]: Sorry! I am new at this! Is it OK now?

2007-08-09 [Tickle Me Emo]: I have a poem I want to post, but it has some intentionally funky capitalization that I wouldn't want to change because it changes the essence of the poem. Would that still be following the rules? I don't want to post it then find out that I have to turn around and take it back down...

2007-08-09 [Linderel]: [Grandamelf]: Nope. To spare everyone some headache, I'll give you a hint. It's the 'Written by' part.

[Tickle Me Emo]: As long as you capitalise that little first person pronoun, feel free to play as much as you like. :)

2007-08-10 [Grandamelf]: Thank you!

2007-08-18 [Linderel]: [xxX cutie Xxx]: Please fix the grammar and spelling errors in your poem or it will be removed.

2007-08-18 [Nite_Owl]: [Morningstar Rising]: Your poem "Freeloader" was removed for violating the DP Format.

2007-08-20 [Linderel]: [Mystereality]: Please fix the grammatical errors in your poem.

2007-08-20 [Morningstar Rising]: Sorry did not know It was in violation, was away for a few days, I just came back today.

2007-08-20 [Mystereality]: I think I have everything fixed.

2007-08-20 [Linderel]: The capitals at the start of a line I don't really care about, but you missed an 'i' that should be an 'I'.

2007-08-23 [EmeraldGrizzly]: Hello. I looked through the page, I know I had a few poems on here, now they are gone. They had no spelling errors, and as far as I understand poems just don't get removed for staying for along time. I'm sorry if there is some rule i've overlooked, simply concerned, this isn't the first time i've found one of my poems gone for what appeared to be no reason. Again, not trying to fight, just simply trying to understand what happened. Thank you.

2007-08-23 [Linderel]: This has been explained about a million times before, and I'm pretty sure it's mentioned in the FAQ as well. Anyway.
Poems are once in a couple of months moved to a private queue page to wait to be featured. If your poems did not have any errors, they are there.

2007-08-23 [EmeraldGrizzly]: I am sorry and apologize. I only check back here every so often to either add a new poem, check on my old ones, or make sure none of mine need to be fixed. I don't read much in the comments if anything was mentioned there concerning the private queue. Also, I must have over looked the FAQ section. *bows* I am very sorry, thank you for answering my question. I'll keep this in mind for future reference. Again, thank you much. :)

2007-08-24 [Papa Don't Preach]: any way to retrieve a featured poem? i lost mine when my pc broke

2007-08-24 [Linderel]: Sure. Just copy your member number, go to Mainstreet, click on 'More poems' and enter the number in the search field. There may be more poems in the results than just yours, but that's the best way I can think of.

2007-08-24 [Linderel]: [xxX cutie Xxx]: Your entry has been removed for grammar/spelling errors.

2007-08-24 [Papa Don't Preach]: thank you ^^; i knew the name of it, so i eventually found it.

2007-08-31 [Linderel]: [tindomerel]: 'then' -> 'than' ;3

2007-08-31 [Tyrana]: I fixed it. It was driving me nuts. :P

2007-09-01 [tindomerel]: lol..sorry about that, I'm always making that mistake =3

2007-09-02 [Tyrana]: No worries! :D

2007-09-13 [Tekkon KinKreet]: i want to nominate abashed by [dark starlight] how do i do it?

2007-09-13 [Sunrose]: You can do that at Daily Poets' Choice, make sure to read the wiki before you nominate :)

2007-09-19 [The Doll Mage]: Hashekwa? Was my poem erased?

2007-09-19 [Jitter]: To quote [Linderel] from only a few comments above: "This has been explained about a million times before, and I'm pretty sure it's mentioned in the FAQ as well. Anyway.
Poems are once in a couple of months moved to a private queue page to wait to be featured. If your poems did not have any errors, they are there"

2007-09-19 [The Doll Mage]: I am sorry to re-ask a common question. i shall be more observant in the future. Thank you for your help *curtsies politely*

2007-09-19 [Jitter]: You're welcome ;)

2007-09-28 [Mystereality]: did the posting rules change, or are people just not paying attention??

2007-09-29 [Linderel]: Everyone's been busy with the horrendous thing called real life. Sorry for the neglect, I'll try to get back on track now.

2007-09-29 [Linderel]: [wicked fae mage], [Kahri], [ketsu], [gaiawingz]: Please fix the format of your entries or they will be removed.
[L3v|atan], please fix the format of your entries as well as the spelling errors in them.

2007-09-29 [Kahri]: Sorry, is that better?

2007-09-29 [Linderel]: Much. Thank you.

2007-09-29 [L3v|atan]: better ?

2007-09-29 [Linderel]: You... took them off? o_O

2007-09-30 [Linderel]: [ketsu]: Your format is still wrong. Take example of how most others have it. Or, alternatively, just copy and paste the format.

2007-10-02 [Linderel]: [Chetleon]: Please fix the format of your entry or it will be removed.

2007-10-02 [Chetleon]: May, I ask what exactly is wrong with it? I believe that you are referring to the "written by" I omitted, I think? Not sure.

2007-10-02 [Jitter]: Well you have to add it. It's in the format and you have to follow the format. You can't omit it.

2007-10-03 [Nite_Owl]: [aplayer]: Please remove your previous comment. It is irrelevent and disrupts our helping others with this page. If you were hoping to submit it to the page, I'm afraid that prose is not considered poetry and will be taken down if posted. Sorry.

2007-10-03 [True, plain and simple]: To [ketsu], [wicked fae mage], [frogster]: Your poems have been removed for not following the Daily Poem Format.

2007-10-03 [True, plain and simple]: Note: I removed [aplayer]'s comment.

2007-10-03 [True, plain and simple]: To [renoclight]: Post your poem on the wiki, not in the comments. Read the Daily Poem FAQ if you don't know how.

2007-10-04 [Nite_Owl]: Thanks, True :)

2007-10-11 [Nite_Owl]: [Lite]: Your poem "Alone" does not follow the format. Also, it may be considered prose (the lines are exceptionally long to be posted). Please reformat it by shortening the lines, and review the DP format carefully before reposting.

2007-10-15 [Lite]: heh, I removed that one...

2007-10-18 [Lite]: I like your poem Evander

2007-10-19 [Hedda]: Hm... There is no link to this wiki-page from Mainstreet!

I fixed it by adding a link in the field under the poems.

2007-10-20 [Teufelsweib]: the "how to submit a poem thing"?

2007-10-20 [Linderel]: Eh, there's no need for it. There is usually the text 'Check out Daily Poem to see your work featured here!' under the poem - Owlie just forgot it.

2007-10-20 [Nite_Owl]: Oops ^^' Sorry about that mate. I've been really busy and hadn't updated it for a while, hoping that you or True would, but no one did, so I did late at night when I had time. I'll try not to forget next time.

2007-10-21 [Linderel]: Yeah, we're all at fault, really. I've been slacking off way too much. >_< I promise to try harder again.

2007-10-21 [Mystereality]: (sorry if I'm stepping on anyone's toes here, but I thought I could point it out) [punk-chick], please correct your poem's format and spelling mistakes.

2007-10-21 [Linderel]: You are stepping on toes, in fact. :P I happen to like to reserve the right of notifications in bold for the Bosses. If you have time to point something out, help them and fix it for them.
Oh well. Nevermind.

2007-10-21 [Mystereality]: ok. if you want it taken off, i will delete my comment. i dont know the Bosses well enough yet.
i am just particular on mistakes, and i wanted to announce that one. sorry.
maybe i should try out to be a Boss... i would like that position.

2007-10-21 [Linderel]: Well, doesn't matter now, it can stay.

You cannot become a DP Boss just like that. You may apply to the crew, and if you end up being chosen, you may or may not be recruited for the position. :)

2007-10-21 [gaiawingz]: 'If you have time to point something out, help them and fix it for them.'

Why isn't this the policy of the DP 'bosses'? Moreover, if you have time to remove an entry, why don't you have time to fix it yourself?

2007-10-21 [Jitter]: Because then people would never learn to put the poems in the proper format or fix their grammar and spelling mistakes.

2007-10-21 [Linderel]: Because it's not our job to fix the patrons' mistakes, but nothing stops the patrons from helping each other out. I'm sorry if I've sounded rude. I probably have. We only point you in the right direction if you've made a mistake, but it's up to you to fix it.
Thinking about it, I am aware that there may be flaws in my reasoning. Do feel free to note if there are mistakes, even if you're not going to fix them; however, please leave the bold bossnessness to the Bosses. ;3

2007-10-21 [Linderel]: [Masayume_soto]: Please fix the format of your entry or it will be removed.

2007-10-21 [gaiawingz]: That is illuminating.
Truly beyond a doubt.

So how many of the 'bosses' have had their work featured -- & doesn't that, then, make them patrons as well?

I mean... if we 'patrons' are supposed to help one another... y'know...

2007-10-21 [crikketcandy]: I just put in the rule to separate hers so there is less confusion/ugliosity. Whew, I need a breather

2007-10-21 [Linderel]: Yes, all of the current Bosses have had their work featured. However, they aren't allowed to submit anymore, so they're not really definable as patrons anymore. :)

Either way, this comment space is not meant for debate. Please, if you have any actual constructive criticism, take it to the forum, or even private messages, and stop arguing for the sake of arguing.

2007-10-21 [Masayume_soto]: What needs to be changed on my entry?

2007-10-21 [Linderel]: Look closely at the 'Written by' part. ;)

2007-10-22 [Akayume]: I have a question: Does the f+ctrl work for in the editing box? I would like to remove both of my poems and enter two different ones (hence the question).

2007-10-22 [iippo]: It works for me. Try it out?

2007-10-22 [Akayume]: Alright, thank you for your help. I shall get on that right away.

2007-10-22 [Akayume]: Oh, now I have another question. (sorry to bother) I wrote a poem based upon the characters and a bit of the plot from the play Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare. (Basically, it's a poem about what Juliet does to herself after what Romeo does to himself.)

If I don't claim credit to the characters or plot, can I still enter the poem?

2007-10-22 [Linderel]: Yes, it's allowed. Seeing as it's long since become public domain, there is no problem with either using the names or referencing the plot. :)

2007-10-22 [Akayume]: Alright, thank you very much. :] I'm sorry to bug so much, but I don't want to cause problems either. (and I'll stop commenting now)

2007-10-23 [_Einsam_Ein_]: ok so i have a poem i want to add... i am a little dumb when it comes to this site... can you help me considering i don't know what i am doing? (sorry to bother)

2007-10-23 [Jitter]: Reading Complete Newbie ET Guide, Newbie Tour and Uploading Art Rules might help :)

2007-10-23 [Linderel]: [The Doll Mage]: That "Lost Memories/Clairissa O’Daniel" is not part of the actual poem, is it? If so, it should be removed.

2007-10-24 [The Doll Mage]: OOPS!! I copied and pasted it from the word document it was on and i forgot to take my name off, give me a sec and I will!

2007-10-24 [Linderel]: So... which is the title, 'Lost Memory' or 'Lost Memories'? :)

2007-10-24 [The Doll Mage]: dangit! >.<

2007-10-24 [The Doll Mage]: there you go!

2007-10-24 [Akayume]: Hey Green monkey, you spelled "memories" wrong. :/
Would you like me to fix it?

2007-10-24 [Linderel]: [punk-chick]: Your poem has been removed for not following the Daily Poem Format. Please review the format carefully before submitting again.

I took care of that typo while I was at it. [The Doll Mage] attempted to fix her initial error, and the remaining one was most probably just a little glitch.

2007-10-24 [Akayume]: Ah, alright. :]

2007-10-26 [Nuriko-kun]: ^^' Well.. I posted a fairly new poem of mine.. think it has a chance at being a Daily Poem..?

2007-10-26 [Linderel]: Your format, spelling and grammar are fine... expect to see it on the Mainstreet eventually. ;)

2007-10-26 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: and expect that to be a long time
i have poems i posted MONTHS ago, and they ain't up there yet

2007-10-26 [Linderel]: Hey, it takes time. Before any poem is featured it passes through a final quality check onto the private queue where it waits for its turn. If you have a problem with the way DP is handled, please, feel free to suggest ways in which it could be improved. In the meantime, remember: Patience is a virtue. :)

2007-10-26 [NukleaЯ EveЯgloW™]: Ummm, I wasn't complaining or anything. I was just stating fact =P

2007-10-26 [Linderel]: Well, sorry. On the net it's often very difficult to discern someone's tone, and your wording suggested that you were quite unhappy. :P

2007-10-27 [Nuriko-kun]: ... And that's what smileys are for :D

2007-10-29 [The Doll Mage]: would you inform us if you do put it up?

2007-10-29 [Linderel]: Uh, yes... You will get a guestbook note.

2007-10-31 [Melocrie]: It's been a while since I posted here. Well.. it's more been a while since I did some honost poetry... Hope it's fine :)

2007-10-31 [Linderel]: Seems good to me. :3

2007-11-02 [Lite]: Remember Me Not is a tribute to Rememberance Day.

2007-11-02 [Linderel]: [Lite]: Please review the Daily Poem Format carefully and fix the format of your entry.

2007-11-02 [Zeke "The Freak" Stephens]: Did i post mine right? Mine is : Inside

2007-11-02 [Linderel]: No, your format is off as well. You also have a couple of lines that are a bit too long. Oh, and you have an 'i' where you should have an 'I'.

2007-11-02 [Melocrie]: *sighs* ^^

2007-11-02 [Zeke "The Freak" Stephens]: Hmm? I thought my format was correct. It has to be perfect in order to submit it to be on the Elftown Main Street right?

2007-11-02 [Linderel]: Hint: the 'Written by' part. It's what most people stumble on.

2007-11-03 [Grandamelf]: Hello, When it comes up in red lettering that the page is too big and needs to be divided, who does that? When I started to enter a daily poem, I wasn't sure what to do. It is that way on my original Wiki page from 2004 also and I am not sure how to do it (because it is different from the new wiki pages)if am suppose to do it. Thank You

2007-11-03 [Jitter]: Don't worry about it ;) When the wiki really can't take anymore it will tell you (I never had it though in 3,5 years :P)

2007-11-03 [Grandamelf]: Thank you, I didn't want to crash anything! Not long after I joined, my computer wore out, and had to be replaced, so I missed a lot, and only came back this year. Thanks for your help!

2007-11-03 [Melocrie]: Welcome back in that case ^^

2007-11-03 [Lite]: *sigh*. Will this work?

2007-11-03 [Linderel]: Um, yes, but what I don't understand is why you submitted it again when the original is still on the page. :)

2007-11-03 [Cascading water lillies]: Maybe they felt it was so good, it had to be replicated for maximum exposure :)

2007-11-03 [Jitter]: I finally found time to translate one of my oldies in English. turned out completely different x)

2007-11-03 [Linderel]: The format, Jitter, the format! :O

2007-11-03 [Jitter]: :O I checked it o_O *check closely again*

lala nothing there x)