Poetry Corner (Here Be Emo - Enter At Own Risk)

[wisp]

I am posting this with the hopes that there is enough interest to start a poetry corner. I realise that poetry is not for every one but hopefully their are a few out their who enjoy writing their own poems(not copies of your favorites it must be self written ). If there are please post them in this threads.Here is one of mine to start of

Ode to Gamers

Oh solitary child won’t you come out and play
I will take you to a world were you will want to stay
A world of fantasy, adventure and joy
A world were only you can rule
And win the day or lose the girl

Oh solitary child please listen to me
You can go to places were you want to be
For in these worlds which are at your command
The decisions you take and choices you make
Will determine how this play will end

Oh solitary child break out with me
Become as one, I’ll set you free
Become adventure, war or space
Never fear to win the race
Build your armies and rule this place

Oh solitary child become myself
And take that box down from the shelve
And open up those childhood dreams
Hunt those aliens, train your teams
Plot and plan while you scheme

Oh solitary child don’t listen to them
The old ones will never play a game
But rather they will place the blame
And make you feel all there shame
Stay with us and were are all the same

Oh solitary child you are now us
Welcome to our world, you see we don’t fuss
For a gamers life is the life for me
Just like the child inside of me
I have now set you free

[Rebbo_Reformed]

Nice poem wisp, I enjoyed it a lot!
I unfortunately don't write much poetry there should be some poetry forums.

[wisp]

Nice poem wisp, I enjoyed it a lot!
I unfortunately don't write much poetry there should be some poetry forums.

Thanks i hope other poeple will also post there poems here too

[kHayne]

zomg, insomnia can do silly things.
My 'crud' (it's not poetry) is largely just mental garbage that finds the occasional outlet.

Hum

A night spent awake listening to
the electric hum, the background drone
of cars far off, and people, and televisions
and radio talk show hosts and gunshots
blended together, a ****tail of din.
Humanity clustered, like a rat-king
noisomely, ignorantly, huddled against the dark
of the cosmos.

And yet it is comforting
A kind of solace therein, a night spent awake
hearing the buzz of productivity
that never ends, and never sleeps
A hive of mankind busying itself
Staving off the harsh reality
of a meaningless end, to all things in single.

For while one may expire
like milk past it's sell by date
The hum continues.

[ShadowMaster]

@kHayne: Thouroghly wierd poem

[kHayne]

Yeah. I'd go dig up some more past stuff I've written but I'm afraid it's all the same. Emo, lousy, and doesnt rhyme. /shrug.
I do it for me though, nobody else.

[Azimuth]

Erm, since when does poetry have to rhyme? Some of the greatest poems evar - Yeats's The Second Coming, for example - have no rhyme scheme. Even meter can be tossed aside in favour of simply saying something worth saying - but, like, in verse.

[kHayne]

Er, what the hell, here's a fun one I came up with a long, long while ago.

Hamster Blues

Hamster was his name
A rambunctious little spit
His cage he would despoil
And daily pile up ****

A rodent oh so fine
and golden brown and gleaming
But every ****ing night
Wheel spinning, i'd wake screaming

Insomnia was my curse
and smelly droppings, bane
I often wondered, staring
If I'd someday go insane

And crush him like a tube
of toothpaste, oozing goo
But never did I break
For hamstercide's taboo!

And then one day ,'pon rising
And realising night of peace
I cautiously glanced over
Lo! Hamster was deceased

For Hamster, in his ever
Quest to halt my nap
While eating of his pellets
Had choked on his own crap.

[wisp]

Khayne i like your work , great poems :)

[echo]

@ wisp: Ode to gamers, brilliant poem. Really enjoyed it.

@ kHayne: Hamster Blues, one of the best poems of ever read!

[wisp]

@ Echo , thanks got any of your poems to post:)

[echo]

No, my english is quite horrible, and so are my poems, but I love reading other people's poems. And I prefer that poems rhyme, it just makes it more fun to read.

[wisp]

@ Azimuth any chance of you submitting a poem ? :) Please :)

[kHayne]

zomgemoes


Autumn's Romeo

Autumn comes, relentless lover
and burns the leaves of the sycamore tree
A death of one is a death of many
Crimson blades of memories flee

The cold comes, a stalking reaper
Razors of ice slash 'twain daydreams of peace
A sun has set on this pale dwindling day
No aegis against the deceased

At last I come, my love, to you
Now to the halls of mortality's end
But will your girlish laughter still echo
To whence this soul shall soon descend?

And as the last curtain comes down
On a life spent in regret, one spent pained
I know now, at last worthy to join you
Courage to use the blade gained.

[wisp]

@ Khanye.i really like it gr8 poem

[Kensei]

I have heaps of poems, some unfinished, some just don't feel right... Are we allowed to give constructive critism?
Anyways,
Here's one I found of mine purely by chance ;) Tell me who relates to this situation :D

Weep, child of the Information Age.
Your sacred machine of power and circuits is not formidable any more.

Suffer, disciple of the spirited and fantastical world of games.
Your world is fades and disappears.

Desire, dreamer of superior, powerful, monster machinery.
Watch as your made-up heroes and villains fade from view.

Without latest technology, you are forced to relinquish your joy, your escape, your pleasure and your happiness.
Without funds, reality breaks down your walls.
Without your escape,

the real world wins.

[wisp]

@ Kensai-i can definately relate and i think construcive critism will help and i for one would welcome it, love the poem :)

[Kensei]

@wisp: Cool - then I kindly request that people give me their opinions about my poems. Tis one thing that I don't get upset if someone doesn't like ;)

K, next one to give to the masses...

Charge once more into the fray
Greet and smile every waking day
Falter not, fear not, step straight ahead
Forgive many, forget little, don't die until you are dead

Keep the faith deep in your heart
Believe in the light, the fresh new start
Stand tall where others kneel
Listen to your heart, say what you feel.

[wisp]

@ Kensai-i like your style, your poems speak from the heart,they are bold and straight forward , i like

[wisp]

a another offering for your critique

The room

A crisp whiteness filled the air
Engulfing all within its stare
I have no idea how I got here
So I?ll just sit here in this chair

And as I looked around this place
Strangers all inside my space
All were staring at my face
I want to say ?what?s your case?

But even as these thoughts arose
I realized I couldn?t feel my nose
I even tried to wiggle my toes
To no avail, nothing goes

So as I sat there all was still
Of this place I?d had my fill
I was there against my will
I got so mad, I wanted to kill

As emotions rose I saw more clear
These strangers seemed to feel my fear
One even tried wipe a tear
I realized these people care

Silent voices filled my head
As I saw my self, I saw red
Thoughts of anger fear and dread
Ran like spider along a thread

I looked upon my own shell
And all the others did as well
I saw the reason , it was a bitter pill
I hadn?t even been that ill

I read the tag upon my foot
My name spelt wrong to boot
One thought filled me to my root
Would I look good in a suit.