If you're a poet, come and show it!

[topazstar]

Okay, so, you chickensmoothians (or rather, us chickensmoothians) are a creative bunch! So, here is a way for you to show off your poetry skills- so grab your quills! Write a poem (make sure it is actually yours!) and display it here. If you see a poem posted here that you like, or think is really good, let the poet know it! Gift-bomb someone if you like their work, and maybe someone will like your poem and gift-bomb YOU!

The basics:
Post a poem on this thread
If you see a good poem, gift-bomb the poet!
Someone may gift-bomb you if they like your poem!


Don't sit there doting, LET'S GET POSTING!!!
Have fun!

[topazstar]

Bump! Where are all you budding authors and poets out there? Come on guys!

[topazstar]

Bump!

[topazstar]

BUMP

[Songbird74]

(Somewhere I can post poems?? Yay!)

Winter

Your embrace is cold
It chills my bones
Your hands send shivers
With every touch

Your smile is fake
It scares me so
To see emptiness
Inside your eyes

Your words are painful
Daggers of ice
They cut and they stab
The very soul

Your heart is missing
Under the snow
Something important
To understand

All the bitter cold
Is nothing if
Compared to the warmth
When I'm let in

Surprised

You'd be surprised how little we know
Of the passed down fairy tales from long ago
Many of us believe and falsely understand
That we know it all; now show by raise of hand

Have you heard of Rapunzel, Cinderella or Rose-bud
Of Snow-drop, Rumpelstiltskin, or Riding with her hood of blood
That's a lot more than I thought there'd be
Let try some harder ones so you can see

How about Mother Holle, Cat-skin, The Queen Bee
Tom Thumb, The Frog-prince or The Juniper Tree
I bet that green royal pain was the only one you got
There's so many more I'll name a whole lot

The Robber Bride-groom, The Five Servants, The Salad, The Nose
I'll tell you that last one's not about lying Pinocchioes
Old Sultan, Mrs Fox, King Grisly-beard, Roland and May-bird
That tale at the end is both cute and absurd

Pee-wit, The Seven Ravens, Faithful John, The Blue Light
This list is stating to become a dreadful sight
So many stories and if I rightly recall
In just one Grimm brothers collection is 55 in all

And those are only the ones that made it to print
Think of all the ones that might've missed the literary stint
There you have it, just a tiny show
Now, aren't you surprised how little we know

[topazstar]

Wow! Songbird74 that was amazing!!! Wonderful poems, I see gift-bombing in your future! Spread the word!

[topazstar]

Okay, so you can also post CHALLENGES. Which means you can challenge people to write a poem on......... (something)
By the way, you can do poems about ANYTHING, but if you don't know what to write about, or if you fancy a challenge... That's what the challenge is for!!!

So, I'll do the first challenge.

Challenge: write a poem about... Music!

[amithea]

Song Of Nature

Musical wind whistles through trees
It comes accompanied by the humming of bees
The beating of wings gives the tune a rhythm
And the beautiful song is free for all to listen

[topazstar]

Haha, nice! Thanks amberwonder for your contributions! Extra well-done for following the challenge!

[Cloudflame]

Um, I don`t do rhyming poems, if that`s okay. I just try to make it flow...I guess that`s what poetry`s about, right? They kinda rhyme in plac- oh, I don`t know, let me just write.

Music.
The beautiful colours, the drips and the swirls,
All come together.
It curls through the air,
Like a crisp Autumn breeze.
Music.
It flows through your mind,
Like words on a page.
It lifts your hopes and lowers them,
Inspires dreams and crushes them.
Music.
It makes the large and small equals,
Competing in an race to infinity.
It brings the young and old together,
So all can share its love.
Oh, music.
Bringer of hope, stealer of souls,
Friend to the poor and rich alike.
For all to enjoy,
Wherever they are.
Music.
I salute you.

- Thoughts?