Introduction
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Hi and welcome to "The Poetry Club" also known as the TPC.

This is a place where poets can post their poetry and beginner artists can get help from others. It is also a place of encouragement to improve their style of poetry, and also a great place to disscuss about poetry.

II hope that all could enjoy this place, and follow the rules. We also hold up some activities and some other stuff. Enjoy~

Rules and Regulations
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1. Do not criticize anybody's work

2. Join to post your poetry

3. Have fun :)

Poetry Contest
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Poetry contests are held usually per week. Poetry Contest Submissions should be entered through e-mail at ketski@hotmail.com. Your Poetry Submissions should look somewhat like this....

Subject: Poetry Contest Submission
NG Name:
Date:
Poem:

Poetry contests submissions are always due on friday, and after that no more submissions will be acceptable until the next poetry contest. I will then post the poems in a website, and voters can e-mail me at ketski@hotmail.com with a Voting Form looking somewhat like this.

Subject: Voting Form
NG Name:
Date:
Title of Poem:

DO NOT VOTE FOR YOURSELF OR ASK YOUR FRIENDS TO VOTE FOR YOU

That's about it..... Hope you enjoy

I hope some people come... T___T
I put effort into this XDD

Im all in! I'm a published poet, and i write poetry all the time!

At 4/3/05 05:04 PM, LamboFactor wrote: Im all in! I'm a published poet, and i write poetry all the time!

Nice :) Wow, Ive seen u everywhere XDD IM glad u joined.

This is to the mods... This is the first poetry club with real rules and regulations... Please dont lock this and ask us to go to the Writers Guild, or the LNL cause those are two completly different places...

Here's a poem I made.... (( it kinda stinks :\ ))

Friendship's Trust

Friends are a part of life
Watchout for eachother
Do not betray oneanother

You try to gain their trust
but watch out when it rusts

For it's not easy to regain
When you've already broken the chain

For once the link of friends are broken
They ignore when your words are spoken

So keep in mind when you're around

Never try to get the crown
For friendship isn't a competition
Not is it any mission

Do not betray others to be in the top
Because you know you'll eventually drop

This is what friendship's trust is...
and forever this trust will hold

At 4/3/05 05:27 PM, Ketski wrote: Here's a poem I made.... (( it kinda stinks :\ ))

That was good, i like it a lot!

Heres one i made for school, it followed rules so it wasnt really "free style"

The Mossy River

The mossy river is her, like a piece of art come to life.
Orange fish explode out of the water, simultaneously
changing colors.
The air smells crisp like an autumn day.
The fresh water is cold and clear in her throat.
The chilling water cools her feet as she plays with the
delicate rolling moss.
The chirping birds.
The squeals of the river otters
The soothing sound of running water.
The otters dance around without a care in the world.
She slips into the river, the water is light, breathable.
Will she ever want to play on the mossy shores ever again?
The soft cushiony rocks provide a nice seat.
She sees the birds swooping, in the world above.
From down here she sees the fiery death in the otters eyes.
The once cushiony rocks laugh as they pull her deeper.
The blue fills her lungs.
Harder to breath, darkness.
A purple fish lands with a splash in the water above.

oh btw, the top poem. I made a typo

It says "Not is it any mission"

It supposed to be "NOR is it any mission"
XDD

At 4/3/05 05:32 PM, LamboFactor wrote: Heres one i made for school, it followed rules so it wasnt really "free style"

The Mossy River

Ah, That was really nice. Muched like ^_^
hmm... NG should have the edit post function XDD So we can have updates on teh 1st post and all.....

At 4/3/05 05:32 PM, LamboFactor wrote:

That was good, i like it a lot!

Thanx :) I made that like a year ago o__0;;

This is my favorite poem i made, it like the other was an assignment from school (i write better when its an assignment from school)

Untitled

An odd two-leafed orchid weeps
dropping an amethyst petal.
The petal floats to the ground landing
with an inaudible ripple.
As time passes, drops dribble down to the crust.
excluded from the gray clouds,
taking away the leaf, lying lonely on the ground.

I am currently writing a sonnet for my english class, i'll post it when im done!

At 4/3/05 06:15 PM, ZeroAsALimit wrote: If I were a happier man, I could perhaps write poems for small childrens books about insects, the sun, sharing, etc. <3

Lol... I liked your poems a lot... Thanks for joining! I know you are well known in the forums, and you bring lots of joy to me with your humor...

yaay! thanx for joining ^_^ Your poems are great, and ur english is fine. were glad to have u

At 4/3/05 04:41 PM, Ketski wrote: 1. Do not criticize anybody's work

Please look up "criticize."
To judge the merits and faults of; analyze and evaluate.
That means review. Wouldn't someone want someone to review their poems?

My favorite writer is e.e. cummings... I love the way he writes poetry, its just so different... I also enjoy William Carlos Williams and Philip Larkin...

That was another nice poem Zero!

At 4/3/05 07:59 PM, ZeroAsALimit wrote: Thanks. It's about a relationship I was just chucked out off. I always wanted my first kiss to be special, it wasn't. It seemed it at the time.
It sort of makes me think, what if my first time making love is also not going to be special ?
For me, these thoughts are very sobering, as although I'm lonley, I'm not desperate, and I have very idealistic values in life and love. :)

I thik that may have been the most poetic thing i've heard all day...

At 4/3/05 08:32 PM, ZeroAsALimit wrote: This next piece, is one of my worst. It's really a mock poem. Meh:

Sounds like a really cool rock song! But i still liked it a lot... Not as much as your other stuff, but it was really cool, specially the ending...

Hey Zero, could i give it a shot making that poem into a song? If not i wont...

Sonnet comming soon! Just gotta finish it up...

At 4/3/05 09:06 PM, ZeroAsALimit wrote: Sorry about the long wait for the reply, damned 4 post rule. :'(

No problem... Its was 12 minutes, and i was busy with other things...

Yeah i know what you mean...

bwaah Im bak XDD Thx for ur poems. I think Im going to build a website for this club... Im not too good at HTML so if Someone could help me... it would be most appreciated. XD

That'd be cool to have my poetry on a website!

At 4/3/05 09:23 PM, LamboFactor wrote: That'd be cool to have my poetry on a website!

yea XDD The thing is... Im not that good at html... Well Actually.. just cant make a layout. I guess Ill just see if I can get a "poetry layout"

I need help T___T XDD

At 4/3/05 09:45 PM, ZeroAsALimit wrote: i've always sucked at computers, so... sorry. :'(

XDD Its okay

Ok heres a potery lesson....

Sonnets

There is a ryhme scheme (dunno how to spell either of those words):
a
b
a
b
c
d
c
d
e
f
e
f
<------ Heres a voltar which means theres a sudden like change in the authors mind...
g
g
And its in iambic pentameter (dun wana explain that)
I mean thats the basic idea... Maybe i'll get into greater detail later... Heres a sonnet i wrote in like 20 minutes (it took so long cause of the rhyming)

what could be better than fall?
this season brings me all this joy
the leaves change colors as the trees stand tall
single leafs swim to the ground like colorfull koi
now is when all the birds go south
fall marks the end of all our warm fun
vegitation dissapears in the deers mouth
its getting time to say goodby to the sun
all the bites dissapear and so do the bugs
its fit to finish all the chores outide
and feel free to taste fresh apple cider from large cooled jugs
as all the animals run and hide
i think my favorite season is summer
i mean all the others are just great big bummers

Ok i dont really like that way that turned out... Im gonna fix it and make it better, but now you have and idea of what a sonnet is...

Wow that sonnet is crappy.... I wish i could delete that post... I'll post one from Shakepeare later on in the day when i get back from school...

At 4/4/05 06:51 AM, ZeroAsALimit wrote: I don't believe in bad art, just art. When I berate my work, it's not from a critical viewpoint, but one of self-loathing.

Its not that its bad its just i dont normally write like that... Its hard to explain...

Heres on of Skakespeare's Sonnets

Sonnet 21

So is it not with me as with that Muse,
Stirred by a painted beauty to his verse,
Who heaven itself for ornament doth use
And every fair with his fair doth rehearse,
Making a couplement of proud compare
With sun and moon, with earth and sea's rich gems,
With April's first-born flowers, and all things rare,
That heaven's air in this huge rondure hems.
O! let me, true in love, but truly write,
And then believe me, my love is as fair
As any mother's child, though not so bright
As those gold candles fixed in heaven's air:
Let them say more that like of hearsay well;
I will not praise that purpose not to sell.

I may as well post my newest. Tell me what you think.

The Way Of Things

To make is to lose
To lose is to gain
I've lost my faith
I've gaind dignaty
I've lost my trust
I've gaind loyalty
I've lost my light
I've found true stringth
The darkness becons
I answer its call
No friend can help
This journy is mine
I can't find the answer
The question is clear
I find myself asking
What this is and why
The answer can only be this
The way of things is hard
For darkness shall prevail

At 4/3/05 05:23 PM, LamboFactor wrote: This is to the mods... This is the first poetry club with real rules and regulations... Please dont lock this and ask us to go to the Writers Guild, or the LNL cause those are two completly different places...

ok i'm not gonna have a go at you or anything but seriously how is this place any different to the writers guild? the guild is for all sorts of writing including poetry and poetry is one of the thigns that gets posted regularly in there by a few members. If I've missed something that really does make this place different to the guild tell me please cause at the moment I can't see it :-\ the only difference I can see is that this palce is solely for poetry whilst the guild is for all forms of writing. Regardless I'm not gonna push it and argue with anyone about this place. Good luck to y'all and if ya feel like getting a few more opinions on the your work feel free to pop into the guild and post it.

Hey... I've read everyone's poetry... and they're very neat!!! I <3 poetry... here's one of mine... it's a bit lovey dovey... but eh... who cares...

The One I Love
Do you know God above,
created you for me to love?
He picked you out from all the rest,
because he knew I loved you best!
I had a heart and it was true,
but now it's gone from me to you.
So take care of it my love,
just as I have done.
For you have 2 and I have none.
If I go to Heaven and you're not there,
I'll print your name on the Golden Stairs,
for all the angels to know and see,
just how much you mean to me.
If you're not there on Judgement Day,
I'll know you've gone the other way.
And just to show what I would do, ...
I'd even go to Hell for you!

Hmmm... so... yeah... it's kind'a stupid... but that was one of my first poems ever written 'bout 5 years ago!!! XD bye <3 Lil' Emily