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8/30

So. One down, twenty-nine to go. Not my best, but better than nothing! Enjoy;

1.a - summer storm

i used to walk along the beach,
watching the tide as it rushed in
and out, to a steady rythym.
sometimes in the afternoon,
i'd catch a glimpse of blue-green
beneath storm-tossed waves;
the glint of light off scales and hair,
as something breached the surfuce;
pale skin, big eyes and sharp teeth.
And then she'd been gone,
and the cove of mystical wonders
would fall still, awaiting
the next summer storm.

Here; more poetry of questionable quality. Enjoy! 2/30.


2.a omens

little girl with hair so fair
named two men as sons of war;
she said that one would be a tyrant,
a conquerer of old,
and that the other would be a martyr,
a man of honour and gold.

little girl of myth and rhyme
told of two kingdoms at war;
she said a son of each would later end it,
both of a noble sort;
it was an odd prophecy she told
and at an even odder time.

little girl who soon grew up
came to know of the tales she told;
of war and men, and gods of old,
forgotten but not quite lost;
the conquerer's son
and the wise one's heir.

little girl who now knew her words
told of two heirs, lost and now returned;
she said they would meet
and later there would be more,
but for now, they would be found
and bring an end to the war.

and so the little girl said,
her prophecy, the tale she told
would be named for what it was,
a tale she spun of men and war,
of conquerers and noble sorts;
her omens of disgrace.

Oh, look. Two poems for the price of one. @Aley <3 thanks for the help!

Enjoy~

3.a revolution

i used to live in a country
so vast and so free of war or hate
until i heard an awful bruit;
there's gonna be a revolution

the commoners are worried, and rightly so
for the rumours go on and on, and
rightly so; it is a whisper here,
there's gonna be a revolution

i travelled so near and far
beyond the boundaries of my home,
and still the whispers do linger here;
there's gonna be a revolution

the poor are dying while the nobles live on,
i can see the despair, the death, the fear, and yet
the rumours are still flowing round, round;
there's gonna be a revolution


4.a a hero's song

there once was a hero
who held all the cards;
he outwitted the villains
and all of their grunts.
there once was a hero
who was wise and strong
but he fell to an axe
and so came this song.

I like 4.a, it's really cute.

You're welcome <3 I'm glad to help a fellow NaPoWriter

@Aley <3 4.a is my favourite, too.

Now here's another two for one deal. Day 5 and 6. Quality is questionable, but you know. NaPo and all. Enjoy!

5.a last wave

catch a glimpse of silver and gold
see the way it sparkles;
all glitter and shine
painted green and blue
beneath the foam and spray

a glimpse of hair, a glimpse
of scales; blue-green and dark,
a darting movement in the deep,
a glint of light off something
deep beneath the ocean's last wave.


6.a walls have ears, you now

a dream within a dream
or so the rumour goes
do speak it softly, please
walls have ears, you know

or so the rumour goes
for this hunger lingers here
walls have ears, you know
do hear it softly spoken so

for this hunger lingers here
full of nightmares and screams
do hear it softly spoken so
ears are listening, you know

full of nightmares and screams
do speak it softly, please
ears are listening, you know
a dream within a dream


Day 7 and 8 coming soon

Well. Number 7. Yet more questionable poetry. Enjoy and whatnot.

7.a pretty lass

come to me, my pretty little lass
I promise no harm will come to pass
not to you or your friend
long as my rules you don't bend
there's nothing more to confess

so come to me and make no mess
there's nothing here that's amiss
I merely have something to recommend
come to me

I promise you, there'll be bliss
jsut for you, my pretty lass
please, my dear, just one to send
I have rules that you mustn't rend
it's me you don't dare distress
come to me

Ooh, I like 5.
7 gives me a creepy feel - but in a poetry that can be improved to be really nice and creepy way.
(Also, lass/pass doesn't rhyme in my head. )

@Lava Structured poetry. Bane of my existence. XD I'm glad you like 5! 4.a is my five for sure right now. Lass/pass doesn't really rhyme well, does it? I may need to rewrite that one.

The next one should be up as soon as I've written it....which may take some time.

Lass/pass rhymes perfectly for me? :O American FTW!

So Scar, I am loving how these poems are all thematically congruent to one another which makes it all the more enjoyable to read them together because they play with one another. I feel like all your poetry does that though, we're taken back to middle ages or fantasy, to heros and war/battle, but I dig that. 1.a brings a very mystical feeling to all of this and 2.a sort of plays about prophecies, war/battle and on the one hand, you've got like a really happy-toned "pretty" poem, and on the other, you've got the darker dangerous one, which is what I mean with how they're playing with one another It makes it enjoyable to read them all together. 3.a I love how it is songlike and lyrical.
4.a makes me laugh xD I loved it too cause it says more than it says, y'know? It really makes me reflect on prior songs and the way we do honor those heroes/glory and all that. Plus, just funny.
5.a this one reminds me of 1.a almost like a return to it which is interesting how the two pair together. 6.a Oh I love the rhyming in this. And that's really hard for me to admit that I like rhyming at all. 7.a this one totally makes me question the motives and integrity of the speaker XD I dunno if that's intentional, but I thought that was cool.

Here's number 8! A bit late, but I'm getting there. You can expect a few more out of me today. Enjoy!

8.a beauty fair

there once was a maiden in great distress,
she was a beauty fair faced with great despair;
the dragon that guarded her was making a mess
and it was really quite the abrupt, violent affair,
but she was a smart girl, and wise beyond remiss;
until it came to honour, what a beauty fair.
One day, that maiden was rescued by a brave knight
and together, they spent their years in delight.

Also, I'm running out of ideas! Help?

@Audy, haha. ilu. 4.a is my fave, as I've said before. It is kinda amusing, isn't it? And yeah, also kinda sad, the way we make the heroism seem all glorified and stuff. It's not; it's pain and blood and fighting and suffering. So it's good that it made you think about the hero ideal and also made you laugh. I'm pretty sure some "Heroes" died in quite a few amusing ways.

Also. Pretty sure 6 and 7 are structured, and I loath structure, but y'know, I think they work okay. 8 is an Ottava Rima. I struggled with that one a lot. That's why it's taken me so long to write it. XD Haha, 7 is totally suspicious, ain't it? And yeah, it was semi-intentional. >.> 6 was fun to write, though I did struggle a little bit.

Structured poetry. Bane of my existence. XD Enjoy! <3