Been listening to Jonathan Coulton's incredibily wonderful and insane songs he's been doing for his Thing a Week podcasts, as well as Mike Spiff Booth's incredibily insane and wonderful WoW videos to same. It's incredible what people come up with when they ABSOLUTELY have to.

Wanna help me do the same?

How this works:

- Post something for me to write a poem about (Within Forum limits). First post guarrentees a poem (although I may pick other people if this thing ever gets interesting) - inspirational stuff may also get a bonus entry.

- If you're feeling evil, post a poem type or other restraint.

- See what I come up with.

- See how long I last before I break and go crazy.

Sounds fun, doesn't it?

Since I currently need to go to the library to get online, I may not be on everyday. If so, I catch up on the poems when I DO get on.

Presuming anyone cares. ^-^

(I obviously need more sleep, or fewer stoner customers.)

This post has been edited by NigaiAmaiYume: Nov 9 2006, 03:58 PM

Hmm, sounds like a very good idea! Also seems a lot clearer now than on MSN when I seriously failed to grasp this concept, I was slightly.... happy. And hey, don't talk bad about the stoners, we're okay until we get paranoid.... Anyways.... I think I may take part in this small project of yours.

This post has been edited by keri-j: Nov 16 2006, 08:06 PM

Well, no one put up any topics. And I missed 5 days.

Well, here's what I've come up with, using some random themes.

Random themes decided by:
- Picking a Forum.
- Using Random.org to generate a topic (First page from number of pages, the 1 to 25 for specific topic).
- Picked that topic, then used the cnet.com add at the top of the page to pick a theme to write about. Could have been a word in the description, or a feeling from the image. Meh.

RhymeZone used to help with creating rhyming poems faster.

Day 1:

Forum: Tutorials
Topic: http://www.trap17.com/forums/backing-up-re...ses-t24201.html
Ad: BrightStor
Theme: Bright, stars.
Poetry Type: Sonnet



Day 2

Forum: Banner Exchange
Topic: http://www.trap17.com/forums/looking-affiliate-t36033.html
Ad: Rustic Steel Padlock & Keys
Theme: Hidden Secrets
Poetry Type: Acrostic



Day 3

Forum: Music Lyrics
Topic: http://www.trap17.com/forums/rammstein-t5031.html
Ad: ESP LTD RZK-600 Richard Z Signature Model Electric Guitar
Theme: Music, Guitar
Poetry Type: Cinquain


(Inspired by Meatloaf's "Bad for Good" on his Bat Out of Hell III cd, featuring Brian May.)


Day 4

Forum: SEO
Topic: http://www.trap17.com/forums/meta-keywords...arch-t3141.html
Ad: Apple 60GB iPod
Theme: Apple, fruit, temptation
Poetry Type: Limmerick



Day 5

Forum: Command and Conquer
Topic: http://www.trap17.com/forums/zero-hour-good-not-t1119.html
Ad: Stuhrling Original San Marco Men's Automatic Watch
Theme: Automatic, Robotic, Styx's Mr. Roboto
Poetry Type: Free Verse


(Why is SO much of poetry depressing? o_O)

Well, there you have it. Five quickly written poems on random topics.

Anyone else have any ideas? I'll keep up the ad-inspired stuff until you do!!!

Thanks for your help Nigia, so ill post you a theme for your poem of the day

My choice of theme is .... gang culture

(since you wanted something challenging )

Well, I DID ask for it... Ok, here's my poem on Bkag's theme of "gang culture".

Punk vs Vet

You always go on
About how you fought for your country
Went across the world
To fight people you had never even seen.

Why do you resent me
For taking the war to my neighbourhood
Fighting the people
That have chosen to see me.

You go on
About the friendships you made
The bond of blood in the trenches
With people you had hardly known.

Why keep on my back
That I'm willing to die for my friends
People I've shared more than blood with
We chose to live as brothers!

You continue to be proud
Of killing and dying when you were told
What did you ever give up
When you were so mindless?

I'll continue to ignore you
When you diss me and my gang.
We fight for ourselves.
Why are our wars less important than yours?

That is D^mn good, you really have some skill, and some quick thinking, 15 minuter

It is very imaginative how you did that, because that is the exact attitude a gang member would have toweds a vet.

Wow, you seem to be on a roll lol. What about a poem on sports? I don't care what type it is or if it's against sports or whatever, just one either about sports in general or reflecting your views on sports. Think you can do it?

Hum, sports.... Such a broad topic is actually harder than a narrow one, because you're faced with so many ideas, it's hard to pick just one...

I'll guess I'll try a new poem type,Etheree (in the first list) to restrain me a little more.

The poetry form, Etheree, consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables.

Born,
Too plain,
Without grace,
Without any style,
Alone among crowds.
But then I found myself,
The glory of speed, power,
Revealing myself in splendor,
All shall bow before my perfection,
Matured as an idol among the gods.



..... O....K.... That got abstract. o_O I GUESS it's still about sports, kinda... *laughs*


Edit: Oh, I missed a day, too! Silly Nigai...

I asked Albus Dumbledore for a topic, and he requested something about "death and darkness". He also mentioned at theme, but I don't want to bias this poem, since I think it is open to several interpretations.

Since he wouldn't pick a poem type, I decided to do one of my favorites, Sestina. Since I didn't have access to the actual FORUMLA for Sestinas, however, it's not perfect. I might re-write it to actually reflect the traditional form.

Anyway, here's the current result:

The Mighty Ponders

It was supposed to be so magical
A world of innocent wonders
It held around us the trappings of whimsy
Can you condemn us for accepting its promises?
What was offered had thus only been dreams
It seemed a fine escape from reality.

And it grew harsher every day we were forced back to reality
Having lived in the fey, we too were now magical
What could it offer when we had seen such wonders?
It meagre pleasures seemed such meaningless whimsy
But never believe what the mirror promises
You will stare forever blinded by your dreams.

And there is only one curse greater than being gifted your dreams
And that is seeing your dreams as your only reality
How can the normal ever again be magical?
What is done everyday quickly ceases to create wonders
You become deprived of your previous sources of whimsy
And must seek out new and more grandiose promises.

Then comes the curse of believing those promises
Transforming yourself as the object of dreams
Believing, perhaps, you can remake reality
Reclaim in your conquest the long ago magical
Satisfy all that comes to you and wonders
Exercise away the childish, frivolous whimsy.

Yet, in the end, you come to mourn for lost whimsy
For no thing can ever answer all promises
By being the dream-maker, you again lose your own dreams
As well as the line that had defined mundane reality
Did we remember that curses were also magical?
Did we know horrors are also forms of wonders?

And at the end of that path, one stops and wonders
At the uselessness of teachings, the wisdom of whimsy
Having seen all, we are left with only promises
You can take nothing forward more solid than your dreams
Where will we chart the new definition of reality?
I curse the day I outgrew the sun being magical.

And even the most magical of charms cannot remake wonders
It seemed such whimsy, but how strong where the promises?
Hide in Lethe dreams, until they become reality.



And to garner interest, PM me with your interpretation of the poem! Best ones get 5 or more credits and are listed here! ^-^

This post has been edited by NigaiAmaiYume: Nov 18 2006, 10:36 PM