sure thing eowyn, & LDM!! & great poem, Leaha!! keep it up!!!

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"Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness."

Can I join this contest?

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^NO!!! lol Of course u can, Gollum!! lol

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"Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness."

You're too funny others, your poems were great!

Okay, here's my latest one:

It's a strange feeling.
The feeling of being left alone, lying here, helpless, hopeless without anything.
Not even a name. A name you can call, a name you know, a name you...love.
Nobody's here for you, your hope, love, joy has faded. There's only left a feeling.
And a cold and unloved call for you. You've nothing left, but loneliness.
You've no friends, no love, no joy.
Your life will end her. No hope is left for you.
You're alone, hopeless to die. Left alone and unloved.
The feeling is cold. You know it's getting over, but the loneliness will stay.
There's no hope left for you.
You'll die alone...unloved...unknown...forever.

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I would love to join! I have a question, though: does it have to be a poem (or poems) that I wrote specifically for this contest, or can I submit one (or two) that I composed before now?

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Avi and banner by ForeverFrodo. Words on banner by me.
Proud Frolass
Resident Elvengoth

"The Crystal Rainbow Sea"

A flood of blue and white,
Inside an distant sky.
A vision without sight,
Where the imortals die.

Swirls of red and green,
Mixing soothingly.
A sight not to be seen,
But waited for expectedly.

With every passing breath,
And every thought you give.
That brings the sudden death,
Yet lets you know you live.

In the land shall be,
All but a memory.
In the crystal rainbow sea,
Where we spend enternity.

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Visit The Varsian Kingdom!

I'd like to join too, if that's alright!

mine are... *cough* just a bit long...

Son of no man worth mentioning
Child of no god worth serving
I walk alone
On this trail of bitter tears
Tears stained with blood
Pain hollowed by remorse
Grief depraved by anger
Alone
I lost it all
Though I never had it
Long nights of cold emptiness
Reaching for a mother's caress
Yearning for a father's warmth
Love?
How can I love when innocence is tainted?
How can I feel when feeling dies?
Steel my tempered spirit with apathy
Show no emotion
Reveal no pain
Sit my tormented soul by the unforgiving ice
Hide the flame of rage from my shadowed eyes
Cloak myself in impassive enigma
I roar from behind the bars of my solitude
Can nobody hear me scream?
Can nobody sense my pain?
Still I cry
But I shed no tears
Here I stand on a bitter path
In this realm of bitter steel
Son of no man
Child of no god
And I face my end alone

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For You

I heard your call
I felt your anguish
Like an intangible shroud of darkness
You noticed me not
But I watched you brood
Bereft and alone
As shadows lengthened behind your hunched frame

What pain lurks behind your cynical eyes?
How much suffering can a single mind hold?
Take your cold hand in mine
Let me unveil the light
Let compassion steep your spirit
Warm your blood
Learn to forget
Learn to look to the august horizon

Remember the days when we were one
When our hopes and dreams outshone the sun
I gave you my love
I showed you the truth
Why can't you see all I've done for you?

I fought an endless black abyss
I bridged a yawning chasm
I found the recess of your soul
Branded with fire
Lanced with ice
The sorrow I harbored
For you

I gave you my life
I placed my trust in your hands
I suffer the burn of tears
For you
Living each day to see you smile
Living each moment like an age
Embrace my trembling form in your arms
Whisper to me that you care
Wading in something much too deep
I scream one word at you
"Why?"

Remember the days when we were one
When our hopes and dreams outshone the sun
I gave you my love
I showed you the truth
Why can't you see all I've done for you?

Can one heart bleed as much as this?
Can one being feel such pain?
Betrayal
Denial
Sear my heart with acid flame
Douse it once more with thunder
You never knew how much I cared
You never understood my grief
Tear out my heart
Bleed fresh the wound
I do this for love of you

For you I sacrificed everything
For you I cut open my soul
I loved you
I helped you
I showed you the light
For you I'd take my life

Remember the days when we were one
When our hopes and our dreams outshone the sun
I gave you my love
I showed you the truth
I weep for the memories
Of you

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^I think you have a gift for making people feel and see what you're talking about, if you know what I mean.
Btw, I happened to write two new poems since i heard about this contest, and have decided to enter them, so that sort of makes my former question a mute point. It'd still be nice to know, though. I'm working on typing them up.

Edit: My 500th post!

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Avi and banner by ForeverFrodo. Words on banner by me.
Proud Frolass
Resident Elvengoth

ok. but if sum1 else wants 2 enter 1 they've already written, go ahead!!

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"Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness."

Good, thanks for telling me.
Here are my two poems. They were both sort of inspired by Evanescence's sound. The first one is Sam telling Frodo not to let go at the Cracks of Doom, and I don't presently have time to post them both, but I'll do the second one tomorrow.

Don't let go (Has someone already used this title? )
I see it in your tortured eyes--
Too long you've known no peace:
Once more your load between us lies,
And death is but release:
But Master, I can't let you fall--
Without you I am lost!--
Though you want to answer to its call,
You've already paid the cost.

Choose between us--
Slaver and servant--
Ruling in grandeur,
Or a heart that still loves you
And cries, "Don't let go!"

Too long I've wandered by your side--
Too long we've shared this Road:
Too long with aching heart I've tried
To ease your heavy load:
Too long I've loved you, and at last
I'm fighting for your heart:
Release the Ring in Fire cast--
'Tis long ere we should part!


You fell beneath the Burden's call,
And still it's hold you keep:
Yet I know you sought it's end with all,
And still I love you deep:
If nothing's left except the Ring
As on the brink you stand,
I claim you then, my everything--
Reach out and take my hand!

Choose between us--
Slaver and servant--
Ruling in grandeur,
Or a heart that still loves you
And cries, "Don't let go!"


Catch me--take hold as I answer your call:
You I will choose and let Burden's weight fall...

I choose between you,
My slaver, my servant--
Forsaking cruel grandeur,
My worn heart still loves you
And cries, "Don't let go!"

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Avi and banner by ForeverFrodo. Words on banner by me.
Proud Frolass
Resident Elvengoth

This is...um another one:

What if you die today?
Is there somebody for you?
To be on your side, showing you the way through the darkness till you reach the light?
For me, there's nothing here.
Nobody to stay with me, nobody holding my hand till it's over.
The faces are only illusions. Nothing's real.
I'm alone. The faces fade away.
All that is left is darkness, surrounding me, shadows, trying to eat me.
And I know...I'm alone...till end.

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^What's that one about, by the way?
Anyway, here's my second one, too... It's Frodo talking to Sam at the Grey Havens. It's sort of a companion to my other one (at least in my mind), perhaps partly because I composed them in rapid succesion. (In reverse order, actually. )

That I Love You

Verse 1
Teardrops fall,
Like sea-spray breaking in the wind--
"Don't go," you call,
As the roads you've walked beside me end:

All things end--
Yet still the Dawnlight breaks at morning:
Feel the wind,
And remember that I love you.

Verse 2
Remember me--
My broken life is yours to live--
For you there will be
All wonder that the World may give:

Yet look to Sea,
When Dawnlight turns at last to sunset--
Come to me,
And I'll tell you that I love you.

Bridge
Don't be afraid to say goodbye,
And weep as we part:
Yet still you are with me--
I carry you in my heart.

Verse 3
So smile again--
For soon I fly to Elvenlight--
And in the rain,
To Earth I die, for all is night:

Love and pain
Are bound together till the Dawnlight--
Yet the rain
Is singing that I love you,
Is singing that I love you.

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Avi and banner by ForeverFrodo. Words on banner by me.
Proud Frolass
Resident Elvengoth

If you meant me: Well, I think it has something to do with my time in this one school I had to make after I left the other. I really belived of being alone, everything that has been luck or joy for me faded and so I created this poem.

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Ok. I never ever ever ever ever ever do this because everything I write is pretty much garbage. And I'm serious. I'm not kidding, and I'm NOT fishing for compliments. I hate it when people give you insincere compliments just to seem nice. Not that anybody here would do that...... But anyway I'm feeling crazy today. So I've decided to put my garbage out there. Take a risk. Live..... dangerously.
Alright enough with that. This poem is in kind of a different style than the kind I usually write, but here it is. Ok. I'm going to do it. (Are you sensing a little reluctance here?) And............... now!

Visit To the Hole In My Heart

Where am I? you wonder as you
slowly begin to wake.
You look around you and behold
a most desolate place
Everything is emptiness
No living thing is seen
The sky above is deepest black
It misses the stars' gleam
There isn't any color here
just blacks and faded grays
A frightful chill is in the air
It fills you with dismay
"What is this place?" you speak aloud
although not meaning to
But then, out of the nothingness,
a deep Voice answers you
"Thy traveled deep within thyself
to thy heart's very core
This is the wasted piece of heart
from which your pain doth pour."
"But why is it all emptiness?
What's missing that was here?
You scream into the Nothingness
praying the Someone's there
"This is the place in thy heart where
thou gave away thy love
to who thou thought would give it back
but who could give thee none
This could have been the fairest place
thine eyes had ever seen
with rushing rivers, twinkling stars,
tall trees so fresh and green
But thou hast not received love to
make whole the empty place
And thus this land is what you see
all dead and laid to waste."
"So then this place within my heart
must be forever bare.
And I am doomed to walk this land,
forever in despair."
"Nay," says the voice, "For I bring forth
tidings of hope to thee.
All you must do is find someone
who loves thou and thou, he.
Then finally this place shall be
as always was intended.
What was a void shall then be full,
the hole in thy heart mended.
But now it's time that I must go.
I bid farewell to thee."
"But wait!" you cry, "I have to know!
Who could ever love me?"
"Thou shall find him." says the voice
and bids his last goodbye.
You sink onto the barren earth
In wretchedness, you cry.

When you open your eyes you see
the dagger in your hand
It's point poised just above your heart
awaiting your command
But now you draw the point away
Death is no more your wish
Instead you dream of being held
In lover's tender kiss
The Voice's words have given hope,
you now despair no more.
For you know your love is waiting
Though he be on a far distant shore.


Oh..........my......gosh. I cannot believe I am doing this. I apologize to you all in advance. I don't know what I was thinking. But I guess now that I've typed it out, I should just continue with it.
*goes to press the submit button*
*hyperventilates*
*passes out*
* Apologizes for being overly dramatic and for taking up so much space with her uselessness*
*has problems with sharing....... especially things she's written*
*oh! and well done to everybody else! we have some amazing poets here*
* somehow manages to click the submit button, even though she is lying unconscious on the floor*

I think I'll have to drop out of this contest.