Write a tribute poem to another DU poet
DanielChristensen
The Fire Elemental
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The Fire Elemental
Tyrant of Words
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Joined 27th Feb 2016 Forum Posts: 239
Poetry Contest Description
Write a poem that is a tribute to another member on the site.
Hey. How's you?
I've been asked to take another stab at hosting a comp. Let's see how it goes.
Positivity is a beautiful thing, it is a gift not only to the recipient, but to the self. So lets hand out some mfing gifts.
Just write something about someone else on site that you like, admire, appreciate. You can attempt to write in their style or just let us know what their work and/or their friendship means to you.
I edited the comp title to make it more clear.
Bluevelvete
Forum Posts: 2349
Tyrant of Words
74
Joined 21st July 2020Forum Posts: 2349
Can I enter an old poem?
Just making sure
Just making sure
Bluevelvete
Forum Posts: 2349
Tyrant of Words
74
Joined 21st July 2020Forum Posts: 2349
Chance reflections off a distant sea
Your heart
'tis solid made
honest as an arrow's truth
i thought i heard
a smallish beckon of forevermore
like the very soil
where seeds find ends
in bones
and soon espied,
were your planted stones
loyal, are hefty winds
that uplift— securing
a sculpted tongue
where the love,
Oh my darling
where our love,
whispers sweetened prose
in dire shared alliance
spilling, perfectly
artful swoons
of whimsical drowning
your broken
and my broken
together
our cracks
flaunt a besotted spectacular,
drunk glistening dreams
we've both
staggeredly dreamt
admitted, truths
secrets, lies
bold and shy
and binds... that tie
an affinity understood
in words plucked
from salty air
to shake hands
with metered
phrases
so verdantly grand
how fortuned fate
runs roughshod,
a collision of words
spilled—
pouring from
ancient twin hearts
forged in like molten ore,
scorched desire and moments of ire
cooled to wisely harden
steadfast- always
is this, discovery
profoundly found
(almost) instantly sound.
we two wanderers—
kinship bound by destiny
across distant lands
and deep fathomed sea
chance-blossomed
friendship
willed to life
by a faint kismet plea
a staunch truth
a driving need
etched acutely
hidden within
steely mettle
and passionate flares
it's there
i catch our reflection
tacking into the wind
sailing, upon poetry's sails.
(For AspergerPoet56)
Written by Bluevelvete
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Ljdynamic
Forum Posts: 374
Dangerous Mind
18
Joined 18th Aug 2017Forum Posts: 374
Revivified
It is better if you lie awake
then to visit any dream.
As you can recall,
they are currently nightmares.
The rising heat
keeps you bare-skinned.
Hand me your heart
I will untangle you
and bring back your fire.
You do not need to know how to travel.
You do not need to hide you are art.
Brought a boat for you.
The seas are calm
and we sway
with the ocean's journey.
Let us escape to a time
when you were once whole.
You were made perfect.
So unique that you were left hollow.
Stare into the moon;
it delivers hope and happiness.
Let it serenade us as we arrive
with offerings
made from your golden touch.
This is not a dream.
Face what I have brought you to.
Five letters in my name,
and you can adorn each letter
with the purity of your tears.
A rose will grow
from the base of who I am to you.
Allow me to absorb the pain;
let go of your troubles.
I will lie you across the constellations
where you will bask, lighting the night.
As the roses bloom,
they breathe life into you,
exposing themselves
to your soft caress.
There is elegance in vulnerability
but wickedness when it is mishandled.
You will remove every thorn
just to feel physical pain,
and I will kiss each finger.
Soothing your touch delicately.
As you hold the petals,
you can feel the grace of who you are
and wrap us in your wonder.
We gaze into the velvet blades
of your unlimited affection.
As you stand here in a moment
with me,
your heart is melding,
healing your once-rotting corpse.
I see you are sky-bound
and accepted by the cold night.
You are made of refined magic
that will outlast any tainted sorcery.
You play with daises,
"she loves, she loves me not."
and I kiss your cheek
because every time
you are left with she loves me.
You are still love filled
believe it or not.
The roses burst
showing every color of your heart
that you had left forgotten.
Let it be natural to your soul and fall
into the overwhelming beauty of your essence.
Singing me songs
from your now healed heart.
You are embraced
and are no longer the rotting thing
you once felt was the end.
You can breathe and feel again.
Existence at long last.
It is far from over,
but now you must rest,
my dear,
so you can dream.
Tears of joy will cascade
from the canthus of your eyes.
When you wake, don your morning cloak
so we can enjoy the sunrise.
then to visit any dream.
As you can recall,
they are currently nightmares.
The rising heat
keeps you bare-skinned.
Hand me your heart
I will untangle you
and bring back your fire.
You do not need to know how to travel.
You do not need to hide you are art.
Brought a boat for you.
The seas are calm
and we sway
with the ocean's journey.
Let us escape to a time
when you were once whole.
You were made perfect.
So unique that you were left hollow.
Stare into the moon;
it delivers hope and happiness.
Let it serenade us as we arrive
with offerings
made from your golden touch.
This is not a dream.
Face what I have brought you to.
Five letters in my name,
and you can adorn each letter
with the purity of your tears.
A rose will grow
from the base of who I am to you.
Allow me to absorb the pain;
let go of your troubles.
I will lie you across the constellations
where you will bask, lighting the night.
As the roses bloom,
they breathe life into you,
exposing themselves
to your soft caress.
There is elegance in vulnerability
but wickedness when it is mishandled.
You will remove every thorn
just to feel physical pain,
and I will kiss each finger.
Soothing your touch delicately.
As you hold the petals,
you can feel the grace of who you are
and wrap us in your wonder.
We gaze into the velvet blades
of your unlimited affection.
As you stand here in a moment
with me,
your heart is melding,
healing your once-rotting corpse.
I see you are sky-bound
and accepted by the cold night.
You are made of refined magic
that will outlast any tainted sorcery.
You play with daises,
"she loves, she loves me not."
and I kiss your cheek
because every time
you are left with she loves me.
You are still love filled
believe it or not.
The roses burst
showing every color of your heart
that you had left forgotten.
Let it be natural to your soul and fall
into the overwhelming beauty of your essence.
Singing me songs
from your now healed heart.
You are embraced
and are no longer the rotting thing
you once felt was the end.
You can breathe and feel again.
Existence at long last.
It is far from over,
but now you must rest,
my dear,
so you can dream.
Tears of joy will cascade
from the canthus of your eyes.
When you wake, don your morning cloak
so we can enjoy the sunrise.
Written by Ljdynamic
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PAR
PAULO ACACIO RAMOS
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PAULO ACACIO RAMOS
Dangerous Mind
20
Joined 26th May 2022Forum Posts: 307
Road to all the places I don't know...
I accept the road,
but let it be done
of travel beams,
whose wood
not from a tree,
but of air solidified in
dream and breath
of singing.
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that is not flat,
so that you slide them
do not consume themselves in nothingness.
So be steep,
curve in a sinuous body
that takes us away
from ground to high.
And when I'm
at the lowest of this
twisted trail body,
I will silence the silence
and I will sing to friends
let them be the sun.
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There, in the hold of the journey,
I will cast my anchor averse
and stray and I will stick the razor
of the teeth on the bones of the
landscapes and my hooks
desperate will mirror
the solar fraternity that spills here,
in the basement of the springs
and in the seeds
that straighten
inside the dense earth
their own wings.
PAR
I offer myself as tribute to
Daniel Christensen (The Fire Elemental)
but let it be done
of travel beams,
whose wood
not from a tree,
but of air solidified in
dream and breath
of singing.
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that is not flat,
so that you slide them
do not consume themselves in nothingness.
So be steep,
curve in a sinuous body
that takes us away
from ground to high.
And when I'm
at the lowest of this
twisted trail body,
I will silence the silence
and I will sing to friends
let them be the sun.
><((((º>
¯`..¸¸.><(((º> ¯`..¸¸.><(((º>..¸¸. ><((((º>
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There, in the hold of the journey,
I will cast my anchor averse
and stray and I will stick the razor
of the teeth on the bones of the
landscapes and my hooks
desperate will mirror
the solar fraternity that spills here,
in the basement of the springs
and in the seeds
that straighten
inside the dense earth
their own wings.
PAR
I offer myself as tribute to
Daniel Christensen (The Fire Elemental)
Written by PAR
(PAULO ACACIO RAMOS)
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Sapphirewolf
Joined 5th Oct 2022
Forum Posts: 21
Thought Provoker
Forum Posts: 21
My Friends Great Pen
This poet has the words he needs..
To entrance anyone who reads..
His words so strong and firm..
I'm pulled in by each page turned..
Two sides to his pen he writes..
Words of dark but also light..
A hero and a villan he can be..
It depends which one you read..
Each poem stronger than the last..
They'll last longer than any glass..
For I admire his words so true..
And for that I raise a glass to you..
You have the gift of words to twist..
For that gift I've truly wished..
Your poems will be in books someday..
But until then keep writing away..
Dear little brother I look up to you..
For my words will never be as true..
You have passion and fire when you write..
And like a flower they are a lovely sight..
Consequentialchaos is his name..
Go check him out he'll do the same..
Let's not forget we're all here to write..
So with that I close, and bid you goodnight..
To entrance anyone who reads..
His words so strong and firm..
I'm pulled in by each page turned..
Two sides to his pen he writes..
Words of dark but also light..
A hero and a villan he can be..
It depends which one you read..
Each poem stronger than the last..
They'll last longer than any glass..
For I admire his words so true..
And for that I raise a glass to you..
You have the gift of words to twist..
For that gift I've truly wished..
Your poems will be in books someday..
But until then keep writing away..
Dear little brother I look up to you..
For my words will never be as true..
You have passion and fire when you write..
And like a flower they are a lovely sight..
Consequentialchaos is his name..
Go check him out he'll do the same..
Let's not forget we're all here to write..
So with that I close, and bid you goodnight..
Written by Sapphirewolf
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DanielChristensen
The Fire Elemental
Forum Posts: 239
The Fire Elemental
Tyrant of Words
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Joined 27th Feb 2016 Forum Posts: 239
Wonderful entries everyone thank you so much for bringing some great energy to the competition and to the site. This comp will be open about as long as NaPo, plenty of time for more entries!
Betty
Forum Posts: 511
Tyrant of Words
27
Joined 8th May 2012Forum Posts: 511
Thanks for the battle bra, MidnightSonneteer! A terza rima
Knees padded against abrasion
the scent of musk deeply inhaled
against my cheek a sensation
Hands in my hair, my mouth impaled
Precome swirled along your thickness
With tongue against a soft exhale
Hips jack, wet need, hands do witness
urging your ass to pump harder
to make my throat your new mistress
On my knees I take your ardor
I grip your your shaft, your lead followed
leaving me no words to barter
Eyes meet, lips stretch, cheeks hollowed;
the difference between like and love?
Choosing to spit or to swallow
Written by Betty
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Kinkpoet
Forum Posts: 1072
Tyrant of Words
11
Joined 9th May 2019Forum Posts: 1072
Dark Haired Beauty
kohl rimmed eyes
bowler hat
cherry lipstick
recalls
burlesque
cabaret
unbearable
lightnesses of being
…clockwork orange
bowler hat
cherry lipstick
recalls
burlesque
cabaret
unbearable
lightnesses of being
…clockwork orange
Written by Kinkpoet
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DanielChristensen
The Fire Elemental
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The Fire Elemental
Tyrant of Words
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Joined 27th Feb 2016 Forum Posts: 239
Thank you Betty and Kinkpoet for your entries! Plenty of time left for people to join the competition. Tell a friend!
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