Multifandom Poetry Fest 2017

[minutia_r]

This is a prompt fest for poetry for all fandoms. Welcome, have fun, and if you want to promote it on your journal/tumblr/whatever, you can just copy the code in this box:

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Rules

1) Leave a prompt in the form of fandom, characters or relationships, prompt. If you don’t want to specify the fandom or characters, you can say "any." One prompt per comment. Leave as many prompts as you like.

2) Reply to other people’s prompts with poems. The poems can be any length or form, or no form. Quality isn’t important--the point is to have fun, not to produce deathless works of art. (Any deathless works of art produced are just a bonus.)

FAQ

Q: I want to write a sonnet/haiku/villanelle/limerick, but I’m not sure how it goes.

A: You can find a good list of poetic forms and their structures here.

Q: I want to lik the bred.

A: Go right ahead.

Q: I want to fill a prompt, but someone else has already filled it.

A: That’s okay, prompts can be filled multiple times.

Q: I want to write explicit erotica, or a poem with potentially disturbing themes. Is that okay, and what sort of content do I need to warn for?

A: Sure, that's fine. Warnings are up to you, and choosing not to warn is okay too.

Q: How long is the fest going to be running for?

A: Currently, I don't have any plans to close this post to comments--I figure we'll keep going until everyone gets bored and wanders off. I reserve the right to change my mind, though.

Q: Is there a collection on AO3 where I can post my poems?

A: Right here.

Q: I want to participate, but I suck at writing poetry.

A: Aww, you’re probably not as bad as you think. But even if you are, it really doesn’t matter--like I said, the main point is to have fun.

Comments

Re: MOST BEST Limerick

[minutia_r]

WELL PLAYED

Re: MOST BEST Limerick

[kiraly]

:D

[zdenka]

my name's Maglor.
i nede the jem.
i kill elfs who
dont gyf me them.
i had twin bros,
theyr hair was red.
i think ill tayk
thez kids insted.

Here goes nothing

[(Anonymous)]

Heart is pounding
Senses drowning
All of this is too much
Ears are bawling
Skin is crawling
How can I endure such?
Eyes are burning
World is turning
Can't they feel
As I reel
Going under
Torn asunder
What
Where
How
Now
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

[(Anonymous)]

amazing omg

[zdenka]

Thank you. :D

Re: Here goes nothing

[minutia_r]

Oh, nice! This has got such a breathless feel to it.

[zdenka]

im Silmaril.
wen bad things touch,
i shine so brite
and burn them--ouch!
Elf lyfts me up.
i do not gette
wat he will do.

now i am wet.

[zdenka]

I like this.

[minutia_r]

Thanks! :D

[independence1776]

I love it! It's a good thing it's morning when I'm reading this because I'd likely wake up the house I'm laughing so loud.

[independence1776]

And this one, too! It's awesome!

[hamsterwoman]

As dainty bauble we could never please
The court, the gossips, but, Serenity,
We'll be a sword against your enemies.

A warrior's heart is out of fashion these
Days, and like our nose, it's plain to see
As dainty bauble we could never please.

No handicap is kindness; no disease
A gentle heart upon the throne, and we
Can be the sword against your enemies.

You build your bridges, never to appease,
But to do right: a lasting legacy,
No worthless bauble. It could never please

Us to be mere drapery, to cease
The warrior's dance; we choose instead to be
A sharpened sword against your enemies.

So let us share, in hardship and in ease,
Whatever fate thou findst or buildst for thee:
As dainty bauble I could never please --
I'll be a sword against thy enemies.

[minutia_r]

*gasp* Oh, beautiful! I love love love the shift to the familiar in the last stanza.

PS please crosspost this to tumblr so I can reblog it.

[(Anonymous)]

ACCA 13, any, i lik the bred

(But of course!)

Ulf and Elvira

[(Anonymous)]

When the world dies around you
You don't know it at first
When you live in a bubble
And can't tell that it's burst
We worked hard all our lives
And we raised a good son
But we could not realize
That now we should run
And the world died

We thought it would be different
The result of a war
We really were so innocent
In the era Before
But then the world died

We are old and confused
Nothing now as it was
This is not what we'd choose
But it's not up to us
Because the world died

When the world dies around you
It tends to hit hard
When it all ends
It takes you off your guard
But through the long horrors
Though we're old and used up
Since we have one another
We can drink from this cup
Even though the world died

[akitania]

Adorable!

Re: Ulf and Elvira

[minutia_r]

Oh, nice! I like the idea that Ulf and Elvira are from a generation where the idea that the world would end soon was fairly commonplace--but not like that. And the last stanza was very bittersweet. Aww, old people still in love. <3

[zdenka]

Glad you like them! :D

[zdenka]

I like this a lot.

[hamsterwoman]

Awww, thank you so much! :D I'm very glad you like it :) (And as soon as I realized I could play with the formal/familiar pronouns over the course of the poem, I knew I had to do it :D)

Posted on Tumblr now, and I may have even succeeded in tagging you in the post, although tbh Tumblr-specific stuff still eludes me most of the time, so also quite possibly not XD

[hamsterwoman]

Thank you! I'm glad it worked for you! :)

[hamsterwoman]

I've read just enough SSSS to be able to appreciate this wonderful poem! I really like the way the sonnet form, especially the final couplet, works with this prompt.

[minutia_r]

I saw! And I also realized that I misspelled Csethiro's name when I was writing the original prompt, gdi. I tried to tell you on tumblr, but as you say, tumblr interface ... maybe this will work better? Anyway, I'm going to hold off on reblogging it for a little bit in case you want to fix it, because I know it would bug me if I were you. But either way.

[minutia_r]

Oh gosh, thank you! <3