Hi! I know there are a lot of people who are good poets. Why not post one or all of them here? I really wanna see the creativity you guys have.

Here's my poem below.

Stolen gold was foretold to me. My Parents ye see were among the pirates across the skies, and they were at a loss for a life without risk. With sword and knife I was taught when I was a wee lad. I have a glad heart for I know one day they will not be apart from me.

This one was an old contest entry of mine. Unfortunately, it didn't make the cut. However, it's still a favorite of mine.

Thoughts Preceding an Impossible Rescue

It is I, the hunted,
Setting foot on what docks
Laced with bronze screws and mildew
Have beckoned my name since I took to the skies.
What defeat is it that I endure?
Simply the thought of my sister-in-arms
Scratching the iron bars out of the madness engulfing her
Is enough to make me try.
Is this defeat at all?, I wonder,
Kicking a gear aside and into the wind.
It is only a show that mustn't take intermission
For golden coins or bottles of Yum.
My defeat, at all
Is the hilarity of getting away once more.

Note for clarity: This piece is based off of a pirate's quest to save
her friend from the clutches of the Armada, sacrificing a large amount
of gold. She realizes after docking that things will be much harder
than expected.

Nice thread! (Anne, I love the haiku!)

D.S. Devereaux

I LOVE poetry! Des, Anne, noahdd, such nice poetry. I like it a lot. I figured I should try too, because I'm told I'm good at poetry, but meh. I'm going to try writing a quatrain...

Song of Skull Mountain

Haze shrouds the jungle from view,
As an orchestra of Skarakeets sound their song,
Forgotten was all we rue,
While they continue to fly along.

Forget the torment and pain,
Whistle quietly as clouds group together,
And with heart captivated by the song of the rain,
We consider staying here forever.

Skull Mountain shares so many songs,
Which some never notice at all,
But come now, forget your wrongs
And listen to the mountain's call.

~

Sheesh... That wasn't my best. Urgh, I need to get back into poetry... Now my last poem was actually good...

Ciao!

Thanks and nice poem. Anne by the way, if you make more haikus i would love to hear them.
Highlander Fox love your poem too it was very good. Belle, if that was your first peace i wonder what the second one will be like, probably as good as that .

pt. 2

"Down, she's gonna blow!" was what I could hear
As I was sitting in that rotting cage
I've been trapped here, for too many years
Too many years, holding in my rage...

Then I saw someone as they were coming my way
I thought I was hallucinating, for it looked like Saint Nick
His monkey friend looked at me, and just had to say

"Is this the pirate we're looking for?" I felt a little homesick...

They tried to break me free when I told them what I recall
When they couldn't, I felt like I was gonna cry
Cannon balls flew as one managed to take out the back wall
I was almost free, but stopped to save someone named Subodai...

Now here I am with my crew, stationed in Valencia for another go
My rage has been released, thanks to those robotic men in that fatal morning snow...