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Amaris
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I came up with something off the top of my head a few moments ago, and I thought "hey, why not do some kind of poetry slam?" and so now we're doing this.
The rules are simple:
1] The poem must be entirely yours.
2] It must be made up on the spot. By that, I mean you can sit and think about it, but no going back to something you wrote years ago. The whole idea here is to be creative.
It can be cheesy, serious, funny, deep, shallow, doesn't matter, they just have to be your words, and made right now. They don't have to rhyme a certain way, you don't have to have a title for it, but do try to keep the poems themselves under a thousand words, if only to make it easier on everyone else to read. Also, you can post as many as you like, but only one at a time, and make sure to let someone else post in between any new ones you might have. By the by, I'm aware that a slam is actually a competition, but that isn't a requirement here (though it is certainly not discouraged if two posters wish to duke it out!).
Remember, it's all in fun!
So, anyway, my entry, and the start of the poetry slam:
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On the dotted line
Over a flaming tongue of hell's delight,
amidst the wails and wants of a sordid debauchery,
and the writhing wickedness of sin,
signed upon a parchment,
spattered with the blood of your fathers.
Hanged upon the merchant's neck,
a woeing tale of haunt,
gaunted cheeks devoid of laughter,
in truth, a fearsome chatter,
and brains spread out like paste upon water,
the burning flesh asunder,
smoking hallowed true like lies,
peppered throughout the garden,
affix your soul and pledge it true,
for we shall be your warden.
The rules are simple:
1] The poem must be entirely yours.
2] It must be made up on the spot. By that, I mean you can sit and think about it, but no going back to something you wrote years ago. The whole idea here is to be creative.
It can be cheesy, serious, funny, deep, shallow, doesn't matter, they just have to be your words, and made right now. They don't have to rhyme a certain way, you don't have to have a title for it, but do try to keep the poems themselves under a thousand words, if only to make it easier on everyone else to read. Also, you can post as many as you like, but only one at a time, and make sure to let someone else post in between any new ones you might have. By the by, I'm aware that a slam is actually a competition, but that isn't a requirement here (though it is certainly not discouraged if two posters wish to duke it out!).
Remember, it's all in fun!
So, anyway, my entry, and the start of the poetry slam:
-----------------------------
On the dotted line
Over a flaming tongue of hell's delight,
amidst the wails and wants of a sordid debauchery,
and the writhing wickedness of sin,
signed upon a parchment,
spattered with the blood of your fathers.
Hanged upon the merchant's neck,
a woeing tale of haunt,
gaunted cheeks devoid of laughter,
in truth, a fearsome chatter,
and brains spread out like paste upon water,
the burning flesh asunder,
smoking hallowed true like lies,
peppered throughout the garden,
affix your soul and pledge it true,
for we shall be your warden.
