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Rules
The rules for the Daily Poem are simple, and are as follows:

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Submissions must be entirely original, and written by a single poet - collaborations are not allowed.

Fan-work is not allowed unless the source material is now in the public domain. Please consult the page public domain explained for details on the term.

Submissions must be in proper English.

Submissions must have appropriate content - no excessive violence, hateful, or adult content.

Submissions must follow the Daily Poem Format.

Submissions must not be more than fifty (50) lines in length, minus empty lines.

Submissions per person must not exceed four (4) at any given time.

If there are spelling and grammar errors in your submissions that prevent them being featured, the Daily Poem bosses will notify you in the comments section of this page and you will be given the opportunity to fix them.

The Daily Poem Bosses will not tell you what is wrong with your submission. The Daily Poem Bosses will not correct your submission for you. If you attempt to fix your submission and ask if it is fixed, we will gladly answer you.

Because of the aforementioned, the comment section of this page should not be used for chatter.

Failure to comply with these rules in two (2) sequential submissions or in four (4) totals submissions will result in an indefinite ban from the Daily Poem. Choosing to violate this ban will result in immediate entry removal as well as a warning from the Elftown Guards. To view a list of members who are not permitted to submit to the Daily Poem, please see Daily Poem Violators.

If for some reason you should be unable to edit this page properly, please contact one of the Daily Poem Bosses with a message containing your submission (in the correct format!) and, barring any issues, they will add it as soon as possible.

Entry Processing
The submissions are processed in the following manner:

Entries are sorted for possible feature candidates.

Feature candidates are chosen at random to be featured on Main Street.

The Daily Poem Bosses reserve the right to not feature poems based upon the quality of work. Those poems which are removed from the list of candidates will be deleted without question. Therefore we suggest that you make sure that you submit your best work as well as make copies of what you do submit!
These rules are very strict. However, it helps cut down on the number of featured submissions, allowing for a faster, more efficient Daily Poem process.

For more details, please see the Daily Poem FAQ.

Please submit entries to the bottom of the page!
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Spring

Spring is a new beginning
with much to do and to see.
New opportunities are waiting
to make our dreams flourish and bloom.

It's such a grand time to plan change,
to begin the new start we may need.
To try something bold and brazen,
to reach for the stars and succeed.

Spring is a new beginning,
a precious new chance sent to us.
We chase our dreams and capture them
with joy in our hearts each day.

Written by [Stephen]

tan lines

let summer brand us,
take a hot iron to parts
we are told to hide

Written by [hannes]

the thing is

the thing is
that when the music
beats at my temples,
when these voices
surge and crash over my head,
I lose myself in the tide;

the thing is
I have been adrift
without a compass,
sans dictionary for
the language of wind or stars;

the thing is
I have been building a shelter
out of my own life-raft
and dressing the gaps
with pieces of my soul.

the thing is—
I have been teetering and now
all of my walls
are coming
down.

Written by [Linderel]

Ascent

I would like nothing
so much as
to quietly dissolve into the rain—
go rushing against
the drops that pass by,
dive up through clouds, back into sunshine;
reach higher, farther,
beyond the exosphere and away
where no sound can enter—
until finally, bewitched, becalmed,
I could grasp at peace
and be one with the stars.

Written by [Linderel]

The Gift of Wings

There are feathers in
your hand when you wake
and from somewhere afar you
can hear the song of beautiful
little birds, beckoning.
You want to join them.
A fluttering on the windowsill, now—
capture it in trembling
fingers and whisper
old memories into ears
that will transform your clumsy
human speech; new melodies
will be born out of your sorrow
and perhaps tomorrow
you will feel lighter.
For today, for now, you can hold the bird gently
fling it onto the sky
and smile.

Written by [Linderel]

Mother of an Ocean

River flowing wildly,
Bold and delicious-
Take me to your Mother.
Take me to your sea.
With the sun in my smile,
  We'll go dancing,
      and dancing-

Light a candle in the temple,
And see what we can find.
There's a fire in the catacomb,
  The spirits run
      Around and around.
They look at us
While they are chanting,
And when they bow
    They kiss the ground.

See the river to the West-
Nurturing like an ancient Mother-
Let's all of us jump in,
And be part of one another.

Written by [kamisch]

I Didn't Make it to the Beach in Time

The morning awakens with fierce fuschia fingers,
      Clawing with a hunger at the tail end of night –
           Blue mystique blushes and melts
             as the spectrum is savaged:
            Bolts of bold color raking the canopy,
              Dripping in the brilliance of halos and innocence
               Refracting with resonance to purple and gold.
Hunkered on haunches,
  The world waits in silence as I watch in awe
     Dazzled as the crown’s glory grows.

A1A never looked as beautiful as it does in this light:
   Dew glittering the scene,
   Glowing embers reflecting the
              might of the majesty rising out of the east;
        Wagging his shining mane and roaring a warning
                      until the stars run aground,
        Poured like shattered diamonds all over the road.
Consumed by their fire and drawn to their grace,
  I ride to keep pace as if scaling a mountain …
     The closest breadth of the ocean is home.

In Phaeton’s name,
        The chariots rage against the horizon,
    Threatening once more to set us all ablaze!
    Fleet feet on my pedals are not gods,
         And the distance to rapture is beyond man’s race -
                Ravaged by the winds embarking the day;
                Mired by the brambles of rambling wheels.
I collapse upon shore too shy on this side of heaven,
  Lost in the excitement of anticipation,
     Under a firmament turned pale.

Written by [kamisch]

I See You Deflecting

I'm hungry,
   Hungry -
And what are you?
       You're just there watching,
                       Scowling,
                        Judging.
   Come here to my arms,
          They're open,
     Come into my heart.
See my life exploding with you in it
            Like the stars about to start.
And maybe I'm just naïve,
    Hanging,
       Dangling
       From the lines of lies that you keep dripping –
Why am I so full of compromise?
                For you, love,
                For you only,
             Will this logic crack and crash and keep me guessing,
                         Doubting everything about myself,
                                            About you and us –
                              Still…no regrets.
Once I saw unicorns there in your eyes.
         Have they gone or am I blind?
               Or are you blind?
      So, we're both blind.
                 It doesn't really matter,
                       It's too late now,
         Our lives entwined in conversations sweetly heated,
                They'll chase you down,
                      Haunting,
                            Panting,
                                 Howling
                                             If you run.
                             Will you run?
            I can't say that it'd surprise me.
Still I'll hold faith by the trigger,
                  Will it to shudder,
                                    Surrender.
Famished, terrorized and seething,
         I'll wait for you,
            Sit here for you.
                 And your rolling eyes -
                     Just there, scowling,
                                Judging
                              Watching.
                      Feel me trembling anxious,
                            All… a quiver.

Written by [kamisch]

Mess You Up With Love

They told me love was beautiful,
      Some fresh angel
         With bright comforting wings
But oh she’s so savage
         The slattern, the whore
       She’ll rape your logic
              Leave your defenses torn:
               Claw right through bone,
                       Through sternum –
                  Your heart is hers.

Did you think I wouldn’t notice?
           The changes made…
   A blush and a panic,
       Inhaling feral flesh
          Through conversations and dreams.
What is it we’ve come to?
           Cue the serenade…
   Touches brought to tantric
                 You were everything.

I’m left here bleeding,
          Soaked and ravaged
    The hungry hunter’s off again.
              I call her ‘cause I want you,
               I call her to come back to me!
       She robbed me, left me cold,
               But she did it all so beautifully.

Written by [kamisch]

The Truth

A rant of epic proportions,
Condensed into a moment of lies,
The feelings swirling up from the ground,
Condensing at the top of my spine.
When did we die?
Thousands of words tumble through the darkness,
Bearing a death grip on my chest.
My traitorous eyes,
Heavy as the world and the words caged behind.
Why do we lie?
The lips of a harlot,
Blood red and sitting slightly awry.
The heart of a succubus,
All withered and dry.
We are the lie.

Written by [Tekkon KinKreet]

The Answer

We all posses the answer,
Or so we think, we do...

What We believe is "rational",
What We believe is "true".

For so the media told us,
And so the politician said;
And those of old who disagreed all somehow wound up Dead..

Yet We would never do that, for We are so "advanced",
Far wiser than our ancestors, in fairy tales, romanced.

To burn a maid upon a stake, believing her: a witch,
To torture young men with machines, so lies, they will confess,
To call an illegitimate son, a bastard, or a female dog, a bitch,
To show preference to our own kind, before all of the rest,
No, these were things we did in times when we all knew "much less"..

We don't debate religion, nor marry based on race,
We barely even bother,getting married in the first place.

People are no longer: "Good", or "evil",
With silly ideals, like "Wrong", or "Right";
Just vexed by "political upheaval",
Caused by "socio-economic" plight.

We don't tell our friends: "You're confused",
Nor insist that they change;
But rather, to spare their feelings,
Our lives, we rearrange..

For tolerance is not enough; no, we must all agree..
That what was reprehensible for many centuries..
Is now, not only accepted; but "beautiful" and "free"
"In fact" the deviant proclaims, "You should all be more like me"..

Written by [NorthStorm]

that kind of a day

if the world was just a little bit bigger,
or slightly smaller,
maybe we'd all be closer.

maybe we wouldn't drown
in surges of longing;
maybe the longest distance
would be an arm's length.

maybe the world is perfect,
and it's just our own
fears
limitations
naive hopes
that keep us apart.

maybe we'll never know.

Written by [hannes]

fall leaves

It is fall
and we are lost
on unknown seas,
on soulless land.
It's our fall
and all is lost.

Spring was green,
the sun exhaled
fallen trees
arose again.
Time was lost,
not found again.

The world is cold
around us now
but fires burn
where skin meets skin.
Nothing between.
All is lost.

Written by [hannes]

i'm gonna run

i'm gonna run

drain my
thoughts, muscles, guts

of this
accumulated tension
unintensional frustration
indefensible elation

drain it all
into a big wooden cup
to savour, keep warm

until the day
my mind is clear
my muscles worn
my stomach prepared

to drink the wine,
ruby red,

of your touch.

Written by [hannes]

A Dream Revisited

The sun, golden, flowed down the world,
Beams, glowing, bent and curled.
The oceans gleamed, brilliantly blue,
That sparkling, twinkling, cerulean hue.
It filled my mind, my purblind sight;
I saw it, felt it, every night...
But my eyes opened and light streamed in;
My sunshine gone until night again.
Lately though, it won't rise for me,
My dreams give way to reverie.
It's gone now, nevermore to be,
So live on, dear, in poetry.

Now the sun, dark, flows down the world,
Beams of red bend and curl.
Up the valleys, down from the ground,
That sparkling, twinkling, shimmering brown.
It fills my mind, my purblind sight;
I see it, feel it, every night...
But my eyes open as light streams in;
My sunshine gone with the night again.
And no more will the sun rise for me,
My dreams are sickened heresy.
It's gone now, no more warmth to be,
Left only with cold idolatry.

Written by [Mortified Penguin]

Continual Renewal

The flowers unfurl their petals
fresh as young women in their spring dresses
the birds chirp bouncing from flowery branch to budding tree
the leaves unfold waxy and new in the warming breeze

This is a beginning that happens every year
and yet each year is new
it is a promise we all hope to see fulfilled
by the sight of the robin
home from a long journey south

Each new blossom tells my heart
that I can be created anew after trouble
after short, cold, dark days
bare and empty like the winter trees
there is a way to grow back again

Though the world is so old
Still it dresses each year for spring
Healing is in my spirit's design
a pattern written in its core
I breathe deep of the wild scent of the heady rose
and hope

Written by [daydreamer]

Living The Dream

"How are you?"

Oh...

[There were once words of worth to write but where they went only the road weary and weather worn will reckon, beckoning as they do with silence pained enough to ignore. With sword of Sharpie and shield of cardboard the unwanted, unfortunate, unloved take to corners for loose change, standing their respective vigils for their respective dreams as blind eyes burn holes everywhere.

Everywhere save them.

...

I long to die. Physical pulling want. Once sweet kisses, now cessation, stir my remaining butterflies. Alas I am lashed to this life as a rider fallen from his horse in all respects save his ankle so as to be dragged against stick and stone until all life leaves or some miracle frees him of his shackle. As am I in my arrow of time, scraping this flesh marionette against the concrete ground until one succeeds the other.]

... living the dream: one day at a time. Yourself?

Written by [Company Awesome]

Help me

I am inconsolable.
I feel beyond repair.
Everyday, decaying spiritual leprosy.
If there is hope, it is larger than life.
If there is, it is bigger than I.
What will become of me.
You might find me in my epitaph.

Written by
[Erin go Bragh]

(im)Personal

Yes I'll throw away my friendships.
I'll throw away my past.
I'll spend my days in trances
Staring into crystal plasma glass.

In some dreams I'm flying;
In others I fall into the grass.
Sometimes I lose my teeth
Or my lungs turn into ash.

As I near the end of summer
My toes will itch for home.
My mind will grope my heart
For even a glimmer of backbone.

I can't say what I'm thinking
Because I still don't know where it is
That tongues can meet on civil streets
Just to share their bliss.

I am sorry when I wake you.
I am sorry when I don't.
I'm not trying to say sorry
I'm just pointing out my moat.

I have three hands for anchors
When I'm trying hard to float.
I wish someone would kiss me
And lead me to their boat.

written by [pelv13]

Chthonic Shore
He comes on the wind, day or night
To embrace you, blood and dark,
With all love, joy, sly and might
For all kin who speak and hark
The will and wants of chaos.
A perfect cloudless night sky
A pound of flesh and seance,
Then whispers of the wicked cry.
Daylight smolders and brings down
The fates wished upon others.
Saved not by a scarf nor crown
Upon your head, nor brothers
Who share your blood or pay more...
All float to the Chthonic shore....

written by [wicked fae mage]

Ode to ET

Hello again, old friend - old friends,
Still a quiet delight to find
We can reach into each others' minds.
And though they be not young, not new,
Neither have they aged between
Lines of code and poetry.

Ode to Elftown, where spirits began
To crawl from flesh and ink and pen
Across the wild internet - and then
To home to rest again.

Old friend - old friends - I dream of thee,
I sleep and find rest fitfully,
Green screen of vine and text and leaves,
Upon it left our memories
To be collected digitally

Here, somewhere, the sun is setting
Here, someone finds peace in resting
Here, we grieve, we love, hate, create
Ode to Elftown, our dear friend and friends,
Ode to Elfwood, none to ends,
Here, our fate, cacophony silence,
Against the grain of social violence

Here, we gather, here we stay,
Between the trees and Wikipage,
In inboxes and comment sections,
In forum:junk for useless digression,
And of course not to forget, endless wiki invitations
From our heathen Mort the Penguin

written by [Rainbow Dragonflies]

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2009-08-04 [Ravendust]: What exactly is wrong with the format of my submission?

2009-08-05 [Chimes]: Look at the rest of the submissions.

2009-08-05 [Ravendust]: Is it a matter of capitalization or something? Because, quite frankly, I'm not seeing what else could be wrong...

2009-08-05 [Chimes]: Well, if you look at the 'Written by' section on every other poem, you might see it.

2009-08-08 [LIL_ELF_GURL14]: where do we submit..
it said bottom of the screen but i have no idea where?

2009-08-08 [Nite_Owl]: Click the "Edit" button directly above the comments box. It'll take you to another page with a white box full of text. Scroll to the bottom of the edit box and post your poem exactly as it says in the Format rules.

2009-08-08 [LIL_ELF_GURL14]: ooo i see thank you. :)

2009-08-10 [*OGD*]: Hey, does anyone want to join a poetry forum? I have one.

2009-08-11 [kamisch]: Sorry guys...I plumb forgot about this place for a while. But here are 4 that I think should be fresh - they're all from the past year or so, and that's about how long I've been gone. It's a good thing spaces don't count, or else the two with 40-something lines wouldn't make it...heh.

[Dark Side of the Moon], I really like your poems up there. I like everyone else's too, but yours really stood out for me. :)

2009-08-18 [Miss Goober]: I hope I did everything alright, if not I apologize because I'm new here. :)

2009-08-21 [Linderel]: [Chetleon] & [Nioniel]: Please fix the format of your respective submissions.

2009-08-21 [Alexi Ice]: Woot. I'm at the to of the list. Can't wait till' I can submit some more...lol <3

I belive that was the only thing wrong with Ethan's entry, no? Usually I don't like fixing other peoples things, but with him, I never know when he is going to log back on O.o And his poem is simply too good to be kicked off because of a mis-capitolization. (hope you don't mind, Linderel)

2009-08-21 [Linderel]: As I have said, feel welcome to fix as long as you know what you're doing and remember to state what you did in the comments.

2009-08-21 [Alexi Ice]: Ok. Thanks.

2009-08-21 [Chetleon]: Oh my, what was wrong with my entry this time? Lol.

2009-08-21 [Alexi Ice]: written by = Written by

2009-08-22 [Chetleon]: Ah, thank you as always. : )

2009-08-22 [Alexi Ice]: Of course, of course!

2009-08-26 [Linderel]: [Cillamoon] & [sweet.tx.tea]: Please fix the format of your respective entries.

2009-08-26 [Linderel]: Also, [Cillamoon]... what's will all the caps? o_O

2009-08-26 [sweet.tx.tea]: Gah! What did I mess up on?! >.<

2009-08-26 [Linderel]: You can find a hint earlier in the comments... it's the thing most people stumble on ;)

2009-08-26 [Cillamoon]: The caps is how it was originally wrote, with a centered more haiku look to it. If you would like it changed let me know.

2009-08-26 [Cillamoon]: Jane I believe I fixed both of ours, the Written By should of been Written by. XP

2009-08-26 [Linderel]: Well, I don't know about anyone else, but for me it's rather distracting from the poem itself.

2009-08-27 [*OGD*]: That Must Have Been A Pain To Type.

2009-08-27 [Alexi Ice]: Actually, if you do it by force of habit, capitolizing everything isn't hard at all. I do it sometimes.

2009-08-27 [Chimes]: But it's kinda annoying unless it's a title. *scampers away*

2009-08-27 [Cillamoon]: Is it really that big a deal guys? That's just the formatting I used seriously! It's the original format and the way I wrote it. But if you are seriously annoyed I guess I shall change it. *sighs*

2009-08-27 [Teufelsweib]: formatting is a kind of art actually, and if you think it adds something to the poem, I wouldn't know why you aren't allowed to keep it there.
now I do think it just looks weird and doesn't add anything (no offense, just talking about the idea of formatting) but shouldn't people be allowed to be free in that? just like writing a word in total CAPITALIZED LETTERS AS IF THEIR CAPS LOCK BROKE should be allowed, no?

2009-08-27 [Linderel]: I'm not disallowing it, I'm just saying that it looks... odd. :P No need to make a horribly big deal out of it.

2009-08-27 [Teufelsweib]: ah ok, then I got it wrong :3
today I was trying to write a poem, actually one for the dreamers contest (which I would submit here as well, to keep the flow going) but I totally got a huge writer's block *suckage* =/

2009-08-27 [Chimes]: Lin, I have a question! I am writing something... a poem (duh) but it's kind of visual poetry on a digital canvas... would I still be able to submit it?

2009-08-27 [Linderel]: I'm... pretty sure that's a no, but ask me again tomorrow on MSN with examples when I'm actually awake. :P

2009-08-27 [Teufelsweib]: I think that would do better with the featured art but then again I'm not sure O_o

..dude, wouldn't that make an awesome contest idea?

2009-08-27 [Chimes]: Alright. :P

It actually would! We should work on it :D

2009-08-28 [sweet.tx.tea]: Cilla, thanks for fixing mine.

2009-08-28 [Linderel]: If you're going to continue this discussion, please do it elsewhere. :)

2009-08-28 [Cillamoon]: No worries Jane! ^_^

2009-09-08 [Linderel]: [BlackLordTitan]: Please submit your poem in the right place.

2009-10-04 [Daemeon Arkenyon Zane]: I would like to give my compliments to the contributors, both past and present, as well as new.... I see a lot of stuff here that I think should really be published.... Mine shouldn't even be here with the rest of your poems, but its mine, so :P Still, veeeeery good job, all of you!

2009-10-10 [9jlriexqk,ktpk]: Do you think that there is scope for doing a 'daily prose page' (or something to that effect?') If you already do have something simillar the nmy apologies.

2009-10-11 [Daemeon Arkenyon Zane]: a daily prose page WOULD rock...

2009-10-11 [Linderel]: See Featured Story.

2009-10-11 [*OGD*]: Is it monthly poem now?

2009-10-11 [Linderel]: Eh. No. I'm sure you can understand that sometimes, people get distracted by real life. I will hopefully recommence the daily schedule as soon as tomorrow, though, so you can take your snark elsewhere.

2009-10-12 [*OGD*]: Just curious, no offense intended.

2009-10-14 [Linderel]: Poem removed from comments. If you wish to submit but are confused as to how to do it, follow the instructions given here: Daily Poem Format

2009-10-19 [Alexi Ice]: [future Mrs. Stoner] - Please place submissions at the BOTTOM of the page, thanks.

2009-10-19 [Alexi Ice]: [*OGD*] - Alright, I have to comment. A DAILY poem, albeit what this is called, it not going to be much of a feature time. Think about it. How many people log in daily? If your featured, don't you want people to at least have the time to SEE your poem before it gets replaced with someone elses? I can't remember a time when the poems were changed Daily. Weekly, at best, but daily seems foolish to me. Although, I am not the mod here, and that is just my opinion.

2009-10-19 [Linderel]: There are some stretches of time when I've been able to update daily, as a matter of fact. And, well... the Daily Poem should go by its name. Besides, everyone is automatically watching all the features, so if they're interested in the poetry at all, they'll just take the time to browse through the backlog. *shrug*

2009-10-19 [Alexi Ice]: True ^^ I get on daily, and would read them daily. So I don't care. Hehehe.

2009-10-21 [*OGD*]: I love to read all of the daily poems, and the ones on here. And I get that life happens. But Akane, if you're going to point out that a day isn't a lot of time, then I have to point out that some people only got a day, and to give some a day, and others a month is unfair. To say it doesn't matter because no one cares sort of negates this whole idea, and this conversation. Linderel, is there any help that you need?

2009-10-21 [Linderel]: Only to kick my arse in gear. Oh, and more people submitting stuff.

2009-10-21 [Rising Death Dragon]: The one i just posted is an updated version of one i did before.

2009-10-21 [Alexi Ice]: *OGD* - Pretty sure I was saying I don't care to Linderel...because inevitably, it's her that's going to do it.

2009-10-22 [*OGD*]: More people would be good. Seems like only a few people submit lots of poems.

2009-10-22 [Alexi Ice]: O.o If mine were swallowed by the que...and I could submit more than four at a time...I would submit millions...>>

2009-10-22 [Ravendust]: I'd have more up, but for some reason I only get inspiration up every once in a great moon :(

2009-10-22 [*OGD*]: I haven't written a new poem (worth a hoot) in about two years. Once I graduated my poetry and prose started to meet somewhere in the middle.

2009-10-22 [9jlriexqk,ktpk]: There's actually some pretty talented poets up here

2009-10-22 [Rising Death Dragon]: I can tell there are too.

2009-10-22 [Nite_Owl]: Not so much chatter here people :)

2009-10-24 [*OGD*]: Sorry!

2009-10-26 [Ravendust]: fixed my poem due to a misused word^^;;

2009-10-31 [horseman of the apocalipse]: Im going to look like an idiot for asking this, but where is the Edit This Page button? Ive looked all over and cannot seem to find it.

2009-10-31 [hannes]: on the top right of the comment box. :)

2009-10-31 [Ravendust]: There's another one in the upper right side of the wiki, in the area that tells about the wiki... :)

2009-11-01 [Danboo]: could i post more than one in a row? I know you can't post more than four but... in a row?

2009-11-01 [Linderel]: Yes, you can.

2009-11-01 [Linderel]: Oh, dear me.

[hannes]: Please fix the grammar of your entry.

[Danboo]: Extra notes not part of the format should be removed. You should also fix your grammar.

2009-11-01 [Danboo]: oh i can't have the copyright? sorry its just habit since people stole some of my others

2009-11-01 [Ravendust]: [Danboo]- no title for your poem?

2009-11-01 [Danboo]: ack XD i forgot to, lol i usually don't name any of my peoms but i have to for here don't i?

2009-11-01 [Ravendust]: It helps :) I have trouble creating titles sometimes too.

2009-11-01 [Danboo]: ok i think i have one

2009-11-01 [Linderel]: Psst, format. ;) As for the title issue: if you can't think of one, just call it 'Untitled' or take the first two or three words.

2009-11-01 [Danboo]: er... whats wrong with my format?

2009-11-01 [Linderel]: Look at the 'Written by' part closely.

2009-11-01 [Danboo]: omg XD
lol rules are rules

2009-11-08 [Falx]: [Spooky Ginger], please check your format and grammar and submit at the bottom of the page.

2009-11-08 [Linderel]: Thanks for that.

[Spooky Ginger]: What the above comment says. If you fail to fix your submission, it will be removed.

[davis van]: Please fix the format of your entry.

2009-11-09 [Alexi Ice]: I didn't bother fixing her entry...but I got it off the top of mine...>>

2009-11-10 [Alexi Ice]: [To the Welkin] - Fix your submission.

Seriously, (talking to everyone here) the format is NOT a difficult thing to follow.

2009-11-10 [Falx]: And here's a helpful link to the rules for format, in case you missed 'em. Daily Poem Format And one for the other rules too. Daily Poem Rules

2009-11-11 [Nioniel]: Lin, are we allowed to go in and fix for other people?

2009-11-11 [Linderel]: Yes, you are, as long as you state in the comments what you did to avoid confusion.

2009-11-11 [Nioniel]: Fixed [davis van]'s, [Spooky Ginger]'s and [To the Welkin]'s submissions.

Thank you.

2009-11-11 [Linderel]: [Spooky Ginger]'s entry still has multiple grammar errors and will be removed if not fixed by tomorrow morning.

2009-11-11 [Nioniel]: :)
I just meant that I fixed the format for submitting, it's up to the authors to fix their own grammatical errors.

2009-11-11 [Linderel]: Then you might want to say that you fixed the format. 'Fixed someone's submission' sounds like you dealt with the whole thing. Always be aware of semantics! :P

2009-11-12 [Linderel]: [Spooky Ginger]: Your entry was removed due to several grammatical errors. If you wish to re-submit, please review your poem carefully first.

[((lost))]: Please fix the grammar of your entry.

2009-11-12 [Nioniel]: <img:stuff/c-gif.gif>
Doh! Sorry. Well, at least two out of three are still up there.

2009-11-13 [*OGD*]: I like Rain Poet's 'The Last Gate'! Not too wordy, but strung together with haunting emotion, kudos.

2009-11-13 [9jlriexqk,ktpk]: Ooh, yes indeed. Very beautiful. I'm avoiding poetry of that genre myself at the moment for various reasons. You have skills rain!

2009-11-13 [Linderel]: Please note that feedback should go to the poet personally, not in these comments. :) And if you want to talk about genre, please move to Poetry Discussion.

2009-11-14 [Nite_Owl]: You can also nominate poems at Daily Poets' Choice :)

2009-12-02 [Alexi Ice]: There is a poem sitting on top of mine again. I'm going to move it to the bottom, KK?

2009-12-02 [Alexi Ice]: [Breathe_Angel] - You should fix the formate of your entry. And new poems go on the bottom of the page. Thank you.

2009-12-02 [Linderel]: [Breathe_Angel]: Please fix the format of your submission, as well as the grammatical errors in the poem itself.

2009-12-02 [Nioniel]: *bored*
I believe that I fixed [Breathe_Angel]'s submission format & grammatical errors.

2009-12-02 [Linderel]: Almost! Still one apostrophe missing :D

2009-12-03 [Nioniel]: Gah! Okay, found it and fixing it now!

2009-12-03 [Alexi Ice]: Capitolized the 'W' in the Written by part of Ethan's submission. In case you were wondering <3

2009-12-03 [Chetleon]: Oh thank you darling. I must have missed that.

2009-12-04 [Alexi Ice]: No worries. You are most certainly welcome!

2009-12-09 [Breathe_Angel]: Thank you [Nioniel] so muchh! :D

2009-12-09 [Nioniel]: :)

No problem hun.

2009-12-22 [Chimes]: *pretends to be Lami for a moment* [Breathe_Angel]: please fix the format of your submission. :] </Lami-imposter> :P

2009-12-22 [Linderel]: Haha, thanks Emu xD

2009-12-22 [Chimes]: Welcome. :)

2009-12-23 [Breathe_Angel]: ahh! what did i do wrong now!?!?! ><

2009-12-23 [Linderel]: Look at the 'Written by' part very carefully. ;)

2009-12-23 [Breathe_Angel]: oops! Thank yeww! :D

2009-12-28 [*OGD*]: *pipes in usefully*

...

"I am everything your(should be you're) not"

2009-12-28 [Falx]: [Breathe_Angel] I fixed your "you're" problem in the line [*OGD*] pointed out.

2009-12-28 [*OGD*]: ^_^ Suppose it should be *OCD*.

2009-12-29 [Breathe_Angel]: Thank you! :D

2010-01-04 [Linderel]: A number of submissions have been moved from this page to the feature queue. Thank you for your patronage!

2010-01-04 [Nioniel]: [Eyden13], I fixed your submission up for you so that it would not be removed from this page.

2010-01-04 [Eyden13]: Thank you!

2010-01-04 [Nioniel]: mhm.
:)

2010-01-06 [Deus Ex Taco]: [Notril], are you going for "world" in your first line?

2010-01-06 [Notril]: Yes I am, thank you for pointing that out. I completely missed it.

2010-01-07 [Deus Ex Taco]: No problem lol

2010-01-17 [Falx]: [~*~Music Junkie~*~] : Double check the format on the "Written By" line of both of your submissions. Also, there's a spelling error on line 8 of Beloved.

2010-01-18 [~*~Music Junkie~*~]: Thanks for pointing that out :)

2010-01-21 [Alexi Ice]: Please tell me if any of the poems I have submitted are previously swallowed. I never remember which ones I have submitted and which ones I have not.

2010-01-21 [Linderel]: I suggest you start keeping a list.

2010-01-21 [Alexi Ice]: I've thought about it

2010-02-10 [Fifi McFu]: hey just wondering, when is the daily poem going to become 'daily' again? Cause 'Decorating' has been on the main page for like a month :/

2010-02-10 [Linderel]: This weekend, possibly. Sorry, I have a nasty case of real life. :)

2010-02-10 [Fifi McFu]: Ah, the real life bug. I hear it's getting around.

2010-02-20 [IonicRose]: i'm going to have to start pulling my poems out and submitting...

2010-02-23 [Deus Ex Taco]: As much as I like my poem being on Main Street, shouldn't someone else have replaced it by now? >.>

2010-02-23 [Linderel]: I'm doing the best I can, so kindly quit whining. The feature will return to being true to its name once I have a sensible rhythm figured out.

2010-02-23 [Deus Ex Taco]: I'm just saying lol. It just didn't feel right being up for like, a week :P

2010-02-26 [Linderel]: [~*~Music Junkie~*~]: Please fix the grammar and spelling errors in your submissions or they will be removed.

2010-03-21 [speakyourwords]: I never capitalize in my poetry -- I don't know why, it just feels odd to me for some reason. However, if that's against the rules, I'll go back and change it =)

2010-03-21 [Linderel]: You should capitalize that pesky little personal pronoun. Otherwise, it's all cool.

2010-03-25 [Pillowthief]: Ah, Lind. You're work is never done. Cheers.

2010-04-03 [Linderel]: [~*~Music Junkie~*~]: Please fix your format as well as the grammar and spelling errors in the body of your poem.

2010-04-03 [Alexi Ice]: Eh, I fixed what I could find in Music Junkies poem. Mostly because I really like it and don't want it removed...hope they do not mind...

2010-04-03 [Linderel]: You only fixed a few of the errors, though, so my comment still stands.

2010-04-03 [Nioniel]: Took a shot at correcting the errors in [~*~Music Junkie~*~]'s last posted poem. Hope I helped.

:P

2010-04-03 [Linderel]: Format's still wrong :P

2010-04-03 [Nioniel]: *does*

2010-04-03 [Nioniel]: Of course though, that must mean that [speakyourwords]'s format is also incorrect.
:P

2010-04-03 [Linderel]: This is very true. I just keep forgetting to post a notice about it.

2010-04-03 [Falx]: I fixed a few more of [~*~Music Junkie~*~]'s spelling and grammar errors. Hope that helps a bit.

2010-04-04 [Nioniel]: lol, fixed the format.

2010-04-04 [Linderel]: Uh. You actually put in a new error on the second line.

2010-04-04 [Nioniel]: "i before e except after c"
:P

2010-04-04 [Falx]: Oh, bugger. One moment.
Sorry about that >< Momentary transposition of letters.

2010-04-04 [Linderel]: *sigh* This is not working. I think I'm going to have to forbid people from fixing anything but format errors.

2010-04-05 [Alexi Ice]: It's not our fault the poem has an incredible amount of errors O.o Three people have tried to fix it and it's STILL not right...Or is it?

2010-04-05 [*OGD*]: Maybe poems that aren't fixed by their owners on their own time should just be deleted.

2010-04-05 [Linderel]: Indeed. Well, it's a moot point either way - for this particular poem. The author removed it.

2010-04-06 [Leb]: Part of "Your Name" by [Danboo] is plagiarized:

I wrote your name in the sand
but the waves washed it away
I wrote your name on my hand
but I washed it the next day
I wrote your name on a piece of paper
but I accidentally threw it away

It's one of my favorite sayings; Google it.

2010-04-07 [Alexi Ice]: O.o Uh, well, thanks? But you probably should have sent this in a PM to Lind.

2010-04-07 [Teufelsweib]: and even then, this doesn't go by nomination ;)

2010-04-07 [Linderel]: Indeed. What's more, before any of these poems ends up on Main Street, they will be moved to a queue. Removing the comment now, as it is pointless and long.

I will look into the plagiarization charge.

2010-04-07 [Flisky]: [Danboo]: Your poem has been removed due to plagiarizing.

2010-04-09 [9jlriexqk,ktpk]: 'Up' is a very nicely written poem. The flow is very sweet, very nice. Form may be a little 'off' (But then, so are some of mine-don't like to stick to format, though at times, is very necessary.) But the words themselves, the meaning behind,and there's a few layers, I enjoy very much.

2010-04-09 [Linderel]: And I request that feedback be given in a private or guestbook message, not here. :P

2010-04-09 [Linderel]: [MyAlterEgo]: Please fix the format of your submission.

2010-04-10 [*OGD*]: I sorta fixed it. I don't know how to fix the poem, but I fixed the submission.

2010-04-10 [MyAlterEgo]: ok. thanks.

2010-04-20 [sweet.tx.tea]: o.o Do people just not pay attention at all to the formats of their submissions?

2010-04-21 [MyAlterEgo]: Some people think their formats are correct. There's not some kind of Elftown law against people that fail to read formats correctly.

2010-04-21 [*OGD*]: Or just fail to read. Thanks for picking me! ^_^

2010-04-21 [MyAlterEgo]: I doubt that anyone entering their poetry would actually fail to read the instructions

2010-04-21 [Deus Ex Taco]: You'd be surprised Ego...You'd be surprised lol

2010-04-21 [9jlriexqk,ktpk]: Some people suffer from bone-i-tus ^^

2010-04-22 [MyAlterEgo]: yeah maybe. I was just pointing out that I actually did try to follow the format, and have apparently failed to do so.

2010-04-22 [wicked fae mage]: Carrie, you have to put

"Written by" before your name

2010-04-23 [*OGD*]: I didn't mean to be offensive. The format instructions are a little complicated. But I think that's why the mods instruct you when something is wrong.

2010-04-24 [Chimes]: Daily Poem Format not complicated at all. :]

2010-04-25 [MyAlterEgo]: In your opinion. I thought I followed it correctly, but apparently not.

2010-04-25 [9jlriexqk,ktpk]: Just learn by it. There's no need to worry. Rules are there to be stuck to :) Otherwise, what would be the point.

2010-04-25 [wicked fae mage]: Pretty much look at the poems before yours since most of them probably are in the right format.

2010-04-26 [MyAlterEgo]: I'm not worried about it. I just don't think people should be so quick to judge because someone messed something up.

2010-04-26 [wicked fae mage]: No harm was intended. We just don't want to see good poets kicked off the daily poem for a little mistake.

2010-04-26 [Deus Ex Taco]: Indeed. After you post, compare your poem to the rest of them. If it doesn't look the same, then something went down wrong lol

2010-04-26 [Flisky]: Watch those horizontal tags, guys. ^_^ I was bored and fixed it since it was a simple fix.

2010-04-28 [Flisky]: [hinata hyuuga (kimiko)]: please fix the format of your submission.

2010-04-28 [Nioniel]: Fixed the format for her.

2010-04-30 [hinata hyuuga (kimiko)]: sorry...

2010-04-30 [*OGD*]: Kudos to the mods. Really awesome picks this week!

2010-05-14 [Flisky]: [9jlriexqk,ktpk]: please fix the format of your submission.

2010-05-24 [Tickle Me Emo]: Question: I have a poem that intentionally uses lower-case "I"s as an integral part of the theme, but I know you guys tend to be kind of picky about that stuff. Can I still post it or should I save it for somewhere else?

2010-05-24 [Flisky]: If it's part of the theme, it's okay. If it's because someone is lazy, it's not. There is a simple distinction here. ^_^

2010-05-24 [Tickle Me Emo]: Awesome, thanks! :)

2010-05-24 [Linderel]: Hold that thought. There's been a bit of a communication lapse here. While I have been considering allowing lowercase 'I' as a stylistic choice, I still haven't come to a definite decision, and so the answer just given is a bit of misinformation. The Daily Poem Rules still state that using lowercase 'I' will get your poem kicked. Until the rules are revised (and they do need some updating in other respects as well), your poem will have to go. Sorry. :/

2010-05-24 [Flisky]: Lin is the boss here, so what [Linderel] says goes. ^_^ Sorry about that.

2010-05-29 [Tickle Me Emo]: Haha, no worries.
Hmm, I will have to see if there is some way I can alter it to make it work.

2010-05-29 [sweet.tx.tea]: Did I miss something or did a bunch of these get knocked off?

2010-05-29 [Linderel]: Quite a few have been moved to the queue.

2010-05-29 [sweet.tx.tea]: Aye! Alright. Thanks. Limited sleep = very confusing moments. Haha.

2010-05-30 [Flisky]: [Sunshine~Pike]: please fix the format of your submission.