Session Start: Sun Jul 13 19:33:08 1997

<DH> *****************WELCOME TO THE 37TH AFD POETRY READING********************

  <Icewing> Hi Athe!

  * LadyValia sprinkles ma`khiir with luck leaves(actually marigold petals--)

  * LadyValia chants an ancient gypsy saying

<DH> ok be fore we start please turn off any flood scripts

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> Hi Athe :)

<DH>  and to check that you have we will runnt he procedures by everyone so we all know what we are doing :>

  * Avan_the_Rockeater snaps his fingers and looks crossly at DH :D

  * LadyValia ma`khiir's typing may improve or he may grow drowsy.....marigolds aren't fullproof

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> lol LV



<DH>               AFD POETRY READING ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PROCEDURES

<DH>                                      *

<DH>  1) All Poems are to be written by afders or imediate family/close friends.

<DH>  2) If you have poems msg me the titles and author so we can keep things 

<DH>         running smoothly and fairly - first reads will be given before repeats.

<DH>  3) Greetings and general conversation should conducted either in #Kelekona - 

<DH>         not in #AFD_Poetry. During the readings #AFD_Poetry will be set +mi 

<DH> 	and only the ops and reader will be able to talk - at the same time 

<DH> 	#Kelekona will be open for general conversation the break after round 

<DH> 	1 will be held in #Kelekona only and the stage (#AFD_Poetry) should 

<DH> 	be quiet <G>.

<DH>  4) We will be running the reading in semi-moderated form from now on

<DH>         when a poet comes up moderation will go on -  you willbe given a 

<DH> 	voice to read when you are introduced <G> moderation will be turned 

<DH> 	off after the poem is complete so be sure to include an END to them 

<DH> 	- thanks.

<DH>  5) We call the reader to the stage as a means of announcing when someone is 

<DH> 	about to read - when you see this happen please stop talking in 

<DH> 	channel ,and wait to be called up if its your turn to read. 

<DH>  6) If you are late please /msg Heatherica or OnyxDragon before entering - 

<DH>         we will let you know when #AFD_Poetry is off invite only status 

<DH> 	(poem being read is finished).

<DH>  7) We generally run for about 2 hours with 10 poems in 2 rounds. 

<DH>         the rounds are seperated by a short stretch and munch period (G).

<DH>  8) I am logging #AFD_Poetry so anyone who wants a copy let me know by msg.

<DH>  9) I will also be putting out a post to the newsgroup about this weekly 

<DH>         affair. It will include the poems from these readings - so if you 

<DH> 	have something you don't want in the post but would like to read 

<DH> 	here let me know - I'll pull it first

<DH> 10) We will be meeting next Sunnday at 7:30 PM Pacific here in #AFD_Poetry 

<DH> 	and #Kelekona for the 38th Reading.

<DH>                                         *



<DH> ok everyone looking that over?

  * Quelonzia squirms and grins

  * Gilraen curls up next to Sol 

  <Icewing> I just finished reading it

  <Walvis> me too

  <Quelonzia> Changing servers... brb!

<DH>  ok the first poem is an old one of mine some of you have seen it others haven't

<DH>  ok 

  * Quelonzia settles back in, on mindijari now ;P

  <Talaranth> shoot I have to zip out and back in again

<DH> ok this poem is entitled Fairie Realm



<DH>  _______________Times Lost Land_____________________

<DH>  800 feet beneath the sands

<DH>  lies a faerie realm

<DH>  that time has lost;

<DH>  With arching chambers

<DH>  and bottomless pits

<DH>  and a cast hidden behind 

<DH>  stone carved curtains.

<DH>  800 feet beneath the land

<DH>  lies a faerie realm

<DH>  where giants stalk

<DH>  past ice -stone falls;

<DH>  while flowing stone columns

<DH>  support the four fold levels

<DH>  of an enchanter's realm.

<DH>  800 feet beneath the ground

<DH>  lies a faerie realm

<DH>  that time has lost

<DH>  but I have found!

<DH>  _________________________________________________



  * Havoc_TR applauds... been spelunking, have ye, DH? :)

  * Talaranth applauds a lot, and decides she can wait to go.

  <Quelonzia> oOoo!! Beautiful! *applauds*  :)

  * Gilraen applauds 

  * Shadow-Dancer applauds!!!

  * Kaijima claps

  * Snarlgard quietly applauds

  * Solitaire smiles. "Great one again, DH

  * Walvis claps gauntleted hands

  <Myreth> *clap* *clap* *clap*

  * Shadow-Dancer lifts a flagon to the cave Crawlers!!

  * Callsfire claps!!

  * Ma`khiir applauds a laudible poem... "Well wrought,s ir. :)

  <Walvis> *clang* clang* *clang*

  * Talaranth brb's

  <Lord_Cobalt> First time I have seen that one...Very nice. *applauds*

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> sorry, got disco'd

  * Avan_the_Rockeater sits down and gets settled

  <Walvis> disco?

  * Avan_the_Rockeater frowns...  missed one already!

  <Walvis> oh, oops. I must be asleep.

  * Avan_the_Rockeater pats Walvis on the back and gives him some black coffee

  <Walvis> thanks.

  * Walvis sips the coffee

<DH> ok  our next poem is by our poetraptor HTR

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> 'welcome.

<DH>  this one is called  Just another unsent letter

  * Havoc_TR wanders up, wearing his cloak of gloom.. be warned..

* DH calls HTR up

  <Quelonzia> <G>



  <Havoc_TR> Just Another Unsent Letter

  <Havoc_TR> *

  <Havoc_TR> I got the news today at lunch

  <Havoc_TR> And nothing would do

  <Havoc_TR> But to walk in the woods

  <Havoc_TR> And so I told the boss and headed out.

  <Havoc_TR> The radio in the truck played

  <Havoc_TR> "Water Music" like a dirge

  <Havoc_TR> The whole world gray and misty tears

  <Havoc_TR> *

  <Havoc_TR> Where are you now?

  <Havoc_TR> When will we meet again?

  <Havoc_TR> Will we meet again?

  <Havoc_TR> And yet I talked to you

  <Havoc_TR> There in the woods

  <Havoc_TR> The things I saw, the trees' fresh leaves

  <Havoc_TR> The blossoms in the branches

  <Havoc_TR> These I saw for you.

  <Havoc_TR> And could you somehow feel?

  <Havoc_TR> *

  <Havoc_TR> The tulip is a blaze of passion's fire

  <Havoc_TR> A glory and a brilliance clear to see

  <Havoc_TR> The marsh marigold has a humble name

  <Havoc_TR> But lives on, cannot be killed

  <Havoc_TR> Fills in the low and mundane spots

  <Havoc_TR> And makes them solid gold

  <Havoc_TR> But there are other flowers than these

  <Havoc_TR> *

  <Havoc_TR> In deeper shadows of the woods

  <Havoc_TR> The darker, quiet depths far back

  <Havoc_TR> The trillium covers all the hills

  <Havoc_TR> Its petals of the purest white

  <Havoc_TR> All trembling there, all delicate

  <Havoc_TR> Where no one cares or sees.

  <Havoc_TR> *

  <Havoc_TR> end

  * Callsfire applauds

  <Solitaire> Excellent, Havoc.  Once again, impressive.

  <Callsfire> Wonderful Havoc :)

<DH> soft and sad but very good as ussual HTR

  * Quelonzia bows her head, a lone tear cascading down her snout, as she silently applauds

  <Lord_Cobalt> Very interesting, HTR *applauds*

  * Walvis applauds a lot, this time taking off the gauntlets

  * Kaijima aplauds Havoc :)

  * Shadow-Dancer thinks for a moment....applauds fervently but quietly..

  * Snarlgard applauds and nods

  * Ma`khiir bows his head in respect.

  <Icewing> Nice!

  * Gilraen applauds

<DH> next up is another of our regulars this time its Gilraen

<DH> and her poem is called The lady of the ivory swan

* DH calls Gilraen up to read

  * Gilraen walks to the front

  

  <Gilraen> _The Lady of the Ivory Swan_

  <Gilraen> .

  <Gilraen> My father was a Scotsman true and had gone to war 

  <Gilraen> to fight in the crusades and show the world the divine light

  <Gilraen> .

  <Gilraen> He left our lands and castle gates

  <Gilraen> Guarded by two towers tall and straight

  <Gilraen> With our crest flying high an Ivory swan

  <Gilraen> against an azure sky

  <Gilraen> He died some time ago

  <Gilraen> on a far and distant shore

  <Gilraen> As I look towards the stars at night

  <Gilraen> I feel his light shine down on me  

  <Gilraen> even though he died far across the sea 

  <Gilraen> .

  <Gilraen> He bade me promise before he left

  <Gilraen> To guard our lands and not take flight

  <Gilraen> If some Laird should try to claim them 

  <Gilraen> for his own by force or might

  <Gilraen> He took with him all the men 

  <Gilraen> He left only the women to defend 

  <Gilraen> Our home, lands, and lives

  <Gilraen> .

  <Gilraen> All was peaceful for many days

  <Gilraen> Then an another Laird came

  <Gilraen> hearing of my fathers demise

  <Gilraen> He sought to claim my father's lands for his own

  <Gilraen> .

  <Gilraen> With him came a hundred men 

  <Gilraen> Dressed in war kilts looking fierce and grim

  <Gilraen> They thought to find the towers unprotected

  <Gilraen> but The gates are barred against insurrection 

  <Gilraen> Several men attempted to scale the walls

  <Gilraen> only to fall crashing to ground

  <Gilraen> pelted with rocks and boulders

  <Gilraen> .

  <Gilraen> From within the Tower walls 

  <Gilraen> A lonely trumpet sounded

  <Gilraen> And the gates slowly opened

  <Gilraen> .

  <Gilraen> Fifty women rode out

  <Gilraen> Bedecked in clan colors 

  <Gilraen> Claymores and shields in hand

  <Gilraen> We rode to defend our honor and lands 

  <Gilraen> .

  <Gilraen> The battle waged on through the day

  <Gilraen> The men did not expect us to stay 

  <Gilraen> Thinking we were weak and could not really fight

  <Gilraen> They were surprised by our might

  <Gilraen> .

  <Gilraen> As the day drew slowly to a close

  <Gilraen> I came face to face with their angry laird   

  <Gilraen> He had not expected women to take up the sword

  <Gilraen> In his mind we are meant for more passive arts

  <Gilraen> Embroidery and cooking are the only skills he thought to find 

  <Gilraen> Not Ivory skinned warriors

  <Gilraen> Skilled enough to withstand his assaults

  <Gilraen> .

  <Gilraen> Swords clashed and his angry curses rang

  <Gilraen> He thought to overpower me with his strength 

  <Gilraen> And that was his fatal mistake 

  <Gilraen> When he drew back his sword and prepared to swing again

  <Gilraen> My blade found it's way past his guard

  <Gilraen> .

  <Gilraen> His tunic was quickly stained with red

  <Gilraen> My blade found it's mark deep in his chest 

  <Gilraen> For I had pierced his heart

  <Gilraen> He was defeated

  <Gilraen> When they saw their Laird fall

  <Gilraen> The few remaining men retreated

  <Gilraen> .

  <Gilraen> Of the fifty women 

  <Gilraen> That rode out at my call 

  <Gilraen> We lost none at all

  <Gilraen> .

  <Gilraen> We defended what was once my Father's land

  <Gilraen> by the right of the sword and hand

  <Gilraen> Now By ancient law

  <Gilraen> I own the lands and hall

  <Gilraen> .

  <Gilraen> Many women come now to my towers

  <Gilraen> To train and hear the tale

  <Gilraen> of the Lady of the Ivory swan

  <Gilraen> How she won her lands by the sword

  <Gilraen> and by doing so defended her own honor								

		Danae Fesler 1997

  <Gilraen> *end*

 

 <Solitaire> Bravo Gil!!!

<DH>  now that one I like :>

  * Quelonzia applauds the beautiful epic loudly!!! BRAVO!!!

  * Icewing claps VERY LOUDLY

  * Solitaire huggles Gil warmly

  * Talaranth blinks a few times, and then applauds loudly!

  * Havoc_TR applauds, smiling. :)

  * Shadow-Dancer rises and applauds!

  * Snarlgard applauds

  * Walvis applauds loudly

  * Myreth applauds loudly with a smile :)

  * Icewing huggles Gilraen--great poem!

  * Ma`khiir applauds, though lagedly, impresseed

  <Lord_Cobalt> Well done, Gilraen...*applauds*

  * Callsfire calps and thumps his tail at the marvelous epic

  * Avan_the_Rockeater runs back in breathlessly and starts the scroll-up

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> Yarp!

  * Gilraen grins

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> All my poems together wouldn't make one this long!

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> That in itself is an accomplishment :)

  <Gilraen> oh:)

  <Icewing> Hi Tan!

  * Quelonzia grins

  <Icewing> err Than

  <Quelonzia> Hiya Thanatos :) *hugs*

  * Gilraen grins

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> Yello BF

  <Lord_Cobalt> Good to see you, Thanatos

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> where's the dang channel?

  <Gilraen> hello Thanatos:)

  <Walvis> Argh... I have to go. Somebodies' gonna hafta send me the log...

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> mindijari I mean?

  <Talaranth> Night, Walvis!!

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> hello all

<DH> and up next in the ever expanding list <G> is another of our regulars

  <Walvis> see you!

  <Talaranth> Wlcm Thanatos!

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> hi LC

<DH>  this is Shadow-Dancer and his poem Finest Things

  <Icewing> Than: /server mindijari.dal.net

* DH calls S-D up

  * Shadow-Dancer makes his way to the podium, and begins to read...

  

  <Shadow-Dancer> The Finest Things.

  <Shadow-Dancer> .

  <Shadow-Dancer> A Philosopher stood,

  <Shadow-Dancer> Extolling the virtues,

  <Shadow-Dancer> Beauty and Grace,

  <Shadow-Dancer> Forsaking the material,

  <Shadow-Dancer> Proclaiming for all who could see,

  <Shadow-Dancer> That "The best things in Life are Free."

  <Shadow-Dancer> .

  <Shadow-Dancer> A phantom Soldier stood,

  <Shadow-Dancer> Behind him stood figures,

  <Shadow-Dancer> Specters and ghosts,

  <Shadow-Dancer> Wearing their tattered uniforms,

  <Shadow-Dancer> Asking from all through history

  <Shadow-Dancer> "Are those fine things truly free?" 

  <Shadow-Dancer> .

  <Shadow-Dancer> One was a doughboy

  <Shadow-Dancer> Who fought at Verdun,

  <Shadow-Dancer> Who choked in the gas,

  <Shadow-Dancer> In World War One.

  <Shadow-Dancer> .

  <Shadow-Dancer> One was an airman,

  <Shadow-Dancer> From a bomber's crew,

  <Shadow-Dancer> Who burned in the flak

  <Shadow-Dancer> In World War Two.

  <Shadow-Dancer> .

  <Shadow-Dancer> One from the jungle,

  <Shadow-Dancer> And one from Chosin,

  <Shadow-Dancer> One Blue, One Gray,

  <Shadow-Dancer> Thousands of men.

  <Shadow-Dancer> .

  <Shadow-Dancer> The phantom Soldier spoke.

  <Shadow-Dancer> "We are the ones who paid

  <Shadow-Dancer> In blood and pain

  <Shadow-Dancer> For the things you say are free.

  <Shadow-Dancer> We fought for more than flags or pride,

  <Shadow-Dancer> To buy your rights we bled and died.

  <Shadow-Dancer> .

  <Shadow-Dancer> I am not a thinker,

  <Shadow-Dancer> I am only a ghost,

  <Shadow-Dancer> Once a soldier,

  <Shadow-Dancer> But I would change what you've said."

  <Shadow-Dancer> "What would YOU say, oh spirit bold?" 

  <Shadow-Dancer> "The best things are not bought with gold.."

  <Shadow-Dancer> .

  <Shadow-Dancer> --end

 

 * Shadow-Dancer fades from the podium...

  <Icewing> WOW

  * Ma`khiir finds tears in his eyes...

  <Icewing> WOW

  <Icewing> WOW

  <Icewing> WOW

  * Talaranth agrees with Icewing.

  * Havoc_TR applauds. "Lest we forget.."

  * Kaijima aplauds

  * Callsfire applauds

  * Quelonzia hugs Shadow Dancer tightly... deeply moved

  * Snarlgard applauds and agree's

  <Lord_Cobalt> A wonderful message...*applauds*

  * Gilraen apllauds 

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> there we go

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> Go SD!

  * Myreth leaps up and applauds loudly!!!! SD: Incredible once again!! :)

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> :)  Sorry it took me so long

  * Icewing claps, stomps her feet, thumps her tail, and flaps her wings

  * Shadow-Dancer 04BLUSHES

  <Solitaire> SD, incredible as usual.

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> said something about invite only!!

  * Gilraen blushes

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> what'd I miss??

  <Icewing> A really great poem...someone better send him a log

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> please do!!

  <Myreth> yeah, definately...

  * Icewing wishes I could log....sigh

<DH> all logs  go up regularly at: http://www.ilhawaii.net/~dh/Poetry.html

  <Icewing> ooh cool

<DH>  and thet site will be bein linked directly to the AFD literature pages 

as well shortly

  <Myreth> kewl :)

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> Cool

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> I have an old Kelekona log that I still look at

  <Lord_Cobalt> DH: It already is in a sence, since you have them in the AFD WebRing :)

<DH> ok next up is an new poet amoungst us

<DH>  please welcome Snarlguard and his poem I close my eyes

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> Dang good Shadow!!!!

  * Snarlgard with fumbling talons pulls out his poem



  <Snarlgard> I close my eye's and drift to sleep

  <Snarlgard> I feel your tender touch upon my cheek

  <Snarlgard> My arm's reach out to hold you close

  <Snarlgard> Our bed warm and soft

  <Snarlgard> I breath in the scent of you

  <Snarlgard> So sweet and never lost

  <Snarlgard> My dreams keep you next to me

  <Snarlgard> I close my eye's and drift to sleep

  <Snarlgard> I hear laughter and tiny running feet

  <Snarlgard> The bounces and giggles upon our bed

  <Snarlgard> Little arm's wrap around my neck

  <Snarlgard> Voice's calling out, my turn, my turn

  <Snarlgard> Arm's open wide to hold them close

  <Snarlgard> My dreams keep you next to me

  <Snarlgard> I open my eye's and wake to reality

  <Snarlgard> Wishing once again for the welcoming sleep

  <Snarlgard> Ending

 

 * Snarlgard pads quietly back to his place

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> Woah... now I feel all lonely!

  * Avan_the_Rockeater whoops and hollers

  * Lord_Cobalt makes a note to huggle Odetta when she returns from Vacation :)

  * Quelonzia applauds and hugs Snarlgard tightly!! Wonderful!!

* DH knows that feeling all too well

  * Callsfire claps

  * Icewing is struck speechless

  * Havoc_TR applauds. Very good.. sad..

  <Myreth> *sighs*

  <Quelonzia> I USED to know that feeling ;)

  <Lord_Cobalt> Beautiful, Snarl. *applauds*

<DH>  but you did a wonderful job of expressing it Snarl

  * Gilraen applauds tis beautiful

  * Thanatos_BlackFire applaudes the poet and wishes he had a special someone

  * Kaijima applauds

  <Gilraen> and sad

  * Talaranth huggles_snarlgard_from_afar... that was so good...

  <Solitaire> Veryvery good, Snarl

  * Shadow-Dancer applauds...

  * Myreth *applauds* :~)

  * Snarlgard nods embarrassed, saying thanks

  <Lord_Cobalt> I must say that Snarl has made a wonderful start to his arrival here.

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> yes!!

<DH> sure has :>

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> Def. :)

  * Quelonzia grins at Snarlgard

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> Heehee, welcome to AFD, home of public embarassment, Snarl :)

  <Myreth> hehehe

  * Snarlgard chuckles quietly

  <Myreth> embarassment, but loving support too!!

<DH> ok our next poet is CAllsfire with one entitiled  Oh to be a dragon

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> Well, yeah...

  * Callsfire steps up



  <Callsfire> Oh to be a dragon,



  <Callsfire> whether of small or greatest size.

  <Callsfire> To live in harmony with nature,

  <Callsfire> and learn to be naturally wise.

  <Callsfire> Though trapped within this human shell,

  <Callsfire> my dragon heart and soul doth swell.

  <Callsfire> I yearn to soar among lofty peaks,

  <Callsfire> to ride the wind's back is what my heart seeks.

  <Callsfire> If only my skin were like brilliant scales,

  <Callsfire> and my fingers and toes as sharp as nails.

  <Callsfire> From my back great wings would spread,

  <Callsfire> to lift my soul to where only angles dare to tread.

  <Callsfire> From my lungs would spring searing flame,

  <Callsfire> to burn away evil and cowardly shame.

  <Callsfire> Myths and legends would enshroud my name,

  <Callsfire> were I a dragon of mythical fame.

  <Callsfire> To perch on windward crags and peaks,

  <Callsfire> and gaze down upon lands of human reeks.

  <Callsfire> All I can do is hope and pray,

  <Callsfire> that perhaps I shall be a dragon one day.

  <Callsfire> END

 

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> I like it

  <Icewing> OOOH!! That's EXACTLY how I feel!

  <Solitaire> Not bad...  Not bad at all..  ;>

  * Avan_the_Rockeater thinks Marlie should have been here, Calls :)

  * Talaranth smiles at Callsfire. You said it, didn't you!!!

  * Havoc_TR applauds, smiling.

<DH> all of us I think

  <Shadow-Dancer> Bravo!

  * Snarlgard applauds and nods

  * Quelonzia applauds and hugs Callsfire. We're almost there, hon ;)

  * Myreth *applauds* loudly!!!! wonderful!!

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> Calls- Ever read calvin and hobbs?

  * Gilraen applauds

<DH>  callsfire show that one to  Kiterith :>

  * Callsfire blushes a bit as that is from his heart

  <Havoc_TR> A raptor would be ok too.. :)

  * Avan_the_Rockeater has been praying for quite a while :)

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> IO like it a lot calls.

  * Quelonzia grins and hugs Havoc ;)

  * Thanatos_BlackFire applaudes

  <Icewing> Calls: You sure you weren't a troubador in some other life?

  * Myreth giggles at Havoc

  <Lord_Cobalt> That is beyond words, Calls...It should be posted in every Dragon's Web Lair :)

  * Callsfire smiles

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> LC - that's a good idea!

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> An AFD MOTTO!

<DH> I suspect it may be now :>

  <Icewing> YEAH!

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> yes.

  * Avan_the_Rockeater does a little dance

<DH> ok next up is another newbie to our poetess? ranks - please welcome Talaranth

  * Talaranth if she had a web lair would post it (if Calls let her)

  * Lord_Cobalt nods in agreement.

  * Gilraen smiles

<DH> her poem is titleds Dangerlust

  * Talaranth strolls up to the front, her draconic pride in her work (perhaps a little

  <Talaranth> too much) showing clearly.

  <Talaranth> "This is a very long poem, and one with a somewhat futuristic theme you might

  <Talaranth> recognize..."

 

 <Talaranth> _________DANGERLUST_________

  <Talaranth> There are men out there who do not care

  <Talaranth> Whether power is dark or light

  <Talaranth> All they care about is living,

  <Talaranth> Not giving up without a fight

  <Talaranth> And their life's about survival,

  <Talaranth> It's the only life they know,

  <Talaranth> And their life's about just living,

  <Talaranth> Or avenging, not forgiving,

  <Talaranth> And survival is the only way they've ever had to go.

  <Talaranth> __

  <Talaranth> Not for them the gleaming pathway

  <Talaranth> And the quiet, and the still

  <Talaranth> But for them the glint of lasers,

  <Talaranth> And a mission to fulfill.

  <Talaranth> Not for them the hum of sabers

  <Talaranth> And of practice, in the dark,

  <Talaranth> For the ship is out of hyperspace

  <Talaranth> Just moments from an enemy base

  <Talaranth> And all that matters is the pay when it is done.

  <Talaranth> __

  <Talaranth> Always on the run

  <Talaranth> Never hoping for tomorrow

  <Talaranth> Only hoping that they'll live to see

  <Talaranth> The sunrise of another day on planetside

  <Talaranth> Another parsec through the starry sea.

  <Talaranth> Without time for right or wrong

  <Talaranth> Since the enemy won't wait

  <Talaranth> Till you've worried if your blaster's set on full or stun

  <Talaranth> Why give anyone another chance

  <Talaranth> To take your life again

  <Talaranth> When they've already destroyed every life you ever knew?

  <Talaranth> __

  <Talaranth> And when the mission's through

  <Talaranth> And you've reached the final border,

  <Talaranth> There's no time to stop and savor victory,

  <Talaranth> There's another mission out there,

  <Talaranth> And they're already preparing

  <Talaranth> To pursue you, take your life again, wherever you may flee.

  <Talaranth> __There are men out there, and women, who have never dared to wait

  <Talaranth> Till the legal way is easy, and the only way is legal

  <Talaranth> For they've got a raging anger, and a craving for some action

  <Talaranth> And a hunger for the hard road, And a thirst for mere survival,

  <Talaranth> And a blaster that's accounted for many a deadly rival --

  <Talaranth> It's a hunger only action ever has the power to sate.

  <Talaranth> __

  <Talaranth> And it's bloodlust, but the blood that's always on the line is theirs,

  <Talaranth> An addiction to the glitterstim of life.

  <Talaranth> Didn't people always say

  <Talaranth> By many a boring planetside

  <Talaranth> On many a lonely, lifeless day

  <Talaranth> That action was the spice of life?

  <Talaranth> To many still it looks that way.

  <Talaranth> __

  <Talaranth> It's a driving, it's a craving, an addiction of the worst degree,

  <Talaranth> Those who suffer from its ravages need action in their blood to live.

  <Talaranth> They need danger, they need blaster fire that echoes through the quaking night,

  <Talaranth> When from the death of an enemy's fighter flares the only dying light

  <Talaranth> And it's gone, before the war cry in the cockpit's ever heard,

  <Talaranth> And the pilot feels a brief exhilaration: victory --

  <Talaranth> But before it can be savored, it is gone, and for the rest--

  <Talaranth> Not just longing to recall it drives her to another quest,

  <Talaranth> But a hunger for the battle, and the lasers, and the night,

  <Talaranth> And a dangerlust that never sets its victim free.

  <Talaranth> ____________________________

 

 * Talaranth bows, still looking a bit prouder than she should be, and sits down.

  * Callsfire applauds

  * Solitaire grins. "Excellent, Talaranth

  * Quelonzia grins and appluads

  <Icewing> WOW

  <Shadow-Dancer> Bravo

  <Shadow-Dancer> Bravo

  <Callsfire> yay..

  * Thanatos_BlackFire leans back in contemplation

  * Kaijima claps :)

  * Havoc_TR applauds.. seeing stars. :)

  * Snarlgard applauds

  * Avan_the_Rockeater dances about with glee (and no small bit of jealousy

  <Myreth> woo! I like that one! *applauding*

  <Gilraen> wow

<DH> another poet-star bursting in upon us :>

  * Thanatos_BlackFire echos the sentiments reflacted in the writing

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> MERINA!!!! LTNS!

  * Solitaire huggles Merina and gets her a tea

<DH> aloha Merina :>

  * Talaranth smiles and looks down 'modestly' :)

  * Gilraen applauds

  * Gilraen huggles merina

  <Quelonzia> *chuckles* No need to be modest about a truly fine poem, Talaranth <WG>

  * Quelonzia hugs Merina hiya :)

  <Lord_Cobalt> Another wonderful addition to our group...*applauds*

  <Talaranth> WB Neuro!

  <Havoc_TR> I love this.  Two new good poets in one night.. so far..  :)

  <Icewing> Re Neuro

  * Ma`khiir reawakens.

  * Talaranth smiles at Havoc. "I hope we'll see many more =)"

<DH> our next poem si one by an old freinds and poetess - please welcome 

Quelonzia - and her poem Night Skies

  <Neuromancer__> re's, /me could not get in...

* DH calls Quel up to read :.

  * Quelonzia walks up and begins quietly...

  <Quelonzia> erk! having a problem, sorry <G>

<DH> a little quieter begining than you thought?



  <Quelonzia>       Night Skies     

  <Quelonzia> When I can sing praises to all beings,

  <Quelonzia> without denegrating any...

  <Quelonzia> then will I be worthy

  <Quelonzia> to be placed in night skies.

  <Quelonzia> When I can see the potential in all,

  <Quelonzia> without obscuring any...

  <Quelonzia> then will I be worthy

  <Quelonzia> to be placed in night skies.

  <Quelonzia> When I can allow all beings to grow,

  <Quelonzia> without judging any...

  <Quelonzia> then will I be worthy

  <Quelonzia> to be placed in night skies.

  <Quelonzia> When I can look beyond bad and good,

  <Quelonzia> without harming any...

  <Quelonzia> then will I be worthy

  <Quelonzia> to be placed in night skies.

  <Quelonzia> When we can all truly be of one soul,

  <Quelonzia> without barring any...

  <Quelonzia> then will we be worthy

  <Quelonzia> to be placed in night skies.

  <Quelonzia> When we are worthy and take our place,

  <Quelonzia> without leaving any behind...

  <Quelonzia> then will the stars' laughter

  <Quelonzia> ring out from the night skies.

  <Quelonzia> © 1997 Quelonzia/Terry Dean



  * Quelonzia grins and sits back down

  <Solitaire> Bravo Quel!  *hugs*

  <Shadow-Dancer> Bravo!!

  * Thanatos_BlackFire loves it!

<DH> greatjob hun - *HUGS*

  * Talaranth applauds Quel!!! =)

  * Myreth laughs at Thantos's misplaced cut/paste!!!

  * Talaranth winks at Thanatos.

  * Quelonzia hugs Thanatos ;)

  * Myreth *applauds* Quel some more!! :)

  <Ma`khiir> <there are those who say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. ;) >

  * Myreth is just glad that she hasn't done it yet...

  <Quelonzia> *giggles*

  * Talaranth tackles Ma`Khiir, laughing.

  * Neuromancer__ applauds loudly.

  * Lord_Cobalt thinks it was worth a repeat :)

  * Myreth goes and knocks on some wood for that one.. hehehe

  * Ma`khiir eeps!

  <Icewing> Bye Calls

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> I didn't do that!

  <Talaranth> Night solitaire

  * Quelonzia falls over laughing!!!

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> dameons....

  <Myreth> Nigther Calls!

  <Havoc_TR> HEEEE!

  <Icewing> Ooh...me likes...

  * Talaranth looks around suspiciously. Were? WHere??

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> <grins sheepishly>

  <Snarlgard> good night CallsFire

  <Myreth> poor Thanatos ;)

<DH> ok before the demons do any more :>

  * Thanatos_BlackFire has to get himself a typest

  <Lord_Cobalt> Talk about your butter tallons :)

  * Icewing makes Daemon McNuggets out of the daemons

  <Havoc_TR> Hrmm... based on the time lag I think that one bounced off the Moon.  Night skies, Quel?

  <Myreth> at least it's not a log of something very private... btdt hehehe

<DH>  our next poem by a nother new poet to our group

  * Gilraen giggles

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> thanks Ice. Truly sorry, all.

  <Lord_Cobalt> Icewing: I thought it was called Mc Daemons? :)

<DH> this poem is called Knightmare

<DH>  and is by Kajima

  <Quelonzia> oOo! :)

  * Kaijima grins and stands up

  * Kaijima walks up to the podium...

  <Kaijima> Opps...

  <Kaijima> Sorry, one moment...



  <Kaijima> Welcome to my knightmare... 

  <Kaijima> I live in shadows, in an ocean of night. 

  <Kaijima> I run with the dead, with things hidden from sight. 

  <Kaijima> My friends are called monsters, 

  <Kaijima> My allies called ghosts. 

  <Kaijima> But I know the truth,

  <Kaijima> A thing lost to most.

  <Kaijima> I fight wars unknown, useen, and unheard. 

  <Kaijima> I unleash destruction with a Gesture, a Word. 

  <Kaijima> The Waking-Who-Sleep know not of my foes, 

  <Kaijima> Know not of the things that would strangle their souls. 

  <Kaijima> You ask why I fight, 

  <Kaijima> Why I gladly stalk horror, 

  <Kaijima> To risk dying forgotten, 

  <Kaijima> Alone in the night. 

  <Kaijima> I can do nothing other,

  <Kaijima> For I am the living, 

  <Kaijima> Who remembers a time,

  <Kaijima> When the world was alive, 

  <Kaijima> And filled with my kind. 

  <Kaijima> Now the world has grown quiet, 

  <Kaijima> Grown dry, 

  <Kaijima> Grown old. 

  <Kaijima> They tell us it's over, 

  <Kaijima> It's used up,

  <Kaijima> It's cold. 

  <Kaijima> But my kind knows better, 

  <Kaijima> We've seen this before, 

  <Kaijima> A cycle,

  <Kaijima> A season, 

  <Kaijima> It is nothing more. 

  <Kaijima> So we wait, and we watch, 

  <Kaijima> And from the shadows we chuckle, 

  <Kaijima> At the sleepers, 

  <Kaijima> Secure in their dream to buckle. 

  <Kaijima> Because they've forgotten The Rule, 

  <Kaijima> The warning, 

  <Kaijima> The guide:

  <Kaijima> Don't piss off the Mommy... 

  <Kaijima> She's not kind to Clydes...

  <Kaijima> Welcome to my knightmare :)

  <Kaijima> Eternally,

  <Kaijima> Kaijima Appleseed Stormrider

  * Kaijima smiles a bit, and steps down...

  * Gilraen applauds

  <Talaranth> Kai, that was wonderful!!!!!

  * Lord_Cobalt still has the copy that Kai sent him and still enjoys reading it *applauds*

  * Havoc_TR applaugs! :)

<DH> now that was a fun one :>

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> That's a really good one Kajima

  <Havoc_TR> Applauds too.  :)

  * Solitaire grins and applauds Kai!

  * Kaijima re-takes his position in The Corner (tm)

  * Snarlgard applauds chuckling

  <Icewing> *clapclapclapclapclapclapclapclapclapclapclapclapclapclap*

  * Talaranth resists the temptation to fill the screen with exclamation points.

  * Neuromancer__ applauds... that was excellent!

  * Ma`khiir smiles, and applauds. :)

<DH> make that 3 good new poets :.

  <Havoc_TR> um, duh, whassa clyde?

  <Myreth> oooOOOooo!! *clap* *clap* *claps*

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> Whee!  fun fun fun!

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> Kaijima- I also liked the History of the Lost Wyer

  <Kaijima> Clyde: Aussie slang for uncaring/careless person

  * Talaranth thinks that's a poem -she- is copy ing and pasting... *wish me luck* ;)

  <Lord_Cobalt> Who's going to be the fourth, DH? :)

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> don't screw up *grin*

  <Talaranth> got it *ding*

<DH> want the serial number files Talaranth?

  <Myreth> fishy!

  <Solitaire> Lo Carlton!

  <Talaranth> the what?? :)

  <Talaranth> whatever they are, sure

  <Havoc_TR> The files for removing serial numbers from poems.  :)

  * Carlton waves to everyone, and *snugs* Myreth hi :)

  * Gilraen giggles

<DH> for eliminting those annoying serial numbers on theings

  * Myreth wanders over to Carlton *HUUUUGSS*

<DH>  ok the next poem is number 10 in round one - but its not the last poem of the round

  * Myreth curls up on her pillow again, *grinning*

  * Ma`khiir decides to stay tonight and read his own poem *chuckle*

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> erp...

  * Shadow-Dancer hands Carlton an air-pump, as he looks a little 'flat'

<DH>  seems we take a break and everyone  gets caught up - so round 1 has 12 poems and round 2 has 11

  * Thanatos_BlackFire curls up on a larg black pillow/bed to await the next poem

<DH>  so now for poem 10 tionight

<DH>  this oem is by Avan the rockeater and is called Fly

* DH calls Avan up to read



  <Avan_the_Rockeater> erp... well, here goes...

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> -ahem-

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> FLY

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> If I were to ask you

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> if you could fly, 

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> what would you say?

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> Would you tell me why?

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> Would you say you couldn't, or that you shouldn't try,

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> and that only birds and airplanes

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> have touched the sky?

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> Would you say that you can

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> when in the pilot's seat,

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> and that being in a plane

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> just can't be beat?

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> Would you say that flying

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> could never be done,

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> and turn your head in disgust

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> when I tell you it's fun?

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> If I try really hard

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> when I close my eyes, 

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> I can beat my wings

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> and touch the skies.

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> I can sing you a song,

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> that lets you feel the breeze,

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> with a haunting melody,

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> you can fly with ease.

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> You will met the stars:

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> you just can't do it wrong,

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> as your wings touch the moon,

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> in a silently thundering song.

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> End- sorry about the blocky cut/paste :(



  <Icewing> OOH!

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> I love it!!

  * Shadow-Dancer applauds

  <Myreth> WOW!!

  * Gilraen applauds

  <Icewing> Been listening to Enya? :)

  * Thanatos_BlackFire aplauds enthusiaticlly

  * Snarlgard applauds

  * Talaranth is too busy rereading to clap.

  <Gilraen> wonderful

<DH> very nice  - make that 4 newcomers of note :>

  * Solitaire grins. "Not bad, Avan! As a pilot myself, you hit it fairly well..."

  * Havoc_TR applauds! Very nice.. very. :)

  <Talaranth> :)

  * Lord_Cobalt feels like taking a short flight now... *applauds*

  * Ma`khiir smiles, and gives Avan a hug.

  <Havoc_TR> This night may be a record..

  <Myreth> what fabulous poems we're hearinhg tonight!!! Excellent!! *clap

  <Myreth> *

  <Myreth> hehee

  * Quelonzia bounces and hugs Avan tightly!!! Wonderful!! :)

  <Myreth> **CLAPSS**

  * Talaranth is listening to enya right now, just felt like saying that.

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> DH - actually, I read on the first Kelekona :)

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> thank you... :)

  * Avan_the_Rockeater blushes and scuffles his feet

* DH looks around ok but you've missed an awfull lot :>

  <Havoc_TR> we.are.from.france.and.we.have.pineapples.for.heads.we.are.the.kelekonheads

  <Quelonzia> RITHL!!!

<DH>  lets try to make the next tiem a little before readign # 74 ok?

  * Solitaire chuckles at Havoc

  * Shadow-Dancer rotfls

  * Carlton grins.

  <Myreth> heheh

<DH> *chuckles*

  * Gilraen giggles

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> DH- what? explain that to this newbie?

<DH>  ok

  <Lord_Cobalt> cute

<DH>  the first readings we ever had were held in #Kelekona not here

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> ok

  <Quelonzia> ...and were at LEAST 74 poems ago <WG>

<DH>  as this is reading 37 then if he read back then  and now I don't want 

to wait till reading 74 fotr the 

  next poem

<DH>  well figure 15 - 30 poems  per reading even worse

  * Quelonzia winks at DH ;)

<DH>  he actually has solitair beat for slwoess of production :>

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> ok

  <Quelonzia> LOL!

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> now I get it

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> thanks

  * Shadow-Dancer chuckles at Sol

  <Talaranth> Ain't there 2 more this round?

  * Quelonzia hugs the abused Sol ;)

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> but the best takes time

  <Thanatos_BlackFire> ]*eg*

  * Solitaire just shakes his head and grins

  * Gilraen huggles Sol

<DH>  ok  now our next poem of the round is by the dragoness that won't be 

sleeping for the next 6 months

  <Solitaire> Well, I have actually read 4 here.  NO, 5

<DH>  please welcome Icewing

<DH>  and her poem Darknes to light

* DH calls Icewing up

  * Icewing walks up to the podium

  <Icewing> ~Darkness to Light~

  <Icewing> With the passing of the evening

  <Icewing> Comes the ebon night

  <Icewing> Striking fear into the hearts of mortal men

  <Icewing> The moon, like a Cyclops's eye

  <Icewing> Stares barefully down apon the ground

  <Icewing> Illuminating all in angry silver

  <Icewing> Until this fearful time has passed

  <Icewing> Most people stay inside away

  <Icewing> From the fear and the darkness.

  <Icewing> Untill the sun again does fly

  <Icewing> Warming the awakening earth

  <Icewing> People tend to hide

  <Icewing> 'Till darkness turns to light.

  <Icewing> End

  

  <Solitaire> Nice! :>

  <Talaranth> Ooo, it just got dark here, Icewing!

  * Havoc_TR applauds!

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> VERY nice!

  * Gilraen applauds

  * Quelonzia applauds and hugs Icewing :)

  <Icewing> Thanks!

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> Wait, now it's light!

  * Ma`khiir applauds ICewing, and smiles.

<DH> very nice

  <Myreth> oooo! lovely Icewing! :)

  * Snarlgard applauds

  * Talaranth applauds Icewing very muchly.

  * Thanatos_BlackFire raises his head from his paws and flaps his wings 

"That was good!!"

  <Lord_Cobalt> It's quite dark here ... Very nice, Icewing *applauds*

<DH>  and you'll be seeing a lot of the those sunrises in the next few months 

I think hun :>

  * Quelonzia roars with laughter at DH!! ;P

  <Quelonzia> You'll have her terrified, DH! <G>

  <Havoc_TR> Why?  Just lower the temperature in the hatchie's room and they'll 

sleep until sunrise!

  <Quelonzia> awww, and miss those beautiful nights? ;)

<DH> well if one newborn is supposed to keep you up haldf the night - with twins 

I figure forget it

  * Gilraen giggles

  <Myreth> hehehe

  <Talaranth> unless you can convince them to keep you up the same half :)'

  <Icewing> well I have nine hatchies altogether

  <Quelonzia> You could always make your MATE stay up the other half, Icewing <WG>

  <Lord_Cobalt> Cute, DH :)

  * Snarlgard chuckles, learn to sleep standing up and with your eye's open

  <Talaranth> Then you'll just always feel like you're running on a 36-hour clock.

  * Carlton falls over.

<DH> ok one more poem this round and then we can all take a break and rest and munch

<DH> this one is by still another newcommer to our ranks what? is tht 7 or 8 now?

  * Avan_the_Rockeater has driver's ed. tomorrow so... SHOULD get to be :D

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> d

  <Quelonzia> I lost count <G>

<DH>  please welcome Myreth and her poem Dragon Spirit

  <Lord_Cobalt> 6, DH.

  <Myreth> I've been here once before... *Grin*

<DH> oh ok



  <Myreth> here goes...

  <Myreth> Dragon Spirit - Myreth's typoist

  <Myreth> .

  <Myreth> Would that God had given me wings,

  <Myreth> To caress the clouds above everything.

  <Myreth> .

  <Myreth> Though bound to earth upon weary feet,

  <Myreth> I long to frolic beyond land and sea.

  <Myreth> .

  <Myreth> At night on earthen bed I lie,

  <Myreth> And dream of places in the sky.

  <Myreth> .

  <Myreth> Yet, of a sort, God gave me wings,

  <Myreth> For He gave me voice and bade me sing.

  <Myreth> .

  <Myreth> My spirit soars so fast, so free,

  <Myreth> And with my heart He let me see.

  <Myreth> .

  <Myreth> With the hands of my soul I touch the sky. 

  <Myreth> On wings of dreams, I dance,  I fly!

  <Myreth> .

  <Myreth> .

  <Myreth> *end*

 

  <Solitaire> Excellent!

  * Havoc_TR applauds! :)

<DH> another one  for the walls of the weyrs :>

  * Quelonzia leaps up and twirls Myreth around, applauding her wildly!! <G>

  * Solitaire applauds Myreth!

  * Talaranth smiles at Myreth and applauds not loudly but for a long time.

  <Quelonzia> I love it!!

  * Snarlgard applauds very good

  <Myreth> hehehe

  * Thanatos_BlackFire jumps up and applauds enthusiasticly

  * Talaranth keeps applauding.

  * Myreth 's typoist wrote that after I took her for a little flight in the 

rain at four am :)

  <Icewing> Wonderful!!

  <Avan_the_Rockeater> Great!!!  I'm glad I stayed long enough to hear that!  

Good dreams, now :)

  * Quelonzia fans Talaranth's now smoking talons <WG>

  <Ma`khiir> Myreth... Art... I have no other words.

  <Myreth> *smiles* fanks *blush*

  *** Neuromancer_ (D5-AA-96@sttn00-sh1-port33.snet.net) has joined 

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  * Myreth wanders back over to Carlton and curls up on her pillow

  * Talaranth thinks that a flight in the rain at four AM sounds very 

nice indeed:) But must go make a 

  call and be back in time for next rouns :)

<DH>  ok that ends round one

  <Neuromancer_> Someone please send me a log of round one.

<DH>  while we are taking a short munch break and drinks

  * Quelonzia stands before DH, waiting with open maw for the munchies 

*giggles*

  <Lord_Cobalt> Woo-hoo! Add another newbie to the list DH! :)

<DH>  I have a challenget for soem poets

  * Solitaire gets up and stretches lages for a bit.

  <Talaranth> bbl all!

* DH passes around a huge platter of meats, cheeses, fruits, veggies, breads, 

crackers, chips, dips, and   spreads

  <Talaranth> hmm?

  <Myreth> hmm?

  * Talaranth is attracted by the word 'challenge'

  <Myreth> hehehe

* DH hands out his patented drinking flagons, goblets and tumblers to any and 

all that want them - enjoy folks

  * Gilraen applauds 

  <Gilraen> beautifu;

  * Lord_Cobalt applauds Myreth

  * Ma`khiir thinks someone should tell Talaranth's talons smoking is bad. ;) j/k

<DH> we sometimes run a workshop in #HAwaiian_Weyr on saturdays

  <Gilraen> beautiful rather

  <Quelonzia> *giggles* at Ma`khiir

<DH>  I think it would be interesting to get to gether and try to do a 

round-robin poem

<DH>  one dragon starts and then each contributres a line in order down the 

list and around till  we have to   stop :>

<DH> hmmmmmmm a bit too much of a challange I guess :>

[21:26] <Thanatos_BlackFire> Much as I would love to stay, I must retire... 

could someone send me a log of 

   round 2 please?

[21:26] * Icewing takes two flagons of wine, a slice of cheddar, and some bread 

and butter

[21:26] <Snarlgard> workshop? a poetry workshop?

[21:26] * Havoc_TR snags a flagon of cider..

[21:26] <Thanatos_BlackFire> please?

[21:26] * Icewing munches and sips and wonders if anyone else is awake

[21:26] <Quelonzia> And you want us to duel with poems, DH? ;)

[21:26] <Thanatos_BlackFire> hello??

[21:26] * Quelonzia looks over her directory, wondering which would make a good *sword* <G>

[21:26] * Thanatos_BlackFire feels alone suddenly!!

[21:26] * Snarlgard thinks he just hit stall or something

[21:26] * Quelonzia then looks at her tail, thinking it makes a MUCH better sword, and then shrugs ;P

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<DH> logs will be available at the channel website alter this week :>

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[21:27] <Quelonzia> eek!! what was that??

[21:27] * Thanatos_BlackFire smacks the moniter with his tail "Bad Computer!!"

<DH> a split

[21:27] <Myreth> ahhh

[21:27] <Myreth> back from lag land

[21:27] * Snarlgard jumps at the sudden scroll

[21:27] * Carlton noddles

<DH>  ok let me re do the challenge :>

[21:27] <Thanatos_BlackFire> DH- address??? please???

[21:27] <Myreth> fanks

<DH> we sometimes run a workshop in #HAwaiian_Weyr on saturdays

<DH>  I think it would be interestign to get to gether and try to do a round-robin poem

<DH>  one dragon starts and then each contributres a line in order down the list and around till  we have to 

  stop :>

[21:28] * Myreth wanders back over to Carlton and curls up on her pillow..

[21:28] <Quelonzia> oOo! That sounds like FUN!! :)

[21:28] <Icewing> lemme at it

<DH> http://www.ilhawaii.net/~dh/poetry.html

[21:28] <Myreth> Ooo!!! that's soundss great fun

[21:28] <Myreth> !

[21:28] <Thanatos_BlackFire> DH- Have you seen Lord Cobalt's Round Dragon Story?

[21:28] <Havoc_TR> or onward we write, until we must drop/

[21:28] <Myreth> ooops

[21:28] <Myreth> insert a "like"

[21:28] * Snarlgard would like to join in, what time?

<DH> nope :>

[21:29] <Dragondazd> at least they didn't leave with +m on

[21:29] <Thanatos_BlackFire> it's on his homepage- ask him about it!

[21:29] <Gilraen> me grins

[21:29] *** ChanServ sets mode: +o DH

<DH> ok :>

[21:29] *** ChanServ sets mode: +o Solitaire

[21:29] <Ma`khiir> Welcome to burpnet

[21:29] <Dragondazd> re's

[21:29] <Myreth> ack!

[21:29] * Quelonzia chuckles

[21:29] <Myreth> I'm gonna get booted for not identifying

[21:29] <Myreth> :(

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[21:30] * Solitaire rehuggles Merina

[21:30] * Ma`khiir nods and smiles.

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[21:30] <Gilraen> sounds like fun DH

[21:30] <SilvaLeah> *sigh*

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[21:30] <Thanatos_BlackFire> Thaks DH

[21:30] <Thanatos_BlackFire> bye all

<DH> ok email me at dragonheart@dalnet during the week with tiems you cna be there

[21:30] * Thanatos_BlackFire spreads all 4 wings and leaps into the air

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<DH>  and I'll post a tiem inthe  channel topic

<DH>  and in afd adn replies

[21:31] *** SilvaLeah is now known as Myreth

<DH>  and are we ready to start round 2?

[21:31] * Quelonzia pulls on her boxing gloves (???)

[21:31] <Myreth> sure thing!

[21:31] <Myreth> Quel! hehehe

[21:32] * Solitaire grabs his drink and a snack, then settles back by the channel switches.

<DH>  ok

[21:32] * Gilraen giggles

[21:32] * Carlton grins. Guess these poems are going to be a knockout..

[21:32] <Havoc_TR> dingdingding.. in this conah, the champeen of the prismed mist..

* DH flashes the lights

[21:32] * Quelonzia giggles

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<DH>  time to fill your platters and grab yoru flagons and get back to yoru seats round two is about to start 

  :>

[21:32] <Talaranth> just in time =)

[21:33] * Quelonzia bouncies back to her ledge, dragonflagon under one wing, Kai under the other <WG>

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[21:33] * Icewing finishes her second flagon just at that instant and sits in a chair REAL quick.

[21:33] * Kaijima has been bouncied.

[21:33] * Gilraen curls up next to her brother again

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[21:33] * Solitaire smiles down at Gil

[21:33] <Gilraen> :)

<DH>  to start off round 2 we have our poetraptor up again - is this one of your sonnets HTR?

[21:34] <Talaranth> uh-on

[21:34] <Havoc_TR> Nope.

<DH>  its titled Prayer

[21:34] * Icewing holds her breath

[21:34] <Talaranth> not uh-on that, don't worry

[21:34] *** DH sets mode: +v Havoc_TR

[21:34] * Havoc_TR wanders up..



[21:34] <Havoc_TR> Dragon Prayer

[21:34] <Havoc_TR> .

[21:34] <Havoc_TR> Great Sairys, Ruler in the East

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> Of dragons soaring in the dawn

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> The golden light of faith and hope

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> That cheers us when the night is gone

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> Please see me from your gardens fair

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> And lend the wondrous power of Air

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> .

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> Great Fafnir, Ruler in the South

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> Of dragons of the warmth of life

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> The ruddy cheerful glow of strength

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> That bears us up in worldly strife

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> For Good to which I dare aspire

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> Please breathe on me your cleansing Fire

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> .

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> Great Naelyan, Ruler in the West

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> Of dragons of the restless sea

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> The blue light of the world of dreams

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> Of visions of the world to be

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> Please let the power of Water flow

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> To feed a blessing, make it grow

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> .

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> Great Grael, Ruler in the North

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> Of dragons of the solid earth

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> The white light come to shine on me

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> And purify my little worth

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> The strength of Earth beneath my feet

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> Please send to make the four complete

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> .

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> Earth and Fire, Water, Air,

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> Stone and light and sea and sky

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> I call on you to ward my friends

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> Because they need you more than I

[21:35] <Havoc_TR> But if there still is something left

[21:36] <Havoc_TR> When you have done these other things

[21:36] <Havoc_TR> Come live, so welcome, in my home

[21:36] <Havoc_TR> And shelter me beneath your wings.

[21:36] <Havoc_TR> .

[21:36] <Havoc_TR> end



[21:36] <Solitaire> Fantastic Havoc!  Bravo!

[21:36] * Gilraen applauds 

[21:36] <Gilraen> beautifu;

[21:36] * Snarlgard can only applaud in wonder

[21:36] <Myreth> wooo!!

<DH> now that is a prayer I can agree with :>

[21:36] <Gilraen> beautiful rather

[21:36] <Myreth> lovely :)

<DH>  well done and many thanks HTR

[21:36] * Quelonzia bows her head, and adds her silent *amen* and then POUNCES Havoc, grinning widely BRAVO!

[21:36] * Talaranth applauds Havoc_TR so much her talons actually burst into flame.

[21:36] * Icewing shoves Tal's talons into water

[21:37] * Kaijima applauds Havoc :)

[21:37] * Ma`khiir hugs Quel, and applauds HAvoc

<DH> are going to have to get you asbestos talon wraps  talaranth?

[21:37] <Havoc_TR> Fire is one of the elements.. but not for talons...

[21:37] * Neuromancer_ applauds wildly..

[21:37] <Talaranth> I think they'll hold up ok =)

[21:37] <Ma`khiir> "She's just highly talonted

[21:37] <Talaranth> aarrrggghhh!

[21:37] <Quelonzia> LOL!

[21:37] <Gilraen> groan

[21:37] * Talaranth snicks her talons under Ma`Khiir's nose!

[21:37] <Dragondazd> ::cringe::

[21:38] * Dragondazd hides from bad pun

[21:38] <Ma`khiir> Ok, I'll quit!

[21:38] * Icewing claps

[21:38] <Icewing> and claps

[21:38] <Dragondazd> heehee

[21:38] <Icewing> and claps

[21:38] <Icewing> etc

[21:38] * Quelonzia grins at her son, and hugs him, bad puns and all <G>

[21:38] * Ma`khiir grins at Quel, and hugs her.

[21:39] <Havoc_TR> "bad" pun?  What's that?  :)

[21:39] <Solitaire> Is there such a thing as a GOOD pun?

<DH>  ok next up is our dear freind Gilraen with an untitled poem

[21:39] <Icewing> Havoc: oh, you punny raptor

[21:39] <Quelonzia> *giggles* True, as Athe would say... "There is no such thing as a BAD pun" <G>

[21:39] *** DH sets mode: +v Gilraen

* DH calls Gilraen up to read

<DH>  before the puns get any worse



[21:40] <Gilraen> The moon high above me urges my feet to fly

[21:40] <Gilraen> as I race silently through the forest 

[21:40] <Gilraen> My hair flows free behind me 

[21:40] <Gilraen> Hope and a little fear pounding in my breast

[21:40] <Gilraen> My gown rustles gently when I pause

[21:40] <Gilraen> .

[21:40] <Gilraen> I come near the edge of a glade and stand still as stone

[21:40] <Gilraen> I know he will comes here it is his home

[21:40] <Gilraen> He calls to me in my mind 

[21:40] <Gilraen> I have searched for him far into the darkened night 

[21:40] <Gilraen> Hoping to catch but a glimpse of that silver lupine form

[21:40] <Gilraen> .

[21:40] <Gilraen> I felt drawn here to this clearing but why I do not know

[21:40] <Gilraen> Something tells me there is more to this than I have heard told

[21:40] <Gilraen> I feel his presence in my mind

[21:40] <Gilraen> Turning slowly 'round my breath catches in my throat  

[21:40] <Gilraen> For there stands a silver wolf behind me

[21:40] <Gilraen> His ears pitch forward as his eyes meet mine

[21:40] <Gilraen> I reach out my hand slowly 

[21:40] <Gilraen> His nose was cool against my palm

[21:40] <Gilraen> .

[21:40] <Gilraen> He steps into the clearing and lifts his head 

[21:40] <Gilraen> One long howl echoes from deep in his throat

[21:40] <Gilraen> Then he turns his head and looks back 

[21:41] <Gilraen> I feel as if he is calling to me

[21:41] <Gilraen> .

[21:41] <Gilraen> I step into the glade

[21:41] <Gilraen> I see him rise on his hind legs 

[21:41] <Gilraen> the moons glow reflecting off his silver hide 

[21:41] <Gilraen> I shield my eyes from the bright light

[21:41] <Gilraen> When I look again there stands a man 'ere was naught but a wolf before

[21:41] <Gilraen> .

[21:41] <Gilraen> He is tall and handsome and his eyes glow with a feral light

[21:41] <Gilraen> With one hand he beckons to me

[21:41] <Gilraen> I hear him say "come to me my love." 

[21:41] <Gilraen> yet his lips never moved

[21:41] <Gilraen> Stepping closer I place my trembling hand in his 

[21:41] <Gilraen> Brown eyes met silver and suddenly I understood

[21:41] <Gilraen> He had come here for me

[21:41] <Gilraen> It was if the shields of time had been lifted from my mind

[21:41] <Gilraen> .

[21:41] <Gilraen> We were meant to be together

[21:41] <Gilraen> bound by our destiny 

[21:41] <Gilraen> Two sprits of the night 

[21:41] <Gilraen> Eyes aglow with a feral light

[21:41] <Gilraen> When dawn reaches her fingers towards the sky

[21:41] <Gilraen> we disappear 

[21:41] <Gilraen> only to return 

[21:41] <Gilraen> Two magical beings in the full moonlight

[21:41] <Gilraen> *end*



[21:42] * Solitaire smiles at Gil. "Excellent, sister. Truly wonderful!

[21:42] <Myreth> another lovely one Gil!! :)

[21:42] * Gilraen smiles

[21:42] * Havoc_TR likes this very much. (applause!)

[21:42] * Quelonzia gasps and hugs Gilraen tightly. That was excellent! :)

[21:42] * Snarlgard applauds quietly

[21:42] <Ma`khiir> Well-wrought, well done.

[21:42] * Myreth *applauds*

[21:42] * Talaranth applauds even more, but this time her talons don't burst into flame, because they're 

  coated with ice.

[21:42] * Ma`khiir applauds.

[21:42] <Quelonzia> Nice *touch*, Tal <G>

<DH> a vrey nice touch

[21:43] <Gilraen> Good idea Tal:)

[21:43] * Talaranth -has- to get the log, but may just edit all ou bad punners out ;)

[21:43] <Icewing> Gilraen: OOOOH! love it!

[21:43] * Icewing loves Loves LOVES THAT POEM!!

[21:43] <Carlton> If you edit out all the bad punners, you'd have noone left!

[21:43] <Quelonzia> Is your poetry up on a web site, Gil? :)

<DH> very sweet gil keep up the good work :>

[21:43] <Gilraen> no

<DH> shame on you  girl put iot up :>

[21:44] <Gilraen> thanks DH

[21:44] <Dragondazd> or was that no such thing as a _good_ pun?

[21:44] * Talaranth thinks if she edited the bad punners out she'd delete herself too =)

[21:44] <Gilraen> I am working on a website

[21:44] <Quelonzia> Yayyy!! :)

<DH> good  :>

[21:44] <Icewing> what happens after this round?

[21:44] <Talaranth> maye we all go to slep =)

[21:44] <Carlton> Icewing: We return to our corners.

[21:44] <Ma`khiir> The insane people like me go to sleep. 

[21:45] <Gilraen> Icewing : we all go home and sleep

<DH>  ok our next poem  is snarlgard's second of the night

<DH>  please  welcome  him back with Memories

[21:45] * Snarlgard nods and adjusts his reading glasses



[21:45] <Snarlgard> Fading Memories

[21:45] <Snarlgard> Deep within the space of time

[21:45] <Snarlgard> a land long gone, lost forever

[21:46] <Snarlgard> My strength and might were no match

[21:46] <Snarlgard> for the whimsy of fate gone wrong

[21:46] <Snarlgard> I couldn't fight the turning tide

[21:46] <Snarlgard> Nor the wild winds the blew

[21:46] <Snarlgard> I stood as if frozen in some swirling vortex

[21:46] <Snarlgard> The echo of words down some hollow corridor

[21:46] <Snarlgard> Came to my ears but not to my heart or mind

[21:46] <Snarlgard> A roar of disbelief from my throat erupted

[21:46] <Snarlgard> A scream of pain from my body, crumpling

[21:46] <Snarlgard> Gone, they can't be gone

[21:46] <Snarlgard> My whole being, my life, my very soul

[21:46] <Snarlgard> Gone, they can't be gone

[21:46] <Snarlgard> My anger lashed the universe

[21:46] <Snarlgard> My fury knew no bounds

[21:46] <Snarlgard> Revenge was what my soul demanded

[21:46] <Snarlgard> No pity in my heart

[21:46] <Snarlgard> Yet there was no going back

[21:46] <Snarlgard> I could not turn the hands of time

[21:46] <Snarlgard> As if some giant hand had plucked me down to hell

[21:46] <Snarlgard> Pacing past the monster's cage

[21:46] <Snarlgard> I glare in hatred, my eye's burn red

[21:46] <Snarlgard> To have taken so carelessly

[21:46] <Snarlgard> What I cherished most

[21:46] <Snarlgard> Now alone, wrapped in thoughtless meandering

[21:46] <Snarlgard> I wandered through the lands 

[21:46] <Snarlgard> Seeking what I'd lost

[21:46] <Snarlgard> Knowing they were gone for good

[21:46] <Snarlgard> But looking none the less

[21:46] <Snarlgard> I hear a sound of gentle laughter

[21:46] <Snarlgard> Turning quickly do I seek

[21:47] <Snarlgard> Only to see the laughing face of a stranger

[21:47] <Snarlgard> Not the one I  seek

[21:47] <Snarlgard> I hear a swing and children's laughter

[21:47] <Snarlgard> Turning quickly do I seek

[21:47] <Snarlgard> Only to see  little stranger's

[21:47] <Snarlgard> Not the one's I seek

[21:47] <Snarlgard> Knowing all that's left are worn out pictures

[21:47] <Snarlgard> And fading memories striving to stay alive

[21:47] <Snarlgard> Ending



[21:47] * Snarlgard sits quietly back down

<DH> sad but very strong

[21:47] * Havoc_TR applauds!

[21:47] * Ma`khiir merely whispers "my god" and turns his head to weep privately.

[21:47] <Myreth> :)))))

[21:47] * Quelonzia sniffles and hugs Snarlgard tightly, quietly applauding

[21:47] * Solitaire breathes softly... Wow...

[21:47] * Icewing SHOVES ASBESTOS COVERS ON tAL'S TALONS BEFRE SHE CLAPS

[21:47] <Myreth> wow...

[21:47] * Talaranth is too stunned to applaud, so stares at Snarlgard for a long time.

[21:47] * Gilraen wipes tears from her eyes and applauds

[21:48] * Icewing also hates Capslock

[21:48] * Myreth giggles at Icewing

<DH> nothing can replace the memories of what is lost -

[21:48] * Icewing claps and claps and claps and claps and claps

<DH> but time can bring new futures and new memories - of joys anew

[21:48] * Snarlgard nods with a quiet sigh

[21:48] * Talaranth absently shoves the covers on _Ice_'s talons.

[21:48] <Quelonzia> but one cannot help but seek *gentlesmile*

<DH> no they can't

[21:49] <Icewing> My talons aren't flammable...

[21:49] <Snarlgard> one goes on or so I hear but still looks

[21:49] * Talaranth blinks a few times. "Can't what? Oh. No." and sighs. "You can't."

[21:49] <Ma`khiir> And in the seeking, one glorifies the memories of that which is lost.

[21:50] <Quelonzia> And so they are never really "lost", are they? :)

[21:50] * Ma`khiir snugs his mom.

[21:50] <Snarlgard> never to your heart }:>

<DH>  no you have them always in your heart

[21:50] * Quelonzia snugs everyone, just cuz :)

<DH>  and having them helps to enlarge it so there will be room  for more in time

[21:51] * Gilraen smiles

<DH>  on that note lets move on 

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<DH> ok next up is  talaranth who will give her talons a rest by reading Black Water

[21:51] <Thanatos_BlackFire> hello again

[21:51] <Quelonzia> *giggles*

[21:51] * Talaranth gets up, goes to the front, and curls her tail about her foreclaws. And

[21:51] <Talaranth> clears her throat.

<DH> greetings thanastos



[21:51] <Talaranth> _____BLACK WATER_____

[21:51] <Talaranth> Words echo dimly

[21:51] <Talaranth> As still-cold messengers

[21:51] <Talaranth> Echoes of silence

[21:51] <Talaranth> Of dim waves unanswered by fear

[21:52] <Talaranth> Return and returning

[21:52] <Talaranth> Endless and ending

[21:52] <Talaranth> Creeping closer year after year.

[21:52] <Talaranth> Cold are the dreams of the songbirds among the dark rushes.

[21:52] <Talaranth> Slow is the swirl of the water, dark steam on the swamp.

[21:52] <Talaranth> __

[21:52] <Talaranth> Wings whisper endings

[21:52] <Talaranth> Of searching and hopelessness

[21:52] <Talaranth> Voices of searchers

[21:52] <Talaranth> Who answered their call long ago

[21:52] <Talaranth> Darklight and shadow

[21:52] <Talaranth> Midnight atonal

[21:52] <Talaranth> Saying it should not be so.

[21:52] <Talaranth> Black is the slow cirling whirlpool where the stink of death lies.

[21:52] <Talaranth> Deep is the dark thick water, death's hand on the swamp.

[21:52] <Talaranth> __________________

[21:52] *** Solitaire sets mode: -miv Talaranth

[21:53] * Havoc_TR applauds, shivers a little..

[21:53] * Quelonzia borrows Tal's icegloves and applauds loud and long ;)

[21:53] <Solitaire> Good...  I really like it

[21:53] * Snarlgard applauds quietly

[21:53] * Myreth *applauds* with a smile

[21:53] * Gilraen applauds

[21:53] <Thanatos_BlackFire> I liked it



[21:54] * Talaranth smiles and hopes she didn't scare anyone too much, first a poem about loss and then a 

  scary poem, hope someone has something lighter coming up ;)

<DH> somber  but  a good poem 

<DH>  oh I think so :>

<DH>  our next poem is another of Quelonzia's

<DH>  this one is called High Wire

[21:55] * Quelonzia steps up and begins to quietly read....



[21:55] <Quelonzia> The High Wire

[21:55] <Quelonzia> It is a fine line

[21:56] <Quelonzia> we balance upon...

[21:56] <Quelonzia> between Order, 

[21:56] <Quelonzia> and Chaos.

[21:56] <Quelonzia> The balance beam

[21:56] <Quelonzia> that we hold...

[21:56] <Quelonzia> is based upon

[21:56] <Quelonzia> the way we chose

[21:56] <Quelonzia> to live.

[21:56] <Quelonzia> The steadiness

[21:56] <Quelonzia> of our gait...

[21:56] <Quelonzia> is our knowledge, 

[21:56] <Quelonzia> and understanding,

[21:56] <Quelonzia> of the Forces 

[21:56] <Quelonzia> that shape us.

[21:56] <Quelonzia> And our Final

[21:56] <Quelonzia> Stage...

[21:56] <Quelonzia> the culmination

[21:56] <Quelonzia> of our Act.

[21:56] <Quelonzia> © 1997 Quelonzia/Terry Dean



[21:56] * Gilraen applauds

[21:56] <Thanatos_BlackFire> Different...

[21:56] * Gilraen huggles all goodnight

[21:56] * Quelonzia bouncies back to her seat

[21:56] <Icewing> hang on, client throwing a tantrum

[21:56] * Solitaire smiles at Quel. "Very good!

[21:56] * Havoc_TR applauds warmly.

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[21:57] <Thanatos_BlackFire> Good, a new outlook... food for thought

[21:57] <Myreth> woo! nice Quel! *clapping* :)

[21:57] * Snarlgard applauds, so very true

<DH> lovely poem Quel

[21:57] * Quelonzia grins and thanks all :)

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[21:57] * Ma`khiir pouncehuggles his mother. :)  *grin*  I like!!

[21:57] * Talaranth breathes ice on her talons and claps until all of it has melted. Yes, very true.

<DH>  our next poem  is called sunsets and is my Quel's son - Ma`khir

* DH calls Ma`khir up

<DH>  your turn

[21:59] * Ma`khiir closes his eyes and walks to the stage

[21:59] <Ma`khiir> I can not speak this one, as songs have not a purpose save to be sung, so singing I speak 

   the words of my heart....

[22:00] * Ma`khiir sings in a clear tenor, sotly.,...



[22:00] <Ma`khiir> I listen to the winds tha t blow

[22:01] <Ma`khiir> as the sun sinks down over the sea

[22:01] <Ma`khiir> I hear the waves calling my name

[22:01] <Ma`khiir> as the wild winds wait there for me,

[22:01] <Ma`khiir> where the sun sinks down over the sea.

[22:01] <Ma`khiir> ANd I hear the song,

[22:01] <Ma`khiir> that the waves bring on

[22:02] <Ma`khiir> as the sun sinks down over the sea,

[22:02] <Ma`khiir> though darkness lies waiting for me

[22:02] <Ma`khiir> the starlight must also there be...

[22:02] <Ma`khiir> So I spread my wings, and the wind now sings,

[22:03] <Ma`khiir> where the sun sinks down over the sea,

[22:03] <Ma`khiir> going whispering across me,

[22:03] <Ma`khiir> in nature's bright tapestry.

[22:03] <Ma`khiir> Can I grasp the song,

[22:03] <Ma`khiir> that twines days along?

[22:04] <Ma`khiir> Where the sun sinks down over t the sea?

[22:04] <Ma`khiir> And the wildflowers wait there for me,

[22:04] <Ma`khiir> like wlightning, so wild and so free.

[22:04] <Ma`khiir> And dancing then, there and back again,

[22:05] <Ma`khiir> Shall my heart ever know the song,

[22:05] <Ma`khiir> "That bring sthe winds along?

[22:05] <Ma`khiir> And echoes through my heart so strong?

[22:05] <Ma`khiir> So hear I now, the soft-spoke vow,

[22:05] <Ma`khiir> where the sun sinks down over the sea,

[22:06] <Ma`khiir> A promise made to you and me,

[22:06] <Ma`khiir> "Of things  that must now be,

[22:06] <Ma`khiir> Like shadows and mystery

[22:06] <Ma`khiir> In the starlight s song, 

[22:06] <Ma`khiir> where th night goes on,

[22:07] <Ma`khiir> shall I ever see sunlight again?

[22:07] <Ma`khiir> even if comes the pouring rain,

[22:07] <Ma`khiir> SO comes the breaking dawn...

[22:08] <Ma`khiir> ---end----



[22:08] <Talaranth> That was beautiful... I could... hear it!

[22:08] * Ma`khiir apologizes for his typoes... as he is having problems with his client, and the poem took 

  off with him in the middle anyway.

[22:08] * Havoc_TR applauds. Beautiful. :)

[22:08] * Quelonzia hugs Ma`khiir tightly as she dreamily comes down from flying through his song :)

[22:08] <Solitaire> Tis wonderful, Ma`khiir

[22:08] * Snarlgard nods and applauds

[22:08] <Icewing> Ma'khiir: Client probs eh? I've been there.

<DH>  no problem  poems that fly on the their own are always welcome

[22:08] * Myreth *applauds* quietly.. you have a lovely voice MA'khiir :)

[22:09] <Myreth> re's SD ;)

[22:09] * Shadow-Dancer applaauds, thanks to a real-time relay (Danke, Sol!)

[22:09] * Solitaire grins to SD

<DH>  next up is Icewing with her second poem  for us tonight :>

[22:10] <Ma`khiir> And now to night, this soul must fly, into the solemn and stygian sky... and unto the 

   world he must travel on, for swiftly does come the soft-breaking dawn.

<DH>  theins one is called  Heart of stone

[22:10] * Icewing walks up to the podium

* DH calls Icewing up



[22:10] <Icewing> Heart of Stone

[22:10] <Icewing> The fighter was strong

[22:10] <Icewing> and he was cunning

[22:11] <Icewing> He held a sword of steel;

[22:11] <Icewing> But he had a horrible flaw;

[22:11] <Icewing> He was cruel and could not feel;

[22:11] <Icewing> ~

[22:11] <Icewing> He could not feel the pain of others

[22:11] <Icewing> He was deaf to others' cries

[22:12] <Icewing> But his soldiers saw him as a hero

[22:12] <Icewing> Cried his valiance to the skies;

[22:12] <Icewing> ~

[22:12] <Icewing> But if--oh, if--they could but see

[22:12] <Icewing> The evil he had sown

[22:13] <Icewing> The pain and sadness caused by the deeds

[22:13] <Icewing> Of his heart of stone.

[22:13] <Icewing> ~Finis~



[22:13] * Quelonzia applauds and hugs Icewing. Very nice! :)

[22:13] * Havoc_TR applauds. :)

[22:14] * Solitaire grins and applauds

[22:14] * Talaranth stares at Icewing for a moment, then slowly begins applauding, softly at first but then 

  so loud anyone with hearing oure sensitive than hers would wince.

[22:14] * Snarlgard applauds quietly

[22:14] * Thanatos_BlackFire applauds

[22:14] <Icewing> Thank you, thank you :)

[22:14] <Thanatos_BlackFire> hey DH, could you add me to the list for next week please??

[22:14] * Myreth *applauds loudly!*

<DH> I think I've known a few fighters like that

[22:15] <Thanatos_BlackFire> great poem Ice!!

[22:15] <Thanatos_BlackFire> I've know a lot.

[22:15] <Icewing> Thank you

<DH>  sure thanatos - but I never make up the list til that day :>

[22:15] <Thanatos_BlackFire> ok. whatever...

[22:15] <Thanatos_BlackFire> next mon, 7:30 PDT right?

<DH> next sunday - us time :>

[22:16] <Talaranth> 7:30 again?

<DH> yep

[22:16] <Talaranth> If I can, I'll be there.

<DH>  same dwaggie tieme smae dwaggie channel :>

[22:16] <Quelonzia> *giggles*

[22:16] <Myreth> hehehe

[22:16] <Thanatos_BlackFire> yeah, my watch just turned, threw me off.

<DH>  ok our next poem si by Avan

[22:17] *** Thanatos_BlackFire has quit IRC (Leaving)

<DH>  he had to leave but he left it with me to read when the time came



<DH>  this  is called lines in the sand

<DH>   <Avan_the_Rockeater> A newborn leaf 

<DH>   <Avan_the_Rockeater> flits through the door.

<DH>   <Avan_the_Rockeater> So emerald green,

<DH>   <Avan_the_Rockeater> it lands on my floor.

<DH>   <Avan_the_Rockeater> The leaf has stories

<DH>   <Avan_the_Rockeater> that it can tell,

<DH>   <Avan_the_Rockeater> 	  orange, yellow, red,

<DH>   <Avan_the_Rockeater> 	    like burning

<DH>   <Avan_the_Rockeater> 	      flowers in the 

<DH>   <Avan_the_Rockeater> 		fields and meadows

<DH>   <Avan_the_Rockeater> 		  of the sun.

<DH>   <Avan_the_Rockeater> But I will remember.

<DH>   <Avan_the_Rockeater> of seasons' glories,

<DH>   <Avan_the_Rockeater> and of how trees fell.

<DH>   <Avan_the_Rockeater> But now the leaf is

<DH>   <Avan_the_Rockeater> 	turning

<DH> end



[22:19] <Solitaire> Bravos for Avan!

[22:19] <Quelonzia> A bit hard to read, but well worth the effort, DH <G> ;) Send him a *hug* and applause <G>

[22:19] * Havoc_TR applauds!

[22:19] * Shadow-Dancer applauds

[22:19] * Carlton applauds.

[22:19] * Snarlgard applauds

[22:19] * Talaranth hopes that Avan will see the log and see that she *applauded*! That's a poem you could 

  look at for a long time, you know that?

<DH> just put it here and he'll get it withthe logs :>

[22:20] <Talaranth> BTW where were the logs again?

[22:20] * Myreth will have to remember to applaud Avan when we next meet again... :)

<DH>  logs of all the readings are available at:  http://www.ilhawaii.net/~dh/poetry.html

[22:20] <Quelonzia> http://www.ilhawaii.net/~dh/Poetry.html

[22:21] <Quelonzia> case sensitive, DH?? <G>

<DH> thanks quel :>

[22:21] <Talaranth> thanks!!!!!

<DH>  and since yoru up :>

<DH>  its tiem for yoru third poem of the evening

[22:21] <Quelonzia> I am? *realeases her hold on the ceiling* AHA!! So I am! ;)

<DH>  this should be  We are the dragon

[22:22] * Quelonzia grins and settles on the podium ;P



[22:22] <Quelonzia>    We Are The Dragon

[22:22] <Quelonzia> I glide across your racial memory

[22:22] <Quelonzia> Leaving a scent of ether and jasmine

[22:22] <Quelonzia> And if you look quickly past your soul

[22:22] <Quelonzia> You'll catch me laughing as I wing

[22:22] <Quelonzia> Up past the Windships of your mind

[22:22] <Quelonzia> Hard, prismatic colours glisten

[22:22] <Quelonzia> And a taste of my fierce hearts

[22:22] <Quelonzia> Beat in rhythm to your swaying

[22:22] <Quelonzia> Take one last taste, mortal

[22:22] <Quelonzia> Try to follow within my wake

[22:22] <Quelonzia> And you may just catch the gleam

[22:22] <Quelonzia> Of my fierce smile as I look back

[22:22] <Quelonzia> Wingtip encouraging you to embark

[22:22] <Quelonzia> Upon the Way of the Dragon

[22:22] <Quelonzia> For if I am all that you have made me

[22:22] <Quelonzia> So too are you all that I have made you

[22:22] <Quelonzia> And we are the Dragon

[22:22] <Quelonzia> © 1997 Quelonzia/Terry Dean



[22:23] <Solitaire> Beautiful Quel!

[22:23] * Quelonzia grins and bouncies back to her seat (not the ceiling ;P)

[22:23] * Icewing doesn't clap, she faints.

[22:23] * Solitaire huggles Quel

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<DH> lovely poem hun

[22:23] * Havoc_TR applauds. Applauds. Did I mention I applaud?

[22:23] * Shadow-Dancer apllauds loudly

[22:23] * Myreth *hugggs* Quel! Lovely!!!

[22:23] * Snarlgard applauds smiling, very very nice

[22:23] <Quelonzia> *giggles*

[22:23] * Icewing wakes up and claps

[22:24] * Talaranth applauds and applauds some more and.........

<DH> hmmmmmm your awake ice?

[22:24] <Icewing> DH Yup

<DH>  well in that case you can read yoru tird one too

<DH>  this is .Stone Memory

[22:25] * Icewing bounces up to the podium



[22:26] <Icewing> o::Stone Memory::o

[22:26] <Icewing> It had been a long day

[22:27] <Icewing> As I trekked to find the petroglyphs

[22:27] <Icewing> Ancient stone memories

[22:27] <Icewing> ~

[22:27] <Icewing> And resting under an overhang

[22:27] <Icewing> I knew I had to push on.

[22:28] <Icewing> And then, rounding a turn...

[22:28] <Icewing> ~

[22:28] <Icewing> There they were, in all their splendor

[22:28] <Icewing> Inscribed apon the stone

[22:28] <Icewing> Painted by some ancient hand

[22:28] <Icewing> Long since turned to dust

[22:28] <Icewing> ~

[22:28] <Icewing> Tracing them with my fingers

[22:29] <Icewing> A story comes

[22:29] <Icewing> ~

[22:29] <Icewing> Of Kokopelli, and hunters.

[22:29] <Icewing> And panthers, and eternity.

[22:29] <Icewing> And I see before my eyes

[22:29] <Icewing> And feel beneath my hands

[22:29] <Icewing> Stone memory.

[22:30] <Icewing> ~Finis~



[22:30] <Talaranth> Wonderful, Ice!!!

[22:30] <Solitaire> Wonderful!

[22:30] * Talaranth applauds, but she forgot the ice coat this time.

[22:31] * Snarlgard applauds

[22:31] * Quelonzia whirls Icewing around, and then applauds :)

<DH> lovely :>

[22:31] * Havoc_TR applauds! :)

<DH>  as a geodragon I definitely appreciate that oen :>

[22:31] <Myreth> woo!!! *Clapclapclapclap!*

[22:32] <Icewing> Thanks

[22:32] <Icewing> It's about the time I climbed South Mountain, looking for petroglyphs...

[22:33] <Quelonzia> Kewl!!

[22:33] <Icewing> My family and I were resting under a nice little overhang, but I went ahead and found 'em

[22:33] <Myreth> :)!

<DH>  nice  job  - got some nice photos of some hawaiian petroglyphs :>

<DH>  and now befere we end withthe last poem of the night Solitair has something to lighten the mood even 

  more :>

<DH> sol?

[22:34] <Solitaire> I just got this on a mailing list and I could not resist playing it in here for you...



[22:35] <Solitaire> for you and Eve to begin the process of populating the earth 

[22:35] <Solitaire> so I  want you to kiss her."  Adam answered, "Yes Lord, but 

[22:35] <Solitaire> what is a  'kiss?'"  So the Lord gave a brief description to 

[22:35] <Solitaire> Adam who took Eve by the hand and took her to a nearby bush.  

[22:35] <Solitaire> .

[22:35] <Solitaire> A few minutes later, Adam emerged and said, "Thank you 

[22:35] <Solitaire> Lord, that was enjoyable."  

[22:35] <Solitaire> .

[22:35] <Solitaire> And the Lord replied, "Yes Adam, I thought you might enjoy 

[22:35] <Solitaire> that and now I'd like you to caress Eve."  And Adam said, 

[22:35] <Solitaire> "What is a 'caress?'"  So the Lord again gave Adam a brief 

[22:35] <Solitaire> description and Adam went behind the bush with Eve.  

[22:35] <Solitaire> .

[22:35] <Solitaire> Quite a few minutes later, Adam returned, smiling, and said, 

[22:35] <Solitaire> "Lord, that was even better than the kiss."  And the Lord said, 

[22:35] <Solitaire> "You've done well Adam.  And now I want you to make love to 

[22:35] <Solitaire> Eve."  And Adam asked, "What is 'make love' Lord?'"  So the 

[22:35] <Solitaire> Lord again gave Adam directions and Adam went again to 

[22:35] <Solitaire> Eve behind the bush, but this time he reappeared in 

[22:35] <Solitaire> two seconds.  

[22:35] <Solitaire> .

[22:35] <Solitaire> And Adam said, "Lord, what is a 'headache?'"



[22:35] * Shadow-Dancer pegs his ROTFL-o-meter

<DH> ROTFL

[22:35] <Quelonzia> RITHL!!!!!

[22:35] <Myreth> HAHAHAHA!!!! 

[22:36] * Solitaire grins

[22:36] * Myreth falls over laughing!

[22:36] * Snarlgard starts laughing

[22:36] * Havoc_TR has trouble typing..

<DH> thanks Sol :>

[22:37] * Talaranth has to 

[22:37] * Talaranth is so lagged she can hardly type

[22:37] <Quelonzia> Laughing that hard, huh, Tal? <WG>

<DH>  and now to sober you all up a little

[22:37] * Solitaire chuckles. "Was glad to do it...

<DH>  the last poem f the night is also and old one 

<DH> those of you who know some of what has happened to me this spring and summer may see soem renewed 

  significance

<DH> the others can simply enjoy it :>

<DH> > the teacher of my structural geolgy class wrote little poems on each test during the course

<DH> > which we all hated <G>

<DH> > so I wrote this poem on the back of the course final - using the terms from the class correctly - he 

  even gave me some extra credit for it <G>

<DH> >  I realize that there are prolly lots a terms there you don't really know but <G>



<DH> > ------------------ My Structure ----------------------------

<DH> > .

<DH> > I lie here recumbent -

<DH> > there is no fault in that.

<DH> > I was folding things

<DH> > when I reclined and knapped.

<DH> > I have my faults -

<DH> > some are seen clear as thru a window,

<DH> > while others are thrust under

<DH> > and a klippe must be used to see them.

<DH> > For now I will not change

<DH> > Although -

<DH> > I have been metamorphosed

<DH> > at least once to reach this grade.

<DH> > I remain a nonconformist -

<DH> > for while the stress is great

<DH> > the strain is small.

<DH> > _______________________________________________________________

<DH> > end <G>



[22:40] * Icewing claps, although she has no idea what it was about

[22:40] * Havoc_TR reflexures on this one.. shear genius!

[22:40] * Solitaire grins at DH

[22:40] <Quelonzia> WOOHOO! ;) *hugs DH tightly* Tempered metal, hon, tempered metal ;)

<DH> yep :>

[22:40] <Havoc_TR> I hope you don't think I'm a dip for saying that, or that I'm slipping..

[22:40] * Carlton bops Havoc. Nice poem, DH.

[22:40] * Snarlgard applauds

[22:40] <Myreth> :)

<DH>  no  but you strike right for the heart HTR

[22:41] <Havoc_TR> Why did you strike me, Carlton?  :)

[22:41] * Quelonzia giggles at Havoc ;P

[22:41] * Shadow-Dancer grins..and applauds..and grins...

[22:41] * Talaranth just go... er must

[22:41] <Myreth> *grin*

[22:41] * Talaranth huggles and applauds all

[22:41] <Havoc_TR> Hrmm.. I seam to have borne the Brunton of somebody's anger..

[22:41] <Havoc_TR> And on that vein, I think I'd better seek my bed.

<DH> ok with that we end this poetry reading see everyone nedt week at 7:30  pm PT on sunday :>

[22:41] <Myreth> and the puns keep flying...

[22:42] * Snarlgard nods and wishes one and all a peaceful sleep