The Fallen Knight

Collaborative Poems
16 Dec 2008

This was another collaboration poem with Jenn who runs the BeforeIAmFamous and Dragonfly Poems blogs.  We ran this poetry contest to start just by emailing each other a random poem line and then each of us would add to the poem one line at a time via email exchanges.  Never knowing what the other person would write, the poem took some interesting twists and turns before being completed.

This poem came out very well in my opinion, and if you like our collaborated work then check out Jenn’s sites in the links above.

The Fallen Knight

Shivering stars radiate over whispy snow
This frigid world was once aglow
Hands once soft now hardened
Face once smooth now weathered
eyes listless- waiting
Spotting movement from the corner of his eye
in silent reprieve

The moment is lost when his predator discovers him
Knees weak with archaic cold, fleeing
An arrow narrowly misses its mark whirring right past his ear, falling into the snow
Once the hunter now the hunted as he doubles his pace
The questions come amongst shivering evergreens why him?

He once was a man of honor A man who once questioned a wicked king and barely lives
Running, again thoughts of who he was intercede his vision
Would he make the same choice again if it meant living like this?
Then pain swells in his breast, cherry red drops fall like rain underneath the full moon

Praying for only a flesh wound the sight however holds no promise
collapsing into snowy mounds, staring up to the sky, coldness seeps into his bones
Time slows to a crawl and one last thought flickers in20his dying moment
her kiss that dissolved his honor, her kiss that he still longs for.

-Poem by @DragonBlogger and @SummerBreeze80

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WOOF Contest Winners for October 24th 2008

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27 Oct 2008

Congratulations to the WOOF Contest winners for October 24th 2008.  One of the stories “Is that a Dragon” was in my top pick and it made the winning list this week.  Look forward to next weeks submissions.

WOOF Contest – Top 5 Picks:

Poetry

Romeo – “The Natural World” – A short poem about nature and its beauty.

Jennifer M Scott – “Seeking Sun” – An avant garde poem about fall.

About Words / Writing

Kimota (Jonathan Crossfield) – “Time, Productivity and the Writer” – A look at how writing isn’t necessarily as quick to produce as many outsiders believe. Taking three hours to produce 100 words might seem odd, but is perfectly legitimate to produce quality copy.

Fiction

Ferox – “Is that a Dragon?” – Things must be observed to exist. Otherwise, they can be anything.

~willow~ – “it’s all a matter of perspective…” – …where a young girl knocks a new perspective into an otherwise downcast boy on a bright autumn day…

Brought to you by PlotDog Press with the Serial Suspense “Intervention

Other WOOF Contestants for 10/24/08

Poetry

Chungyen Chang – “last night” – Memories from a survivor.

Mary Graziano – “Our Little Game” – My post is about child abuse that I went through growing up.

Penelope Anne Bartotto – “Equality” – An Acrostic poem on equality in the world today.

Dragon Blogger – “Cherish” – Appreciate the ones you love.

Dragon Blogger – “Breaking the Mold” – About a woman so perfect.

Dragon Blogger – “The Fork” – Playful poem about a simple dining fork.

Dragon Blogger – “The Chef – Part 1” – Poem written for my wife while she was in Culinary School.

exquisite corpse – “Halloween Magick” – A collabrative poem about Halloween.

About Words / Writing

Amritbir Kaur – “Brevity is the Soul of Wit” – This post is about the origin of the phrase ‘Brevity is the soul of wit’, the change in its meaning over the years and its implication. Read and enjoy!

Writing Nag – “Why I’ll Continue to Journal” – How journaling can benefit your daily writing habit. Includes a “found” poem on journaling.

Non-Fiction /Philosophy / Essay

Harneet Singh – “Have We Changed?” – We, as human beings are losing our humane qualities and moving backwards to being animals again. Let us analyse the situation a bit.

Justin Germino – “Why Does Life Have To Be So Hard” – Thoughts, Insights and Belief in Friendship.

Jennifer M Scott – “Edge of Equality” - A 100 word essay written for the 100 word challenge about equality and the need for war

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Other Great Poetry Blogs

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03 Oct 2008

You know there are many creative artists out there, and yes I think people who write poetry or any other writing are literary artists.  The poem is our oil painting on a canvas of digital medium.  I want to point out one poetry site in particular that inspired me to turn my poems into my own poetry blog.  This site is Dragonfly Poems, and they have a beautiful poem called “September” which I nominated for in the latest W.O.O.F. Contest.

Thank you for inspiring me to put my works into an online blog, I had written hundreds of writings, never showing them to anyone but my family of course, and I have decided to share them with the world.  (Not that I think that they are that good, but I just like sharing and getting peoples opinions).

I love reading other people’s poetry as well, and sometimes reading something else inspires me.  You never know what can strike inspiration, sometimes I write a poem about nothing, but most of my poetry has emotional inspiration.

This post is turned into a Social Spark Opportunity, I would be happy to check out and read some other poetry blogs out there if you would do the same for me, review one of my poems that you like, or dislike and write a post about it, I will review a like poem on your site and blog about it here.

Thank you my friends.

-Dragon Blogger

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