It's the sixth roundup for the current round of Iron Poet! This round is now closed.

"My Sister" for druidspell. (Pantoum)
"Come Dancing" for wyld_dandelion. (Rhyming verse)
"Castleview" for angel_vixen. (Triolet)
"Your Voice" for muddlewait. (Triolet)
"A Human Heart" for myuki_chan. (Triolet)
"Plain Desires" for geojlc. (Rhyming verse)
"Wedding Plea" for azurelunatic. (Blank verse)
"Time" for tibicina. (Blank verse)
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It's the fifth roundup for the current round of Iron Poet! This round is now closed.

"For You" for betedanslecoeur. (Rhyming verse)
"Phantom Rose" for kidogirl. (Song form)
"Dreaming Australia" for rose_clover. (Free verse)
"Offerings" for beable. (Free verse)
"If You Let Me" for hsifyppah. (Song form)
"Bleeding" for deire. (Free verse)
"The Restless Dead" for patoadam. (Rondeau)
"Fairy Tale" for archangelbeth. ( Read more... )

It's the fourth roundup for the current round of Iron Poet! This round is now closed.

"Mermaid Heart" for flexor. (Modified grabbelton)
"When the Harvest's Done" for debmats. (Free verse)
"Parsonage" for sdelmonte. (Sonnet)
"All Who Speak" for resolute. (Free verse)
"Ownership" for gaaneden. (Free verse)
"Dragons" for k_crow. (Rhyming verse)
"Growing" for emsy. (Sonnet)
"Firefly" for coyotegoth. ( Read more... )

We walked through the mud to the sound of the cows ( Read more... )

It's the second roundup for the current round of Iron Poet! This round is OPEN, but will not remain so for very much longer, so if you wanted to drop a word group, please feel free to do so. (Following the rules on the post, naturally.)

The poems:

"She Was Good" for browngirl. Simple rhyming verse.
"The Bells of St. Wendy's for vixyish. Nursery rhyme.
"The ( Read more... )

It's the first roundup for the current round of Iron Poet! This round is OPEN, but will not remain so for very much longer, so if you wanted to drop a word group, please feel free to do so. (Following the rules on the post, naturally.)

The poems:

"Pumpkin Heart" for sheistheweather. Shakespearean sonnet.
"Liars" for kyleri. Free verse.
"Comforts Three" for rinioth. ( Read more... )

Today is a belated sponsorship HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the lovely Emily Dickinson, who has been dead for quite some time, but remains a major influence on modern poetry. In her own words ( Read more... )

The sea is well acquainted with the Golden Ratios ( Read more... )

This is the ballad of notalwaysweak,
Not always quiet, not always meek,
But brave and quite bold in a way quite unique
To the grace and the goodness of notalwaysweak.

This is the ballad of notalwaysweak,
Who sometimes may smile, who sometimes speak,
Who can brighten a day when the world seems bleak,
For there's kindness and caring in notalwaysweak.

This is the ballad of notalwaysweakThe comfort we find when we ( Read more... )

I would rather dance a tango ( Read more... )