The Writings of Eruedraith

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(not me pictured)

The Writings of Eruedraith

I decided to create a poem thread for myself. I hadn't wrote a poem in quite some time, after leaving the old Plaza, but the new Plaza has given me a great amount of nostalgia, which has reignited my muse. Feel free to leave me messages or random ideas for poems, and enjoy your stay.


My most recent poem:

Chicken For Rent

The wind blew, the trees bent
The sign had read "Chicken For Rent"
"for rent?", whispered the gent
in a low, slow, foreign accent.

Through the door, and off the cement,
just inside of the shop he went.
There he found rows of shelves unbent,
Lining the walls, in a vast extent.

Down the rows, he did not relent,
as his feet did trot with an ascent.
Off came his hat, grasping its indent,
To the owner he tried to explain his intent.

"A chicken, your sign said you had for rent."
"Yes", the Shopman replied, "I do relent."
"Relent?", to the Shopman, said the gent in lament.
"To buy him from you, you will not prevent?"

The Shopman replied, "Only to an extent.
His price has gone up 'round thirty percent"
He saw no price there to misrepresent,
nor any other issues he needed to circumvent.

"There's one more thing", said he well-meant,
"He ain't got no Eggs." went the Shopmans augment.
"No Eggs?" muttered the gent, to this advent.
"What does he do?!" cried he with malcontent.

"'E's a chicken!", he replied to the gents discontent.
The gent asked "does he do something to supplement?"
The Shopman scratched his head, pondering his meant,
Switching tactics to disorient.

Wishing to salvage this sales event,
"Sometimes, in the dark, 'e glows iridescent."
To this the gent, he began to ferment
"Outrageous, preposterous, you misrepresent!"

The chicken, he bought, against his judgement.
Two shillings too much, he went and spent.
Back home, to live among his fowl and pheasant,
An unexpected chick, became his new, best present.
Characters: Eruedraith [Lorien Elf], Ar-Turic of Khand [Khandese Man], "Amber" Dan [Gondorian Pirate], Hrard Depthcleanser [Khazad Dwarve]

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@Nessa Saelind
In memory of your iron, which had served you faithfully and vigorously for six whole years.

Eternally Pressed

Where doth a dead iron go, when it doth die?
It goeth to be with the Great Iron in the sky.
Not to Hell or Heaven, where angels and demons fly
But to a sea of wrinkles, endlessly bunched awry.

It rides them smooth, from day into nigh.
It presses them thin, from low to high.
Great joy is had, so great they doth cry,
While its previous owner manages to get by.

Its water always full, its steam never sigh;
This was his paradise, he could not deny.
Like sand over hand, and water off thigh,
A land of dreams reflects off its iron eye.
Characters: Eruedraith [Lorien Elf], Ar-Turic of Khand [Khandese Man], "Amber" Dan [Gondorian Pirate], Hrard Depthcleanser [Khazad Dwarve]

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