Wheel of Rhyme

[curon he/him]

Inspired by Aspiring Archivists poetry thread I introduce to you the Wheel of Rhyme where we shall perpetually create poetry together two lines at a time. It's easiest if we rhyme our first line to the preceding second while providing the next rhyme in our second line and so on, but then there are no true beginnings in the wheel of rhyme so who knows what can happen? Either way, we need a beginning and I happily provide it here; in order to set the scene, I take the liberty of putting down four instead of two lines:

 

The source of every syllable

and every single thought up word

 

long forgotten, but have you heard?

They say, it stirred, some time ago:

 

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

So long ago, we hardly know

if everything fell up or down

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I don't know what this is, but I'm gonna go with it.

 

[curon he/him]

18 hours ago, The Aspiring Archivist said:

So long ago, we hardly know

if everything fell up or down

 

if will was free or somehow bound

to the many whims of nature

[Telrao she/her]

10 hours ago, curon said:

if will was free or somehow bound

to the many whims of nature

And words scribed to paper

With wishes so carefree

[Wittles he/him]

16 hours ago, Telrao said:

And words scribed to paper

With wishes so carefree

gives flight birds of the tree

sings out a word upon the wind

[Telrao she/her]

5 hours ago, Witless of Shinovar said:

gives flight birds of the tree

sings out a word upon the wind

A sweet blessing to the blind

And a hope hidden, unseen

[Wittles he/him]

2 hours ago, Telrao said:

A sweet blessing to the blind

And a hope hidden, unseen

hope searched for by minds so keen

But only found in the confines of a book

[Edema Rue she/her]

1 hour ago, Witless of Shinovar said:

hope searched for by minds so keen

But only found in the confines of a book

I’m sorry to invade your peaceful nook,

But the world must know that I hate puns.

[Telrao she/her]

1 hour ago, Aes Sedai said:

I’m sorry to invade your peaceful nook,

But the world must know that I hate puns.

"Hate puns?" Say I, "Where's the fun?

"Wordplay and humour gives us life!"

[Wittles he/him]

2 minutes ago, Telrao said:

"Hate puns?" Say I, "Where's the fun?

"Wordplay and humour gives us life!"

Of course, that is until it causes great strife

But there is almost always a remedy

[Edema Rue she/her]

19 minutes ago, Witless of Shinovar said:

Of course, that is until it causes great strife

But there is almost always a remedy

You need no cure if you have no malady;

No puns, no problems.

[Wittles he/him]

1 minute ago, Aes Sedai said:

You need no cure if you have no malady;

No puns, no problems.

It helps to have a golem

especially one made of grass

[curon he/him]

4 hours ago, Witless of Shinovar said:

It helps to have a golem

especially one made of grass

who's puns are known to be least crass

I'm sure you would find them endearing!

[Telrao she/her]

55 minutes ago, curon said:

who's puns are known to be least crass

I'm sure you would find them endearing!

That, or they are eye-blearing

Whereas cats speak great wisdom

[curon he/him]

1 hour ago, Telrao said:

That, or they are eye-blearing

Whereas cats speak great wisdom

solidifying their cat caste system 

which, of course, puts them on top

[Shadowed they/them]

at a height from which they shall never drop

the gentle mewing as I stroke her fur

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uh… guess i’m joining in now lol

 

[curon he/him]

5 hours ago, Shadowed said:

at a height from which they shall never drop

the gentle mewing as I stroke her fur

 

the peaceful cadence of her contented purr

all but disguise her supremacy plans

[Edema Rue she/her]

3 minutes ago, curon said:

the peaceful cadence of her contented purr

all but disguise her supremacy plans

She flexes her claws, and puts an end to man

No human shall contest her rule.

[Wittles he/him]

2 hours ago, Aes Sedai said:

She flexes her claws, and puts an end to man

No human shall contest her rule.

Anyone who would dare is a fool

For to face the cat is a doom most certain

[Telrao she/her]

7 hours ago, Witless of Shinovar said:

Anyone who would dare is a fool

For to face the cat is a doom most certain

The cat waits for the fool, lurking

In the dark corner with furious eyes

[Shadowed they/them]

To strike down those humans with their silver-tongued lies

And to bestow a fate on them so terrible

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please don’t kill me for the dodgy metre pwease *kitten eyes*

 

[curon he/him]

48 minutes ago, Shadowed said:

To strike down those humans with their silver-tongued lies

And to bestow a fate on them so terrible

 

so final, so sinister, so dire and unbearable;

never more shall they dream of rising again

[Telrao she/her]

17 hours ago, curon said:

so final, so sinister, so dire and unbearable;

never more shall they dream of rising again

Of ever escaping from the pitch black den

Of horror and death, terror and woe

[Shadowed they/them]

yes, the cats have completely defeated their foe.

meanwhile, where the trees and the flowers grow wild

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

From nature fierce and nature mild

Their colored faces stretch to the sky