Calderis he/him Posted July 2, 2017 Posted July 2, 2017 I've had fun in the Cosmere Limericks page, but the ever present boredom returns, so here's a place to try something a little more... Difficult. Shattered to Shards, seeking purpose leave- Odium, leaving purpose, seeks Shards to shatter. 2
Calderis he/him Posted July 2, 2017 Author Posted July 2, 2017 2 minutes ago, Dragon314 said: in case you haven't seen it- Keteks I hadn't. Thank you.
Dragon314 he/him Posted July 2, 2017 Posted July 2, 2017 No problem-you're okay with a new topic, that ones been dead for ages.
Calderis he/him Posted July 2, 2017 Author Posted July 2, 2017 2 minutes ago, Dragon314 said: No problem-you're okay with a new topic, that ones been dead for ages. I don't know if people will actually use it. I just like different forms of poetry and verse because the structure is fascinating. The idea of the Ketek is fun because it's difficult.
Paracosmic_nomenclator Posted July 6, 2017 Posted July 6, 2017 A ketek describing the plot of The Final Empire. It's not great, but whatever: Within mist, burning metal, To turn power's flow from Ruling Lords. Killing to free, Vin falls in love. People earn Kelsier's defiant trust. Failing arms, logically without strength, His small forces (Yeden's) train. Yeden forces his small strength without logic. Armies fail, trusting defiance. Kelsier earns people's love, in falling. Vin, freed to kill Lord Ruler from flowing power turning to Metal-burning mists within. 9
Brightlord M. Alhstrom he/him Posted July 7, 2017 Posted July 7, 2017 13 hours ago, Paracosmic_nomenclator said: A ketek describing the plot of The Final Empire. It's not great, but whatever: Within mist, burning metal, To turn power's flow from Ruling Lords. Killing to free, Vin falls in love. People earn Kelsier's defiant trust. Failing arms, logically without strength, His small forces (Yeden's) train. Yeden forces his small strength without logic. Armies fail, trusting defiance. Kelsier earns people's love, in falling. Vin, freed to kill Lord Ruler from flowing power turning to Metal-burning mists within. On the contrary, this is great. I'm fairly sure Keteks are supposed to be 5 part pieces, but I am by no means a poetry expert, and this is awesome regardless.
Calderis he/him Posted July 7, 2017 Author Posted July 7, 2017 10 minutes ago, Lord Maelstrom said: On the contrary, this is great. I'm fairly sure Keteks are supposed to be 5 part pieces, but I am by no means a poetry expert, and this is awesome regardless. I agree. It technically isn't a Ketek because it doesn't meet the 5 complete independent parts, but it's symmetry is good, and it's very clear. So kudos @Paracosmic_nomenclator. I think I upvoted like... 2 minutes after you posted it.
Paracosmic_nomenclator Posted July 7, 2017 Posted July 7, 2017 (edited) 20 hours ago, Calderis said: It technically isn't a Ketek because it doesn't meet the 5 complete independent parts, but it's symmetry is good, and it's very clear. Yeah, I missed that when they were describing keteks in SA. I was just so excited by the concept of palindromic poems that I forgot the structure they were supposed to have. Whoops :/ Glad you guys liked it anyway. Edit: The reason I forgot the 5 segment rule is that it seemed very arbitrary to me when I read it. For example, in the following canonical keteks, "Above silence, / the illuminating storms / —dying storms— / illuminate the silence above." and "Alight, / winds approach / deadly approaching winds alight." there only seems to be 3 or 4 clear complete thoughts (I put slashes where I thought they were). Further, since there are no limits to the length of each segment/thought, one could argueably split my above ketek into 5 parts. That said, I appreciate that the in-universe keteks are noticeably shorter than the pseudo-ketek I made. Edited July 8, 2017 by Paracosmic_nomenclator
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