Author Topic: 4-line Poetry Game (Read 30027 times)

seekinghga · « **on:** April 14, 2009, 09:48:39 PM »

First of all, no poetry talent whatsoever is needed. It's all for fun, no critiquing or any of that. Basically, you are given a topic and then you must write a poem consisting of four lines on the subject of that topic. When you have finished writing your poem you then choose a topic for the next person to write their poem on. And then, so on. The only rule is that you can not use the topic word(s) in your poem (and of course your poem can be only four lines).

We can almost consider this a spin-off of the Word Association game or the ink blot test, good fun. I'll begin with a random topic and then give the topic for the next person (if anyone plays - please play, my poor, poor ego would just be crushed if no one does) : P

The Ocean
Waves of water of soothing green
Splash against the sandy shore
With a song that induces a hypnotic dream
And leaves the heart wanting of more

Next Topic: Summer

SWM · « **Reply #1 on:** April 15, 2009, 10:28:20 PM »

tough game.

an easier version maybe one line each. like the three word story game.

i was thinking about four lines before if i manage to finish i will post it

SWM · « **Reply #2 on:** April 16, 2009, 10:22:17 PM »

the light which pours upon life radiant growth abounds
the fruit yet to fall, and movement increases heat,
that impact spreads joy, love, contentment, through the flesh
and there my mother, my daughter, the earth, she is ripened and grows again afresh.

edit: forgot to put a topic:

next topic is - laughter

seekinghga · « **Reply #3 on:** April 30, 2009, 08:33:47 PM »

Heeing and hawing
Seeing and sawing
Dreaming and drawing
What's so funny?

next topic: the beach

S. Earl Martin · « **Reply #4 on:** August 09, 2009, 09:50:52 PM »

Sand in my shoes
Sand in my cloths
So many places
That the sand goes

Next topic: Words

liza123 · « **Reply #5 on:** August 10, 2009, 04:06:08 AM »

Words, oh! how powerful they are
Once said, they can 't be taken
Yet, they can leave a mark never to be forgotten
For good or bad...

Next topic : Nature

S. Earl Martin · « **Reply #6 on:** October 18, 2009, 03:36:13 PM »

The clouds over head
The earth for my bed
The sound of a stream
The feel of a dream

Next Topic: Emotions

pert -5 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 13, 2010, 12:56:53 AM »

Tears I cry
Leaves I dry
I try to correct
Reasons why

next topic:
adventure

S. Earl Martin · « **Reply #8 on:** May 20, 2010, 03:25:42 PM »

The thrill of the chase

The wind in my face

The best I can do

I am going to catch you.

pert -5 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 20, 2010, 10:16:16 PM »

What, you too good to give a topic?

I'll choose your avatar as a theme. (the ankh)

At the heel of Isis
Does your glory shine,
The 0 and 1 come together
And make ye divine.

next topic: pilgrims

S. Earl Martin · « **Reply #10 on:** May 21, 2010, 02:22:11 PM »

Opp's I forgot! It is the drugs!!! They are fogging my mind.
Pilgrims:

Traveling
Seeking
Looking
Desiring

Next Topic: Mercy

pert -5 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 21, 2010, 04:50:37 PM »

2, 4, 7
A Pillar on the Tree
Balanced in Mildness
By Severity

next topic: sunsets

[edit]
In case anyone is wondering what I'm going on about, as I'm so sure everyone is just dying to get some insight into this epic of mine, this might clear things up:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sephirot#Scriptural.2C_Numerological_and_Spiritual_associations_of_the_Sefirotic_Tree

S. Earl Martin · « **Reply #12 on:** July 23, 2010, 02:52:45 PM »

Orange and red
Over my head
Burning sky
The clouds fly by.

(Thanks for the attachment about Sephirot. FF is one of my favorite games.)

pert -5 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 23, 2010, 11:58:20 PM »

Quote from: S. Earl Martin on July 23, 2010, 02:52:45 PM

(Thanks for the attachment about Sephirot. FF is one of my favorite games.)

Which FF number is your favorite then?

Oh, and you forgot a topic.

Really, which FF game is your favorite?

VeggieTeen92 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 24, 2010, 01:39:12 AM »

My favorite is FF7 for PSP, so I guess thats my topic;

Pain and Tragedy
An alternate reality
Monsters Calling
Hero's Falling

Next Topic:
White Tigers.
(My favorite animal)

S. Earl Martin · « **Reply #15 on:** July 24, 2010, 02:05:31 PM »

Yeah I keep forgeting to put a new topic. I am pretty sick again. Back in the hospital I go. This sux.

FF 3 for super NES I guess would be my favorite. I like them all I have beaten most of them.

White Tigers:

Will they purr
Will they fight
Will they stand
Or take flight

Next topic: Bordom

pert -5 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 24, 2010, 11:05:26 PM »

Quote from: S. Earl Martin on July 24, 2010, 02:05:31 PM

Yeah I keep forgeting to put a new topic. I am pretty sick again. Back in the hospital I go. This sux.

FF 3 for super NES I guess would be my favorite. I like them all I have beaten most of them.

White Tigers:

Will they purr
Will they fight
Will they stand
Or take flight

Next topic: Bordom

Things spinning round
Things without a sound
I hope I hope that I hope
That what I does is my inner own

topic: and i love her

(ff3? that is an awesome game. Locke defined my childhood, him and Bilbo Baggins...)

S. Earl Martin · « **Reply #17 on:** July 25, 2010, 02:19:14 PM »

And I love her
Does she love me
And I need her
Does she need me

Next: Illusion

pert -5 · « **Reply #18 on:** August 24, 2010, 01:33:27 AM »

Things I think I see
Everyone I want to be
Myself, myself is me
I am more me than thee...

Next: Duncan Hotel

S. Earl Martin · « **Reply #19 on:** August 24, 2010, 02:46:55 PM »

I had to Bing Duncan Hotel. It came up with several different references. The most common was Duncan Hotel in British Colombia. Although there are different ones across the U.S. I live in the South and there aren't any near here. So I will do my best to respond.

Spending time
Wine and dine
Need to rest
This is the best

Next topic: Crowds

pert -5 · « **Reply #20 on:** August 25, 2010, 11:18:31 PM »

[Nice job on that one Earl! I figured anyone would skip that topic!

]

A sea of cookie-cut minds are there
Amassed for one reason; of logic: no care
Compiled to feed their one mass illusion
And bask in the glow of self-induced delusion

next topic:
rampage

S. Earl Martin · « **Reply #21 on:** August 25, 2010, 11:42:59 PM »

A human storm
Bent on harm
Suicidal rage
Belongs in a cage
Next:
A cool breeze on a hot day

pert -5 · « **Reply #22 on:** August 26, 2010, 12:01:52 AM »

In the arid hour of the warmest day
You feel your breath and your soul
Are sucked away
And the wind makes you feel good again

next:
a lampshade's shadow

S. Earl Martin · « **Reply #23 on:** August 26, 2010, 12:05:28 AM »

Twilight time
shadows fall
cast upon
a near by wall

Next: friendship

pert -5 · « **Reply #24 on:** August 26, 2010, 12:08:54 AM »

A true thread from heart to heart
Two buddies click at the start
And they both see eye-to-eye
Even if terminology seek to divide

next:
the Nile river

S. Earl Martin · « **Reply #25 on:** September 19, 2010, 06:45:05 PM »

Water flowing
all thru time
Endless marching
to the sea

Topic: Leaves

pert -5 · « **Reply #26 on:** September 20, 2010, 03:29:45 PM »

A blanket of green in the corners of my mind
Takes me back to long ago times
Before the trees all seemed so small.
And so it went.

next topic: drains

S. Earl Martin · « **Reply #27 on:** September 21, 2010, 02:02:12 PM »

Water circling round and round
seems endlessly going down
Flowing to who knows where
As long as its gone I don't care

Topic: Animals

ELADA · « **Reply #28 on:** September 22, 2010, 04:25:35 PM »

Like animals grown and bark and bite,
We all are just looking for a fight.
When our instincts take control,
They overwhelm and doom us all.

Next topic: Dream

pert -5 · « **Reply #29 on:** September 22, 2010, 05:36:35 PM »

Quote from: seekinghga on April 14, 2009, 09:48:39 PM

The only rule is that you can not use the topic word(s) in your poem (and of course your poem can be only four lines).

I know we haven't been following it, but that's the rule.

In the middle of the night
I awaken with a fright
And I don't see any light
So I fall asleep again and.... zzz

next topic: sponge hammer

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