Creative Corner

[columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/2794360][img]https://i.imgur.com/PDQYuLB.png[/img][/url] [color=transparent]___________________[/color] [nextcol] [center][size=4][color=#13420c][font=zapfino][b]~ Butterfly Effect Poetry Contest Map ~[/b][/size][/font] ----- [size=4][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666#post_2982666]Welcome![/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/1#post_46718263]Rules & Entry[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/1#post_46718271]Judges[/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/1#post_46718296]Categories[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/1#post_46718305]Prizes[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/1#post_46718316]Poetry Certification[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/1#post_46718370]Credits[/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/1#post_46718406]Entries[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/1#post_46718407]Ping List[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/1#post_46718415]Winners[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/2#post_46718434]Full Story Saved[/url] | [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/frd/2985599]MJ 2021 Main Hub[/url] | [/center][/columns] [center][font=courier new][color=#13420c][size=6][b]This Just In:[/b][/size][/font][/center] [color=#13420c][font=courier new]Bizarre and random events have been taking place all over Sornieth this week. Experts are concerned that there could be far-reaching consequences.[/font] [columns][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/xVWwvRD.png[/img][/center][nextcol][color=#13420c][font=courier new]Goldenplains Poodle Miths have been vacating their usual haunts and were seen entering the Hewn City in droves this week. Local news is rife with conspiracy theories. The Sundial Archaeologist Guild has issued an official statement cautioning against hysteria and has sent a team to investigate.[/font][/columns] [center][img]http://orig01.deviantart.net/b662/f/2015/147/f/1/fr__wind_by_baelfin-d8uyn8b.png[/img][/center] [columns][color=#13420c][font=courier new]Conservationists in the Starwood Strand report falling populations of Primrose Miths. Some speculate it is related to the recent rise in popularity of some of the rare blossoms that grow in the Starwood. There is concern that the absence of Mith protection will result in a free-for-all of flower harvesting by wedding planners.[/font][nextcol][img]https://i.imgur.com/uzLeT5E.png[/img][/columns] [center][img]http://orig01.deviantart.net/b662/f/2015/147/f/1/fr__wind_by_baelfin-d8uyn8b.png[/img][/center] [columns][img]https://i.imgur.com/pjyabEv.png[/img][nextcol][color=#13420c][font=courier new]Yesterday a foreman from the Golem workshop reported a walk out by crews of Geartoggle Smiths. "Entire sections of the Workshop have gone quiet, the hum of machinery silenced. It's really quite eerie." Representatives from the Cairnstone Prospector Committee fear a labor dispute will follow.[/font][/columns] [center][img]http://orig01.deviantart.net/b662/f/2015/147/f/1/fr__wind_by_baelfin-d8uyn8b.png[/img][/center] [columns][color=#13420c][font=courier new]The Sentinel Miths have abandoned their posts surrounding Rotrock Rim, leaving the Wyrmwound vulnerable to attack from bands of Beastclans. While actual threats to security are rare, dragons are being conscripted to fill in their positions as it would be an unmitigated disaster should the Rim ever be breached.[/font][nextcol][img]https://i.postimg.cc/cJ2qkbSx/Sentinel-Mith.png[/img][/columns] [center][img]http://orig01.deviantart.net/b662/f/2015/147/f/1/fr__wind_by_baelfin-d8uyn8b.png[/img][/center] [columns][img]https://i.imgur.com/BuNVfTI.png[/img][nextcol][color=#13420c][font=courier new][size=4]The ashfall warning has been cancelled for denizens of the Sea of a Thousand Currents. The clouds of ash coming from the Blacksand Annex appear in actuality to be hoards of Cinder Miths. Their trajectory has veered to the south and experts believe their destination may well be the Windswept Plateau.[/font][/columns] [center][img]http://orig01.deviantart.net/b662/f/2015/147/f/1/fr__wind_by_baelfin-d8uyn8b.png[/img][/center] [columns][color=#13420c][font=courier new]The heavy cloud cover that overshadowed the Southern Icefield in recent days has finally cleared. A meteorologist from the weather station in the Cloudscrape Crags had this to say, "Our findings were astounding! Turns out it wasn't clouds at all, but swarms of Clouded Miths! It is extremely unprecedented, seeing as how most of Sornieth still believes them to be, well, myths. Only the Icewarden knows where they've gone now."[/size][/font][nextcol][img]https://i.imgur.com/UwyTvG8.png[/img] [/columns] [center][img]http://orig01.deviantart.net/b662/f/2015/147/f/1/fr__wind_by_baelfin-d8uyn8b.png[/img][/center] [columns][img]https://i.imgur.com/7yyl9Mc.png[/img] [nextcol][color=#13420c][font=courier new]An environmental event of cataclysmic proportions has taken place in the Everbloom Gardens! While preparing for their annual planting, gardeners noticed the absence of many of the local pollinators. To compound the problem, when the dragons went to consult with the Construction Miths that overwinter in the Shrieking Wilds, they found their dens empty. Dragon crews are being assembled as we speak, with paintbrushes in hand, to take over pollination.[/font][/columns] [center][img]http://orig01.deviantart.net/b662/f/2015/147/f/1/fr__wind_by_baelfin-d8uyn8b.png[/img][/center] [columns][color=#13420c][font=courier new]The Marshland Poodle Miths have disappeared from the Tangled Wood. We spoke with a representative from the Wispwillow Wildlife Foundation who told us, 'We feared a mass extinction until an intern pointed out "Where are the bodies?"' Unlike other miths, Marshland Miths are not migratory. It is unheard of for a species to arbitrarily alter its breeding grounds. Their whereabouts remain a mystery.[nextcol][img]https://i.imgur.com/rZ1zujp.png[/img][/columns] [center][img]http://orig01.deviantart.net/b662/f/2015/147/f/1/fr__wind_by_baelfin-d8uyn8b.png[/img][/center] [columns][img]https://i.imgur.com/iyIYTfc.png[/img][nextcol][color=#13420c][font=courier new]A major discrepency was discovered in the end-of-year census in Dragonhome. Tomo herself came, along with her scribe, to oversee the recount of Brown-Spotted Miths. However, upon arrival at the Shattered Plain, none of the miths could be found. We have been unable to reach authorities for comment.[/font][/columns] [center][img]http://orig01.deviantart.net/b662/f/2015/147/f/1/fr__wind_by_baelfin-d8uyn8b.png[/img][/center] [columns][color=#13420c][font=courier new]Investigators were sent to follow up on complaints from the Reedcleft Ascent where there appears to be an influx of unhoused Miths. Fae dragons returning to their lairs at night are finding whole families of Miths have moved in during the day. A dragon in the neighborhood spoke with us: "Are they refugees? I can't right say. It's obvious they're not from 'round here, but unless someone gets a translator, we'll never know what they're sayin'."[/font][nextcol][img]https://i.imgur.com/xf3gdaM.png[/img][/columns] [color=#13420c][font=courier new]Authorities have requested citizens please report any information that might shed some light on these perplexing happenings.[/font] [center][color=#13420c][font=courier new][size=1][i]Photos courtesy of *The Reedcleft Rag *Sornieth Natural History Archives *Everbloom Missing Persons Bureau[/i][/font][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/QjEd0xr.png[/img][/center] [columns][size=4][color=transparent]____[/color][color=#13420c]Windruffles sat under her favorite tree, sipping tea, and editing a collection of new poems. After last year's Poetry Contest adventure - it could be called nothing less - it had taken her months to catch up with all her duties as Poet Laureate. This was the last item on her list. She was thinking of taking a sabbatical to start her own writing again.[/size][nextcol][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/16729691][img]https://i.imgur.com/9w98aWn.png[/img][/url][/columns] [columns][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/53349577][img]https://imgur.com/3bpjnNK.png[/img][/url][nextcol][size=4][color=transparent]____[/color][color=#13420c]"Windruffles! Windruffles! Come see!" Against her better judgement, Windruffles had invited Enkidu to visit during the Mistral Jamboree. Unfortunately, he had the habit of disturbing the peace wherever he went. Now he sprang upon her from behind, sending the biscuits flying.[/columns] [columns][color=transparent]_____[/color][color=#13420c][size=4]The little Snapper was out of breath. "The Miths have taken...over...the Upper Steppes! Rumor has it...they're holding a...Poetry Contest!" [color=transparent]_____[/color][color=#13420c]Windruffles' last sip sprayed on the grass. Oh well, better out than in. At least it wasn't on the poems. "What?! Miths??" she managed, folding the parchment away from further damage. [color=transparent]_____[/color][color=#13420c]"They're everywhere! They just...flew in...like, like...Follow me! I'll show you!" [color=transparent]_____[/color][color=#13420c]In seconds they were out of sight over the hill, the tea tray and biscuits forgotten on the grass.[nextcol][img]https://i.imgur.com/QsENFIw.png[/img][/columns] [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?p=lair&tab=userpage&id=557135][img]https://i.imgur.com/R2leqTH.png[/img][/url] [columns][img]https://i.imgur.com/rwBbMoG.png[/img][nextcol][size=4][color=transparent]____[/color][color=#13420c]The miths came. They came from the Shifting Expanse and they came from the Ashfall Waste, sailing over the Sea of a Thousand Currents. From the Sunbeam Ruins, from the Viridian Labyrinth, and from deep in the Tangled Woods they came.[/size] [nextcol][img]https://i.imgur.com/UwyTvG8.png[/img][/columns] [columns][img]https://i.imgur.com/6cg645L.png[/img][nextcol][size=4][color=transparent]____[/color][color=#13420c]They flew north over the glaciers in the Southern Icefield. They left the canyons of Dragon Home and the Starfall Isles, flying south over the Scarred Wasteland, south toward the Windswept Plateau. [/size][nextcol][img]https://i.imgur.com/uzLeT5E.png[/img][/columns] [columns][img]https://i.imgur.com/xVWwvRD.png[/img][nextcol][size=4][color=transparent]____[/color][color=#13420c]They came in flutters and swarms and kaleidoscopes along with their butterfly brethren. They rippled over the tall grasses of the steppes, they rattled through the bamboo forests on the cliffs, they roared through the winds of the Twisting Crescendo.[/size][nextcol][img]https://i.imgur.com/SupnuhQ.png[/img][/columns] [center][size=4][color=#13420c][font=zapfino]Something was calling them, something was urging them on. Or someone. But who?[/center] [center][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/art/2794360][img]https://i.imgur.com/yjZSZME.png[/img][/url][/center] [color=transparent]____[/color][color=#13420c]High on the grassy steppes she stood, so lightly that she seemed to hover. It had been generations since they last gathered, but finally there hatched a wind-touched Fae with butterfly wings and she was ready to call them home. She stood, eyes closed, as the miths collected in clouds above her. Then she reached out her arms, unfurled her wings, and like a conductor directing an orchestra, she led them in a twisting dance on the air. [color=transparent]____[/color]And the miths responded. Like a[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnndQgIUraQ] murmuration of starlings[/url], they dove and swirled until the swarms and flutters and kaleidoscopes became one. Together, they came gently to rest on the wild grasses surrounding the magical Fae. A mild breeze radiated out from the miths like a whisper on the air. [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?p=lair&tab=userpage&id=557135][img]https://i.imgur.com/QjEd0xr.png[/img][/url] [color=transparent]____[/color][color=#13420c]Such a passing did not go unnoticed. Dragons everywhere left their work preparing for the Jamboree and gathered in a curious ring around the little Fae and her court. Now they stood in a curious ring. She spread her crest wide with delight as she called out to them: [columns][nextcol][color=transparent]___[/color][nextcol][center][size=4][color=#13420c][font=zapfino]"To friends old and new who have followed the breeze here: I welcome you all! It has been too long since we were called together. The wind has missed you. But we are here now. The Windsinger has sent me to lead the effort. We shall honor him with poems we'll sing to the Twisting Crescendo. This coming fortnight you'll put your hearts to paper. So sharpen your quills!" [/center][/size][nextcol][color=transparent]___[/color][nextcol][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/fVHG5JL.png[/img][/columns] [img]https://i.imgur.com/R2leqTH.png[/img] [columns][img]https://i.imgur.com/VM39ro9.png[/img][nextcol][size=4][color=#13420c][color=transparent]__[/color]Uncle Opa approached the little huddle of Miths with curiosity. "Hmm-hmmm, good day! What mischief is brewing here?" [color=transparent]__[/color]The Miths broke apart in surprise. It was Isabella, Artemis and Mistress Mith. [/columns] [columns][color=transparent]__________________[/color][nextcol][center][size=4][color=#13420c]"[i]Oh! Uncle Opa, was it you? Did you do it?[/i]" Isabella was breathless. "[i]That was soooo generous of you!![/i]"[nextcol][img]https://i.imgur.com/uzLeT5E.png[/img][/center][/columns] [columns][img]https://i.imgur.com/VM39ro9.png[/img][nextcol][color=transparent]__[/color][size=4][color=#13420c]Needless to say, the ancient Mith's confusion was complete. "Wait, wait. Go back a little, please. What exactly has happened?"[/columns] [columns][size=4][color=#13420c]"It was too surprising!" Artemis stepped forward to explain. "We ventured into the tent to peek at the lovely prizes, and..." she paused, at a loss for words. "The prizes!"[nextcol][img]https://i.imgur.com/xf3gdaM.png[/img][/columns] [columns][img]https://i.imgur.com/VM39ro9.png[/img][nextcol][color=transparent]__[/color][size=4][color=#13420c]Concerned crossed Uncle Opa's face. "Oh dear, oh dear. Did someone break in to take them? Were they damaged?"[/columns] [columns][size=4][color=#13420c]Artemis shook her head. "No, that is not what I mean. Just the opposite. What I meant to say is that there are now twice as many!"[nextcol][img]https://i.imgur.com/xf3gdaM.png[/img][/columns] [columns][size=4][color=#13420c]Mistress Mith chimed in. "We sought out Cedar, but they are as perplexed as the rest of us. It is a puzzle of preponderous proportions!!"[nextcol][img]https://i.imgur.com/UwyTvG8.png[/img][/columns] [columns][img]https://i.imgur.com/VM39ro9.png[/img][nextcol][color=transparent]__[/color][size=4][color=#13420c]Uncle Opa tapped on his clipboard as he thought. [/columns] [columns][color=transparent]__________________[/color][nextcol][center][size=4][color=#13420c]Suddenly Isabella gave a little yelp, as if she had been pinched. "[i]Oh! Uncle Opa, you don't think... No. It's silly[/i]."[nextcol][img]https://i.imgur.com/uzLeT5E.png[/img][/center][/columns] [columns][img]https://i.imgur.com/VM39ro9.png[/img][nextcol][color=transparent]__[/color][size=4][color=#13420c]The elder Mith smiled. "Hmm-hmmm. What's silly, Isabella?"[/columns] [columns][color=transparent]______________[/color][nextcol][center][size=4][color=#13420c]The little primrose twirled her antennae. "[i]I only mean... It was so windy last night! Do you think... Maybe..?[/i]"[nextcol][img]https://i.imgur.com/uzLeT5E.png[/img][/center][/columns] [columns][img]https://i.imgur.com/VM39ro9.png[/img][nextcol][color=transparent]__[/color][size=4][color=#13420c]"My friends," Uncle Opa tucked away his clipboard. "We have already had many poems entered this week, all of the highest caliber. Oh yes, yes. The chance that the Windsinger took this moment to look upon our efforts with favor, I think is neither happenstance nor is it silly. Not at all!" [color=transparent]__[/color]The trio before him clapped their hands in glee, then sprang off, supposedly to find Cedar and tell them the good news. [color=transparent]__[/color]Uncle Opa chuckled to himself. "Yes, yes. Indeed!"[/columns] [center][img]http://66.media.tumblr.com/3a140efa499cb56f6f15e75421743649/tumblr_inline_n35y9aJQWt1r9ywrd.png[/img][/center] [center][size=5][color=#13420c][b]The Prize Packages have magically grown over the weekend! [img]https://i.imgur.com/pjyabEv.png[/img] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/1#post_46718305]See for yourselves[/url]![/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/IvDnnso.png[/img] [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/1875081][img]http://orig12.deviantart.net/6a70/f/2016/267/e/c/fc_messengers_scroll_by_dogi_crimson-daiq5ls.gif[/img][/url][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/67080403][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/dressing-room/dragon?did=67080403&skin=38385&apparel=21978,1093,15714,15711,3641,12935&xt=dressing.png[/img][/url][url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/1875081][img]http://orig12.deviantart.net/6a70/f/2016/267/e/c/fc_messengers_scroll_by_dogi_crimson-daiq5ls.gif[/img][/url][size=4][color=#13420c] [color=transparent]_____[/color]Poesia stood once more upon the Steppes, surrounded by all the scrolls of poetry entered in this year's contest. She closed her eyes, her crests fluttered lightly in the breeze. She rose mysteriously in the air and began to spin, her wings wrapped about her like a chrysalis. Then faster and faster. Below her, the scrolls twitched and twirled, unrolling their parchment onto the grass. The many pages fluttered and rose trembling into the air. As they too swirled in the breeze created by the little Fae, the air around them started to shimmer until there was such a glittering light that it was hard to see. The dragons gasped in surprise and dismay as, in a flash, the poems exploded into shreds of paper and parchment! [img]https://i.imgur.com/nWGQh1Q.png[/img] [color=transparent]_____[/color]Through it all, Poesia continued to spin. The clouds of shredded parchment continued to swirl around her. Throughout the crowd below, the miths could be heard humming their approval. This was the way. The pieces of poetry stretched in a trail toward the Crescendo, as if pulled inexorably into its orbit. The cloud twisted and elongated sliding easily into the swirling dance of the maelstrom. Calmed by the humming of the miths, the dragons watched in awe as the snakelike cloud of poetry fragments flew up the outside of the Crescendo, coalescing, and taking the shape of a great Spiral dragon. The howl of the winds grew as it climbed. As it reached the peak, the parchment dragon erupted off the top of the Crescendo like a great firework display. [img]https://imgur.com/BM6bX9B.png[/img][img]https://img1.picmix.com/output/stamp/normal/8/2/3/4/534328_62c8b.gif[/img][img]https://imgur.com/BM6bX9B.png[/img] [img]https://imgur.com/BM6bX9B.png[/img] [color=transparent]_____[/color]As the millions of tiny pieces fluttered down, the spectators saw that they had been transformed into a great shower of paper butterflies! Confetti-like, they fluttered down and surrounded the crowd on the Steppes, dancing in and out, teasing and playing. Some spun around leading dragons and miths alike in a dizzying dance. Some engaged in tag with the hatchlings, who crowed their delight as they raced through the crowd. Some even lit upon those assembled, adding to their festive array. So entranced were they with the magical butterflies, that the dragons and beasts barely noticed Poesia return to her place before the Judges. She spread her wings wide. Her gentle voice silenced them, it's bell-like tone drawing all eyes to the Fae before them: [img]https://imgur.com/Za7jpkp.png[/img] [columns][color=transparent]_____[/color][nextcol][center][size=5][font=zapfino][color=#13420c] "Each and every poem, every word you have written, is a gracious gift. [img]https://i.imgur.com/4uWGiik.png[/img] Gifts beget more gifts. The breath of life, imparted, grants wings to your words. [img]https://i.imgur.com/4uWGiik.png[/img] Each little whisper on the wind carries your hopes and joys and sorrows. [img]https://i.imgur.com/4uWGiik.png[/img] Allow them to dwell among your gardens as well as your hearts and minds. [img]https://i.imgur.com/4uWGiik.png[/img] My prayer for you is: May your actions change your world. In small ways at first. [img]https://i.imgur.com/4uWGiik.png[/img] But know this, my friends: Each heart you touch remembers whether you were kind. [img]https://i.imgur.com/4uWGiik.png[/img] Your words change the wind. The wind allows rain or sun to fall into lives. [img]https://i.imgur.com/4uWGiik.png[/img] A careless whisper may just cause an unseen storm within another. [img]https://i.imgur.com/4uWGiik.png[/img] So please be mindful of the power your words have as you return home."[nextcol][img]https://i.imgur.com/fVHG5JL.png[/img] [/columns] [img]https://i.imgur.com/QjEd0xr.png[/img][color=#13420c] With that Poesia gently and gratefully bowed to the contestants, the judges, and last of all, the audience. [center][url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?p=lair&tab=userpage&id=557135][img]https://i.imgur.com/mqF4M5a.png[/img][/url] [columns][img]https://imgur.com/2MzM7gp.png[/img][nextcol][color=#13420c][size=4]When the announcer and the three judge miths walked out onto the Steppes, you could hear a pin drop. Uncle Opa stood forward as Cedar brought him the microphone. Behind him, the judges exchanged glances. They looked tired, but jubilant. "Hmm-hmmm! Ahem, yes! Hello, hello! First of all, we would like to thank you for your patience. So many poems, yes. And haikus in all categories! Oh, the Windsinger will be pleased, yes, yes! Well, this is a Poetry Contest, not some suspense thriller, so without further ado, the winners in the six Categories are:"[/size][/columns] [color=transparent]__The Butterfly Effect__[/color] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/HNHrYim.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/6lw32iW.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/yCVMo63.png[/img] [columns][color=transparent]_________[/color][nextcol] [img]https://i.imgur.com/WLdmNVT.png[/img] [nextcol][color=transparent]CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC[/color] [center][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=16086228][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/battlesprites/160863/16086228.png[/img][/url] [/center] [center][color=#13420c]* [size=5][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/14#post_47047251][b][I]"Edward Lorenz"[/i][/b][/url] by - Bonfire [i](@/tigressRising)[/i][/size][/center] [/columns] [columns][color=transparent]_________[/color][nextcol] [img]https://i.imgur.com/yATjMBg.png[/img] [nextcol][color=transparent]CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC[/color] [center][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=64448788][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/battlesprites/644488/64448788.png[/img][/url] [/center] [center][color=#13420c] [size=5][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/11#post_46992858][b][I]"Bandages"[/i][/b][/url] by - Brightdagger [i](@/late711)[/i][/size][/center] [/columns] [color=transparent]__Lucky Charms__[/color] [img]https://i.imgur.com/xVWwvRD.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/0mslJhz.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/rZ1zujp.png[/img] [columns][color=transparent]_________[/color][nextcol] [img]https://i.imgur.com/WLdmNVT.png[/img] [nextcol][color=transparent]CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC[/color] [center][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/battlesprites/330974/33097370.png[/img] [/center] [center][color=#13420c] [size=5][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/13#post_47039714][b][I]"Feathers"[/i][/b][/url] by - 'The Goosemother' [i](@/sockmonkeygerald)[/i][/size][/center] [/columns] [columns][color=transparent]_________[/color][nextcol] [img]https://i.imgur.com/yATjMBg.png[/img] [nextcol][color=transparent]CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC[/color] [center][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=53002527][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/battlesprites/530026/53002527.png[/img][/url] [/center] [center][color=#13420c] [size=5][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/15#post_47052478][b][I]"My Mother’s Ring"[/i][/b][/url] by - Pocketmayhem [i](@/Medievalredragon)[/i][/size][/center] [/columns] [color=transparent]__Butterfly Kisses__[/color] [img]https://i.imgur.com/iyIYTfc.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/QN1gCmj.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/uzLeT5E.png[/img] [columns][color=transparent]_________[/color][nextcol] [img]https://i.imgur.com/WLdmNVT.png[/img] [nextcol][color=transparent]CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC[/color] [center][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=51219705][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/battlesprites/512198/51219705.png[/img][/url] [/center] [center][color=#13420c] [size=5][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/12#post_47019135][b][I]"Snowflake Sonnet"[/i][/b][/url] by - Cliele [i](@/Scatterspark)[/i][/size][/center] [/columns] [columns][color=transparent]_________[/color][nextcol] [img]https://i.imgur.com/yATjMBg.png[/img] [nextcol][color=transparent]CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC[/color] [center][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=67771080][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/battlesprites/677711/67771080.png[/img][/url] [/center] [center][color=#13420c]* [size=5][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/13#post_47041569][b][I]"Constellations"[/i][/b][/url] by - Mechanica [i](@/Fennecfox21)[/i][/size][/center] [/columns] [color=transparent]__Nick or Nail__[/color] [img]https://i.imgur.com/7yyl9Mc.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/N9r11s9.png[/img][img]https://i.postimg.cc/cJ2qkbSx/Sentinel-Mith.png[/img] [columns][color=transparent]_________[/color][nextcol] [img]https://i.imgur.com/WLdmNVT.png[/img] [nextcol][color=transparent]CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC[/color] [center][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=55526288][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/battlesprites/555263/55526288.png[/img][/url] [/center] [center][color=#13420c] [size=5][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/10#post_46972076][b][I]"Tale from the Emperor's Wake"[/i][/b][/url] by - Rigel [i](@/Rustea)[/i][/size][/center] [/columns] [columns][color=transparent]_________[/color][nextcol] [img]https://i.imgur.com/yATjMBg.png[/img] [nextcol][color=transparent]CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC[/color] [center][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=68208079][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/battlesprites/682081/68208079.png[/img][/url] [/center] [center][color=#13420c] [size=5][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/12#post_47027709][b][I]"To the Lost Traveler"[/i][/b][/url] by - Brandybuck [i](@/Lethia)[/i][/size][/center] [/columns] [color=transparent]__Small, but Mighty__[/color] [img]https://i.imgur.com/BuNVfTI.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/oV0rWwi.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/UwyTvG8.png[/img] [columns][color=transparent]_________[/color][nextcol] [img]https://i.imgur.com/WLdmNVT.png[/img] [nextcol][color=transparent]CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC[/color] [center][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=67908015][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/battlesprites/679081/67908015.png[/img][/url] [/center] [center][color=#13420c] [size=5][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/5#post_46911380][b][I]"Perching Bird"[/i][/b][/url] by - Balerin [i](@/cartographic)[/i][/size][/center] [/columns] [columns][color=transparent]_________[/color][nextcol] [img]https://i.imgur.com/yATjMBg.png[/img] [nextcol][color=transparent]CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC[/color] [center][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=59894168][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/battlesprites/598942/59894168.png[/img][/url] [/center] [center][color=#13420c] [size=5][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/14#post_47048508][b][I]"Calm"[/i][/b][/url] by - Seashore [i](@/Wildclaw101)[/i][/size][/center] [/columns] [color=transparent]__Just a Mith__[/color] [img]https://i.imgur.com/VM39ro9.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/0DZK5YS.png[/img][img]https://i.postimg.cc/3Rhgzp55/Voltaic-Ambassador.png[/img] [columns][color=transparent]_________[/color][nextcol] [img]https://i.imgur.com/WLdmNVT.png[/img] [nextcol][color=transparent]CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC[/color] [center][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=58438700][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/battlesprites/584388/58438700.png[/img][/url] [/center] [center][color=#13420c] [size=5][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/10#post_46979577][b][I]"Spring in the North"[/i][/b][/url] by - Nemesis [i](@/Zytolo)[/i][/size][/center] [/columns] [columns][color=transparent]_________[/color][nextcol] [img]https://i.imgur.com/yATjMBg.png[/img] [nextcol][color=transparent]CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC[/color] [center][url=http://flightrising.com/main.php?dragon=61903997][img]http://flightrising.com/rendern/coliseum/battlesprites/619040/61903997.png[/img][/url] [/center] [center][color=#13420c] [size=5][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/16#post_47053449][b][I]"Ode to a Lost Chocolate Bunny"[/i][/b][/url] by - Petra [i](@/Bxy26)[/i][/size][/center] [/columns] [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?p=lair&tab=userpage&id=557135][img]https://i.imgur.com/R2leqTH.png[/img][/url][color=#13420c] [columns][center][size=5][font=zapfino][color=#13420c]"I give thanks to all who have put their soul into pale, fragile parchment." [img]https://i.imgur.com/4uWGiik.png[/img] "From the trembling ink of heartfelt novices to bold strokes by old hands." [img]https://i.imgur.com/4uWGiik.png[/img] "My heart soars with pride, higher with each word written, into our blue sky." [img]https://i.imgur.com/4uWGiik.png[/img] "Yet one clan stands out, deeply stirring the wings of my fluttering heart."[/size][/font][color=#13420c] [img]https://i.imgur.com/4uWGiik.png[/img] The little Fae takes a slow, deep breath as excitement and nervousness fight for control of her crests. Then she clasps her little claws together and bows to several dragon poets in turn. She bows to Trava, the old Coatl in a sedge hat. [size=5][font=zapfino][color=#13420c]"A kitchen so full of dragons of all shapes but all made of noodles."[/size][/font][color=#13420c] [img]https://i.imgur.com/4uWGiik.png[/img] She bows to Lea, the emerald Wildclaw surrounded by tiny creatures. [size=5][font=zapfino][color=#13420c]"Like clawprints in sand history is in each step. No one walks alone."[/size][/font][color=#13420c] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/4uWGiik.png[/img][/center] She bows to Motina, the ragged Mirror. [size=5][font=zapfino][color=#13420c]"The Wind dances as his sister, Plague, plays her tune. Airborne maladies."[/size][/font] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/4uWGiik.png[/img][/center][color=#13420c] She bows to Berkeley, the old Tundra in the poet's tam. [size=5][font=zapfino][color=#13420c]"A bittersweet truth. That all things will fade one day. Except for true love."[/size][/font] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/4uWGiik.png[/img][/center][color=#13420c] She bows to Javor, the rain-speckled Guardian. [size=5][font=zapfino][color=#13420c]"One of the old tales. Togetherness, paramount. As true now as then."[/size][/font] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/4uWGiik.png[/img][/center] [color=#13420c]She straightens up but keeps her little claws clasped against her chest. [size=5][font=zapfino][color=#13420c]"Beyond enjoyment, I will carry your poems as a piece of me." [img]https://i.imgur.com/4uWGiik.png[/img] "More than that, I wish for nothing more than to hear more of your poems." [img]https://i.imgur.com/4uWGiik.png[/img] "In the hopes they will keep stirring my heart to sing as I was bade to." [img]https://i.imgur.com/4uWGiik.png[/img] "I, Poesia, ask humbly, hoping, and anxious... May I join your clan?" [img]https://i.imgur.com/4uWGiik.png[/img] "The Windswept Ashes... May I bring my heart of Wind to your oasis?"[/size][/font][color=#13420c][nextcol][img]https://i.imgur.com/709wpg1.png[/img][color=transparent] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *[/color] [img]https://i.imgur.com/fVHG5JL.png[/img] [color=transparent] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *[/color] [img]https://i.imgur.com/709wpg1.png[/img][/columns] [img]https://i.imgur.com/s5qfVDb.png[/img] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/14105391][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/141054/14105391_350.png[/img][/url] [center] [size=5][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/8#post_46959592][b][I]"Two of a Kind"[/i][/b][/url][color=#13420c] by - Lea [i](@/SunstonePhoenix)[/i][/size] [color=#13420c][font=zapfino] 2021 Mistral Jamboree Grand Poet [url=https://flightrising.com/main.php?p=lair&tab=userpage&id=557135][img]https://i.imgur.com/0nClQKI.png[/img][/url] [columns][img]https://imgur.com/2MzM7gp.png[/img][nextcol][color=#13420c][size=4]Uncle Opa stepped forward again, wiping a tear from his eye. "Hmm-hmmm, well yes. Thank you, our most gracious Poesia. I'm sure the Windsinger will say you have dispatched his charge with dignity and grace. We are forever in your debt." Uncle Opa then tapped the microphone. "Hello, hello? Our Contest is now concluded, but please remain for the after-party! We have engaged the contestants from this year's Mistral Meals to cater some refreshments. Cedar tells me their dishes are exceptional. Our judges will be making the rounds to congratulate all our poets and if I heard correctly they may have a surprise or two up their sleeves...yes, yes! You never know, with miths!"[/size][/columns] [img]https://i.imgur.com/R2leqTH.png[/img]

[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/0nClQKI.png[/img] [color=#13420c][size=5]Thank you for your interest in the Poetry Contest for Mistral Jamboree of the year 2021! If you want on the [b]Ping List[/b] for anything exciting going on, just ping @Sinjin and let me know! If you have questions, please ping the Poetry Crew, that can be me (@Sinjin) as well.[/size] [img]https://i.imgur.com/yZSaxek.png[/img]

(I'll probably roleplay my other entries, just want to get this up to celebrate the contest start! :) [I]Hello little Miths! I'd like to offer up a poem to the Wind! Judges: @Sinjin @Storygeek @SunnyShowers [/i] [b]FR Player Name:[/b] sockmonkeygerald [b]FR Player ID#:[/b] #266129 [b]Dragon Poet's Name:[/b] Epcot [b]Dragon Poet's ID#:[/b] 62652628 [b]Dragon Poet Image:[/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/62652628][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/626527/62652628_350.png[/img][/url] [b]Entry Category:[/b] [s]haiku[/s] The Butterfly Effect [b]Entry Title:[/b] Mithic History [b]Entry: [/b] A reckless moth dares fence a torch with a matchstick. They are The Unburnt.

@sockmonkeygerald [columns][img]https://imgur.com/2MzM7gp.png[/img][nextcol][size=4]"Hmm-hmmm. Welcome!" The ancient mith looked a tiny bit startled at the early morning visit. Perhaps he still needed his morning coffee. Uncle Opa consulted his clipboard. "Yes, yes. Here we are. I've put your entry down right here. Very good. I applaud your enthusiasm!" [center][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/626527/62652628.png[/img][/center][/columns] "Don't forget now, to stop by and pick up your [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/1#post_46718316]Poet Certificate[/url]! Hmm-hmmm, yes. And enjoy the Festival!" As he turned away, Uncle Opa paused. "Hmm-hmmm. I should mention that the Category you've entered is called "The Butterfly Effect." But you are right, it is for haikus. No worries, but if you could just make that little adjustment here...thank you!"

Aahh, I love writing poetry, this is awesome! I'd love to be on the pinglist of that's ok [I]Hello little Miths! I'd like to offer up a poem to the Wind! Judges: @Sinjin @Storygeek @SunnyShowers [/i] [b]FR Player Name:[/b] Fennecfox21 [b]FR Player ID#:[/b] #521233 [b]Dragon Poet's Name:[/b] Dancer [b]Dragon Poet's ID#:[/b] #63928669 [b]Dragon Poet Image:[/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/63928669][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/639287/63928669_350.png[/img][/url] [b]Entry Category:[/b] The Butterfly Effect [b]Entry Title:[/b] The Swarm [b]Entry: [/b] Wingbeats like ripples, Crowd sways as tension rises, Billowing wind howls.

@Fennecfox21 [columns][img]https://imgur.com/2MzM7gp.png[/img][nextcol][size=4]"Ah, yes, yes, welcome!" Uncle Opa attached the entry form to his clipboard. "Hmm-hmmm. Another haiku, lovely!" Suddenly he paused, adjusting his pince nez. "Hmm-hmmm. Dancer. Dancer, is it? There is a small mis-title of the category. It is called "The Butterfly Effect." Lovely name. Could I get you to make that little adjustment?" He gently pushed his clipboard toward the towering Imperial. "With all the entries we anticipate, the judges could get confused. Yes, yes. Much obliged!" He re-checked his clipboard with a smile. "That's more like it! Hmm-hmmm. Now, remember to pick up your [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/forums/cc/2982666/1#post_46718316]Poet Certificate[/url] before you leave!"[/size][/columns]

@Sinjin I'd like to be on the pinglist please!

[I]Hello little Miths! I'd like to offer up a poem to the Wind! Judges: @Sinjin @Storygeek @SunnyShowers [/i] [b]FR Player Name:[/b] WarriorOfEarth [b]FR Player ID#:[/b] 526152 [b]Dragon Poet's Name:[/b] Hope [b]Dragon Poet's ID#:[/b] 67114058 [b]Dragon Poet Image:[/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/67114058][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/671141/67114058_350.png[/img][/url] [b]Entry Category:[/b] The butterfly effect [b]Entry Title:[/b] Wind's pride [b]Entry: [/b] a shuddering voice of a hurricane's pure pride is of wind inside

[I]Hello little Miths! I'd like to offer up a poem to the Wind! Judges: @Sinjin @Storygeek @SunnyShowers [/i] [b]FR Player Name:[/b] WarriorOfEarth [b]FR Player ID#:[/b] 526152 [b]Dragon Poet's Name:[/b] Kathrine [b]Dragon Poet's ID#:[/b] 67302517 [b]Dragon Poet Image:[/b] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/67302517][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/673026/67302517_350.png[/img][/url] [b]Entry Category:[/b] Butterfly Kisses [b]Entry Title:[/b] A Fire [b]Entry: [/b] Wind's proud daughter looks down on her hide not adorned in diamonds or as beautiful as the night sky A deep red hunter in war with passion A deep fire within whispering to all those who will listen a force none can deny a deep breath of all life's highs