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@MJ24 Story & Poetry contest

Midway reminder for the Story & Poetry Contest! There's 1 week left to get your entries in!

Submissions close at rollover Mar 30 (Saturday night going in to Sunday morning)

Yet another book has appeared, already written in, right next to the first one. The hat is gone though? There appears to be a little note in this second one “Thanks for the hat… I think I like it!” The book is still credited toward “Sushi Spider”, but that note seems to have had a different name on it, but was crossed out and smudged into illegibility. @sockmonkeygerald @paintminion @Sinjin @eyayah [b]Name:[/b] Sushispider1212 [b]ID:[/b] 586970 [b]Entry Prompt:[/b] Big Wide Wingy Things - Poem [b]Entry Title:[/b] Her Eyes [b]Dragon Author:[/b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/74620575][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/746206/74620575_350.png[/img][/url] ——- Her eyes are beautiful, Shining little pools in the night I want to reach her But she’s already gone I just want to feel her To hold her close and say Gently, in her ear, “Everything will be okay.” But she turned away from me and scoffed She’ll never see me As I see her Maybe if I gave her something A little wish to make her stay So she’d look at me With those gorgeous eyes But she knows me Just as much as I know her She knows what I can give Is not that I wish I had wings to give To this erratic heart of mine Set my heart free From this errant chest Should I make My heart A gift For her? She would never accept it She would take one look at it And turn away Leaving my fluttering heart behind It would fall, Feathers spent and fading Right into the earth Where it would rot I would never find it. I would have turned away The moment it flew out To parts unknown And that is why I don’t have wings to give It would never hold up Under the weight of her eyes.

@sockmonkeygerald @paintminion @Sinjin @eyayah [b]Name:[/b] IndigoStarshine [b]ID:[/b] 584539 [b]Entry Prompt:[/b] Big Wide Wingy Things - Poem [b]Entry Title:[/b] Built My Wings [b]Dragon Author:[/b] Caelesti [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/76287733][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/762878/76287733_350.png[/img][/url] I built them Step by step Tracing outlines Imperfect points Feathers of paper Of ink Of brick and mortar Of chocolate and dye Feathers of uneven size Leaves peaking through Green and orange Red and brown Color fading The more I grew A peacock A shrew A magpie A dove I built new feathers Changed my mind Shaped new dreams Covered my eyes Listened to the rustling of wings Others all around me Born with wings of gold Of silver of bronze Diamonds and pearls I dipped my feathers In color Painting over Those imperfect lines Sharpened points Dulled them down File in each hand Shaped them to fit To mold The way I saw The wings around me I built them Then rebuilt Ripped away those that didn’t fit Cut away those that didn’t grow Rebuilt my wings to mirror the world Rebuilt my wings to mirror an angel Icarus would be proud White and soft and gold and hard Beautiful wings from my back I put them there But I miss I miss the shapes The hard edges and leaves I miss the colors Faded and worn I built my wings Again and again I lost my wings Again and again I made them fit I made them work But sometimes I wish I made them ugly Sometimes I wish I built them for me

@sockmonkeygerald @paintminion @Sinjin @eyayah A snow white imperial tumbles past the flurry of flying books, one in hand. "Write something? An entry? wait... what's the theme?" She grabs a pen while her tome tries to flee. "Things with wings? Oo, we have those, but that doesn't seem very exciting... what else?" [b]Name:[/b] sarcasticmoose [b]ID:[/b] 526879 [b]Entry Prompt:[/b] Wee Wordy Things - Poem [b]Entry Title:[/b] Observing Bugs [b]Dragon Author:[/b] Aura [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/771226/77122548_350.png[/img] Watch the little things Little yet flying yet well Dragons of their own

@sockmonkeygerald @paintminion @Sinjin @eyayah Aura grabs another stray entry book, and turns back to the judging table. "Being given wings? That happened to me once! I hope you don't mind a little short autobiography." [b]Name:[/b] sarcasticmoose [b]ID:[/b] 526879 [b]Entry Prompt:[/b] Big Wide Wingy Things - poem [b]Entry Title:[/b] To be Winged [b]Dragon Author:[/b] Aura [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/771226/77122548_350.png[/img] On lifeless ridges, from ice torn Barrages of wind, I cower forlorn Alone, alone, on my own Alone, alone, the gales drone ____To be winged, to soar and dive ____To once again be alive I wake up alarmed, by clicking and whirring Cogs and wheels, with shifting and turning A new weight on my wings, a skydancer smiles “I pray this is the last of your trials” ____How lovely it is to finally be ____To be changed wholly yet free On lively ridges, how far I’ve grown Pleasant gales, wings of my own All together, at last I can fly All together, ‘neath the Windsinger’s sky

A small obelisk makes her way through the crowd, a ragged piece of parchment clutched tightly in one little paw. She climbs on a small wooden box in order to reach the judge's table, layng her poem down for all to see. It's messy and the letters are scrawled quite close together, but it's still legible. "Hai, my name's Winx," she smiles, "I rushed over here to submit my entry!" There's a small glint in her dark brown eyes, a spark of something much deeper and well beyond her years. "I hope it's not too sad or too smudged. I wrote it for someone special :3" @sockmonkeygerald @paintminion @Sinjin @eyayah [b]Name:[/b] Skydust [b]ID:[/b] 309201 [b]Entry Prompt:[/b] Big Wide Wingy Things - Poem [b]Entry Title:[/b] Yonder [b]Dragon Author:[/b] Winx [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/89354531][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/893546/89354531_350.png[/img][/url] The air is still, the wind blows cold Time passes by both young and old Things are never built to last A lifetime comes and goes so fast When Mind and Body both find peace And Words of Wisdom come to cease Love that remains bleeds strong and true Casts vivid red through shades of blue In memories that we hold so dear We have reprieve from guilt and fear They keep us close, they give us hope They teach us how we ought to cope When flowers wilt before the bees When young birds flee their nesting trees When books are burnt, their story ends When winter falls, the frost descends When Death comes knocking to a door It does not open anymore. No longer will you see me grow One thing is left for you to know With all the things you meant to me [i]I give you wings - I set you free.[/i]

@Sushispider1212 [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/55696407][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/556965/55696407_350.png[/img][/url][color=transparent]__[/color] [nextcol] Liked the hat? Marvelous, have another. Got to encourage poets and prosers here. Thanks for the entry, got you down! [/columns]

@IndigoStarshine [columns] Got you down, thanks for entering! Have a hat. Feel free to come back! [nextcol] [color=transparent]__[/color][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/55696407][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/556965/55696407_350.png[/img][/url] [/columns]

@sarcasticmoose [columns] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/55696407][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/556965/55696407_350.png[/img][/url][color=transparent]__[/color] [nextcol] Syllables in good order... nicely done. Thanks for entering! Here's your hat, do come back with more. [/columns]

@Skydust [columns] Kilkenny absolutely did not look around for anyone who knew how to deal with children, because she was a professional. (Who had no idea how to deal with children.) Unfortunately she was the only judge on reception duty at the moment. So, since the only idea that occurred to her was to pat the child's head, which wouldn't be professional, she defaulted to treating the tiny dragon like an adult. "Thanks for entering! There's no age limit. Have a hat... that might be too big for you. Feel free to enter some more. Uh... don't let the bigger books eat you?" [nextcol] [color=transparent]__[/color][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/55696407][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/556965/55696407_350.png[/img][/url] [/columns]