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kcpoems said: lovely, I almost sort of understood it in Spanish. Google translate was stumped by “purifico mis algas batidas pro la furias" how would you translate that line?

Well part of that is a typo on my part (it has since been corrected). It roughly translates to "I purify my seaweed battered by fury". What that means is up for your own interpretation.

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An Ode to Princess Cimorene of Linderwall

I remember the first time I met you

You had some how found your way inside our mountain

With three knocks and  a snap,

Asking one of us to take you in

Even thought it “just wasn’t done.”

And winning our good favor

By leading a sneezing dragon

Four of your handkerchiefs

Even though each was burnt to dust.

  Woraug wanted to eat you,

But making you my princess

Was the best thing I have ever done

My library has never been so neat

And your cherries jubilee is much tastier

Than any princess’ flesh has ever tasted.

Though my fellow dragons scoffed,

And said I should not take you on,

I knew I could never go wrong

With a princess as brave and clever as you.

-Erin Carlson 

This was a request poem to write a poem from the POV of a fantasy character about the story they were in. I wrote about Princess Cimorene from the book Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede, from the perspective of her dragon Kazul.  

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In Which My Life is Like an Old Western

Walking home at 1 in the morning after work

is like walking through  town 

after spending all day in the desert, 

when the only thing open 

is a tavern about to close,

and it is so quiet you can hear

the clack of your boot heels echo 

as you walk down the center of its only street, 

and the quiet sounds of your leather coat 

as it flows behind you. 

  Its like you and the stars 

are the only witnesses to 

the storm on the wind 

and how beautiful the moon is 

half covered by clouds. 

  - Erin Carlson 

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P.s. inspired by pinterest? What does that tag mean?

The #inspiredbypinterest tag indicated that I was inspired to write the poem because of something I saw on pinterest. In this case, photo of one of the men from Myth Busters saying "the only difference between screwing around and science, is writing it down." I thought it was inspirational.