Poet Laureate Winner 10/18: Aersoldorf
Oct 23, 2018 11:14:45 GMT -5
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Post by Master of Tacos on Oct 23, 2018 11:14:45 GMT -5
After a week of voting, I am pleased to announce the winner of the ode-themed October 2018 Poet Laureate Contest: Aersoldorf! The fourteen-time Poet Laureate (and only poet commended and commissioned by the Council) returns yet again to the post for a fifteenth go! Here is his entry, Entry 2:
Ode to Hope
Though chains around my soul are wrapped,
And in Depression's grip I'm trapped,
No exit from this Hell yet mapped,
Yet still I shall go on.
By Disappointment and Despair,
Surrounded in this squalid lair,
The stench of Death in foetid air,
Yet still I shan't succumb.
Though fled from me, the peace of sleep,
And Nightmares in my dreams do creep,
To drag me down into the deep,
Yet still my heart believes.
In solitude I face the gloom,
And search in vain for Love's sweet bloom,
Despondency my heart would doom,
Yet still I carry on.
Alone, adrift, upon the Seas,
A broken wretch upon his knees,
A smile from you, a saving breeze,
Yet still my heart dares dream.
For even in the darkest night,
When Doom would fill my mind with fright,
And Hate my tender heart would blight,
Yet still I keep the faith.
Amidst the pain and suffering,
Tho' morbid minions Sadness bring,
With head held high my heart will sing,
Yes, still, I won't give up.
For Hope within me is alive,
And lends me strength with which to strive,
It daily helps me to survive,
Yes, Hope will see me through
Though cold your words, and rimed with frost,
And venomed barbs we've slung and tossed,
I shan't believe that all is lost,
To Hope I'll ever cling
Congrats Aersoldorf! Thank you as well to Anollasia for the excellent poem in second!
The Poet Laureate contest will be back in February, so keep up the creativity, Islanders!
