Friendship is Poetry

by Loganberry

Shy Pony to the Dark Cave Came (Dragonshy)

My first thought was, my bunny was absurd:
That silly Angel; oh! A vicious cough,
A-kicking of his carrot; he'd not scoff
The thing. His hacking all around occurred.
The smoke above brought forth our friendly herd:
Inevitably Twilight spouted off.

A dragon was the cause? Too bad by half!
We'd have to start anew and live elsewhere.
But Twi had other plans. She said, that mare,
We'd walk the road! No! Panic! Do not laugh:
I had to stay, or risk my epitaph.
They carried me; to walk I did not dare.

And so our motley party galloped on
Until a mountain faced us: oh, so high!
My nerves set in; with wings locked, I can't fly!
No! Rainbow, don't you see that your "Come on!"
Was little help to one whose courage, gone,
Meant AJ had to fetch me. I could cry.

A rocky path we trod, and yet again
I could not get the better of my fears:
An avalanche resulted. Through my tears
I tried so hard to get back up, but then
I stumbled on another stone, and when
Dash rolled her eyes, I could have wept for years.

That dragon's cave at last we reached. I hid.
The others one by one attempted schemes
Cajoling, reason, even joking. "Seems
Like nothing but a kick will work!" Dash did
Go through with her idea, but out she slid;
Broke rock. Just variation on our themes.

But in that awful moment of despair
There hatched another plan -- and one of glee.
And yes, the time had come for someone: me.
I flew up; fixed the dragon with a glare:
"You do not hurt my friends!" It ended there,
The air of Ponyville back clean and free.

Author's Note:

Inspired by "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" by Robert Browning.

Comments

[Delta 727]

This looks interesting. Definitely off the beaten path. I'm gonna hold on to this one. You have good ideas, sir or madam.

[Albert Manhattan]

Beginning my journey through this site,
a little something to ease my plight,
a short little tale I did seek,
just enough to wet my beak.

Through story after story I searched and I wept.
"Dear Celestia, where are the good ones kept?"
My prayers went unanswered until I stumbled upon,
Friendship is Poetry. Intrigued I pressed on.

A quick read later and I was hooked like a fish.
For more of this poetry I did wish.
A like and a favorite so I would not regret.
When an update came I would not forget.

[Loganberry]

3744829 Thank you! Updates will be irregular, but I hope reasonably frequent most of the time. (And I'm a stallion, by the way.)
3745655 I wish you could see the massive grin on my face when I saw that comment. Bravo!

[Delta 727]

3746169 Ah. Well then, SIR, I'm very intrigued by this. Never seen poetry on FIMFiction before. Daring move on your part. Really hoping this gets a good turnout. Take this from another writer: Even if your writing isn't always original, people will still love it if it's unique. I think if this really gets out there, you'll be featured in no time!

[Loganberry]

3746266 I guess the lack of poetry is partly because of the word-count restriction: not many individual poems reach 1,000 words, so generally only collections pass the submission process. It's not my first venture into pony poetry, though: two of my other pieces here are in verse. Those are long individual poems, so this is still a new venture for me.

[Albert Manhattan]

3746169
I'm glad you liked it. Whenever I see good verse, I just need to rhyme.