This is a collection of poetry, each poem being based on an episode of the show itself. My aim is to write a poem for each and every episode, so this is a long-term project. Some of the poems are inspired by real-life verses, while others are just for fun. I've tried to vary structure a bit from poem to poem, so I hope there'll be plenty of variety.
Note: I've done the best I can on the tags, so apologies for the lack of (for example) an Adventure tag. I can't help that, as the site won't allow both that and Slice of Life on the same work. In truth, the tagging system here can't really cope with a very varied collection like this.
Chapters (18)
This looks interesting. Definitely off the beaten path. I'm gonna hold on to this one. You have good ideas, sir or madam.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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I'm glad you liked it. Whenever I see good verse, I just need to rhyme.
Hey, I remember you! This thing, this thing you're doing here, I like it lotses! Good rhymes! Nice flow. Doesn't feel too forced. Lots of ponies' poems feel forced. So good on you. Anyway, any which way, any, all, whatever way, have fun! Catch you 'round, Lo-berry-ie!
Oh, here I am again. I just wanted to say that it makes me indescribably gleeful that you would emulate Eddie L., whose Nonsense Books have awed me for years.
3766284 Thanks for the kind words! Whether there'll be any more Leary coincidences... well, you'll just have to wait and see...
"And Rarity god muddy."
Nice ending to that one. Zecora would have a field day with most of these rhyming poems.
That was great. I could hear the melody play the entire time I read.
this was a good poem
That's an interesting structure. I can't honestly say I knew of the poem by John Gillespie Magee, but I like the fact that this is quite an unusual structure to work with, and it still scans perfectly. Something else that stood out is that it has a very uplifting, "triumphant" feel to it, and bearing in mind the episode that this is based on, that seems very appropriate. It feels like those last few lines have a soaring feel to them, which again seems very relevant.
4808562 Thank you! I'm glad it did the trick for you. The next one has Fluttershy aplenty, so will need to be thought about a bit.
Well once again my lack of poetry know-how means I can't really say all that much about this, except to say that it was yet another enjoyable piece of work, and although I don't know if this was the case, it appears that it would have been quite a complex one to put together. I also like the "Mare jewel" in the opening lines which seemed an unusual but appropriate description. :)
5403887 Thanks! It's a sonnet, well a sonnet of sorts. The poem it's based on is certainly a sonnet: this one. As you'll see, its first words are "Faire cruel" -- which finds an echo in my version's "mare jewel".
5404319 Oh yes, I see! Very clever, especially as the original one mentions cockatrices.
5404443 Not only does it mention cockatrices, it also has that phrase about "imperious eyes" -- which I kept as it seemed perfect for Fluttershy's Stare!
5405341 Thanks; that one was a lot of fun to write!
5426909 Don't sell yourself short! In any case, there are several other poems here (eg "Green Grass and Hay" and "Auntie Freeze") that are just for fun rather attempting than anything more complex.
5508951 Thank you! (And thanks for the other comments as well; they're much appreciated.) The original poem is the one that begins "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness."
Ahh, the mighty McGonagall, who I seem to remember was portrayed in a film starring Spike Milligan? I can't say that I knew all that much about McGonagall, beyond the fact that he was legendary as being a terrible poet. In that respect, I can see why you would have chosen that particular style for this specific episode! And I do have to wonder if it was necessarily easy to write, when you're deliberately trying to make it a bad poem?
5897106 I don't need any help in writing bad poems.
The problem isn't so much that, as trying to parody a real bad poem! If you read Lines in Defence of the Stage itself, you should see the strong resemblance. (I skipped a few stanzas to avoid having this one ramble on too long.)
McGonagall's most (in)famous poem is The Tay Bridge Disaster, hence the name of my own poem here!
5913507 See the A/N; writing it that way was entirely deliberate!