#ooc / the poet

[ask-captain-keating]

Students, poets, lads, etc.,

I will be sharing your next assignment here, and will share prompts intermittently to encourage writing out of the classroom. This is not required, but extra points will be added to the grade of whoever chooses to participate.

Your prompt for this first assignment is to write a poem or adjacent piece of writing about/ for your favorite person. This doesn't have to be about a fellow classmate, student, or even a human, just someone that you love more than anyone else. It is not imperative that you reveal who the subject of your work is, but if you feel it's important to the piece, please do so!

If you need a point of inspiration or an example to reference if you're stuck, I've provided a poem I wrote not too long ago. You can do something similar, or something wildly different, whatever feels right to you.

Everything Sings

Earl gray graces the sleep-filled soul,

joined by the echoes of a kettle's sweetly strung note,

and the familiar pang of the carillon's morning hymnals.

Myths of Genesis's flood remain reminiscent of a choir I know well,

this ark of Noah's reduced to a mere vessel for God and His ballads I dedicated to you.

John Charles Keating

Good luck boys, I look forward to seeing what you all create.

Best,

Mr Keating

PS. Those of you who are not students of mine are more than welcome to participate!

@first-unmanned-flying-desk-set @social-anxiety-and-poetry @phonecall-fromgod @radiofree-america @pittsie-boy @knoxious-overstreet @therealrichardcameron @head-of-the-dinner-table

[berryberrytaeberry]

Wei Wuxian *entering Cloud Recesses*: yOu wOuLdN't LaSt aN hOuR iN tHe AsYluM wHeRe ThEy rAiSeD mE

Lan Zhan: You were here for only a few months

...

Lan Zhan: And I've lived here my whole life what do you mean--

Lan Zhan: And wouldn't that lyric be more fitting at the burial mounds???

Wei Wuxian: WHOS AFRAID OF LITTLE OLD MEEEEE

[melatonoia]

rip charlie dalton, you would’ve loved playing laufey songs in your sax

[askholycouncillor]

*There is a thundering roar, from powerful, fast-paced footsteps. Like a single man had found the strength to stampede with the strength of an entire herd of regal stallions. The sound of heels hitting the ground sounds familiar. A voice comes from the distance, calling out like a desperate melody from the tired lungs of a tired bird. Finally, an answer to the Kauai O'o* muuuuuuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSE!!!

*I tackle hug the angel, as my noose of rosary goes slack and releases my heart. The pedestal I have placed my god upon tumbles down as I cling to the angel. We fall to the filth of the earth together, with the freedom lucifer must have felt falling from grace. A sweet, delicious sin, a forbidden fruit, gifted from the divine. If my soul would leave me, my spirit would haunt him in this grip. My very being is shaking, not from tears for I cried them all, no. My muscles ache from how tight I cling to him, as though if I squeeze tighter, I will be one with that is holy*

@thepoetanon

[he glances around for the source of the strange noise, form drawing stiff.

then he hears it. his voice. with only a few seconds to prepare himself, he-]

[-is tackled straight to the ground, the wind knocked out of him. his wings turn a bright yellow-orange, feathers tipped with black, as they're pinned against his back.

he fights to escape his grip for a few moments, before deeming it useless, and falling limp. a confusing swirl of feeling-- some positive, some not-- pains his chest.]

[god damn it.]

[phonecall-fromgod]

@first-unmanned-flying-desk-set to satisfy you, here the first little bit of the song. this is ALL i am letting ANYONE see

last week, i called your house phone

you let the line ring, once, twice, thrice

when you picked up, i said

"It's time we had some cocktails,

and I know you think I'm uncaring.

i mean the best, truly, i do, i do.

get a few drinks in me and ill tell you the truth."

[risetherivermoon]

sneak peak for the oneshot thats a part of the telepathy nark au,

nicky's thoughts from lark's pov are incredibly silly

[rufus-in-utopia]

I Am Going To Make My Stance On Salmonid Beings Clear.

For Context, I Am A Grizzco Employee, Hired For A Full Time Job.

Yes, I Do Fight The Salmonids For a Living.

But They Are Still Sentien Beings.

And - Aside From The 'Big Runs', We Are The Agressors In Combat.

The Salmon Are Beings With Culture. And They Are Soldiers.

I Have Chosen A Warpath As A Soldier, Not A Farmer.

Our Opponents Are Still Living Beings, And You Cannot Dehumanize 「For Lack Of A Better Term」 Them.

— Rufus Hyaku ▪︎ Eggsecutive VP

[charmantevamp]

(Gif credit to @.virginiaisforvampires )

@the-brat-prince-1760

Alternatively: the Bible said “Adam and Eve” so… I did both. 😉

[radiofree-america]

BACK IN KINDERGARTEN I ACED MY COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM. NOW IM NO ROCKET SCIENTIST, OH WAIT, I AM! WHEN I POUR MY ALPHABITS I GET NOTHIN BUT STRAIGHT A'S MY RETAINER AND HEADGEAR CONNECT TO A BACK BRACE. IVE GOT A POCKET PROTECTOR PROTECTOR PROTECTORRR I BROKE MY GLASSES ON PURPOSE SO I COULD TAPE EM TOGETHER. RUN BACK TO REDDIT AND TYPE ATUFF NO ONE WILL SEE. UOURE A GEEK THAT MEANS UR JUST A HIPSTER WANNABE

YOU GET IT🗣️🗣️💯🔥

[stcries]

random ass question whilst i have breakfast cause it's been bugging me the past day.

what do you guys do as muns to add a little extra PIZZAZZZ to your writing? whilst i am in an okay place with my formatting, the style/way i write as a whole feels kinda bland and i wanna spice it up a bit.

[ask-captain-keating]

What are some of your favorite poems, Captain? (Besides o captain my captain ofc) <3

Anon,

What a wonderful question! I'd be delighted to share a few of my favorites with you all.

To start, my all time favorite is titled "Clair de lune" (translates to "Moonlight") by Paul Verlaine, written in 1896. Those with a keen eye may recognise the title from Claude Debussy's song of the same title, which was a piece inspired by the poem. The original work is in French, but I will provide an English translation by Chris Routledge.

Moonlight

Your soul is a select landscape

Where charming masqueraders and bergamaskers go

Playing the lute and dancing and almost

Sad beneath their fantastic disguises.

All sing in a minor key

Of victorious love and the opportune life,

They do not seem to believe in their happiness

And their song mingles with the moonlight,

With the still moonlight, sad and beautiful,

That sets the birds dreaming in the trees

And the fountains sobbing in ecstasy,

The tall slender fountains among marble statues.

Paul Verlaine, 1869

Another one of my favorites, also by Uncle Walt, is called "O Living Always, Always Dying" from his poetry collection titled Leaves of Grass. Leaves of Grass was published in 1855, but he continuously edited and reworked it until he passed in 1892.

O Living Always, Always Dying

O LIVING always, always dying!

O the burials of me past and present,

O me while I stride ahead, material, visible, imperious as ever;

O me, what I was for years, now dead, (I lament not, I am content;)

O to disengage myself from those corpses of me, which I turn and look at where I cast them,

To pass on, (O living! always living!) and leave the corpses behind.

Walt Whitman, 1855

The last one I'll share is titled "Love Lives Beyond the Tomb" by John Clare. I only found this poem very recently, so unfortunately I don't know when it was published.

Love Lives Beyond the Tomb

Love lives beyond

The tomb, the earth, which fades like dew—

I love the fond,

The faithful, and the true

Love lives in sleep,

'Tis happiness of healthy dreams

Eve’s dews may weep,

But love delightful seems.

'Tis seen in flowers,

And in the even's pearly dew

On earth's green hours,

And in the heaven's eternal blue.

‘Tis heard in spring

When light and sunbeams, warm and kind,

On angels’ wing

Bring love and music to the wind.

And where is voice,

So young, so beautiful and sweet

As nature’s choice,

Where Spring and lovers meet?

Love lives beyond

The tomb, the earth, the flowers, and dew.

I love the fond,

The faithful, young and true.

John Clare

Another one of my favorite poems was written (or verbalised I suppose?) by a student of mine. Neither he nor I got the chance to write it down, and I most definitely do not have permission to share it. No sleep lost over it, sometimes the best poems are the ones you only hear once! Thank you very much for the question.

Best,

John Keating

[the-fifth-rascal]

Random ahh quotes from my fics day two

[enidonline]

I feel like Charlie and Todd are the kind of friends who sit in the back of the class with their backpacks on the table and have 10 different mini bags of chips, 8 books, 15 packs of gum, their computers, and one pair of tangled earbuds that are so old they count as vintage

[askholycouncillor]

*I give a slightly pained smile at him, obviously bothered by the anons. I force a chipper tone, but it's hard to ignore the way I truly feel* pay them no mind, muse... not like I would want that either anyways...

@thepoetanon

Hm?

[he tilts his head slightly] What was that?

[phonecall-fromgod]

"Mr. Nolan, it's for you. It's God. He says we should have girls at Welton."

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[rufus-in-utopia]

ooc:

edited a rufus into a still from the OE trailer :D

bigger one below: