Peredhil

Written 16FEB2008 for a long time friend met in the military. contains in-jokes, but hopefully the heart will come through. Was beginning to think I'd forgotten how to write... ~Peredhil 1. As long as I have a home, you will never be homeless. If you are starving, I’ll share my food. Unless you have a pet, in which case I’ll help you prepare your Meals-on-paws. 2. We are at the age that all pain is no longer gain. But I’ll tease you about being a wussy regardless. I’ll just make sure you get to a doctor if you break. 3. If you have a need and I can help, I will. Please note that Universal Cosmic Law #7 states that if I’m having sex, this is a Class Three demi-miracle and it is impossible for you to have a need. Wait three minutes and reevaluate. By then, UCL #7 may not apply anyway. 4. The doctors tell me I may no longer drink. This shouldn’t prevent you from drinking if you wish. I will get just as loud, embarrassing, and belligerent, be able to drive, and remember every thing you’d rather forget, for you. a. By UCL #4, the Lawful Lie, I can embellish anything you did foolishly, and include anything that either of us should’ve said but didn’t, when recounting said events. It makes a better story. b. Unless in a court of law, in which case, I don’t remember anything past your stopping to allow the old lady to cross the street and the jerk behind you almost hitting you for this deed of grace and love. Oh, and his insistence that I take his keys before he had his first drink. But, Your Honor, he’s just like that. 5. Your mate and spawn are safe with me. If you die before the spawn are functional adults, I won’t take care of them for you, I’ll take care of them as you would’ve, to the best of my ability. a. When in your home, I will not correct you or give relationship/parenting advice in front of any one, regardless of my personal beliefs. If I can’t support you, I’ll get a room some where before I’d undermine you. b. In private, I will tell you my beliefs and why, and then support you in whatever you decide, to the best of my ability. 6. When you are making a decision, I will give you my experience, knowledge, views, beliefs, and whatever support I can. Once the decision is made, I’ll put all that aside and support you as if the decision were mine, unless it conflicts with my morality. 7. If your heart is broken, I’ll listen to you and give sympathy for the appropriate time of Manliness Mourning. Then I’ll tease you about it publically to help you toughen back up. 8. On second thought, I will always tease you publically, so you’ll be ready. Life and change occur on the edges of the comfort zone. I’ll help you find your own personal limits, and then push them. Feel the love. 9. When you’re being serious, I say obvious things until you get a sense of humor back. When you are angry, I’ll laugh at you. When we are Norsing, I’ll remind you to pillage THEN burn. When we are geriatric, I’ll remind you the rule is socks then shoes, and that toes go in first. 10. All flesh is born of water and blood. But some bonds of brotherhood are birthed in hell and through choice. The second is our bond.

Realistically, there are no tangible benefits. You can be here forever for the poetry, and no one will quibble or try to force you to move up in ranks, or demote you. As for intangible benefits, trying to explain the intangible in a non-linear place like the Pen is like trying to describe social nuances to my 15 year old with mild Aperger's Syndrome. Just can't be done in a meaningful way. Not right, not wrong, any more than colour blind is right or wrong. Just is.

Which isn't an answer to a binary question.

A list is first proposed in the Tower by the administrative staff, who keep track of the eligible, and then put to a Voting Membership-wide determination. All vetoes for advancement are required to have a justification, to include what the person may do or change to advance. A check-and-balance on personality cults and conflicts. The promotion from Initiate to Page is a recognition of activity in the Pen, and an encouragement. It is given to reflect growth in the areas of posting, gracefully accepting feedback, and a few other things. The descriptions in the FAQ in the Walls pretty much sums up what is expected at each level. The promotion from Page is a bit harder for most as instead of reflecting personal growth, it is a recognition of social growth - ability to play well with others, firmly hold an opinion but allowing others to hold theirs, being constructive, social emphasis. Does this help? ~creaky Ancient Peredhil

Black9! I miss his writing. Happy Birthday!

LOL! For years I've used the line, "the silence is deafening me". I love this! <3

Assuming pools of watching was meant. I do that constantly when typing. That and typing "you" instead of "your". I like how in just a few words, I get this mind vision of flaring skirts, bare feet stomping the ground, ankle bells chiming - and the fires burning in the watching eyes...

Happy birthday Mighty Pen sight. You've endured a lot since Rune gave you to me for Christmas, and repaid the world over. Many more.

*nods thoughtfully at the explanation* I love discussions like this. One mark of success as a poet is the ability to engage minds and hearts. As a sacrifice, it is valid indeed - Prometheus was "foresight" - he knew the price he'd pay and did it anyway. Epimetheus was hindsight - which isn't always 20/20...

Hehe, you don't do poetry often, but when you do I love it. those two lines... my life of late! Ha-haw!

I can see the interconnections (I like this Silver Wind ), yet I also see the gap. The switch from first person "I" point of view to the introduction of "they", "we", and the singular/pural ambiguity of "you" is what engenders confusion to me, but then I often find problems resolving pronouns' subjects parsings. The transition from personal to the lesson for all is implicit, but there. Well done.

I really enjoy Acrostic poety Like this one I think you captured an essense Kept the imagery consistent Even gave me goosebumps Down my spine This was an excellent example of How to do this type of poetry I will point out in passing the the bible has many of these acrostics Since I'm into that sort of trivia

this speaks to my heart, but in such a soft whisper my mind is not sure what is said. Reminds me of times of Writer's Block, when inspiration was dead. But it always flowered freshly in my heart's spring. I keep on writing; that's the thing.

I'd be willing to work with you on my Pen Keep places. Peredhil and the boys have Adept Portal short cuts all over the place, a few are anchored so sturdily that others sensitive might be able to use them. I've some maps and such for my FARS world, which I could scan and let you "clean up" if you wanted to add them. I already envision them as being connected to the Pen in some way. I'm going to be using them in a book prolly in the next year, though, and I'm broke, so if I use yours to publish, would you settle for Artist Credit?

Heh. I like this. Sums up the feelings of Mondays of late. For some reason the meter reminds me of some Insane Clown Posse songs I like.

On this date, January 3rd, J.R.R. Tolkien was born in South Africa. To the original Beren One-Hand and one of the most influential fantasy writers of the mid 1900s, huzzah!

Peredhil waits to ensure he's not interrupting, then mounts after a Polite bow. Clearing his throat and adjusting the mike, oddly enough after having seen thousands of movies, doesn't make awkward sounds or squeak the speakers. I'd like to see more of me at the Pen, and contribute more in all areas. It is a simple fact of life that the more a person writes, the more they CAN write. I think many of we old-timers let a reputation stand in our sub-conscious ways, and strive to not disappoint, rather than just writing playfully as we used to do. I'm going to try to avoid that, so prepare for major suckage in quality. Grins. I'd also like to begin providing more feedback, even it if is of the "I read this" type. Life *is* busy and the pressures thereof mount, but to be part of a community, I feel I need to not just stay in my comfort zone, but throw myself to the edges. Part of that for me means coming to know all the rest of you through your works. Bows again to all, since they're too far away to hug, and wanders down and away for now.

The feeling reminds me of a Moody Blues' song, "I know you're out there somewhere". Which isn't the name, I don't think, but a line in it. Right now, I'm missing someone and thinking of them, and this poem tapped into that feeling well. Thank you for putting words to feeling.

I found myself reading out-loud, picturing myself stamping and shoveling to the beat. Nicely done. a couple of minor spelling errors, but that's what revision is for. When I try to revise as I write, I lose the original vision. *hugs* Good job, elder-brother-man!

I pace irritably lashing my frustration as a tail, Wanting to help but you're hurting like hell, All I can do just isn't enough and life is treating you so very rough It's hard to exist at a time like this, When emotions rage. (I'm so very pissed) I know what I want to be, protective as a lion, Harder to be a man than a male there's no denyin', The situation is evolving, listening is better than problem solving It's hard to be a man when love's in pain, So much emotion. (We're going insane)

Made an audio of this. about 2meg mp3 download. Peredhil's Polite Dungeon MP3

*hugs Appy* Welcome back Hon'. As a side-note, love is vulnerability, and pain is inevitable since we're human. But shared love with the right person makes it all worthwhile, to me. To the question, I guess I'm a mix of Regel (with whom I find myself nearly always agreeing in principles) and my old Peredhilish self. I tend to give myself away easily to people with whom I know I'm gonna have a relationship. Call it intuition, or whatever, but I rarely am wrong in my picks of friends and chosen-family. Sometimes it happens, but even then, it's not me who they hurt as much as someone else for whom I care, because my friends vary widely. I can forgive a great deal when I'm teaching a new friend how to love, 'specially if they've never had a real friend before, except betraying someone under my protection. Hurt me, we'll talk. Hurt a loved one, I turn it over to Elladan.

Yay! Thank you to all the hard-working Elders and Gnomes in the Tower who made this possible!

This left me thinking, which is a Good Thing to take away from a poem. I kinda missed punctuation - when I read it aloud, I found myself adding commas and periods. Should "minds eye" be "mind's eye"? The idea of multiple minds sharing a single eye which is defining beauty is a nifty one, but I don't think it was author's intent.

Wow. Excellent. In the Real World, "Almost Dragonic" stands for as high of quality products as they are poor at the Pen Keep...