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Round 2

Held: Feb 17-23, 2009
Participants: Charles Fry, Tom Lokovic, Chris Monson, Dominic Widdows
Challenge:

In 20 lines or less, refer to three or four of these topics:
  1. The universe is a simulation.
  2. "The city's a flood, and our love turns to rust."
  3.  A creature in the forest.
  4. The same face viewed in two different lights.
Results:



as this morning's light
unveiled your face
I fleetingly wondered
if it was still yours

of if today was a dream
a dream within a dream
a poem within a dream
a dream within a poem

the light reaches the city
flooded in my tears
turning all to rust
until my eyes can't cry

  by Charles Fry



To the Legion
   by Tom Lokovic

The sacrifice we make today
will live in song for future kings,
but first our story was beheld
by Janus in the dawn of things.

Before the ancient cities rose,
before the primal morning light,
the destiny of worlds was writ
for Janus of eternal sight.

The Owl of Minerva knows
the path a mortal man should take,
but where the path will lead is known
to Janus in the Temple Gates.

To Mars I dedicate my sword.
For Rome I go to fight and die.
I end today as I began:
in Janus's immortal eye.



Shade only feels real,
Plays upon the creature's face
Once evil, now kind.

  by Chris Monson



A Deer at the Forks
  by Dominic Widdows

Deer drinks where two rivers meet,
Dreams a third, forth as yet unseen
Drives a fountain, settlement prospers
Under darker skies. City of rust
Our love turns to flood, looks forth
To a clear and humble way
So the dear to come may
Dream where two rivers meet.



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