# The Sonneteers' Sanctum (The Poets' Paradiso) **URL:** \ **Category:** Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 31, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-sonneteers-sanctum-the-poets-paradiso/11682 "2016-08-31T00:38:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phaethon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/49beb7/32.png) [@Phaethon](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Phaethon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-sonneteers-sanctum-the-poets-paradiso/11682/1 "2016-08-31T00:38:57Z")
Okay. So I’m not sure how many of you have noticed, but I have been abusing the [Poems of War](http://community.gemsofwar.com/t/poems-of-war/414) thread in recent days after discovering it’s existence. However, the basis of that thread is Gems of War geared poems, but I couldn’t find a post where anything goes. Having said that, I decided to conceive a place where there are no boundaries, no stipulations. Perhaps this won’t take off and it may again become a one-sided situation. Nevertheless, I’ll start it off with a _very_ simple haiku (an homage to my rather dry sense of humor). ## “The Captain’s Manifesto” **This is a haiku.** **It’s not very creative,** **Still… it’s a haiku.** ---
**Author:** ![HKdirewolf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/hkdirewolf/32/21614_2.png) [@HKdirewolf](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/HKdirewolf)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-sonneteers-sanctum-the-poets-paradiso/11682/2 "2016-09-01T14:32:58Z")
Undo these chains, my friend I’ll show you the rage I’ve hidden Perish the Sacrament Swallow, but nothing’s forgiven You and I can’t decide which of us was taken for granted Make amends, some of us are destined to be outlived Under the words of men Something is tempting the father Where is your will, my friend? Insatiates never even bother You and I, wrong or right Traded a lie for the leverage In between the lens in light You’re not what you seem. ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/robert/32/12802_2.png) [@Robert](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-sonneteers-sanctum-the-poets-paradiso/11682/3 "2016-09-01T16:53:15Z")
**An Illiterate Gorilla** A fecking Haiku? What the hell is that anyway? Sounds like you just sneezed. ---
**Author:** ![Phaethon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/49beb7/32.png) [@Phaethon](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Phaethon)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-sonneteers-sanctum-the-poets-paradiso/11682/4 "2016-09-08T18:26:10Z")
## “Spelling Trust With Four Letters” To hang from every word, Like a ladder from their tongue. Embracing the absurd, Barbed wire on every rung. Like a moth drawn to a torch, Like a raven to a corpse. Deny the will as you wish; You can’t defy a driving force. ---
**Author:** ![Phaethon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/49beb7/32.png) [@Phaethon](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Phaethon)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-sonneteers-sanctum-the-poets-paradiso/11682/7 "2016-11-15T22:27:45Z")
No, it doesn’t have to be an original piece, but if it isn’t, I’m sure the creator what would appreciate a mention or nod. However, to be fair, our very language is borrowed; just a cycle of reinventing the wheel, so ultimately it doesn’t matter where it comes from, just the sentiment. ## “Spoke” These words… Not my own. But the ethos still **ring** s true. A boundless **circle**. ---
**Author:** ![killerman3333](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/killerman3333/32/4068_2.png) [@killerman3333](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/killerman3333)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-sonneteers-sanctum-the-poets-paradiso/11682/8 "2016-11-15T22:31:04Z")
They have always asked us a question Judged us like a book cover And they expect us to answer We’ve been through harsh times Of discrimination because of our skin They ask us “Are you from Islam?” And we give them angry and puzzled looks “Islam is not a country, but my religion” And in return, they give us confused looks We think of it as ignorance Even a non-educated person would know who we are And so we go through many questions With the same ignorance Of who we are Is race and religion so important? Is that what’s supposed to make me who I am? My exterior is different from yours, But my interior is the same. We can be of the same gender or sex Yet you decided to judge me anyway I have brown skin Different from yours But we both have hearts And we both can feel pain So, understand my hurt When someone mistakes my religion As a place ---
**Author:** ![HKdirewolf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/hkdirewolf/32/21614_2.png) [@HKdirewolf](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/HKdirewolf)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-sonneteers-sanctum-the-poets-paradiso/11682/9 "2016-12-01T03:17:56Z")
“You only need a roof when it’s raining You only need a fire when it’s cold You only need a drink when the whiskey Is the only thing that you have left to hold”- Common sense