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POEM STARTER
Write a poem or short story about an alchemist.
You could focus on real elements, or take a metaphorical approach to focus on a person who is trying to change something into another.
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The little old man in the conical hat
Smiled as he passed by his hanging pet bat
Then he got to his chair it was there that he sat
And proceeded to get down to work
He reached across the table to get to the jar
That was filled to the brim with magic from afar
So special to him it was marked with a star
It as then that he opened the lid
Looking inside he saw a chunk of base metal
Bought from t...
(Not the prompt)
The most perfect expression
How your cheeks grow
When your eyes glow
How wonderful that smile could make someone feel
As bright as the sun
Nothing I’d rather see
Than that face grinning happily
Happy and free
A smile is perfect
It spreads so easily
How happy it makes me
Every time it’s seen
Could you smile?
Yes, you
Your smile is beutiful too
Smile for me?
It’s all I’d want t...
He would show them,
The alchemist grumbled
Slaming the door on the jeering crowd
Who called his work infantile
And unimportant
Their voices of ridicule ever so loud
From all of the elements
In his possession
There was one that he had never used
If he could make something
Unseen by mankind
The crowd would be shoked, baffled and confused
They peered through the window
He labored for hours
Shiel...
A poor alchemist wanted the recipe for gold because he was short on money
But diddnt know how, so he whent to search for the recipe for gold. He soon came across a run down cabin, he walked in the cabin and found a chest, there was a lock so he whent out side and looked for a big rock to smash open the cache, he found a rock and proceeded to smash the chest till it opened. spiders crawled out and ...
To make one into another
One must think beyond one thought
For change does not come easy
Mad he is called
Shunned by all
The man continues
For change does not come easy
Science said no
He pushed on
Change is important
For change does not come easy
Water to ice
Change is possible
Science said no, he proved wrong
For change can be easy,
If you know how to...
Gold
The Queen of Sheba fell,
Well, she dove, really, for pearls.
She dove down past caring what would happen to her after,
What we would say about her centuries later,
How she was seduced, how she was a fool.
The best of us know that, to become gold, we first have to burn.
Gold is soft, it can be marked with a finger.
Most of what surrounds it is extra.
To make it beautiful, it has to be burned.
...
- One lump of coal (preferably from a naughty kid’s stocking)
- A cockatrice egg (this one calls for quiet stalking)
- One large bundle of Revrious Xolder
- All four leaves of a four leaf clover
- A single drop of water from the wretched River Styx.
- The blood of a frog and the tears of a hog (use caution not to mix).
- One perfectly portioned cup of salt that’s lost it’s taste.
- An ...
brewed up the just the right environment
the wave of leaves, the fall of water. towering trees, swaying mountains.
all made in his graceful splendor.
and to whom do i give thanks for these elements added? my reaction to it all is awe and wonder.
it’s my place of refuge, arms of comfort.
i’ll give thanks to the creator of love when i receive those provisions as a gift from above. so often i assum...
Every metal I touch soon turns to gold
Iron, steel, rusted or old.
Every step that I take, chains are wrapped around me
For I only serve as a treasure to keep.
My magical hands wield power beyond me
But they don’t understand, and they beg for the key.
I am seen like a god which they try to please
But I am worth as much as the air that they breath.
I’m not worth more than cattle
I’m not worth mo...
Bring to boil the pot and kettle
Cut the leaves and small trees
Leave behind the harsh reality
And extract the essence.
Sit and toil with molten metal
Push and heave, reach in and seize
Heave forward with gloves on, a finality
And react to the lesson.
Wipe the sweat from your brow
And the cinders from your chest
Put down the half-shaped tool
into the cool blue water.
The hot w...
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