Ian McArthur Poems

The Arctic wolf runs alone
soft on frost, its skin and bone
last of a family it has never known
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The arctic wolf that runs alone
Light on the frost, skin and bone
Lives by a melancholy tone
It has nothing softer than stone
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(Another WoW poem by the Troll, Swéll. If it helps clear any confusion - The apothecary that speaks is female, and Soggy's love is the Princess in Maraudon. Parodied Line for Line from T.S. Eliot's genius poem: Love song of J. Alfred Prufrock.)

'Let us go den, Soggs and I
Ta Waterfall dat sees no sky
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Imbalances in the brain
decide if we are made or sane
as we search for stimulation
let's dance about to inclination
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I can run
I can run
There is still time
I can run
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Even now on guard
huddled clouds ready to run
from the instincts of the sun
On such a day I saw her there
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(I play world of warcraft. one of my characters is vaguely Role playish and as a random idea and funny thing to do I thought I'd have her write some parodies of famous poems that are based on her experiences in Azeroth. anyway, I hope WoW players will understand it, and that even those who don't know a thing about it will appreciate parody) Try to guess the original poem

*The character is a troll ((Jamaican voice)) with a particularly odd accent, thus the gloriously bad spelling*
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(I had a great teacher, and my last years of English were fond ones. She was very fed up with the constraints of the old fashioned memorization and testing system, and I think I picked up on it as well at times.)

Sometimes English class is a sandwich.
Arrive, supplies on the cutting bored.
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(I think I wrote this as a bit of practice in imagery. I leave it to you to decide what it is. Please comment on what you think of it, I may have written it but I've not got any certain idea on what its about.)

Song will shape the bone
and all that grows out from the spine.
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(I'm always personifying things. When I'm doing this, I feel more confident with playing around with word structures and rhymes. Enjoy and comment your thoughts. This is my first new poem, other than those done in character, compare with my others please.)

'the fire speaks'
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