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Dexter, you know, the fox:
I'm posting this because I was kind of surprised at doing so well in the Furry Poetry Contest. There were a lot of others submitted that I really liked. But WhiteShepherd's comment of the surreality of the poem got to me. What I submitted was written two days after I realized I was a fur (Just in January, but an eternity nonetheless) and it really did feel surreal. So I'm submitting another poem I wrote about that time. It's not as good IMHO as my other, but it speaks to me in the same way. Let me know what you think about it.

Call of the Wild

Come here, come here, come wolf and bear,
Come on lion and lamb
Come raise your cup and toast the night
Then sip and drain the dram
Leap on in and dance with us
Beyond the dusk of day
Within the circle of our friends
Who’ve found the furry way
With fang and paw and ear and tail
Whose white tips catch the light
We find each other waiting here
In full view of the night
We’ll chase the sun and nip the moon
That hides above the trees
And lie down in the shady glen
Where starshine sets us free
And when we’ve played and preyed tonight
With those who know us well
We’ll wake again in worlds of men
At the sound of morning’s bell
So dream with me dear fox, dear hound
For in darkness we are born
From nature’s womb in slumber’s swoon
Beyond our human form

WhiteShepherd:
Wow!  Reminds me a little of Shakespears fantasy world.  The frolic and mirth. I like the poem a lot!

  WhiteShepherd

DrakonianDanceR:
Quote (Dexter, you know, the fox @ Mar. 20 2003, 3:03 am)Call of the Wild

Come here, come here, come wolf and bear,
Come on lion and lamb
Come raise your cup and toast the night
Then sip and drain the dram
Leap on in and dance with us
Beyond the dusk of day
Within the circle of our friends
Who’ve found the furry way
With fang and paw and ear and tail
Whose white tips catch the light
We find each other waiting here
In full view of the night
We’ll chase the sun and nip the moon
That hides above the trees
And lie down in the shady glen
Where starshine sets us free
And when we’ve played and preyed tonight
With those who know us well
We’ll wake again in worlds of men
At the sound of morning’s bell
So dream with me dear fox, dear hound
For in darkness we are born
From nature’s womb in slumber’s swoon
Beyond our human form
I've quoted your poem in this post, as there seems to be odd parts of code, or keystrokes that aren't displaying properly for me.  I could still guess what the words were anyway, and so I can read your poem.  I like it.  Although I cannot have the same feelings and thoughts on it as you can, Mr. You Know, The Fox - I do still have some ideas and feelings portrayed from it that I can see, or feel.  Care to offer any tips on writing poetry?  You seem to be quite good.

Bear Paw:
  Darn that's good I think I should be taking lessons of you. You have the talent to go far if you can write like this. I liked it. It reminded me allot of some of the times I had when I was role-playing with friends. DrakonianDancer you can write poetry everyones, got the soule of a poet you're just haveing troulble connecting with it ( like haveing the wrong jumper connection's on a peice of hardware) you just gotta play around until you hit a topic you feel is right n the words will start roleing out you'll see. You'll be producing stuff like this in no time.

Kada-Ru:
(claps wing tips together) That is really good, Dexter!

If you have more, please show?

You could also apply here on Furtopia for your own webpage to place all your poetry. It is still art!  

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