LPiA-24 Nov. 2

[Tiger the Lion]

Let's Pretend it's April - Nov. 2

Rules: Write a poem for LPiA on the topic or form described. Each poem should appear as a New Reply to this thread. The goal is to, at the end of the month, have written 30 poems for the month of November. (or one, or six, or fifteen) Prompts may be revisited at any time. All members are welcome.

Topic : Write a poem inspired by a video game. (modern or retro)
Form : Any
Line requirements: 8 or more

Feel free to reply with comments or kudos as you wish. 

Questions?

[RiverNotch]

I wonder if our priest,
who's been to Jerusalem,
Mount Athos, the great Lavra
of Saint Sergius Radonezhsky,
and the humble grove of conifers
near the Mohawk River that Saint John
partly consecrated, misses
solitude. I wonder if he'll take
Minecraft, with a taiga seed
and a church and chamber built,
as a hopeful little gift,
and not just a distraction.

[dukealien]

Dungeon and Lazarus


Surely all who play at video
have dived a dungeon, glad it’s all in fun:
unending corridors of cross-barred sun
beset by devil-beasts, a rodeo

where they’re the cattle. Often there’s no gold,
or spell or lawyer to affect release–
just mocking jailors whose taunts just increase
as they grow sick and prematurely old.

Some die with no lives left, no magic fix
for accusations never brought to trial,
their only hope to rise from durance vile
is pardon... like the heroes of J6.

[CRNDLSM]

A bunch of millennials 
Taking turns on a console
Passing back and forth guitars 
No where near ancient high scores 
Years of waiting for its turn
The dusty disc spins and burns 
Pausing at the height of fun
We witness the death of a Playstation