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Write a poem for National Poetry Month based on the topic described....rather, write a poem set in, pertaining to, or inspired by the given region, whether its entirety or just some part of it, as this year's prompts are going to be unified by the theme "Around the World" like last year's prompts were unified by the theme "Esoterica". Each poem should appear as a separate reply to this thread. There are three levels of participation:
Bronze. Participated at least once.
Silver. Participated every day.
Gold. Participated every day, with all entries either being the same form (e.g., every one a sonnet) or being distinct forms (e.g., no two haiku).
Today's region is South Asia, including Tibet.
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(04-22-2026, 09:03 PM)RiverNotch Wrote: Write a poem for National Poetry Month based on the topic described....rather, write a poem set in, pertaining to, or inspired by the given region, whether its entirety or just some part of it, as this year's prompts are going to be unified by the theme "Around the World" like last year's prompts were unified by the theme "Esoterica". Each poem should appear as a separate reply to this thread. There are three levels of participation:
Bronze. Participated at least once.
Silver. Participated every day.
Gold. Participated every day, with all entries either being the same form (e.g., every one a sonnet) or being distinct forms (e.g., no two haiku).
Today's region is South Asia, including Tibet.
Clarification (and place-holder) - does this include the Indian subcontinent?
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It's the Indian subcontinent, yeah
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Intrusions
Contact! What a massively rending shock as
India, intrepidly speeding land-mass,
impacts southern Asia with force to raise up
sky-piercing mountains
which in turn blocked any intrusion from north,
east or west unless the invader was a
force like Islam or Alexander. Even
led by such spirits
they could never penetrate through the mass of
peoples, gods and elephants, castes and customs.
But again a southern intruder impacts:
Anglosphere wins it.
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(Yesterday, 09:16 AM)dukealien Wrote: Intrusions
Contact! What a massively rending shock as
India, intrepidly speeding land-mass,
impacts southern Asia with force to raise up
sky-piercing mountains
which in turn blocked any intrusion from north,
east or west unless the invader was a
force like Islam or Alexander. Even
led by such spirits
they could never penetrate through the mass of
peoples, gods and elephants, castes and customs.
But again a southern intruder impacts:
Anglosphere wins it.
Thi is quite clever. Britain coming up from around the cape of good hope, and the juxtaposition with the geological event. Nice one:
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The Indian Campaign
Their pledge to follow him to the end of the world
was strained when the guides they hired all proved untrue,
leading the army to face unquenchable thirst
followed by ravenous beasts beyond description.
To Greece and to Egypt they had delivered peace,
to Persia much destruction, yet further east
the distant countries had no need for them
nor they no great designs for such unknowns.
There peace was already the land's, death and destruction
only by these explorers to be received,
including their most esteemed: from two old trees,
one through whom breezes would imitate local speech
by rustling leaves, the other limpid Greek,
the Conqueror learned that he would never see
his home and his beloved kin again,
while his appointment as King of the World would last
only for one more year. It was not poison
that in Babel made of Macedon's marshal
a dazzling mayfly, it was black despair.
