Achaean Pleiades

By: Lanalii Posted on: July 22, 2007

(A Pleiades is a seven line poem in which each line starts with the same
letter. The title is one word that also starts with that letter. An
optional requirement is that each line has six syllables.)

An alphabet collection of Pleiades on various Achaean subjects.

1. Afflictions
2. Bars
3. Caer
4. Darkenwood
5. Erymanthus
6. Fireflies
7. Gaia
8. Heaven
9. Indrani
10. Jaru
11. Kamleikan
12. Lamassu
13. Music
14. Newbies
15. Order
16. Polyargos
17. Qurnok
19. Serenity
20. Tattoos
21. Ulangi
22. Valnurana
23. Waterweird
24. Xhaiden
25. Yellow
26. Zarathustra

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Afflictions

Although you are prepared
Attacks with venoms still
Annoy beyond belief
As eerie effects of
Afflictions lock you up;
Asthmatic slickness joins
Anorexia. Shoot.

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Bars

Bars across Sapience
Beckon so many. From
Bagwar's Alehouse to the
Brewery in Cyrene,
Broken dawns reveal their
Bodies. Delerium
Brings disillusionment.

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Caer

Cocoa from Percival
Clutched in stiff hands, with teeth
Clattering, and goosebumps
Ceaselessly prickling, you
Can only pray that the
Cold will soon be gone, but
Caer's beauty still enchants.

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Darkenwood

Darkened light spreads across
Deeply rooted trees, in
Dusky mystery. The
Darkenwood holds many
Disturbing secrets, which
Dapple scenes in restless
Dreams with startled wonder.

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Erymanthus

Elevated on clouds,
Erymanthus, the isle,
Escapes from the piercing
Eagle's eye. On strong wings
Earth's Atavians find
Elation when they reach
Epic Arcadia.

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Fireflies

Flickering in the night,
Fluttering out of sight,
Fiery wings of wonder
Fly blithely and as
Free as any bird: in
Fabled, serene Cyrene
Fire flies forever.

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Gaia

Giving her life freely
Galadriel awoke
Gaia, the earthmother,
Guardian of nature.
Gardens and forests laughed
Gales, to welcome Her, the
Green heart of Sapience.

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Heaven

Hearing the storm outside
Heave against the building,
Holding a mug in my
Hands, Blizzard Kawhe, in
Heavenly Cyrene's
Haunt: Blu's Den, I feel I
Have found my own heaven.

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Indrani

Inside our souls sin hides;
Initially we all
Inherit its loud call.
It sleeps under morals'
Inhibitions and wakes
In teachings of Lady
Indrani, Demon Queen.

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Jaru

Jephrey sells his chocolate.
Juggling fish on the docks,
Jaruvian fishers
Jaunce when the catch is good.
Joyously, the Eastern
Jewel will look after
Jaru, her small sister.

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Kamleikan

Kaleidoscopic views
Key you to northern sighs.
Kerchief in hand, you stride,
Keen to meet reindeer, where
Kelp grows in abundance,
Kept alive under ice,
Kamleikan's main feature.

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Lamassus

Living in Ithmia,
Lamassus, raven-winged,
Linger in the shadows.
Lesser Eidolons, they,
Like Abominations,
Lessen thirsts of Fonts that
Long for Guardians' births.

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Music

Midnight's gentle light sets
Minds at ease and welcomes
Musings. Inspiration
Moves lips in hums as soft
Music grows within. The
Movements that result will
Make Lord Scarlatti proud.

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Newbies

Never before have the
Newbies ruled in these great
Numbers, some with curious
Names, scourging Sapience,
Naturally wide-eyed.
Now I say thanks they're not
Naked as ones from Loom.

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Order

Only those of true faith
Offer themselves to an
Order in a bond that
On occasion hurts them,
Overwhelming, since the
One that holds their hearts close
Often honours their trust.

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Polyargos

Putrid remains litter
Polyargos' blue beach,
Pungent harpies' droppings.
Possibly the dragon's
Parching fire could cleanse
Pleasant shores of foulness.
Please, Yudhi, kill them all.

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Qurnok

Quagmire underfoot,
Quadriceps tense in this
Quiet, murky village.
Quarrels may soon arise;
Quick-tempered trolls live here,
Quite annoyed because their
Quality shield's broken.

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Ruins

Ravaged Icons stand in
Ruins, among them a
Rose of ivory, once
Rising tall, now fallen.
Rage causing destruction
Reigned Nishnatoba 'til
Rubble replaced beauty.

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Serenity

Southern Vashnars' soft breeze
Soothes wayward wanderers.
Serenity breathes in
Song, whispering through the
Silence where Her temple
Stands cradling justice: a
Spiritual haven.

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Tattoos

Tattoos cover us all,
Torso, limbs and head. A
Tree here, an Hourglass
There; on some of us a
Tentacle. Colourful
Touches blown on soft skin
To wow us with magic.

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Ulangi

Underground, in a cave,
Ulangi's Horkvals live.
Unimaginative,
Unrelenting bugs, they
Unmorally attack
Ulangi's Grooks, their peace
Undone by cruelty.

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Valnurana

Veils of sleep have covered
Vacuous eyes with
Various wondrous worlds, turned
Vaguely familiar when
Violent nightmares finally
Vanished in soothing dreams.
Valnurana beckoned.

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Waterweird

Wishes came to life as
Waterwalking replaced
Wading when from magic's
Well a swelling stream of
Water flowed to form a
Weird: an elemental
Wonder of loyalty.

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Xhaiden

Xenophiles will find that
Xhaiden Dale holds their own
Xanadu. They play their
Xylophones and sing of
Xenophobes near swamps with
Xylographed trees, intrigued.
Xhaiden, a strange valley.

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Yellow

Yonder, the Mhojave.
Yellow sands stretch out far,
Yearning for water's kiss.
Yawning after long days
Young grasses dot lands where
You live on pomegranates,
Yielding to sandstorm's songs.

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Zarathustra

Zeal and conviction caused
Zarathustra's soul to
Zoom in on Chaos' Well.
Zephyr whirlwinds gone, the
Zarathustran eagle
Zagged away into the
Zenith on newborn wings.

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