A city left abandoned, long forgotten
recalled now only as legend
a solitary settlement.
An island set adrift on a sea of empty air
built by man and held together by nature
a great tree-castle.
Some wonders though are meant to remain hidden
a mystery buried in the clouds
a lost treasure.
And then arrive two children pure of heart
to both destroy and save this sky-borne tomb
a living monument.
Two worlds delivered out of danger
Two children freed and favored
a wild adventure and a wondrous view
of silent peace and ever-secret beauty.
Laputa, the Castle in the Sky.
Author notes
Written January 29th, 2006
Inspired by Hayao Miyazaki's film Castle in the Sky.
Cari This is for option 12
A contest entry
- Hayao Miyazaki by mister nemo.
800 points, ended January 30, 2006, 5 entries
Silver trophy winner
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Bronze trophy winner
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Honorable mention
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What did you think
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I have not watched castle in the sky. The prompts were Howl's moving castle and Spirited away. I will have to DQ. Feel free to add other poems.
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This was absolutly beautiful, I absolutly loved this!! Great Job and good luck in my Contest!
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I love this poem.
great write.
-Buster
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Great job on this! Grats on your bronze!
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This one I liked a lot. I have never seen Castle in the Sky (like bits and pieces of it), but your poem makes me feel as if I have seen it. It's simple, yet descriptive, but not too overbearing. It's not filled with extremely flowery language. It seems to have come straight from you, and only you, which I greatly respect in a writer.
Usually I'm not really into poems that relate to the plot of something, because they tend to just state out the facts or the plotline without any creativity. This one shows that you actually put thought into the poem. I love the flow (kind of like a haiku the way the beats go), the language. I just like everything. Bravo! Best of luck to you in the contest.
Sincerely yours with hugs and kisses,
ModernXTimes -
nice description and nice almost haiku-ish set up. But this still is kind of just explaining the plot/story. What's the theme, reallY?
nice work though
pegleg -
I really love this poem. It's clean and lean and kind of magical. Congratulations on winning the silver trophy.
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YES! this, i like completely. i have nothing to critique here because for the subject, i think this is flawless. simple, unobtrusive, well written. it's not too descriptive, it's not too vague. lovely.
thank you for entering this.
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