Welcome to PoetryCastle! I am lovepoet, Laird of PoetryCastle and I would like to personally introduce you to castle life - This is the place to get started, pick up a few pointers, make some new friends and introduce yourself to the Poetry Castle citizenry.

A place for *Stop the press* Poetry Castle news, scandals, goss' , updates.

A place where health and healing are made manifest for our castle citizens in need of our collective healing energies, thoughts & fond wishes. Lets join our hands in a healing circle for our beloved friends & fellow poets.

Muse buster materials. Stuck? Major mind blockage? Come in for that much needed injection.

Poetry Castle's own resource & library room. Share the knowledge here or just come in and rummage through the shelves.

A place to gather and discuss a myriad of topics that don't fit elsewhere.

The poet must be: Dead The poem must be: Out of Copyright (in the public domain)

New! No longer a private drinking club, The Dragon Flagon is now a freehouse, open to all citizens. A place for Citizens to drink their favourit tipple and get loquacious (I love that word) First drink free and Happy hour 24/7 by order of the Laird

An area for reciprocal site links approved by the Laird.

Come let us celebrate the birth of our castle family members, tis a place of celebration and merriment

This is the new general forum for your New Poetry Posts. Post your new poems here, your post will stay here for two weeks, gathering comments and adulation - then one of our crack team of admins will migrate it out to the author's chosen forum, again with the moved link persisting for one further week.

A place to post your mp3 files of your own poetry.

The place to post your work for gentle and encouraging critique, advice and improvement from other poets.

The place to post or read your poetry of love and romance.

There is love and LOVE, this is for the epic writes of unbridled love and passion, that stir the soul and shake the stars - be prepared to be breathless!

Poems of the other kind of love: brotherhood, sisterhood, buddy, pal & friend

Perchance to dream? All that we see or seem? place your poetic excursions into that world apart here, launch it gently into the sea of dreams

Your writes of the sheer exhiliration of life, how good it is to be alive, how ecstatic it is just to be

For those figurative allusions, the mysterious metaphor, the supreme simile

Things change: I change, you change, Poetry Castle changes - this is the place to celebrate life's odysseys, challenges and accomplishments in poetic form

A haven for all the writes about war, humanity and social issues

Celebration! whether it be of Nature, the elements, a special person, moment or occasions. Come, enter Mother Nature's garden, and post your poetry that celebrates her beauty, fetes the wild aesthetics of the elements or focuses on a special person, a special day, a special moment in time.

A place for works of love, hope and yearning, paint your wishes with words here - but remember, be careful what you wish for!

Writes about poetry and...writing! well, why not?

For the wistful, the melancholic - works that wring a tear from the eye and empathy from the heart

A place where souls and voices come together, to soothe, to smile, to touch the soul...

Walk along the lake, skimming stones to ripple the waters of reflection, gently lapping the edge of memory

A place to post poetry for, and about children...and a place where children can post their own poetry

Vivaldi, the four seasons each extending into the next in the eternal cycle of change - these are the words of spring, summer, autumn, winter

Life has a grimy underbelly, where the gypsies, the homeless, the tramps, the travellers, the hippies and hoboes and hillbillys, men and women of the road live their lives, under the radar of society, closer to nature than we could ever be, greater freedoms than we could ever have, more independence than we could ever know. Join us now, on this cold and rain-flecked night, warm your hands beside the garbage can brazier, have some cardboard for your shelter, share some meager soup and long tales of woe, hardship and travel to warm your inner being

The ordinary, the mundane can be Zen code for the most mystical, the most passionate of experiences, insights, feelings, enlightenment

Words to celebrate the celestial heavens, the galaxies, the planets, the stars and the comets streaking through the vault of sky as it turns eternal to gyre upon the axis mundane

~ Sonnets Only, please ~

In the gardens, surrounded by lush trees and flowers of every hue, is the Well; poets, writers and musicians flock to it, seeking to quaff its inspiring waters.

A place where the softest of Angels wings are felt , as their wings embrace your soul and heart, here Angels walk amongst us as friends, guardians and guides even as strangers

A forum for spiritual and philosophical writings of any subject or style.

Step inside to have your funny bone tickled, or to turn a frown into a smile here is where you will find humorous poetry to lift your day

A place to post your own *original* song lyrics, post your ballads, rap, torch songs, laments, hymns and paeans here.

Once in a while I will select a piece from the read/post your poetry areas and display it here for especial praise. This cherished accolade is the most distinguished acclaim possible within our Castle walls. Let all applaud and admire!

On a more or (usually) less daily basis, I will select a poem to be featured here that I found particularly praiseworthy and to my own personal liking.

Come enter the magickal myst , a place where time stands still , where fairies play and merry be made , as the pods gather their poetry picks

A special place where inks flow in beauty. Where ripples are words and emotions run deep. A place for Christys' special picks

In the meadows of myst the fair maiden siempre hand picks her favourite poems within these castle walls

Where e.m. phoenix exhibits his personal favorites from among the best poems in Poetry Castle.

Where light shines on the silvered threads woven on the looms of our poetic hearts: Allura's Favorites, illumined by love, chosen by desire, seeded in this special garden where the dew of fame gathers anew each morn.

Here amongst the blood blossoms rest works that have sent the Castle's resident Obsidian Butterfly's wings aflutter. Wander at your leisure, but bring a candle...things may get dark...

Take off your shoes and wander this sunken grove, enjoying the sand beneath your feet and the sunlight warm on your face as you wander this collection of our very own Disillusionedboy12's favourite pieces.

Come, sit awhile, and read Mizclaws Favourite Castle poem's..come in as a stranger, leave as a friend

Come gather 'round the hearth of friendship and be warmed by tales of love, joy, hope and inspiration specially selected by your hostess, Pyrovixen.

Poetry selections by Poetry Castles bubbliest and most effervescent admin, Black Star!

A place where all can gather 'round and admire the enticing favourites of ellen_tastic!

This forum is for the display of outstanding poetry picked by our staff and elected with esteem, and for our contest winners' works to be displayed.

The adventures of the London Transcendence Remote Viewing Group

The UK's Occult Talk Show - hosted by Marc Power and Dirk Bruere, we hope to showcase extraordinary People with extraordinary ideas on our weekly radio talk show: OneTribe on London's ResonanceFM, 104.4 on the FM dial, simultaneous Internet Broadcast and archive podcast of shows available as .mp3 files. Show times are midnight every Wednesday until 1am the next day (thursday).

*Fantasy* *Horror* *Comedy* *Drama* *Sci Fi* *Thrillers* *Festival* *Action* ... A place to read/write your epic *prose* *poetry* *verses* and so forth inspired by the said genres.

Come explore the limitless possibilities and mysteries of the mind, body, and soul; embrace the microcosm, the macrocosm, and all of it's working components that add up to be "The Cycle of the Ages." Way up in this mountain home, you will find the clarity of the ages so you may talk with the sediment of a billion year rock layer, find yourself in the life-given rings of an ancient Orange Osage, or become the dervish of days long past, spinning light years in the direction of infinity- through the work of a single stamp of prose. Join me in sharing the mystical, the complex, the intrinsic soul, the mirror of spiritual and physical existance, and beyond by posting your journals of exploration, your parables, your written fables, and any of your works of general knowledge about the world around you and the world within you, concrete or abstract. All prose is welcome, for all prose holds within it a purpose.

Mystery is alive within the tower, murder , mayhem, hide and go seek , A place to Role Play and be part of the mystery .......Come on in.......

Here within these sacred shrines and altars of amethyst mist shall we remember you