Path: nntp.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Daniel70 Newsgroups: alt.arts.poetry.comments,rec.arts.drwho Subject: Re: The TARDIS lands the Doctor and companons in a creepy garden now available at nightcafe.studio Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 22:09:02 +1000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 74 Message-ID: <103e4gv$20ieh$1@dont-email.me> References: <1035sqk$vs10$1@dont-email.me> <0364155b6dbcc7027de08d7d4789c28f@www.novabbs.com> <103b94o$16dib$2@dont-email.me> <823553e55c9baa977fc3875914bb1276@www.novabbs.com> <103bnq2$1a3pn$1@dont-email.me> <0373aedf5760a951c10d30b1527a55c0@www.novabbs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:09:04 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="30a9652f2cad326195b900f093eeb1c2"; logging-data="2116049"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18w1tsPuHbBplcDGCnXGWHi" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.21 Cancel-Lock: sha1:inAWanbIoo6uPSYiaoEAE1/OoDE= X-Antivirus: AVG (VPS 250624-2, 6/24/2025), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean In-Reply-To: On 24/06/2025 9:43 pm, Blueshirt wrote: > W.Dockery wrote: > >> On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 14:19:46 +0000, Daniel70 wrote: >> >> This is the first I've seen of The Doctor on the poetry >> newsgroup. > > If you are lucky it'll be the last! > >> If he or you write poetry, though, we'd be glad to have >> you join us. > > He can just about write his name! > > > But poetry seems easy enough... > > > > THE DOCTOR: A POEM. > > Across the stars, through silent void, > A song of time is still employed. > A name unspoken, just “The Doctor” > A friend, a storm, a cosmic author. > > From Gallifrey, where Time Lords reigned, > With minds like fire and souls unchained, > He left their halls of red and gold, > To walk the dark, to break the mold. > > A madman with a box that sings, > Of swirling stars and ancient kings, > He dances through eternity, > With hearts of hope and mystery. > > He’s watched the rise, he’s seen the fall, > Of empires vast and creatures small. > He’s fought the silence, faced the flood, > And wrote his story out in blood. > > The Time Lords once, so cold and wise, > With judgment deep behind their eyes, > Yet when their pride turned skies to flame, > He bore the cost, he took the blame. > > He saves the world with wit, not guns, > With clever plans and clever runs. > He speaks of peace, yet walks through war, > A lonely god, forever more. > > And still he laughs, and still he cries, > A child of time who never dies. > For every face he leaves behind, > Another grows, another mind. > > But in his core one truth will cling, > That kindness is the bravest thing. > A Time Lord, yes, but something more: > A Doctor, knocking on your door. > > THE END > > -------------------------------------------- > > And, it's on-topic for both newsgroups! > > :-) > Look! Blueshirt's a Poet And He didn't even know it!! -- Daniel70