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The Iolausian Poets' Society
Featuring poetry about the televisions shows "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" and "Young Hercules" written by members of the Iolausian Mailing List
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Hello! You have found the home of the Iolausian Poets' Society. We are members of the Iolausian Mailing List, a group of fans of the character Iolaus on the television shows "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" and "Young Hercules." And, of course, we are fans
of the actors who play Iolaus, Michael Hurst and Dean O'Gorman. (Though we do write about other characters on occasion.)
So now, we get on with the show. Sit back and enjoy as IML members ply their trade at the "Demented Poets' Table" at Fallen Grace's Tavern. We work hard to entertain you!
Our First Order of Business: Webmistresses Stefka and Harmonia want to first and foremost give thanks to IML member Dormouse. At one time, she was keeping a page of Iolausian verse. She did a very good job and we wish to applaud her! However, when we approached her about putting up this page, she very kindly gave the job to us, giving us use of any poetry, pictures or what not on her page. We feel this was an EXTREMELY kind gesture. THANKS AND MANY HUGS, DORMIE!
So here are Dormie's pages almost exactly like she had them. There is only one major difference at this time. The page listing the poems by author has not been put up yet. But I hope to do that in the very near future.
Stefka and I did not want Dormie's hard work to go to waste. So here is her contribution to Iolausian verse.
Dormouse's Poetry Archive
On our next note, the IML has a monthly "Poetry Day" (though list members are, of course, free to submit poetry whenever their muse whops them over the head :). Each poem submitted on Poetry Day will be marked with the Poetry Day date and theme.
Now for the wonderful legal stuff. (Umm, do we detect a note of sarcasm there? :)
Disclaimer
The characters from "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" and "Young Hercules" belong to who they belong to--and that is most definitely NOT us. However, we are making no money from this site, so please don't sue. We will return all characters no worse for the wear. (Yeah, right! ;)
IML members also, on occasion, submit songs or poems by other people that they think are fitting when it comes to Iolaus. This disclaimer also includes those works. We are making no money whatsoever, and do not wish to be sued. (I don't know about anyone else, but for me it would be like trying to squeeze blood out of a turnip anyway. (BG)
Now for more good stuff. We on the IML hope you enjoy!
Iolausian Haiku
- Rules of Haiku: Haiku is a form of poetry that has three lines. The first line has five syllables, the second has seven and the third has five.
- Official Title of Iolausian Haiku Poets: Iolausian Haikukoo
- Bestower of the Title Haikukoo: Norcia
Click on the names of the Haikukoo given below to read their
poems.
Iolausian Renga
- Rules of Renga: Renga is a series of haikus strung together to form one poem. These are written by more than poet in round-robin style.
- Official Title of Iolausian Renga: Iolausian Rengerians
- Bestower of the Title Rengerians: Caroline
Iolausian Tanka
- Rules of Tanka: Tanka is a Japanese form that actually predates the haiku. It has five lines, with the first verse having five syllables, the second have seven, the third having five and the last two having seven.
- Official Title of Iolausian Tanka poets: Iolausian Purple Tankard (a bow to Fallen Grace's Tavern)
- Bestower of the Title Tankard: Caroline (who also awards purple ribbons to the Purple Tankards)
Click on the names of the Purple Tankards given below to read their
poems.
Iolausian Cinquain
- Rules of Cinquain: A cinquain has five lines. The first line has two syllables; the second line has four; the third line has six; the fourth line has eight and the fifth line has two.
- Official Title of Iolausian Cinquain Poets: Iolausian Cinquainian
- Bestower of the Title Cinquainian: Lhyric (who also bestows plumes from her BardBirds to
Cinquainians)
Click on the names of the Cinquainians given below to read their
poems.
Iolausian Anglo-Saxon Alliterative Verse
- Rules of Anglo-Saxon Alliterative Verse: There is no limit on the number of lines. Lines are split. At least two accented syllables in the first half and at least one in the second half need to alliterate. Use as many more alliterative syllables as you wish. There's no limit on unaccented syllables within a line. The "meter" is determined by the alliteration. Technically, any vowel can alliterate with any other vowel, and a soft or silent "h" can be treated as alliterating with whatever vowel follows.
- Official Title of Iolausian ASAV Writers: Iolausian Alliterative
- Bestower of the Title Alliterative: Stefka (who also gives the Alliterative Gold Star to Iolausian Alliteratives).
Iolausian Sonnets
- Rules for Sonnets: Sonnets are fourteen line poems consisting of three quatrains and one couplet. The rhyme scheme looks like this: abab cdcd efef gg (where lines represented by the same letter rhyme). The usual meter is iambic pentameter. Iambic means the stress falls on the first syllable of each two-syllable 'foot'. Pentamic just means there are five 'feet', meaning ten 'beats.' Example: 'When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes."
- Official Title of Iolausian Sonnet Writers: Iolausian Sonneteers
- Bestower of the Title Sonneteers):
Iolausian
Seussian Poems
- Rules for Seussian Poems: Really simple: They have to rhyme like a Doctor Suess book. See our fine examples below to get the idea.
- Official Title of Iolausian Seussian Writers: Iolausian Seussian
- Bestower of the Title Seussian:
Iolausian
Acrostics
- Rules for Acrostics: An acrostic is a poem in which certain letters of the lines form a word or message relating to the subject. While it is usually the first letters of the line that forms the word or message, there are two other kinds of acrostic poem. A mesostich acrostic is where the letters spelling the name are in the body of the line. A telestich is where the letters are at the end of each line. Of ancient origin, examples of acrostic poems date back as far as the fourth century.
- Official Title of Iolausian Acrostic Writers: Iolausian Acrostic
- Bestower of the Title Acrostic: Cait
Iolausian
Adynaton
- Rules for Adynaton (uh-DYE-nuh-tahn): A type of hyperbole in which the exaggeration is magnified so greatly that it refers to an impossibility, as "I'd walk a million miles for one of your smiles."
- Official Title of Iolausian Adynaton Writers: Adynatonians
- Bestower of the Title Adynatonian: Cait
Iolausian
Free Verse
- Rules for Free Verse: Well, free verse is just
that--free verse. I myself have a particular way of going about it,
but that doesn't mean it will be the same for everyone.
- Official Title of Iolausian Free Verse Writers: Iolausian
Verser
- Bestower of the Title Verser:
Iolausian Anagrams
- Rules for Anagrams: While anagrams aren't poems, they are a fun word challenge that Ioluasians have taken up. An anagram is a word or phrase consisting of the re-arranged letters of another word or phrase. A very simple anagram would be top as an anagram of pot.
- Official Title of Iolausian Anagram Writers: Anagramainiac
- Bestower of the Title Anagramaniac:
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