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[moonlesia]

Very interesting and well thought out guess moonlesia.
Incorrect however.
(I like your moniker; how did you come up with it?)

Yeah, I didn't really think it was right.

Thanks, I like it too! I came up with the name as a child when I was writing fantasy stories. Ever since then, I have always used the name Moonlesia Starchild for anything I need a not real name for.

Did you write this riddle yourself? It's very good. I'm dying to know the answer!

Edited by moonlesia, 22 January 2009 - 07:39 PM.

[Grayven]

Spoiler for Does this poem...

refer to another poem by chance? Perhaps one by a famous American poet? I recently consumed quite a bit of Robert Frost, and I'm thinking that might be where I saw these themes before. My recall isn't as keen as it once was, I'm afraid.

[Grayven]

Spoiler for Does un-given

mean "never given" or "given then taken back"?

I would assume the latter, due to the hyphenation, but one never knows

[IDoNotExist]

Happily halved by the one, ten and six to form
Five hundred more upon a seat, unmoving moving charms.
Unanswered riddles adorn the air, smoke comprises skin,
Not of fire, smoke of stroke, posture free of sin.
Merchants mate of unknown fate, hands proclaiming rank—
Right on port, of fault bereft, pillars at the flank.
Lain upon hard-wood deck, essence but a stain,
Pirated by patriot, the loss a nation's pain.
The world beyond is but a myth, one we cannot live in,
Intended as a mother’s mirror . . .
A birthday gift un-given.

Spoiler for umm..

Does it have anything to do with horses?

[IDoNotExist]

Spoiler for umm..

Does it have anything to do with horses?

Is it ok trying to use other posts to come up with ideas together, or should we try to solve it ourselves?

[crazypainter]

Happily halved by the one, ten and six to form
Five hundred more upon a seat, unmoving moving charms.
Unanswered riddles adorn the air, smoke comprises skin,
Not of fire, smoke of stroke, posture free of sin.
Merchants mate of unknown fate, hands proclaiming rank—
Right on port, of fault bereft, pillars at the flank.
Lain upon hard-wood deck, essence but a stain,
Pirated by patriot, the loss a nation's pain.
The world beyond is but a myth, one we cannot live in,
Intended as a mother’s mirror . . .
A birthday gift un-given.

Spoiler for here goes

I was thinking about queen Elizabeth I and her relationship with Sir Francis Drake. He was a true patriot to England by being a pirate. This was illegal by the eyes of Spain,but to England it was not. Intended as a mother's mirror could be Virginia names after the virgin queen.

[IDoNotExist]

Happily halved by the one, ten and six to form
Five hundred more upon a seat, unmoving moving charms.
Unanswered riddles adorn the air, smoke comprises skin,
Not of fire, smoke of stroke, posture free of sin.
Merchants mate of unknown fate, hands proclaiming rank—
Right on port, of fault bereft, pillars at the flank.
Lain upon hard-wood deck, essence but a stain,
Pirated by patriot, the loss a nation's pain.
The world beyond is but a myth, one we cannot live in,
Intended as a mother’s mirror . . .
A birthday gift un-given.

Spoiler for Another guess

Sorry for so many guesses. I have alot of time to spare at work and I really want to try to figure this out.

Perhaps it is the black knight in chess?

[crazypainter]

Spoiler for and

then I thought of the maiden at the front of a ship. They usually are in the prayer pose.

[Shakeepuddn]

Did you write this riddle yourself? It's very good. I'm dying to know the answer!

Thanks. Yeah, I write all myself. keep trying.

[Shakeepuddn]

Graven,
No. Not another poem.
Un-given means never given (hyphen because I hate red lines under my words )