This is a poem I wrote a while ago to make fun of my brother and his gaming habits (as well as to mock my own), and generally most fighting games (namely MMO's).
Let me know what you think of it! :heart:

The right click was stuck,
In horror I watched as my men went down.
“Fall back! Fall back!” I yelled into the headset,
But all in vain.
They were upon us.
Just as they were programmed to be,
Clawing at pixelated machines,
All for what?
War rained down upon my battered ears,
My hands frozen to my weapon of choice.

We knew it was stupid,
But we felt there was no other choice.
Our levels were too low, as was our ammunition.
We might as well have thrown sticks at them,
For all the damage we handed out.

A harsh cry lands me back in the present,
The screams are all around me,
I cannot log out.
The voice cries again, and I recognise the line
“LEROY JENKINS!”
It’s the cry of a suicide mission,
I’ve heard it many a time.
Somehow, we’ve always pulled through.
Not this time.

The right click was stuck,
I cannot move forward.
Frozen to the spot.
My time has come.
A doomed message appears on my screen,
“GAME OVER: press ENTER to continue.”

By H.R.L. (Calico Anne) written on 20/09/10

Awesome poem =)
(somehow found this via google xD)

Haha. As a gamer, I'm quite please with your chosen topic.

I think you have a really nice idea. You have a pretty unique topic among poets and I can see many ways this could be very funny.

But the wording distracts me. I think you were trying to sound Shakespearean? But remember that you can be a good poet without being Shakespeare. I mean, a poem about gaming could be written in Shakespeare's style. I could write a Shakespearean poem about my guild PvPs, with lots of dramatic speeches and epic battles. But don't use old-fashioned language just for the sake of trying to make it sound more poetic.

Oh god. -wipes eyes from laughing tears-

That leroy Jenkins line is awesome. I've experienced it myself many times. One of which I was very thankful I was the healer and could save all but the idiot who made the call and almost got us all wiped!

In other words....

Your poem is fantastic. I could really picture every part of it happening in one game or another than I've played. The ending is perfect. Though personally i would probably have tried to use an "insert coin" instead of "press enter."