Congratulations to S:reu Lenxheir. It is truly tragic that he left us and I hope one day to see him return.

-Txec R

It is my pleasure to announce the honoree for the 4th El Pretz Per Tomas Poetry Prize. But first please allow me to thank @owenedwards the originator of this prize.

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Tric'hard Lenxheir is the winner of the 4th El Pretz Per Tomas Prize for his poem, I Dream.
This was an unusual prize year as all entrants posted publicly, there were just four entrants, and our winner recently left the Kingdom. S:reu Lenxheir was chosen before the latter event and it is the sincere wish of the Prize team that he will eventually return. The Prize Team and Fora Talossa will still plan for a special prize video presentation and transmitting the award money should we be able to make contact with Tric'hard.

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OFFICIAL CITATION: Tric'hard Lenxheir (I Dream)

Quote"I Dream" is a vivid depiction of the fragility of consciousness, where the boundary between dream and waking life dissolves into a sequence of haunting impressions. Despite the author's description of this piece as "jarbled," the Prize Team identifies a thorough and disciplined minimalism, S:reu Lenxheir has managed to craft a rhythm of compression and release, each quatrain unfolding like a flicker of brief, intense, and unresolved thought.

The poem's language is deliberately spare, yet it carries significant emotional weight. Phrases such as "Shadows melt / Dream burns" and "Mind abused" juxtapose the fleeting with the visceral, creating a tension between abstraction and embodiment. This interplay allows the poem to move fluidly between inner mental states and external natural imagery, from "Broken trees" to "Roar of thunder," suggesting a world in which environment and emotion mirror one another.

Structurally, the poem resists narrative cohesion in favor of fragmentation. Its clipped lines and shifting images evoke the disjointed logic of dreams, while also reflecting states of anxiety, exhaustion, and existential unease. The recurrence of elemental forces such as darkness, storm, and wind serves as a unifying motif, reinforcing the sense of an individual caught within cycles beyond their control.

What distinguishes "I Dream" is its refusal of resolution. The closing lines, "Soon to sleep / Calm the hunger," do not offer comfort so much as surrender, implying that rest itself may be another form of escape rather than restoration. In this way, the poem lingers in ambiguity, inviting the reader to confront the uneasy continuity between dreaming, suffering, and waking life. For its disciplined brevity, evocative imagery, and compelling portrayal of inner turbulence, "I Dream" stands as a striking exploration of the mind's darker currents.

"I Dream"

I dream
The world turns
Shadows melt
Dream burns

Passion sated
Fear from hate
Passion lost
Fickle fate

Tangled limbs
Broken trees
Sun fades
Darkness sees

Quiet, fearful
Music flares
Dreams return
No one cares

Jumbled thoughts
Lost, confused
Body weak
Mind abused

Rain, lightning
Roar of thunder
Blowing wind
Life a blunder

Day is gone
Dream no longer
Soon to sleep
Calm the hunger

A final thanks to all poets who entered the contest for sharing their artistry with the Kingdom.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on Yesterday at 07:08:39 AMCertainly, Your Majesty.  I'll do a quick look around and make sure we didn't miss anything.  Would you like me to ask a herald to help you put the grant together after I do that?

-SVA

That would be great.

-Txec R/REH

Certainly, Your Majesty.  I'll do a quick look around and make sure we didn't miss anything.  Would you like me to ask a herald to help you put the grant together after I do that?

-SVA

Quote from: King Txec on April 16, 2026, 07:49:30 PM

Quote from: Carteir Montagnhă on April 13, 2026, 09:46:43 PMhello everyone, lately, i haven't been really active or engaged with any of my fellow Talossans due to personal reasons.

today, i would like to know what has occurred, basically anything, any kind of event, so i can catch up with everybody else.

thank you!

I bet very few people will get the reference, but in the 70's there was a sitcom called "Welcome Back Kotter." The theme song from that show came to my mind on your return, so, "welcome back Carteir!"

- Txec R

thank you! your majesty.

Sir Iason, I think we ARE old haha.

-Txec R

Quote from: King Txec on April 16, 2026, 07:49:30 PM

Quote from: Carteir Montagnhă on April 13, 2026, 09:46:43 PMhello everyone, lately, i haven't been really active or engaged with any of my fellow Talossans due to personal reasons.

today, i would like to know what has occurred, basically anything, any kind of event, so i can catch up with everybody else.

thank you!

I bet very few people will get the reference, but in the 70's there was a sitcom called "Welcome Back Kotter." The theme song from that show came to my mind on your return, so, "welcome back Carteir!"

- Txec R

I would hope there are more people who get the reference than you think...otherwise, we are OLD!
(One of my best finds as the founder of the Talossan Pannapictagraphist Society in recent times was a copy of DC Comics "Welcome Back Kotter" #2, found in a dollar bin.)
So, should we tease Carteir a lot because we got him on the spot?

Quote from: Carteir Montagnhă on April 13, 2026, 09:46:43 PMhello everyone, lately, i haven't been really active or engaged with any of my fellow Talossans due to personal reasons.

today, i would like to know what has occurred, basically anything, any kind of event, so i can catch up with everybody else.

thank you!

I bet very few people will get the reference, but in the 70's there was a sitcom called "Welcome Back Kotter." The theme song from that show came to my mind on your return, so, "welcome back Carteir!"

- Txec R

Quote from: Mximo Malt on April 16, 2026, 07:23:40 PMY'know, Mr. Montagnhă, I almost axed my citizenship because everyone was calling me a Nazi, but oh well. You do your own research.

It's probably best to avoid over generalizations such as this. In fact, unless it was in private or on Discord, I can't find where anyone called you that particularly loaded term. Words matter, and if I had seen that, I'd have called it out. Sorry you've felt that way.

-Txec R

Y'know, Mr. Montagnhă, I almost axed my citizenship because everyone was calling me a Nazi, but oh well. You do your own research.