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[mushroom_ff]

Dwarfs works peacefully
Well, till the goblin ambush,
Who wants Dwarf chunk stew?

[CapnUrist]

Lo, Praise the miners!
Pierce the beautiful blue vein...
One hundred clowns smile.

You will be missed, glorious Sternrim, fortress of seven waterfalls (and equal FPS while they were running :/ )

EDIT: At least I got the waterfalls back on before everyone died. Praise Armok!

[jackrabbitslim]

tummy feel funny
want gem iron cloth and bone
legendary thong

[Daibus]

Many cows restrained.
Milk and cheese sustain us all.
The carnivores weep.

[WrathNail]

An ambush! Curse them!
Magma rises up and out.
Goblins flee. Too late.

[IpunchFaces]

Came back to old fort.
Ooh, what does this lever do?
...roasted dwarves, anyone?

[WrathNail]

Elephants and dwarves.
Mortal enemies at first.
Now kill elves as one.

UristMcFisher.
Went fishing in the river.
Torn apart by carp.

Mighty collossus.
Trapped in a small wooden cage.
Freed to play with elves.

[Thisfox]

I cannot resist the chance to revamp this for the new DF.
There is so much potential for Fortress Poetry. I hope no one minds too much....
These days there are even dwarfy songs, so this thread seems strangely appropriate.

My contributions:

Taiga is silent.
Human merchants are alone.
Diggers under ice.

I have a good cook,
Who chewed goblins to death,
She is Baroness.

[dwarf_reform]

Pure necromancy!
A majestic thread rises!
Poetic ale tunes!

My rotting ankles!
The agony is too.. woah..
I admire that chair..

Miner gatherer
He hates picking fruit sometimes
Makes his pick sticky

Trash under the bridge
Now you see it, now you don't
Dwarven magician

The plumpest helmets!
Adamantine socks for all!
.. a bronze colossus..

[Max™]

By Armok's blue beard
That sticky pick joke, truly
Was a ☼Masterpiece☼

[Shazial]

Bronze Colossus,
Done in by a hammer.
Fancy crab statue.

King is unhappy.
His Mandate was not met.
Hammerer's joy.

EDIT:

I figured this modified version of the Chandler's Wife song would fit this discussion perfectly:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Urist McBroker to the Trade Depot went, some wine and ale for to buy
But when he got there and looked around, no Merchant could he spy
So then he shouted loudly out, fit to raise the dead,
When he heard the sound of a damn hippie, right below his head.

Well, the Urist McBroker being a smart dwarf, he bounded down the stairs
Determined to find out where it was, and catch them unawares
And there he found the hippie, with the duchess, making free
And they were having a meeting as plain as he could see.

Now when the hippie's job was done, the duchess turned her head
And there she spied the broker boy, a-standing by the bed
She said to him, "If you'll agree to what I have in mind,
Why you can keep your life, whenever you're so inclined."

So, many a day and many a night when the duchess had a will,
Down to the mason's workshop he ran, her demands to fullfil.
And every one she made up a whim, she gave to him instead,
Just a little bit more of the mandates to trip his way to bed.

So listen all ye dwarven men, who run the things in town
You'd better keep your duchess locked up, you'd better have her blown.
For If you do not heed me, just as sure as you have a duchess,
Why, she'll be making mandates most every day in the fortress.

Alternative ending:
So listen all ye dwarven men, who run the things in town
You'd better keep your duchess locked up, you'd better have her blown.
So, if you would be kind to her, just tie her down on the floor,
And give her some of that magma flow, so she doesn't rule no more.

EDIT 2:  Here's a take on the Needy noble (drunken sailor).

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

What will we do with a needy noble? x3
In the Fortress mode

Way hay and magma rises x3
In the Fortress mode

Put him in a meeting with the atom smasher x3
In the Fortress mode

Way hay and magma rises x3
In the Fortress mode

Lock him in his room until he starves x3
In the Fortress mode

Way hay and magma rises x3
In the Fortress mode

Drop him in a pit without armor on him x3
In the Fortress mode

Way hay and magma rises x3
In the Fortress mode

Put him in a room with a goblin striker x3
In the Fortress mode

Way hay and magma rises x3
In the Fortress mode

That's what we do with a needy noble x3
In the Fortress mode

Way hay and magma rises x3
In the Fortress mode

[Max™]

Tried to be impressed
Even sung some of the songs
'Pick'ing fruit still wins

[red_kangaroo]

Rise from grave, my slaves
Rise and serve me well - Hey, wait!
Necromancer dead

No vermin is left
First year siege, the king is dead
Nevermind, it's Fun

First wave migrants came
Blessed be the cheesemakers
They shall brave the depths

My friends are all dead,
My right foot gone, but what a
Lovely waterfall.

Sig, if I may?

[Rastaan]

Elven liason
Spring comes quickly to us here
Please stand on this ice

[AzyWng]

Human traders here
A couple of pots of food
For all of their stuff