Poetry contest - You Choose!

[Jon]

As this is in the expermental stage, guidelines may be altered or expanded when needed.

The contest will end on or about April 4, 2009.

I am going to try to work up a poll. I will assign a points value awarded from myself, then add a points value from the poll.


For poem entries:

1st Place 1500
2nd Place 1000
3rd Place 500

150 for all other entries.

For critiques:

1st place 1200
2nd place 700
3rd place 250

All other critiques ; 75

I desire good critiques. I may not chose three places without three good ones.


Guidelines for critiques:

Enter as many critiques as you wish. I will pick your best one (in my opinion.) and award it. The first three places will not receive Beam Bucks beyond that of their placing.

1. A critique must have substance. I will not award "nice poem" or the like. Give the author some meat!


2. A critique can be positive or negative. So come into this with thick skin.

3. A critique must be helpful and not hurtful. I may DQ any member engaging in bashing, pomposity or promoting their own works in this contest's thread.

4. All substantive crtiques will be awarded at least 75 Beam Bucks.




Guidelines for Entries

1. Follow all site rules.





OPTION #1


Write a poem about anything except love (falling in love, being in love, falling out of love/breakup) using a majestic beast as a metaphor.




Option #2


Write a poem using 5 of the words ( or forms of the words) in "bank A," but NONE of the words in "Bank B."


Bank A.

drift
fill
sheep
pander
seething
pain
entail
eyes
wave
gimlet
soul
walk
beach
lost
dream
smile
approach
deny
knife
touch
caress
soft
warm


Bank B (do not use)
lust
forbidden
away
look
void
return
mate
secure
wool
wings
high
forever
wound
heal
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
back




Option #3

Write a poem about what you and your pet unicorn (or any other mythical creature) do for fun. Give its name. No need to tell its species, unless you wish. Have fun with it...make up binomial nomenclature for the beast...I don't care.




Option #4

write a poem about a support group for (your choice.) You can write about 1 member of the support groups story or whatever.



Option #5

Screen name

Write a poem inspired by a fellow DT.com member's screen name. Be sure to mention the ncreen name next to your poem's title, parenthetically, or use it in the poem...something.



Be sure we can tell which option you choose. You can disseminate that information any way you chose. You can be creative here, PMs...whatever. It is in you best interest that we can tell.

OK...get ta' ritin'!

[ladysai]

Good option ideas, Jon! There's lots of room for imagination to get some interesting poems in motion.
Although you really dampen the creative spirit by denying the use of innagaddadavida.

[flaggwalkstheline]

hmmm I may be able 2 use this as an excuse to finish a new piece of writing that if I dont finish it soon wont be new anymore...

[mia/susannah]

Good luck to all!!! I cannot write poetry but would love to read everyone else's

[AlishaRiley]

I'm quite exciting to read some spanking new poems.
What good ideas, jon.

[Aaron]

I'm working on this right now. I decided to go with option #2. Also, this is going to be the second section in my narrative poem, Symphony of the Wolf, which I posted in my poetry thread. I had pages of the poem written, but all except for the first five stanzas that I posted were lost when I moved a while back. So since I cant recreate the thirty some-odd stanzas that I lost I am starting fresh. It's been fun so far.

[Jon]

I lost an assload of my works when I was 20...it sucks royally!

looking forward to this contest.

[Jon]

Good option ideas, Jon! There's lots of room for imagination to get some interesting poems in motion.
Although you really dampen the creative spirit by denying the use of innagaddadavida.

Yes, I was torn with that word.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Alright, I went with option one....since I was unable to use the phrase "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"

The Sun God

Of courage and strength, an amalgamation,
His gaze as furious a conflagration,
As the searing heat and rolling flame,
Smoke choked screams, and ash like rain.

Amid the chaos, a realm infernal,
No trepidation, he stands eternal.
His golden plumage, stained black and red.
He spreads his wings, and soars ahead.

The inferno greets him, its blaze unleashed.
He rushes in to quench the beast.
The battle ensues, the embers hiss.
It flares to give its deadly kiss.

The hellish demon spits its flame.
The devil writhes and screams in pain.
And when the fiend at last is tame.
The hero finally stops his rain.

The struggle done, he quits his hose.
And from the ash, the Phoenix rose.

[Jon]

Niiiiice!

This should net some good critiques!

[LadyHitchhiker]

Spoiler Alert (inspired by Jon and Allhail.. I don't know if this will count because it's two people buuuuuuuut if it doesn't I can write something else)

Hey, everyone, listen up, your attention if you please
We wanna give you a warning
'Cause I found out this morning
About a dangerous, insidious computer virus
If you should get it, an email with the subject, '8 19'
Better off protecting your chances
Under no circumstances, should you open it
Or else it will

Translate Stephen King into Swahili
Transform all his stories into "Gigli"
Wreck your head, Tell you about the Crimson King
Look out!
It's gonna make your computer screen freeze
Look out!
Ruin the ending to all King's movies
Look out!
Mess up your hard drive and your backups too
And the hard drive of anyone related to you

Spoiler alert!
Delete immediately before someone gets hurt!
Forward this message on to everybody

Soon, very soon, it will make doors to new worlds open in your walls
It'll make spiders seem icky
Give your poodle a hickey
And invest your cash in stock in hot pink leggings
Then, it will tie up your phone, making prank long-distance calls
It'll set your clocks back an hour and start clogging the shower
So just trash it now, or else it will

Decide to give you a permanent wedgie,
Get rid of all of your food except for veggies
Even mess up the pH balance in your poo

Look out!
You'll learn about O'dim's face melted into a skull
Look out!
And leak out Spoilers about the town named Tull
Look out!
And tell you knock-knock jokes while you're trying to sleep
Look out!
And make Jon physically attracted to sheep
Look out!
Make you refer to all men as pards
Look out!
Infect your world with mutie cards
Look out!
Then cause major rifts in all time and space
And leave a bunch of Mars Bars wrappers all over the place
That's right it's a

Spoiler alert!
Delete immediately before someone gets hurt!
Forward this message on to everybody

Spoiler alert!
Delete immediately before someone gets hurt!
Forward this message on to everybody
Warn all your friends, send this to everybody
Tell everyone you know, tell everybody now

If you get infected, you'll wish you had never been born
So before it emails your grandmother all Allhail's porn
Turn off your computer and make sure it powers down
Drop it in a forty-three-foot hole in the ground
Bury it completely; in Boulder Colorado should be fine
Then burn all the clothes you may have worn any time you were online!

Spoiler alert!
Delete immediately before someone gets hurt!
Forward this message on to everybody

Spoiler alert!
Delete immediately before someone gets hurt!
Forward this message on to everybody

Spoiler alert!
Delete immediately before someone gets hurt!
Forward this message on to everybody
Warn all your friends, send this to everybody
Tell everyone you know, tell everybody now
What are you waiting for?
Just hurry up and forward this to every single person that you know!
Hit send right now!

[Jon]

I LOVE this...Matthew should see this!!!

[flaggwalkstheline]

Spoiler Alert (inspired by Jon and Allhail.. I don't know if this will count because it's two people buuuuuuuut if it doesn't I can write something else)

Hey, everyone, listen up, your attention if you please
We wanna give you a warning
'Cause I found out this morning
About a dangerous, insidious computer virus
If you should get it, an email with the subject, '8 19'
Better off protecting your chances
Under no circumstances, should you open it
Or else it will

Translate Stephen King into Swahili
Transform all his stories into "Gigli"
Wreck your head, Tell you about the Crimson King
Look out!
It's gonna make your computer screen freeze
Look out!
Ruin the ending to all King's movies
Look out!
Mess up your hard drive and your backups too
And the hard drive of anyone related to you

Spoiler alert!
Delete immediately before someone gets hurt!
Forward this message on to everybody

Soon, very soon, it will make doors to new worlds open in your walls
It'll make spiders seem icky
Give your poodle a hickey
And invest your cash in stock in hot pink leggings
Then, it will tie up your phone, making prank long-distance calls
It'll set your clocks back an hour and start clogging the shower
So just trash it now, or else it will

Decide to give you a permanent wedgie,
Get rid of all of your food except for veggies
Even mess up the pH balance in your poo

Look out!
You'll learn about O'dim's face melted into a skull
Look out!
And leak out Spoilers about the town named Tull
Look out!
And tell you knock-knock jokes while you're trying to sleep
Look out!
And make Jon physically attracted to sheep
Look out!
Make you refer to all men as pards
Look out!
Infect your world with mutie cards
Look out!
Then cause major rifts in all time and space
And leave a bunch of Mars Bars wrappers all over the place
That's right it's a

Spoiler alert!
Delete immediately before someone gets hurt!
Forward this message on to everybody

Spoiler alert!
Delete immediately before someone gets hurt!
Forward this message on to everybody
Warn all your friends, send this to everybody
Tell everyone you know, tell everybody now

If you get infected, you'll wish you had never been born
So before it emails your grandmother all Allhail's porn
Turn off your computer and make sure it powers down
Drop it in a forty-three-foot hole in the ground
Bury it completely; in Boulder Colorado should be fine
Then burn all the clothes you may have worn any time you were online!

Spoiler alert!
Delete immediately before someone gets hurt!
Forward this message on to everybody

Spoiler alert!
Delete immediately before someone gets hurt!
Forward this message on to everybody

Spoiler alert!
Delete immediately before someone gets hurt!
Forward this message on to everybody
Warn all your friends, send this to everybody
Tell everyone you know, tell everybody now
What are you waiting for?
Just hurry up and forward this to every single person that you know!
Hit send right now!

cool
thats a spin on weird al's virus alert song isnt it?

[LadyHitchhiker]

It is, it is....

[LadyHitchhiker]

I LOVE this...Matthew should see this!!!

Thank ye sais big big!

[Jon]

Ok...I am ending this early for lack of interest.

Ladypornbot...despite it being a parody of a parody, I found that it was that much more funny. I appreciated it even more when I compared the lyrics side-by-side.

B.C. places second. Good work as usual my man!

Thank you both.

Funny things happened when I posted this; please confirm that you recieved your purse.

[Jean]

Gr gr gr? I thought it was a long-term establishment...

[LadyHitchhiker]

I won??????????????????? LOL Wowza!!!!!!!! Now I understand my pm this morning!

W00t!!!!!!!!!!

This is the second thing I've ever won ever!!!!!

[alinda]

congratulations Lizzy!

[LadyHitchhiker]

Thanks Linda!!!!!! And Jon!!!

[Jon]

Gr gr gr? I thought it was a long-term establishment...

I had hoped.

Perhaps the next one will go for a couple of months. Do you think that will increase participation?

[Jean]

yes, sure! Poems have to have time to be conceived, and then to mature, and all that. I don't think they can be expected to be written quickly.

[Jon]

I will BEAR this in mind, Gentle Ben!

[obscurejude]

yes, sure! Poems have to have time to be conceived, and then to mature, and all that. I don't think they can be expected to be written quickly.

I concur. Quality takes time in most cases, particularly in poetry. The combining of ideals with proper diction and meter is extremely difficult. Spontaneous images are just poetic masturbation.

[Odetta]

Spontaneous images are just poetic masturbation.

not that there's anything wrong with that!