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Post by gelsky on Jun 4, 2003 21:25:43 GMT -5
Decided to have a poetry contest... n theres one rule: It has to be at least ten lines
I'll be judging... no votes >D Sorry
First place prize is an item worth 3k and a request Second place prize is an item worth 2k and a request and Third place prize is an item worth 1k and a request.
Yeah, I'm poor.
Contest ends... when I want it to... eheh... Post the poems here or PM them to me.
Thanks
Mice
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Post by htnfund on Jun 8, 2003 7:54:26 GMT -5
Here is my poem, PM me if I win, and if I do, send the prize to htnfund on Neopets. Here it is.
Journeying Forward
I roam the land Upon the back Of a magnificent creature
Her torso is horse-like With a crystal horn on her head And hooves of gold
She has the tail of a mermaid Scaly and lime, her body is Sitting on her back is I
Day after day, nothing changes Or so I think Nothing appears different
Now as I look back Something was missing It was my fear
For that animal taught me An unforgettable lesson To move forward
To move forward Without fear And put everything behind you
I'm copywriting this, so no one steals it! © 2003 Alyssa Hull. All rights reserved.
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Post by Plushie on Jun 9, 2003 2:41:35 GMT -5
Do they have to be neo related, may I ask?
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Post by gelsky on Jun 9, 2003 16:10:59 GMT -5
Do they have to be neo related, may I ask? Nope! They can be about ANYTHING you like!
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Post by apparent on Jun 9, 2003 16:13:40 GMT -5
Decided to have a poetry contest... n theres one rule: It has to be at least ten lines I'll be judging... no votes >D Sorry First place prize is an item worth 3k and a request Second place prize is an item worth 2k and a request and Third place prize is an item worth 1k and a request. Yeah, I'm poor. Contest ends... when I want it to... eheh... Post the poems here or PM them to me. Thanks Mice This contest looks very interesting and enjoyable, but I'd like to let you know that it might not be very fair for you to decide which poem you think is the best. Don't get me wrong - if you want to, you can! I'm just used to seeing a winner declared by the use of voting, which is probably the best choice for presenting a contest that is fair for everyone. Just my two cents.
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Post by gelsky on Jun 9, 2003 17:21:13 GMT -5
This contest looks very interesting and enjoyable, but I'd like to let you know that it might not be very fair for you to decide which poem you think is the best. Don't get me wrong - if you want to, you can! I'm just used to seeing a winner declared by the use of voting, which is probably the best choice for presenting a contest that is fair for everyone. Just my two cents. I never do contests that way. I judge my contest. Because then people pick favorites, and if it's MY contest, shouldn't I judge it? Sorry if I sound rude.
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Post by apparent on Jun 9, 2003 17:22:52 GMT -5
I never do contests that way. I judge my contest. Because then people pick favorites, and if it's MY contest, shouldn't I judge it? Sorry if I sound rude. I completely understand and respect that fact - I was simply telling what I thought. No hard feelings.
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Post by Annette on Jun 10, 2003 17:23:15 GMT -5
I have some questions. Are we only soppused to enter one poem? If we're allowed to enter more, what's the maxium nuber we may enter? Does it have to be a new poem, or may we use one we've made up a while back? Oh, and, are there certin subjects and or words you don't want us using? Sorry, just wondering before I enter.
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Post by gelsky on Jun 10, 2003 17:24:56 GMT -5
I have some questions. Are we only soppused to enter one poem? If we're allowed to enter more, what's the maxium nuber we may enter? Does it have to be a new poem, or may we use one we've made up a while back? Oh, and, are there certin subjects and or words you don't want us using? Sorry, just wondering before I enter. One poem only. No limit to subject or words, but if you think it may be offensive, then you should PM it to me. And if it is offensive and wins, I'll beep out any swears
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Post by crazywriter on Jun 10, 2003 18:15:51 GMT -5
Okay, here's my poem. My username on Neopets is forgotten_realms_. This poem is dedicated to a deceased pet of mine, Angel.
It Must Have Been Pure DestinyAngel has a special place in my heart, And it pains me for us to be apart. When I looked into her eyes so black, Dark as the night sky, as on her back. Black is the stripe that I still see, It must have been pure destiny, That led her to that grave so nice, Her tail cold, her paws, like ice. I loved her so, She had to go, To that great place up in the sky, Where only Angels see with their eye.
If it's not very good, it's because I wrote it at about 12:00 pm two years ago, in the summer, on a scrap piece of paper. That was when I got the inspiration for the last 10 lines. I had worked out the first two sometime in November on the back of one of my mom's business cards, but had a mindblock after that and couldn't write any more till that night.
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Post by lvrgirl91 on Jun 10, 2003 18:31:41 GMT -5
Okay, I decided to use an old poem, insted of writing a new one. It's not good, but if I wirte a new one, it'll be worse. Well, anyway....
Killing Me Softly, And Slowly
As I lay here in my bed, I can feel your presence in the room. And I feel a charge of energy run though my body, although I know your not really here. As I look up at the blue moon, I remember how you used to console my fears. But now, you are my fear, for your killing me softly, and slowly. Feeling so cold and lowly, I sometimes wish you were here. I feel run down my face, tears. Of joy, they used to be, but now of fear, anger, and sadness. I am now feeling madness, thinking of you. Wondering how we were ever called two. Maybe I didn't treat you as good as you wanted. But now I feel haunted. Please stop killing me, slowly, and softly. My eyes still bear tears. As I lay here in my bed, I can feel your presence in the room. Although I know your not here.
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Post by sollunaestrella on Jun 10, 2003 19:08:55 GMT -5
Yay... poetry!!! I posted this one on the At Pen's Point board. I guess I'll enter it. It's a sestina, a certain form of poetry. ShatteringNo sun of flaming tongues is soaring down; The core has subtly broken; how could there be light? Withered trees shield the earth from nothing. No shadow— No light will break. All clouds; the world is dead. It waits for the living: something not dead— Something to dance away the void as it sweeps down…. A dawn waiting, just waiting, ever waiting, eternally waiting to break Through the heavens, where concealed is a warm glow of light, But it never will; no light, no shadow… …Nothing. The scenery is blank, all the same, nothing. No spark, no depth, to raise the world from the dead. Anything real was shoved into fake shadow, All imposters thrown there, down Into pseudo-light. And rebellion only makes the dead trees break. Time is gone; watch the seconds break As if what held them in place is now nothing. No hours can force the iridescence of light Into a soft, liquid realm of the dead; Dreams, questions, goals prowled in places past and down, They lurk in lifeless trick shadow. Color is lost in the midst of a shadow That is gone, that is shapeless, that was fragile—did it break? No wild, dissonant harmonies shriek down, And if they did—they would mean nothing. It is all dead—dead—dead: All that claims it is darkness or light. And the skies are heavy with the pressure of light That tries, tries to cast its shadow Through the seams of massive clouds, dead With weariness of refusal to let light cascade and break, And all their efforts come to nothing As a single thread of shadow creeps down And dangles down from the firmament; And with shadow fly fairies of light, streaming through nothing, Shattering as they break among dead grasses.
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Post by htnfund on Jun 10, 2003 21:03:47 GMT -5
I am sooo going to lose. Mine's HORRID! Oh well, if no one else enters, I'll at least get fourth place, even though there's no prize.
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Post by ecicca on Jun 11, 2003 14:27:33 GMT -5
I'll enter a song.. it counts as poetry, right? xP
Saying goodbye, Is the last thing I’ll say... It comes from my heart, That you'll return... some day...
I wish you back! I can’t live without… You around… I miss you; you’re a big, part of me… Come back
Wishing farewell, Is the last thing I’ll do, It comes from my heart, I miss you…
I said goodbye, And watched you go… I shouldn’t have let you leave! Please come back
Letting you go, I shouldn’t have done… It was a mistake, And back you may never come…
I watched you walk, Away from me, And now my heart Aches for you… Please come back I miss you Come back soon…
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Post by sollunaestrella on Jun 11, 2003 18:19:42 GMT -5
I never do contests that way. I judge my contest. Because then people pick favorites, and if it's MY contest, shouldn't I judge it? Sorry if I sound rude. I see what you're getting at, but perhaps it would be more fair if you had everyone PM the poems, and then you could post them for voting without the names of the people who wrote them. That way, no one would know who wrote what poem, so it wouldn't be a sort of "popularity contest" (that's what you seemed to be worried about). Unless, of course, people tell, but I don't think anyone here would. The way you're doing it is okay, but I do sort of agree that voting in that manner might be better.
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