As most of us know, the last Tanka Contest died. This is the new Tanka Contest! Ta-daaaaa!
Tanka consists of five units (often treated as separate lines when Romanized or translated) usually with the following mora pattern: 5-7-5-7-7. The 5-7-5 is called the kami-no-ku ("upper phrase", and the 7-7 is called the shimo-no-ku ("lower phrase". Tanka is a much older form of Japanese poetry than haiku.
Rules 1) Must be original. NO PLAGARIZING ALLOWED! 2) Has to fit the Theme. 3) Submition deadline will be inforced. 4) Only one submission per user 5) The winner cannot win twice in a row. 6) The Tanka MUST be created for this contest.
Easy enough? And If you are questioning Rule #5, it is because some people may be Beastly at any type of poetry and have really good submissions every week, and I am sure that you would want to win too right? See? Fairness makes the world go round. (not really) And if you are questioning Rule #6, it is on here because if you made something beforehand, that is giving you a better chance at winning, and it isn't fair to the other participants *if any) The Frist Theme is...... ..... .... ... .. . .. ... .... ..... Music! Deadline is the May 29th, 2010 Judging will be Either the 30th or 31st.
Also, Me and Thepossum will be the judges. I am the first judge, Next week will be possums. Good Luck to all!
I'm just stalking the forums like usual, when I see: Tanka Contest Theme: Miracles Pg 19. Due: 29th. My thoughts? SOMEONE MADE A NEW CONTEST! But then I saw the views. So I clicked it. Saw my OP. FEELING OF NOSTALGIA. Stalkstalkcreepstalkcree-cree-stalk.
I hope that Moon won't mind if I judge, because a few people have been asking to revive this thing.
LOLSURE.
That is all. Feel free to take this. I might wanna judge sometime in the summer if this is still alive, but for now, I should go shove my face back in my History textbook.
What signs must I give? You refuse to listen, yet My words you ask for. At the end-time I will say: 'Begone! I never knew you!'
I like it a lot, Mav, but it doesn't seem to be too closely tied to miracles. Or maybe I'm just stupid. You get third place and a chicken sandwich!
jeol
Floods of searing pain, Tearing deep inside of her - When, as to forgive, Her infant was given birth; The child, miracle of hers.
It's really nice, wife. The only criticism I might have is that it seems that you tried a little too hard to manuever the lines to fit the syllables. That's one of the only things I don't like about heavily structured poetry, like tankas or haikus. You get second place and a silver pen.
Waluigi
The world, lifeless, dark no sign of a change in pace, but a spark, then light encompass the world, bright'ning, a world created, sheer luck.
Everything about this is great. The idea, the phrasing, and flow of the lines. -applauds- You get first place, bragging rights, and a sack of coffee beans.
I don't know where I got the chicken sandwich, silver pen or coffee beans from, by the way. I typed whatever popped into my head.
