I have been noticing a lot of poetry on the site recently, and I thought it would be nice to have a friendly little poetry competition. There will be a weekly theme, and the entries will be judged by one of the moderators or administrators. This week's theme will be "Water." The deadline is Saturday, August 2nd. The winner will be awarded 25 Armor Points.
I am not an administrator, but a poem is just a literary piece of writing designed to convey a vivid type of feeling or experience. It often has stanzas, rhythm, rhyming, meter, but really it does not have to have any of those.
It is winter now and it is quite cold, And no matter how many times your told, You moan and you whine over your itchy red sweater, Your mother tells you that you better, Bundle up before you head outside.
It is spring now and t-shirts are in, The warmth of the sun feels good on your skin, That once needed cloth is stuffed in a drawer, Not needing it now, as it is seventy-four, You put on some sunscreen before you head outside.
It is autumn now and your back to school, With a new shirt and new shoes, you look cool, As you head out the door (you're late for the bus) Your mother calls out and now you fuss, For that itchy red sweater is on you...and you head outside.
As Marbro said, not necessarily. Haikus don't rhyme, neither do most of e.e. cummings' pieces (my favourite poet) so really, as long as theres some rhythm or it sounds nice together, it's fine.
Haikus don't rhyme, neither do most of e.e. cummings' pieces (my favourite poet) so really, as long as theres some rhythm or it sounds nice together, it's fine.
I'm pretty sure most of his poems did rhyme, but mostly not all the way through though and a lot included slant. Maybe it's split about 50/50; it's hard to tell.
e.e. cummings was the one who also doesn't follow correct grammar and punctuation rules.... I believed he wrote, anyone lived in a pretty how town if my memory from last year's english class is correct....
OK, the votes are in! And as per popular demand, I will give a first, second, and third rank. This was the hardest week to judge, everyone did great!
First Place Gantic!
Second Place MVPGuy22!
Third Place Estel!
Great job this week guys, I love seeing everyone's different styles! Alright, so I guess I'll give a less random topic this week...so the topic is jealousy. Have fun with it!
Who do you think you are? to try to cut me down Who do you think you are? to drive me into the ground Who do you think you are? to try to make me mad Who do you think you are? to try to make me sad Who do you think you are? red hair and beautiful eyes, to throw me away and go with him, much to my dismise Who do you think you are? to leave me in the dust Who do you think you are? to fill your life with lust But in the end no matter how hard I try, you refuse everything, and just say good bye Allthough you don't think it's true, the reason for all my pain was because I was jealous of you.......
Nothing to Loose -- This is the end, I have nothing to loose, I find myself torn and confused, You have destroyed my life, and now I will destroy yours, Get ready to kiss the floor, Come on, do something, I have not come here for nothing, Pull the trigger and get it over with, Too late, you hesitated; you should have killed me forthwith, Now it is time to die, I release my battle cry, Are you feeling brave or are you out of your mind? Not hard to kill me you should find, I have my revenge, and you are gone, All my burdens are done, I now have nothing to live for, I now have something to die for, Put a gun to my head and pull the trigger, Itâs my time to die; I figure, My story ends with me dead, Nothing I did fills me with dread.
