ForumsArt, Music, and WritingPeriodic Poetry Contest - Theme: Touch of Truth (Page 390, due Jan. 28)

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DragonMistress
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First, I will post the overall rules, and then I will post the specifics about this week.

Original rules, as stated by Ubertuna:

It must fit the week's theme.
It must be submitted by the deadline.
It cannot have inappropriate language in it.
It cannot be stolen (if you plagiarize, we will find you).


Also:

The poem must be created for this contest
A user cannot win two weeks in a row (though everyone is welcome to submit every week!)
Only one submission per user will be accepted

As we all know, the winner will recieve a merit, and their poem will be featured on the _Poetry_ page.


OK, on to this week's topic...Again, we are having a style instead of a theme. Also, this week we are having TWO WEEKS to do it, instead of the usual one. Why? Because this will be an EPIC poem. Or, rather, a parody of an epic poem. Generally, epic poetry is very long, and tells the serious story of a heroic figure. Well, this week, the epic figure is YOU! Write a long poem (I'll leave the definition of 'long' up to you, but give it a good go) about the heroic story of you! It can be silly, serious, whatever... just have fun with it. You have two weeks, so have a great time!
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kingryan
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Suck up :P

Hurry up you Victorian B***n!

lol!

KingRyan

Strop
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Sorry guys, it's just that I'm reading so much stuff (exams are coming up) that I can hardly read any more right now ._. I may have to postpone the judging but I will give you a running update.

kingryan
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Nooooooooooo

Maybe give a new theme while we are waiting...

KingRyan

adrecka_33
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Gosh, Kingryan do you HAVe to be so mean!

Xzeno
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Maybe give a new theme while we are waiting...
Limericks! I love limericks! Of course, people will mass-produce them, but when someone such as me produces an extremely good limerick, the rest won't stand a chance.
chowdollas
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books there my bestfriend i like to read them till the end



is that good

Strop
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Okay, that sounds like a good idea Xzeno. It's not like I'm going to disallow people from writing poetry in this thread while waiting for a decent time so I can actually judge the competition (a difficult task). So let's have a limerick battle!

...remember, nothing too dirty...

To tide you over, I'll relate to you my epic struggle with books:

The once was a ninja who sought,
To clear up his clouded thought,
Which day after day,
Remained disarrayed,
'coz he doesn't get Kandell and Schwartz.

Neurology texts are really, really hard to read.

Zootsuit_riot
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Yay! Go Strop! I can't wait to see how this turns out...

Limericks, though? Bah. I might have to sit out, or suffer more work and look up the general structure of a limerick. We'll have to see if my laziness/procrastination skills hold out.

Strop
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General structure of a limerick:

* 5 lines
* First, second and last lines rhyme. Third and forth lines rhyme.
* First, second and last lines are between 6-8 syllables, spoken in a rolling rhythm. Third and forth lines are shorter, 4-6 syllables, such that together they read a similar length to the other lines.
* Usually a limerick has an introductory line and a descriptive line, followed by a setup, then a punchline (usually dirty or witty) as the last line.

Another witty (and morbid) example, not written by myself:

The once was a lady from Ryde,
Who ate some green apples and died,
The apples fermented,
As they digested,
And made cider inside her insides!

mvpguy22
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Ooooh, this will be fun! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with. Good choice Strop!

Cholokid
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I call this "Frodo the Hobbit," based off of The Lord of The Rings and is in a limerick structure.

Frodo was a hobbit
had a ring, tried to lob it
fell on his face
got sprayed by lace
He had a sweaty armpit

adrecka_33
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Took me like 10 seconds and i was bored so here goes nothing litteraly

Pudgy.

The look on your pudgy face
Is a total, complete disgrace
Stupidly you stare
Like a little mare
Tell i spray you with mace

mentorso123
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I can't do limericks. *Yells and smashes window*
but I can try! Heh heh heh heh hehh...

Just kidding, I still can't do it.

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Lady, by ManUtd4life096

He was born as a baby,
He thought himself lazy
Called a wuss
and without a fuss,
he realized he was a lady!


BEEEEEEAAAAT that!

Strop
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Stupidly you stare
Like a little mare


;..;

See, I may be biased because I am a big horse fan- I mean ninja pony.

Called a wuss
and without a fuss,
he realized he was a lady!


I can think of a more successful rhyming scheme but unfortunately it would make the limerick too dirty to be acceptable!

hint: I'm going to be very fussy about the rhyming schemes! The trick to a truly smooth limerick is that it must read effortlessly!
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