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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Zophia
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*reads entries, approves of what this theme has spawned*

*ponders participating here again*

Strop
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It was somewhat of an attempt to "influence" the reader into reading it in a choppy manner, although the poem is probably better without it.


Yeah, I transferred the slashes into notepad and corrected the transcriptional error although others may have remained. Either way I was unaware the choppiness was intentional, but there you go!

I wonder if there's a way to fix it such that a happy medium is achieved but we might have to ask the ASCII artists on that one...
Bob_McBobBob
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a haiku

I can barely read,
I forget what page I'm on,
so I just give up.

Gantic
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Either way I was unaware the choppiness was intentional, but there you go!


Sometimes with something less formally structured (rhyme scheme, meter, and whatnot), outside of the obvious, it's hard to tell when something is intentional or unintentional. Although, intentionality cannot really be determined out of context and context is difficult to establish anyway.
Cenere
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You see it lying
Start denying
But the sight caught you
The book bought you

Taking it
Feeling it
Knowing it
Texture sensing
Minds are bending

At the first page you are met
With the scent of adventure, I bet
Ink and paper
All combined
To take you off
Out of your mind

Now lost in fantasies
Imagination; qualities?
Canât let go until it end
Remember now
It is your friend

-
Because I like books. Bah.

Strop
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Sometimes with something less formally structured (rhyme scheme, meter, and whatnot), outside of the obvious, it's hard to tell when something is intentional or unintentional. Although, intentionality cannot really be determined out of context and context is difficult to establish anyway.


Yeah, I went out on a limb already when commenting on the use of punctuation in parentheses. And then there's those schools of thought that intentionality counts for nothing to contend with...
crazynaitor
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Strop can next weeks one be Jealousy its the only poem I know lol.

Gantic
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Strop can next weeks one be Jealousy its the only poem I know lol.


Jealousy was already done in the original topic
ManUtd4life096
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Books books books,
I'd rather eat a hook.
Pages pages pages,
I'd rather act courageous.
But wait, I can, I can!
With the help of books, I can be Peter Pan!
What wondrous things they clutch,
waiting to be discovered by humans and such!
Oh, but books are amazing! Brilliant and superb!
Heart breaking at times, but astonishingly good, you read on curbs!

Books books books,
Now I see the looks!
Pages pages pages,
I'd rather them than wages!

Books books books,
whoever doesn't read them, is a big huge crook!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


That was my second entry, hopefully good enough!

Zootsuit_riot
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"Addict"-Zootsuit_Riot

A title draws me in;
Hard-covered spine.
My hand finds its way
to the bookshelf; a delay.

The hand, it twitches,
My eyes grow wide;
Another withdrawal
Is in sight.

I scramble for the book,
Patterson, King, or Koontz.
Pages fly, a blur
Of motion in my eyes.

Hour by hour,
Page by page,
This unique craving
Is erased.

The thirst for knowledge,
This need for words,
When will it next hit me,
Will it get worse?

GreatestSoloEver
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Read my poem on page 16,it will make you cry.

jediboy277
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I love books
they've got me hooked!
every time I look
at a really good book
I READ IT!!
But when i'm done
with my reading fun
I THROW THE BOOK AWAY!!!
so that's why my mom never buys......me.....books
and because she HATES MODERN SOCIETY, SO SHE WON'T WALK INTO A BOOKSTORE!!!!!!!!!!
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!


Strop, hope you get a good laugh!!!

Kid_Saiyain
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oh book...oh book
i want to take a look
your sly metaphors and long paragraphs
have me shook

but wait!
its not too late
i can still change my fate!
i will open this book and take a look

Zootsuit_riot
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Do people seriously have to rhyme with "book" constantly? I'm not bashing on the poems, but you don't have to use the word "book" in your poem for it to be about books...That and poems don't necessarily have to rhyme either.

adrecka_33
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True, but for some people it is easyer just to rhyme it. Me persoanly, i dont do that.

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