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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Parsat
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Aye, a fine judge he was. As for best judge ever, I'd have to say it was strop (at least to me). I owe a great deal of my style of judging to his influence.

EnterOrion
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*is disappointed in self*

I'm sad.

wolf1991
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Try try again. Come on people SUBMIT!

Parsat
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If the theme is too hard/too restrictive, please let me know.

HahiHa
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No, don't change the theme! I'll try to write a poem this weekend, and I really want to do it about mythology.

SirNoobalot
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i don't like this theme *.* i'm familiar with mythology but writing a myth was never very good to me *.*

but i'll try...

wajor59
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To: SirN, I have not written anything related to mythology since...

To: Parsat, This is a great subject, we need a challenge. I don't know if I'll meet the deadline but I'll try, too!

goumas13
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To the cosmos came strife,
The Alps were moved,
The great Ocean
Rose and thundered,
Helios trembled.

The immortal Gods gathered
On golden thrones,
Gravely ruminated,
How nemesis should be fended.

Flaming ire
Flung among the foes
In fright they vanished
Gilded

wolf1991
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I like that poem gourmas. Speaking of poems and writing in general if any of you see something posted by me would you mind giving me some feed back? Such as out there in the AMW forum.

goumas13
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I like that poem gourmas

Thanks, I am glad you like it.

I am going to read your poems right away.
wolf1991
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Thanks! Oh and I do have a general thread. It's called The Words and Workings of Wolf

Oradnal
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Mythology is about strange creatures
With great big teeth and horns
Dragons that breath fire
And banshees that always moan
Gods that rain down thunder
And treat humans with scorn
Luckily the most of this
Happned before we were born

Zaork
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A wise scholar sits at his table
Brow furrowed in concentration
Scattered scrolls of timeless fables
Creased from years of vocation

The wizened man fears for his life
A victim of growing old
Terror felt at forgotten strife
Unknown how his story unfolds

Brilliance etches across his face
Carving a smirk in the air
A heartened stirring starts to take place
Unsheathing his quill without care

Parchment turns spotted with freckles of ink
Hieroglyphs mark a time
Imagination creates the link
Transforming him into sublime

Stories of magic and wit are described
Springing forth with a bounty of thoughts
Tales feigning beginnings imbibed
A legacy more than the naught

A flourish of creation marks an end
To an incredible, uncredible being
A marvelous chronicle quickly penned
Unchaining distress and freeing

A cover bound thought rests on a rock
Chosen to provoke agreement
The first martyr proclaims with a shock
Forcefully lies are vehement

Oradnal
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Lol, i just noticed a typo on my poem *happened* ok there fixed it, K bai.

wajor59
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Oh, if only we revered nature as the Cherokee,
Hunters offering Little Deer, individually;
His permission requested by prayers uttered duly.

All life has a spirit is respected most sincerely;
Generations pass a warning of painful mystery,
Dancing and chanting with antlers ceremoniously.

Hunters without supplication suffer ignorantly;
Rheumatism supplants favor, key to this story,
Expected outcome by killing indiscriminately.

Little Deer is eager to share his generosity;
The payment is simple, first asking intelligently,
'Tis shameful when a few choose greed over integrity.

How wonderfully complete equal trust builds harmony;
Requires punishment which many avoid needlessly,
Bonds born between man and animal forms mythology.

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